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Learning to Breathe: Denied.
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Friday, November 6, 2009. I just received a call informing me that Brooklyn has been denied for her Synagis shots for RSV this year. Apparently, our insurance changed its' criteria this summer and decided that babies with "congenital anomalies" would only be approved for Synagis during their first 12 months of life, regardless of how long those congenital anomalies continue to cause them problems. Can someone please give my little girl a break? November 6, 2009 at 10:55 PM. November 7, 2009 at 8:51 PM.
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Learning to Breathe: These moments
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Monday, November 2, 2009. When it is just she and I. I wake up to get her from her from her crib and she smiles at me,. Offers me her bink and says in her high-pitched little singsongy voice,. Hap-py, hap-py, hap-py, hap-py! She stands up, reaches out for me, and I pick her up. Good morning, Baby Bear! I say, "Did you sleep good? She answers by giving me sweet baby hugs and kisses. There could not be a better start to a day. We head to the kitchen, where I make her a morning bottle. Just she and I,.
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Learning to Breathe: Doing it on my own: EPIC FAIL.
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Wednesday, October 21, 2009. Doing it on my own: EPIC FAIL. I have been an extremely bad blogger and reader lately. But I've been bad at a lot of things in my life, and I'm finally going to attempt to explain. But by the time I got down to that one pill every third day, I decided that I was doing all right. And here's the thing: I was prescribed that medicine for post-partum depression. Can you really say you have post-partum depression anymore when you have a toddler? I don't know. There are probabl...
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Learning to Breathe: August 2009
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Wednesday, August 19, 2009. Can I vent for a minute, please? We just need to deal with it. That we don't know what real problems are. That everything that Brooklyn has had to struggle with her entire little life has never been "anything major.". So please tell me, when the fuck did we EVER just leave her in her carseat or swing and walk away? I still cannot leave her unattended for five seconds. Even when she was asleep in the carseat (on doctor's orders, remember? But you wouldn't know that, would you?
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Learning to Breathe: March 2009
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Tuesday, March 24, 2009. Little miracles in all shapes and sizes. I thought that I was so organized and well-prepared; Brooklyn's closet and dresser drawers were filled with adorable weather-appropriate clothes for each season - springtime 0-3 month outfits, summery 3-6, fall time 6-9, warm wintery 9-12 month clothes. I added the freshly-washed "little miracle" onesie to the neatly folded stacks of clothes in her top dresser drawer. All babies come out wearing size 0-3 months, right? How smart of them!
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Learning to Breathe: Leaving my mark
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Tuesday, April 6, 2010. She is a nearly-blank slate, this beautiful little girl. She is starting to make a few marks of her own. Someone has to show her how. By the words I speak,. By the way I say them,. By the way I touch her,. By the way I treat others,. By telling her how proud of her I am,. By telling her what a great job she is doing,. What a beautiful, wonderful, smart, lovely little girl she is,. And that I will love her more than anything, no matter what,. By giving her hugs,. Me myself and I.
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Learning to Breathe: May 2009
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Tuesday, May 26, 2009. This is too cute not to share. For the past couple of weeks, when Brooklyn sees pictures of food when we are reading her books, she tries to pick the food up off the page and eat it. It's hilarious! Now, is that a smart baby or what? PS - Please try to ignore my glaringly pasty pale legs. Sorry about that. I sincerely hope nobody goes blind. Links to this post. Wednesday, May 20, 2009. ON THE CHARTS, baby! This is such a big deal for us! Brooklyn is on the charts! I am loving watch...
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Dragondreamer's Lair: Past Book Challenges
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Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing. " -Helen Keller. 2010 Book Challenge List. By Heather Graham, Lindsay McKenna, Marilyn Pappano, and Anette Broadrick (1/10/10). By Norton Juster (1/13/10). By Mary Balogh (1/17/10). Where Are You Now? By Mary Higgins Clark (1/19/10). By Jennifer Chiaverini (2/4/10). By Mary Po...
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Learning to Breathe: April 2009
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Monday, April 27, 2009. I'm too sleepy to eat my dinner! Links to this post. Friday, April 24, 2009. The ties that bind us. The Monday night dinner with my parents and little brother was.okay, I guess. Nothing big happened. Nothing terrible. It's just discouraging, this path that he is headed down. Again. No reason at all? Not the fact that you have wrecked your life several times over with drug use? Could I have done more? I should have been there for him. Why didn't we let him come over? Why didn't we ...
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Learning to Breathe: November 2009
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Friday, November 6, 2009. I just received a call informing me that Brooklyn has been denied for her Synagis shots for RSV this year. Apparently, our insurance changed its' criteria this summer and decided that babies with "congenital anomalies" would only be approved for Synagis during their first 12 months of life, regardless of how long those congenital anomalies continue to cause them problems. Can someone please give my little girl a break? Links to this post. Monday, November 2, 2009. She still lets...
