What is this about the FDA wanting to pull children’s cold medications from the shelf??? I swear, sometimes I want to kick Big Brother in the shins. The news stories are reporting that because 54 young children died after taking decongestants and 69 died after taking antihistamines from 1969 to 2006, that suddenly these products [...]
Archive for September, 2007
sniffle
Posted in health, tagged children's cold medicine, FDA on September 30, 2007 | 3 Comments »
poor cupine
Posted in Weirdville on September 29, 2007 | 2 Comments »
“Grandma, did you run over a porcupine on your way here?”
“I don’t think so… Why do you ask?”
the long answer
Posted in family, health, tagged infant cataract on September 29, 2007 | 6 Comments »
People keep asking me questions about the baby’s cataract, and I try to give a succinct answer. But there is a longer answer too and I need to tell it.
Infant cataracts are rare. Sometimes they can pinpoint a cause, like prematurity, disease, or genetics, but in our case we don’t know why it happened. Our [...]
Dr. Naylor’s special
Posted in Weirdville, health, tagged cure for warts on September 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This post is not meant as medical advice! Don’t do it, don’t try it, it’s just a story, k? I would hate to be responsible for anyone losing a limb.
Remember when I hired someone to kneel at my feet and be my slave? (Okay, it was just a pedicure, but you get the idea of [...]
A sort-of clean post
Posted in domestic bliss, family, scatterbrain on September 24, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Time was, I was organized. That stint began in October of 2000 and lasted the better part of a year. Oh, I was the Flyladyingest fool you ever saw, with the routines, the notebook, the lace up shoes, the clutter free cabinets, the dinner in the crock pot, and the weekly housework that didn’t even [...]
herding cats
Posted in domestic bliss, family, scatterbrain on September 18, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Something about this ad described my day exactly.
Ya think I need some better routines?
baby sleep
Posted in family on September 14, 2007 | 1 Comment »
My baby does this amazing trick that I didn’t ever believe real babies were capable of, and it is called “sleep all night in a crib and like it.” I am not making this up. A typical infant of mine prefers being tucked in beside me (aka the all-night smorgasbord) kicking my blanket off and [...]
gimme five
Posted in Weirdville, family on September 4, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I noticed today, as we were out and about as a family, that I have five children. Five. Which is, I hardly need point out, quite a few these days. One notices these things especially when they are all feeling haggard in a hot minivan, and we are still an hour away from home.
I’ve been [...]
Darwin
Posted in domestic bliss, kid fun on September 1, 2007 | 1 Comment »
My yard has wanted attention this year which has not been forthcoming. Gardens that in previous years were tended and tilled were left to do their own thing. The neglect was so severe I coined a new term for my style of yard work: Darwinian Gardening (survival of the fittest.) Well, I was busy. Although [...]
