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What to Do While Waiting for Medical Test Results

Waiting for test results can be a bit un-nerving, especially when the test results might indicate a change in your lifestyle. Knowing what to do while you are waiting for test results can help you keep a positive frame of mind while making sure that you don’t miss any important information related to your tests. Establish How and When the Results will be Delivered How will you know when your test results are in and how will the results be delivered to you? Establish the answers to these questions with the lab or your doctor’s office. Will someone call you? … Continue reading →

Life Goes On With Toddler And Baby

I am not sure what I expected life with a baby and a toddler would be like. In fact, I am pretty sure that I did not have any expectations. For some reason, I simply did not think about what it would be like until Blake came along. In hindsight it is probably best that I did not have any preexisting expectations because they may have been completely different than what has actually transpired during the past seven months. The first couple of months were a blur, as things normally are after the arrival of a new baby. Time passed, … Continue reading →

School Worker Handed Child the Wrong Medication

A nine year old boy was handed the wrong medications at school. A school worker tried to hand him ADHD medication. He doesn’t have ADHD. Parents may want to take the time to make sure that their children can visually identify their medication, just in case a mix up like this happens at their school. This incident happened in a school that is located in the UK, but it could potentially happen in a school in the United States as well. A nine year old boy named Alfie was handed ADHD medication when he was at school. The problem is … Continue reading →

Parking Permit Problem Reduces Access to Home Care

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A mother in Philadelphia wants a parking permit. Her infant daughter has SMA, and the nursing care providers who come to her home keep receiving parking tickets. The Philadelphia Parking Authority won’t issue a specialized permit that would prevent this problem. Anat Caspi lives in Philadelphia with her husband and infant daughter. Her daughter, Aviv, has spinal muscular atrophy, (otherwise known as SMA). This is an extremely rare genetic disorder that does not have a cure. A few months ago, another baby was in the news who also had SMA. Avery Lynn Canahuati passed away in May of 2012. She … Continue reading →

Who Will Get Up With The Baby?

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In the past, I have always nursed my babies, so I have always been the one to get up with them. Now that I am bottle feeding, we are trying to figure out what works best for my husband and I so that we both can get some much needed sleep. With three little ones to take care of, sleep is hard to come by these days. What has been working for us is that my husband gets up at the first feeding, and then I get up at the second. This is mostly because I do better in the … Continue reading →

What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Stronger

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There is a video on YouTube that has been getting a lot of attention. In the video, a group of children who are battling cancer lip-sync to a song by Kelly Clarkson that is called “Stronger”. The video is very positive, and uplifting. It is a way to give hope not only to these kids, but to others who also are fighting a serious disease. Kelly Clarkson has an album that is called “Stronger”. It was released in 2011. It includes a song that is titled: “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)”. The song was written by Jorgen Elofsson, Ali Tamposi, … Continue reading →

Prepare Your Calendar for Summer Vacation

If you have kids then you know that it is never too early to prepare for summer vacation. Your home life will change as the evenings grow longer and the children are home from school. Here are some ways that you can plan out those days and get your self prepared. The transition will be easier and less stressful that way. Make Note of Important Dates Do you know when the last day of school actually is? Are there half days coming up before then? Will there be parties, dances, fairs, last ditch school fundraisers going on. Make note and … Continue reading →

Disney Website for New and Expecting Parents

Remember Our365? I don’t expect you do. Almost a year ago I posted about how Disney had teamed up with the organization that helps companies market to expectant parents. Our365 can actually get its partner companies’ representatives into maternity wards to try to sell their wares. For all I know either the company or its partnership is now defunct. But Disney hasn’t stopped sniffing around its coveted new market. On Monday January 17 the House of Mouse launched disneybaby.com. Disney Baby works just like other sites in the Disney Go family, although strangely its URL doesn’t contain the word “go” … Continue reading →

Don’t Assume Your Child’s School Understands Allergies

A little girl in Virginia died from an allergic reaction while she was at school. This tragedy emphasizes how important it is for parents to ensure that the teachers and staff at their child’s school are prepared to appropriately handle a sudden allergic reaction. One cannot assume that they will know what to do. Ammaria Johnson was seven years old, and in the first grade at an elementary school in Virginia. It had been suspected that she may have had an allergy to peanuts. When she went out for recess one day, tragedy struck. She broke out in hives, and … Continue reading →

Melinda : Second Smallest Preemie in America

Melinda Star Guido was born weighing only nine-and-a-half ounces. She is one of the smallest babies that was ever born in the entire world, and the second smallest baby to be born in the United States. She is surviving, growing, and expected to be able to go home by New Year’s. At birth, Melinda weighed less than a can of soda. She was small enough to fit into the palm of her doctor’s hand. She was born 24 weeks premature because there was a problem with the placenta. Due to that problem, Melinda wasn’t able to get enough nutrition, blood, … Continue reading →