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My Little Reminder That “Family” Means We’re All In This Together
I want to be supermom. I can’t help but think in my mind that I have to be.
Surgery for a Family Member
How do you talk to your child with autism when a member of his immediate family is about to have major surgery? My husband had major surgery six years ago but our child was only two. We didn’t really have to involve him. When he just had the same surgery last week, my husband and I had to come up with a strategy on how to tell and involve our now eight-year-old child. What did we do?
Elizabeth Bryan: My Family Survived Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
The following is a guest post by Elizabeth Bryan, co-author of Chicken Soup for the Soul: Count Your Blessings.
What If My New Baby Has Down Syndrome? – A Road Map To The Early Doctors Visits
Honey, Do you have the diaper bag? she frantically asks as she fills bottles with formula. Yeah babe. We are ready…lets go so we arent late! he replies in a haste. What about the binky??? Dont forget his binky!!!! she implores. Ive got it all…just get him in the car seat and lets go!!! he hollers from the driveway as he starts the car.
Why It’s Important to Find the Right Doctor for Your Tween
By K. L. Blankson, MD It was easier when she was first born. Everything was, well, scheduled. The two -week visit. Then the 2-month visit (that 6 week gap felt like forever, didnt it?). The first set of many scheduled immunizations. The assessment of developmental milestones. Cooing, eye contact, rollingand then it seemed like she went straight from crawling to calling you to pick her up from the mall.