On Wednesday the doctor was not overly concerned about Big A's potty issues and felt they were likely psychological/reaction to having a baby in the house. But she took a urine sample anyways just in case. I dropped it off yesterday and they didn't call us yet so I am assuming all is well in that department. By Thursday Big A had her usual appetite again and seems to have bounced back from the stomach flu. Unfortunately, Little A threw up yesterday and had some diarrhea so she obviously has it now. Sigh! The timing couldn't be worse as my 91 year old grandmother and my uncle are visiting from NYC, and were so excited to spend time with the kids. Little A is still sleeping so I'm hoping when she gets up today she's better. Otherwise all of our weekend plans will be mixed up. Nevermind that Adam is going to Montreal for a conference tomorrow so I'll be alone with the girls until Wednesday. I just hope I don't sick with the flu. I wonder at what age your kids have to be before the family can all stay healthy for more than a week at a time???
Hey there, welcome to Monday! We had a delightful, relatively quiet weekend. How was yours? Hopefully no one in your home was sick...there is a lot of nasty stuff going around these days. If you're a parent, than you have probably spent far more time that you would like to desperately searching Google and/or parenting books trying to figure out if your child's rash, cough or fever warrants a trip to the doctor or if there is something that can be done to treat it. It's hard not to worry that it could be something more ominous that just an every day infection and while you'd make yourself (and everyone around you) nuts if you panicked every time your kid has the sniffles, as a parent, you naturally want to do everything in your power to prevent your child from harm. Recently I was sent The A to Z of Children's Health , written by doctors Jeremy Friedman, Natasha Saunders, and Norman Saunders, of Toronto's very own Hospital for Sick Children . One of th
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