Category Archives: sick kid

So many thinks to think . . .

and not a think to write. My Boy has been home sick since yesterday around 11:00.  The phone rang around 10:35, and my caller ID said, Name of School.  And the school’s just not whom you want to hear from … Continue reading

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Two very different girls . . .

I think about this a lot.  This parenting thing.  It’s been my primary vocation for 8 years now.  (I start counting with Isaac’s conception, as that was the point at which I began obsessing about the whole parenting enterprise.) It … Continue reading

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Ruthie’s new words

Ruthie has added some new words to her vocabulary this week. tase=Cyber Chase ruff!=Ruff Ruffman bvhy (rhymes with eye)=Super Why! teet=Sesame Street elmo=well, Elmo. All of those things can be found here.  Just in case there’s any confusion.  Guess what … Continue reading

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antibiotics ain’t all bad

So I caved. I took my babies to the doctor yesterday. Usually I wait a week or ten days or sometimes more, but this time I went after 6 days from Ruth’s start of sickness; Hannah and Isaac were two … Continue reading

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I’m not sick yet . . .

but my poor, poor babies are still sick.  Hannah’s fever started Sunday morning, this afternoon she had a fever of 103.8.  Isaac’s fever started Monday, his hit 102+ this afternoon.  Ruth’s fever started Friday afternoon.  She was a slightly elevated … Continue reading

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Waiting for my turn . . .

What we have here, ladies and gentlemen, are sick, sick, sick kids.  Count ‘em.  Three.  Three sick kids.  How sick?  104+ fevers, sore throats, pale faces, dark circled eyes.  Whining.  Wow, lots of whining.  And pitiful whimpering.  And sniffling.  And … Continue reading

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I haven’t been around this week . . .

I’d like to say it’s because I’ve been distracted by our reunited familial bliss. I’d like to say that.  I’d really really like to say that.  But I can’t. Everyone is sick again.  Ry was horribly, taken-to-bed sick all day … Continue reading

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He’s home!

Yay! I like this man.  In the words of a two-year-old Hannah, “He’s a dery nice man.” Now I’m feeling the tension and adrenalin that sustained me through the days of being solely responsible for these small children seeping out … Continue reading

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A minor glitch, but still holding steady.

So, my wonderful, glorious children went to bed super-easily again last night.  Hannah did the same as the night before, waiting in bed for me, looking at her Beginner’s Bible until she fell asleep.  This time she fell asleep with … Continue reading

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