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Rebecca Sunday 15 January 2012 2 responses

post-op: days 1-2

Elan doing his impression of a giant-eyed wood elf, January 2012First off, Elan's T&A surgery went fine. The surgeon told us afterwards that his adenoids were big, and that she thinks the surgery will correct the sleep apnea. So that's the good news, and it was a big relief to hear after what was, for me, the worst part - the time during the actual surgery. I have an overactive imagination, and I've watched a lot of Grey's Anatomy episodes.The bad news is that the recovery is rough. We knew this would be the case. Every parent who had been through it told us that it's awful while you're going through it, even as they celebrated the results. At the end of Day 1, Elan was doing better than we expected. He tucked into several bowls of pasta with an enthusiasm we rarely see him show for any food.Night 1 was a parenting comedy of errors, one of those nights we'll look back at some day when our kids are grown, while we're sipping pina coladas on some tropical beach and reminiscing about the ... more

Rebecca - Thursday 12 January 2012 - No responses

Elan, Botanical Gardens, January 2012I have to say, my little guy has really been handling the lead-up to his tonsillectomy tomorrow better than I expected.When we first told him, he railed against it. ("No, no, no, I am NOT going to get my tonsils out! You know when I'm going to do it? NEVER!")But within a few hours, he was making peace with the news.This morning, as soon as he was verbal (after the usual morning groaning/fussing session), he told me he was excited ... more

Rebecca - Monday 9 January 2012 - No responses

countdown to T&A

Serenity on the Washington coast, September 2011This Thursday is Elan's tonsillectomy/adenoidectomy (T&A). Just writing that gives me butterflies in the stomach. What a strange start to the new year it's been so far. Coming home from a wonderful two weeks away has been jarring. I'm actually happy to be home, I love our little house and the amazing community around us, and the weather has been eerily sunny for January. But everyone's had an edge of cranky and tired since we got home, which ... more

Rebecca - Thursday 5 January 2012 - No responses

gifts

Elan actually wrote a wish list for Hanukkah/Christmas this year.In translation:angry birdspigssnow hatsoccer shirtmoneyThis list is hilarious because a) it showcases his obsession with angry birds which seems to be a fairly universal obsession for any 5-6 year olds who have been exposed to it, b) my child hates wearing hats, proven by the fact that he doesn't want to wear his "snow hat" even though it's a yellow angry bird hat, and c) he asked for "money" so that he could lend money ... more

Rebecca - Wednesday 4 January 2012 - No responses

message in the sand

I love coming across other peoples' art on the beach.We are having holiday hangover after two weeks in San Diego with my family. After two weeks of fabulous sunshine, football with the guys, and rolling around in a big kid/dog pile on the ground with my sister's two-year-old, her two Bernese mountain dogs, and my parents' dog, Elan is waking up in the dark, trying to get back to sleep and failing, and telling me he misses his cousin Judah.Here's what holiday hangover looks ... more

Rebecca - Monday 26 December 2011 - No responses

the 5-year-old unicorn

One month ago, Elan turned 5.We made a sign. He wrote his name but insisted I write "Birthday Party." And those are balloons decorating the sign, in case you're not sure. Balloons being an absolute must for the celebration.I love little kid writing. Adults can imitate it, but they can't ever quite get the adorable haphazard quality of randomly placed backwards letters and the way the whole line drifts and tilts.After much debate, I decided to have Elan's birthday party at the Y Kindergym ... more

Rebecca - Thursday 22 December 2011 - No responses

merry.go.round

Elan, Tilden Park, Berkeley, December 2011We are working on creating family traditions, now that we're 5 years into this whole kids thing. One is going to the holiday carousel at Tilden Park, in the hills above Berkeley.Mama, what's with all the pictures of me with funny expressions posted on your blog lately?Of course, this necessitates me thinking about when we did this or that last year. Which has me think about how little Emry was at this time ... more

Rebecca - Friday 16 December 2011 - 2 responses

a diagnosis and a decision

Elan, nearly 5 years old, November 2011Back in October, we took Elan to the Stanford Sleep Clinic. The doctors there examined him and then took a complete history, which translated into an hour and a half of us talking, trying to explain exactly how it is that our child doesn't sleep. That's an exaggeration. He does sleep, obviously, otherwise I would have sold him on Craigslist by now, or checked myself into a mental institution. But he sleeps fitfully, with frequent wakings, regular bouts ... more

Rebecca - Saturday 26 November 2011 - No responses

no, really?

I hope you had a happy Thanksgiving. We had a very happy Thanksgiving. The food at my husband's aunt's house was so good, I made slightly inappropriate groany noises as I ate it. We went for the traditional walk to the park, football playing in the park, and then came back to the house for dessert. It was all lovely.And then... (because you know there had to be an "and then")My husband was installing Elan's carseat back into our car from his mom's car and said, "I feel like I ... more

Rebecca - Sunday 20 November 2011 - No responses

because i know you were wondering

Elan on the pumpkin pile, October 2011Halloween was a very big deal at our house this year. First, we went to our neighborhood's version of a pumpkin patch, which is more a pumpkin pile, a huge hill of pumpkins at Monterey Market. The kids (and brave adults) scramble all over the pumpkins, including some that must weigh 100 pounders (pumpkins, not people, well, people too, but that's nothing extraordinary).Someone should have taken a picture of the maneuvers I ... more

Rebecca - Thursday 17 November 2011 - No responses

boys in sleepers

November 2011They might not always sleep a lot, but they always spend a lot of time in their sleepers.

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