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Parenting posts that include the touching, the embarrassing, the annoying, the typical, the atypical, the whatever. You just have to be a parent to get these.

Like many east coasters, I’m a bit wary regarding the upcoming predictions for a storm that may end up hitting us hard.  Or not.  The last time we had a hurricane warning, Robert and I moved all of the outdoor furniture, toys and mobile plants into the house.  For nothing.  Then, this July, with no […]

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Sometimes I look at Tucker’s gorgeous, smooth, wrinkle-free baby skin and want a time-travel machine to visit my teenage self.  I’ll slap then-me for going to the tanning salon, sunbathing using baby oil, and for skiing without sunscreen. I wonder if my skin would look more like his, now, had I done a more diligent […]

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Part of the reason I started this blog was to connect with other parents who are in “The Middle World,” one where the autism spectrum exists, but the parents are able to hope their child is not autistic due to an official evaluation from a developmental pediatrician saying that he’s not.  So far, I haven’t […]

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It’s official.  Both Robert and I now share Tucker’s congestion and general ickiness. So today, instead of this view: This is my view:

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As anybody who has ever had a sick child knows, it’s horrible to see your little one feverish, lethargic, sad, and in obvious pain.  It messes with his sleep, with your sleep, with your life, with his life, and with your very thoughts.  It sucks.  Add the frustrations and sleep deprivation to an illness in […]

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We’ve tried everything we can think of to get Tucker to take his much needed children’s ibuprofen to try and get his 103+ degree fever down and hopefully make his throat a little less sore.  I’ve mentioned previously that we usually sneak any needed meds into his juice, but since he’s not drinking enough* today […]

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