Category: Toddlers

When your kids tag-team

Posted on May 24, 2012 by

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Tag-teaming used to be a good thing. Remember Tag Team’s awesome song, Whoooomp! (There It Is)? I totally loved that song. Still do. (Sidenote: I was 10 when the song came out in 1993, and thought the lyrics were actually “Whooomp! Bad ass! Whooomp!… Continue Reading “When your kids tag-team”

Category: Crying, Newborns, Sleep, Toddlers

Overwhelmed by one, fearful of two

Posted on April 22, 2012 by

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I have raging heartburn, my back hurts, and I kind of feel like I’m going to throw up, but I just had to get this blog published. I don’t want to forget how I’ve felt for the last week or so, because I suspect… Continue Reading “Overwhelmed by one, fearful of two”

Category: Crying, Hard times, Preggo-ness, Second time around, Toddlers

Speech delays, hearing loss, fluid in the ears, and other toddler fun

Posted on March 26, 2012 by

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Just to re-cap … Remember when we took the toddler to the hearing test? And learned a few things, like … Both of his eardrums aren’t moving He possibly has fluid in both ears He has a mild hearing loss ( >40 dec.) The… Continue Reading “Speech delays, hearing loss, fluid in the ears, and other toddler fun”

Category: Hearing loss, Sign language, Speech delays, Toddlers

Baby steps

Posted on March 14, 2012 by

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After finding out last week that the toddler failed a hearing test — and has a minor hearing loss — I’ve been thinking about his hearing and speech OFTEN (to put it mildly). I have noticed that two words are really improving, though. Over… Continue Reading “Baby steps”

Category: Sign language, Speech delays, Toddlers

Thank you

Posted on March 9, 2012 by

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Your kind comments, emails, Facebook messages, texts, and calls mean so much to me. Quick update on HearingGate 2012: The doctor at the walk-in clinic says he does have an ear infection (not sure if it’s double or not, because he had a super-thick… Continue Reading “Thank you”

Category: Hearing loss, Speech delays, Toddlers

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