Tag: parents
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Pagan Mommy in a Christian World
As long as I can remember, I walked off the normal path. I was always seen as different, strange, and could never fit in when I was a child. I tried wearing the same clothes, listening to the same music, talking with the same slang (slang always made my head hurt) and no matter what…
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Things I Wish I Knew When I Was Pregnant
I have had a total of three pregnancies- my first ended at 28 weeks with a partial abruption and severe pre-eclampisa. She was only 1lb 11.5ozs and 13 inches long and spent a total of 8 1/2 months in NICU. She’s now a small but healthy 7 year old. My second was relatively uncomplicated but…
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US Birthrate and Fertility Rates Dropping, Many Possible Reasons
I have been reading about the US’s declining birthrate along with the older generation reaching retirement age. The people they quoted acted worried about a smaller working population vs larger retired, disabled and sick/aging population. They named everything from women now choosing to put off having kids leading to a decline in fertility rates to…
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About 1P36 Deletion- Why Do I Even Have To Know?
Why Do I Even Know What 1P36 Deletion Syndrome Is? I never thought we would be traveling down this path. I had severe Pre-Eclampsia at 28 weeks and had my baby weighing only 1lb 11.5ozs and 13 inches long. She was on a feeding tube, oxygen and heart monitor. She stayed in the NICU almost…
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This has been both a great and stressful week
My daughter started second grade last week(I still can’t believe she’s already in SECOND grade- when did that happen??). While getting in the routine, I was a stereotype of the stressed out/hot mess of a mom I always tried to not be. Day 1- we got to school on time, drop off went smooth then…
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When my seven year old came home from the NICU
She was 8 months old, development of a newborn and was still tiny. She was on oxygen, feeding tube and heart monitor. I tried taking her out of the crib a few times but we had to switch at first from the major oxygen machine (plugged in to the wall) and switch to a small…
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“Mommy likes coffee”
“Mommy likes coffee, Michelle likes coffee” “You sneezed, mommy” “I didn’t sneeze, mommy” I love watching and listening to my daughter. She amazes me daily with some of the things she says. Our seven year old is growing her vocabulary as well- she’s starting to speak in small sentences and says anything. Learning (teaching…
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I can’t believe the difference a year makes
We just got home from the beach yesterday. We went last year during the same week. I found our old beach pictures from last year and was amazed by how different the two year old looks.She looks so much older now, is now the size of a 3 year old and is talking, running, jumping…
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I never thought a bowel movement would excite me
I was always beyond disgusted about the whole concept. I still can’t say p**p without gagging but my 7 year old was born and we began a battle around a year with constipation. She’ll get so backed up at times, she has been hospitalized. There are times she’ll be so constipated, she’ll cry while doing…