Amelia is now five years old. We have been working on addition and subtraction with her. Her father asked her how many fingers she has ( Read more... )

One of the best-- absolute BEST-- things that Amelia has started saying this week has been a very simple word: 'kayBut it has been the BEST word so far. Because previously she had "yes" and "no", which was good for when she had to make a decision; but it's hard to over-emphasize the importance of acknowledgments when holding a conversation with ( Read more... )

Thur 9/24: 18-month well visit check up. Mentioned nasal congestion/ear infection; no medicine prescribed ( Read more... )

Amelia was evaluated on Tuesday 1/19/2016 by the New Jersey Early Intervention program/system. She was found to be not eligible for the program, as she is not 1.5 standard deviations below the mean in any of the developmental areas (a Z-Score of -1.50 or greater in the negative direction ( Read more... )

So Amelia has completed two full weeks at her new daycare, and knock on wood, no biting incidents. The reports seem positive and that she is having a happy disposition, and she seems to enjoy her time at the daycare. She runs joyfully to me at pick-up, but she also goes to school with a smile on her face ( Read more... )

Because it's too good not to share with my Livejournal friends who are not on my Facebook, I present to you this year's Halloween photo from JCPenney Portrait Studio. This was actually the only photo of Amelia and Erika that we obtained, before Amelia just flat out refused to be in the studio any longer. Amelia is the third child to wear this kitty ( Read more... )

Sometimes you get entrenched, and then the years fly by, and you think to yourself "why are we still here?" and "why do we continue to torture ourselves like this?" When I was pregnant with Erika six years ago, I didn't know any pediatricians in our area, so I asked my OBGYN for some recommendations. She said she didn't know any of them personally ( Read more... )

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The last time Amelia nursed was August 15th, 2015. The day before my late mother's birthday ( Read more... )