Posts from ‘Parenting’
on mother’s day
Yesterday was my birthday. I turned 36. And someone important to me was getting married, so I spent it celebrating with the groom, his new wife and a handful of friends. Some people expressed surprise that I’d spend my birthday at a wedding. The way I see it, you get a lot of birthdays, you only get two or three weddings.
Just kidding. Kind of.
Today is Mother’s Day. The weather is gorgeous! I’m taking the kids to a baseball game. Not something I would typically choose to do on Mother’s Day, but the St. Paul Saints is having a special section for families with food allergies today and it will be much, much more safe for my child who has peanut allergies. I know my kiddos will love it, and so, despite the fact that baseball is the slowest, most boring sport I’ve ever seen, we will go and have fun.
A new book about potty issues for little and big kids. Accidents, bed wetting, constipation, UTIs... all covered with important facts and hope for parents and kids.
I ignored the first e-mail that came my way asking if I’d like to review a new book about potty issues for kids called It’s No Accident: Breakthrough Solutions to Your Child’s Wetting, Constipation, UTIs, and Other Potty Problems. Nobody really likes talking about this issue, and even if I’m struggling with some of these issues in my home, I really didn’t want to talk about it publicly.
The truth is… I really needed to read this book. And if you are a parent with a child who struggles with any of these issues — bed wetting, accidents, constipation or UTIs — you should read this book, too.
I’m glad I finally said yes when the PR folks came around the second time. Here are some of the topics covered in the book:
I manage many projects at work – they have a clear beginning, a middle and an end. An advertising campaign, a video production, a special event… The most important questions I always ask at the beginning of a project are: What is the end-product we need? How much time do I have to do this? And what’s my budget? 
Our food allergy friend Leslie traveled to visit our family, all because of food allergies
Thanks so much to all of you who offered support, suggestions and comfort over the past week about our food allergy scare. We still don’t know what caused it (cross contamination or possibly a new allergy to watermelon). We are in limbo until we meet with our allergist. Unfortunately, to my shock and dismay, we experienced a second scary food allergy reaction just a few days later. This time it was a food mix up in my home where she accidentally drank out of the wrong cup and ingested cow’s milk – an allergen we thought she had almost outgrown. I don’t know how many swallows of the milk she had, but I caught her within seconds of putting the cup to her mouth. Still, she had a reaction, involving severe swelling and redness of her face, rubbing of the eyes, some coughing and a touch of wheezing here and there. It was terrifying for me, as I knew we were getting closer and closer to needing to call 911. Whereas the reaction a few days earlier subsided quickly, this one took a long time – upwards of 20 minutes to calm down. The longer it took, the more terrified I became. (EDITED TO NOTE: Upon reviewing this reaction with the allergist, he pointed out that in the future this type of situation WOULD require administering the EpiPen and calling 911. I had misunderstood the term “repetitive coughing” and the severity of the situation. Fortunately she is okay, but I was very disappointed to learn I had not acted swiftly enough. I’ll save all the emotional baggage that comes with this for my therapist, but felt an obligation to share it with my readers). Continue Reading
A few weeks ago, I stumbled on a neat project while browsing through one of my favorite local gift stores, Patina. It was a Create your Own Puzzle project, complete with a sturdy cardboard back, pre-cut puzzle pieces and crayons. I decided to buy them and hold onto them for a rainy day.
The kids had a blast with them! Alex drew a race car and Avery drew a giraffe. They loved being able to dump out the pieces and put the puzzles back together again.
We learned that it’s much easier to put the puzzle together if you have coloring on each of the pieces – so we went back and drew some more things on our puzzles!
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