August 27, 2010

The First Day of School, Take Three

On Monday, Chipmunk went to school for about an hour before his adenoid/tonsil surgery.  I fretted accordingly and dropped him (“I am NOT going to circle time, you NAUGHTY MAMA!  WAIT, give me ten kisses!”) off and then hovered in the hallway, watching through the window on the door.

For the first half an [...]

August 20, 2010

Identifying Dangerous Animals

I’m kind of a jumble of emotions today.  The child psychiatrist appointment went well in that I loved the doctor and connected with her.  She asked lots of great questions and paid attention and gave me a big squishy hug at the end.  I’m still processing the insights she had and our next steps. [...]

August 16, 2010

We Walk a New Alphabet

I took some time away from thinking. (Not really.) I took some time away from talking. (That’s more like it.)

Mostly because my whole being came to a choking halt when my son’s developmental pediatrician drew a little diagram in front of me to help explain why she felt that my four-year-old has obsessive [...]