Kids Are NOT Being Kids

Have you heard the phrase “Kids will be kids,” from your child’s school? Has it made you want to smack some sense into someone? I just read for the second time this month about a child being bullied at school. I’m tired of these schools saying they have a zero tolerance policy, and yet if [...]

Honey, I think We Ruined the Magic of Childhood

Zach, our eight year old, recently asked about Easter. My husband gave him the religious story about the holiday and explained that’s what it’s really about. Zach then says, “What about the bunny and eggs?” My husband told Zach that’s the commercialization of the holiday. It’s how stores make money. I of course chimed in [...]

Stuff of Life

Life here has been hectic and boring all at the same time. My days have mostly been filled with doing bio-hazard laundry from a child with digestive tract issues, and soothing belly aches. Let me tell you, there’s nothing like having to collect a stool sample from a diaper as you’re making your breakfast because [...]

A Need for Dye Free Medications

Thank you McNeil Corp. You screwed me. I love you for that. Can you feel the love in the form of my cursing your existence and Motrin recall? Your junior strength Motrin in the orange flavor is the ONLY chewable tablet OTC pain reliever I’ve found for my son that does NOT contain red dye. [...]

Finding Alternatives

I’ve been finding some good alternatives for Zach who has some dietary issues. First issue is lactose intolerance. Thankfully it’s mild. He was on soy formula as a baby, and then soy milk since. Of course now research is out about how soy acts like estrogen and I wonder what I’ve done to my poor [...]

Life With Zach

Zach has always been my “quirky” child. His recent Asperger’s diagnosis has given us an explanation for his quirks. One such trait of Zach’s scared the ever loving bejeezus out of me from a good sleep at 5am this morning.
Scenario: Zach had evidently come quietly into our room. I didn’t hear him until he was [...]

Teaching Kids to Give Back

We had a parent conference with my son’s teacher, guidance counselor, and principal just before Christmas break. One thing that was mentioned to us was that the school will recognize students who do charitable works outside of school when they have their quarterly awards assembly. That really made me think. We give throughout the year, [...]

I Officially Have the Jolly Green Giant’s Baby

My son Aaron had his three year check up yesterday evening. It was pretty routine. We’re stopping the Pulmicort to see how his asthma does now that we’re out of prime fall allergy season, but we still have it, the albuterol, and nebulizer should we need them (I’m sure we will come Spring). His height [...]

Bullying

There’s a lot of lip service paid to kids and bullying these days. I haven’t seen a lot of action however. There’s still a lot of the attitude that “kids will be kids.” And I agree, to a point, it’s playground Darwinism at work – survival of the fittest. However, when other parents refuse to [...]

Slow

Life here has been slow lately. We took the boys to Chocolate World Sunday to get Aaron’s birthday chocolate bar. He’s not a cake, muffin, or pie eater, so we got him what he likes best. As soon as we pulled up and he recognized it as Hershey, he says “Chocolate?” He knew. Our trip [...]

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