Tuesday, January 06, 2004
Our pediatrician told me today that there is nothing medically wrong with a child eating her booggers. BLECH. I told him there was something wrong... it grosses out the mom. double YUCK
We went to the Dr. because of an itch on Rebekah's foot. It gets white and wrinkled and VERY itchy. Then, I use Alyssa's excema med on it and it gets sort of better... well, less itchy anyway and I stop and then it comes back. Anyway, the pediatrician wasn't really sure what it was... I sent him to his book of rashes. :-) I knew I should have gone straight to a dermatologist but I was so bad about getting an appointment and I knew we could get in that day at the pediatrician and the dermatologist could take a month or more. So... the Dr. made a guess and I will pick up the prescription tomorrow, when I am ALONE.
I also told the Dr. about Rebekah doing this funky thing with her hand to her nose when she turned corners and stuff. Rebekah says her eye feels weird (pulls out) and this sets it right. The Dr. told me to call the optimal. I wasn't going to do that as I thought she needed eye exercises or something and that opthamologists pooh pooh that. Fate played a role. (Who was I telling just the other day that I often don't make decision and then fate/life makes the correct one for me?) This evening, the opthamologist office called to tell me it was time for Alyssa's appointment and did I want to schedule? I said no, but I would like to leave a message for the Dr. about Rebekah. :-) The Dr. called back at 7:30 tonight and I told her the story. Interestingly... the Dr. told me that it was surprising that Rebekah figured out the hand thing cause it could be an exercise of sorts where she is strengthening her eye!! (That is my Rebekah... surprising :-) ) The Dr. said that Rebekah's eye had a tendency to drift in Aug. (news to me!!!) but that it was sporadic and Rebekah seemed to have it under control. I guess it has gotten worse. The Dr. said Rebekah might need eye exercises.
I was surprised, and I honestly told the opthamologist that I thought Drs. Pooh-pooed eye exercises. She laughed at my choice of words, but knew what I meant. She said that for some things exercises do work, but for many other things I was right, they do pooh-pooh eye exercises. I loved it that she used my words back. I love it when I find Drs. I would like in real life, away from the office. :-) Well, here we go for another Dr. visit (she did promise no drops, I put her on the spot )and probably more therapies. Like I have the time or money. I don't know whether to ask if we could do them at home... Rebekah and I fight about things enough as it is... but I could schedule it myself and it would certainly be cheaper!
I explained that my sister had some symptoms and eye exercises as a kid and asked if it could be related. She said definitely and that I should bring it up at the appointment. Rebekah has done such a good job of picking up most of the problematic genes on both side of the family... lucky her!
Rebekah has lost 3 lbs since another Dr. visit. It is weird, she is growing up. When they are Alyssa's age, 3 lbs are huge! If a child went from 35 - 38 lbs, you are going to see it! If they lost that much, they would look sick. Heck, if a baby went from 7-10 lbs, it would look like a linebacker! Now, Rebekah lost 3 lbs, and maybe she looks slimmer, but you would only notice if you REALLY looked, and she was in a bathing suit or something... weird. She only has 3.5 more inches to grow till I consider her a normal adult size! Where did my baby go? Isn't 8 still young???? (sorry for everyone shorter then 5 feet... I am counting 5feet as normal adult size :-) )
We went to the Dr. because of an itch on Rebekah's foot. It gets white and wrinkled and VERY itchy. Then, I use Alyssa's excema med on it and it gets sort of better... well, less itchy anyway and I stop and then it comes back. Anyway, the pediatrician wasn't really sure what it was... I sent him to his book of rashes. :-) I knew I should have gone straight to a dermatologist but I was so bad about getting an appointment and I knew we could get in that day at the pediatrician and the dermatologist could take a month or more. So... the Dr. made a guess and I will pick up the prescription tomorrow, when I am ALONE.
