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Entries for April, 2007

Kids, free medicine, and how to get them to take it

Pookie is a super-master-medicine-refuser. No liquid medicine is allowed to pass his lips…and I’m a pretty mean dad that would force it down if it was at all possible. I’ve seen professional nurses give up on him.
With this most recent round of sickness, though, we’ve been able to get Pookie to chew the [...]

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The thing I hate about being sick

It’s that time again.  I’m sick, BeAGoodMom is sick, Pookie is sick, Geetle managed to get sick and recover already.
We all know that being sick sucks.  Everything aches and you don’t want to move or breathe or eat or be awake.  I have a specific and very petty petpeave though.  But, first a little back [...]

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Carnival of Family Life

The 51st Carnival of Family Life is alive and kicking over at DigitalRichDaily.  Hey, that must mean that the Carnival of Family Life’s first birthday must be coming up pretty soon.  They grow up so fast.
I have a post in this week’s Carnival, but then again, who doesn’t.  If you are the first to find [...]

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IEP Meeting and Pookie’s classroom next year

We just had Pookie’s IEP meeting this morning.
We sat and listened to all of the things Pookie is doing good at and having trouble with. Nothing really surprising. A couple good reminders of things that we don’t do as often as we should anymore.
We learned that next year, they will be dividing his [...]

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My half birthday

My half birthday is not today.  But I just found a neat little online calculator that will tell you when your half birthday is early this morning…like just after midnight early.
Go ahead.  I’ll wait.
My half birthday is September 13th.  It took me a few seconds, but I eventually realized, “Hey, that’s my dad’s birthday!”
Wild.  Now, [...]

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