Archives for “in sickness and health”
35 weeks pregnant. It is time to order my birth kit, even though the thought fills me with all kinds of superstitious fears of committing an act of hubris. But yet? I am so relieved I can plan to labor in my own bedroom, in my own bathroom, my own little cave, and not have [...]
While recovering my equilibrium after traumatic events,* I tend to find it helpful to covet things. I mean objects, beautiful consumery gadgety objects. I fantasize about the ways in which they’ll make my life easier, funner, let me do new things… Not that I need said new objects. But that’s really not the point of [...]
My sister’s 6-year-old son has leukemia. He was diagnosed on Tuesday, when he just went for a blood test at a hematology center because he’d been pale for a few weeks and seemed to have a slightly strange kind of anemia on a blood test he my sister got for him at her regular pediatrician [...]
We are in Detroit! About which I am ridiculously excited except for some minor glitches, about which more below. And no, we’re not staying in a motel at all, instead in someone’s renovated house in Brush Park. There is ridiculously beautiful architecture here: Most of it in varying stages of decay: And then there are [...]
1. I realize they mean well. And yet it’s safe to say that few people have done more damage to my mental health than pediatricians since Z was born. I’m beginning to gear up for the 12-month visit. Or rather, do research till I drop to brace myself for it. I can’t believe Z will be [...]
Apparently the spring forward of the clock to daylight savings time causes health problems, suicides, and accidents (via Caterina). And sleep problems: It seems that when the clock is moved forward or back one hour, the body’s internal clock — its circadian rhythm, which uses daylight to stay in tune with its environment — does [...]
Apparently, not only is high fructose corn syrup generally evil, it also contains mercury (originally seen at Mom-101). Not that my brain is affected by it much: I barely consume any. I don’t drink coke, hardly eat breakfast cereals or any of the prepared bar-shaped or microwaveable things lots of people love. I didn’t used [...]
The week before Christmas is often the hardest time of the year for me. Not for reasons you’d expect: I’m not worried about gifts, or travel (whether or not I’m traveling), or entertaining logistics (parties of any variety are fun and I’m willing to do whatever to have them). None of those things stress me [...]
I. Baby Z has progressed from trying to pull herself forward with her lips to almost being over the army crawl. She can propel herself forward with her little legs so fast that she now typically flies right over her arms and onto her face. Flat, splat. It doesn’t seem to hurt her but she [...]
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