I also told the Dr. about Rebekah doing this funky thing with her hand to her nose when she turned corners and stuff. Rebekah says her eye feels weird (pulls out) and this sets it right. The Dr. told me to call the optimal. I wasn't going to do that as I thought she needed eye exercises or something and that opthamologists pooh pooh that. Fate played a role. (Who was I telling just the other day that I often don't make decision and then fate/life makes the correct one for me?) This evening, the opthamologist office called to tell me it was time for Alyssa's appointment and did I want to schedule? I said no, but I would like to leave a message for the Dr. about Rebekah. :-) The Dr. called back at 7:30 tonight and I told her the story. Interestingly... the Dr. told me that it was surprising that Rebekah figured out the hand thing cause it could be an exercise of sorts where she is strengthening her eye!! (That is my Rebekah... surprising :-) ) The Dr. said that Rebekah's eye had a tendency to drift in Aug. (news to me!!!) but that it was sporadic and Rebekah seemed to have it under control. I guess it has gotten worse. The Dr. said Rebekah might need eye exercises.
I was surprised, and I honestly told the opthamologist that I thought Drs. Pooh-pooed eye exercises. She laughed at my choice of words, but knew what I meant. She said that for some things exercises do work, but for many other things I was right, they do pooh-pooh eye exercises. I loved it that she used my words back. I love it when I find Drs. I would like in real life, away from the office. :-) Well, here we go for another Dr. visit (she did promise no drops, I put her on the spot )and probably more therapies. Like I have the time or money. I don't know whether to ask if we could do them at home... Rebekah and I fight about things enough as it is... but I could schedule it myself and it would certainly be cheaper!
I explained that my sister had some symptoms and eye exercises as a kid and asked if it could be related. She said definitely and that I should bring it up at the appointment. Rebekah has done such a good job of picking up most of the problematic genes on both side of the family... lucky her!
Rebekah has lost 3 lbs since another Dr. visit. It is weird, she is growing up. When they are Alyssa's age, 3 lbs are huge! If a child went from 35 - 38 lbs, you are going to see it! If they lost that much, they would look sick. Heck, if a baby went from 7-10 lbs, it would look like a linebacker! Now, Rebekah lost 3 lbs, and maybe she looks slimmer, but you would only notice if you REALLY looked, and she was in a bathing suit or something... weird. She only has 3.5 more inches to grow till I consider her a normal adult size! Where did my baby go? Isn't 8 still young???? (sorry for everyone shorter then 5 feet... I am counting 5feet as normal adult size :-) )
Monday, January 05, 2004
One of our family's very generous gifts this year was a GameCube and a game for everyone in the family. :-) Thanks Anene. The weird part right now is that Rebekah wants to play (for hours) and Alyssa and Matthew want to watch... how weird is that? They don't want to play. I know Matthew doesn't want to play cause 'I am not good' and 'I always go backwards'. Well... it doesn't help that Rebekah yells to turn around and then gets totally frustrated when he can't/wont do it. So, I guess I am going to have to schedule some 1 on 1 time with Matthew and the gamecube. How weird is that?
And school starts tomorrow. I don't mind that too much, we need some structure here... but I REALLY don't like the mornings school brings, or the homework. :-( Matthew is going to start to have reading homework as well as his math and Rebekah is going to fight homwork again as we have been out of the habit for break. It is not going to be a pretty week. I like it a lot more when we can all sleep in over break and stay in our PJs till 12... :-) Yes, my kids are 4,6 and 8, but the earliest riser gets up at 8:30 and will let everyone else sleep. I know... don't hate me, I haven't told you what our nights are like.
Amy, and the house of night owls.
And school starts tomorrow. I don't mind that too much, we need some structure here... but I REALLY don't like the mornings school brings, or the homework. :-( Matthew is going to start to have reading homework as well as his math and Rebekah is going to fight homwork again as we have been out of the habit for break. It is not going to be a pretty week. I like it a lot more when we can all sleep in over break and stay in our PJs till 12... :-) Yes, my kids are 4,6 and 8, but the earliest riser gets up at 8:30 and will let everyone else sleep. I know... don't hate me, I haven't told you what our nights are like.
Amy, and the house of night owls.
I usually don't copy, but this pointer is from Jennifer's blog, and it is FUNNY!!!
