I want to write a post gushing about my little boy on his first birthday. The changes in the first year are just amazing. A year ago he had a lot in common with a doll. Now he's cruising and signing, and stacking blocks. He weighed 26 pounds at his 12 month check-up, and didn't even flinch when getting his shot. He has opinions and desires ( Read more... )

Seriously, is there some kind of evolutionary advantage to getting sick at night? The last few times Raine has been sick it has been mostly or exclusively at night. Right now she's passed out on the living room floor, since she spent the hours from 10pm to 7am puking every half hour or so. The poor kid has been doing better today (or so maxemulien tells ( Read more... )

maxemulien has taken the kids for a walk in the rain. This would be prime writing time if I didn't feel like crap. Instead I am nursing a cup of tea and focusing on not puking. Raine woke us up several times by puking on Friday night though she hasn't thrown up since. Learning from the norovirus outbreak that swept through CoHo last year, we are ( Read more... )