Just so you non-parents and new parents know... your mom was telling the truth. Things that hurt your kids hurt the mom worse. :-(
Talking about tv shows... there are also a bunch of shows where designers work with civilians :-) to surprise someone with a room re-decorate. Usually there is a money restriction. Sometimes the owners are away and don't have a clue, and sometimes they are at the helpers house decorating there to surprise the other people. Anyway, I have figured out what I think is the main difference in the shows.
In "While you were out" and "Surprise by Design", they actually try to design a room that the owners would like. While on "Trading Spaces" many of the designers seem to try to design a room to show off their skills, or to just try a new idea. They try to make a showroom, not a useful, likeable room for the family. YUCK. Now a days I only watch trading spaces episodes when the designers who think about the owners are on. I used to watch them all... no matter what. Not anymore. It is too painful to watch someone's house treated so thoughtlessly.
Just so you non-parents and new parents know... your mom was telling the truth. Things that hurt your kids hurt the mom worse. :-(
Talking about tv shows... there are also a bunch of shows where designers work with civilians :-) to surprise someone with a room re-decorate. Usually there is a money restriction. Sometimes the owners are away and don't have a clue, and sometimes they are at the helpers house decorating there to surprise the other people. Anyway, I have figured out what I think is the main difference in the shows.
In "While you were out" and "Surprise by Design", they actually try to design a room that the owners would like. While on "Trading Spaces" many of the designers seem to try to design a room to show off their skills, or to just try a new idea. They try to make a showroom, not a useful, likeable room for the family. YUCK. Now a days I only watch trading spaces episodes when the designers who think about the owners are on. I used to watch them all... no matter what. Not anymore. It is too painful to watch someone's house treated so thoughtlessly.
Sunday, January 04, 2004
There are these shows on TV now where they clean up/declutter/decorate a disaster of a room or rooms. First, they go into the house and make fun of how messy/filthy it is. Then they make the people through out or donate or garage sale tons of stuff, then they decorate and fix the house up for what is left.
Anyway, most of the shows are OK, except that they are really hard about making people get rid of a LOT of stuff. One time they made a man get rid of a painting that his mom did after she was diagnosed with terminal cancer and picked up painting. One time they made a woman get rid of books from her great-grandmother... the only things she had from her. There are lots of examples of this. The other day I saw a show where these people had lots of storage in their study. Things that I would consider belonged in the basement, or garage, or attic. Things like bicycles, bowling balls, skiis and ski stuff. You know, storage stuff.
It got me to thinking. All of these shows so far have been in houses, not apartments. Why don't these people have any storage space? A basement, a garage, an attic, a shed outside... anything. I mean, before I threw out a painting that meant something to me like that I would but it under a bed, under a couch, behind a bookcase, in the back of a closet, on top of the fridge... anything. Why don't these people have any storage space?
I would guess that they are too unorganized (like I would be without my dh) to have any room left in a storage space. But wouldn't that be first, before throwing out important things? To try to find someplace to store it?
Amy, the packrat, I guess.
Anyway, most of the shows are OK, except that they are really hard about making people get rid of a LOT of stuff. One time they made a man get rid of a painting that his mom did after she was diagnosed with terminal cancer and picked up painting. One time they made a woman get rid of books from her great-grandmother... the only things she had from her. There are lots of examples of this. The other day I saw a show where these people had lots of storage in their study. Things that I would consider belonged in the basement, or garage, or attic. Things like bicycles, bowling balls, skiis and ski stuff. You know, storage stuff.
It got me to thinking. All of these shows so far have been in houses, not apartments. Why don't these people have any storage space? A basement, a garage, an attic, a shed outside... anything. I mean, before I threw out a painting that meant something to me like that I would but it under a bed, under a couch, behind a bookcase, in the back of a closet, on top of the fridge... anything. Why don't these people have any storage space?
I would guess that they are too unorganized (like I would be without my dh) to have any room left in a storage space. But wouldn't that be first, before throwing out important things? To try to find someplace to store it?
Amy, the packrat, I guess.
