I’m pleased to report that sleep patterns are nearly back to normal. Sasha still puts up a fuss when I set her down in her crib, but she seems to be able to soothe herself relatively quickly. I am now convinced that she will sleep well once the new cast comes off in (fingers crossed) […]
Yesterday began with lots of excitement. For days we had been prepping Sasha for the Impending Cast Removal. We had a party planned with her buddies. I spent the weekend making her a Certificate of Strength. Sasha seemed to know what was going on and insisted that I reach back and hold her hand from […]
In my last post I talked about some advice I got from parent-infant social worker, Alyson McCormick. I asked Alyson if she had any recommended reading for me about child psychology and she sent me two titles. The first is The Magic Years by Selma Fraiberg. I’ve only just begun reading the book, but one […]
Our pediatrician has a catch phrase. Or maybe it’s more of a greeting. The first thing he does when he enters the exam room is walk up to Sasha, say hello, press his finger to her nose and go, “Boop!” He does this with all of the kids, every time. It’s sort of an inside […]
Well, maybe I was too optimistic in that last post. The last couple nights Sasha has been having trouble going down and has woken up twice each night. That’s actually a lot better than we were doing before, but still—it’s very disruptive and we only wind up getting maybe 4 hours of sleep and not […]
Child and art therapists: could bookmaking be the reason we caught some Z’s?
People keep telling me, after a couple of days with a cast, children act as if nothing is wrong. This, I have not found to be true. It’s 3 a.m. I’ve been calling LST a 3 a.m. bedside companion and I find myself needing one of my own at the moment. Nobody in this house […]
Still in the midst of broken leg hell (more on that soon) but wanted to quickly thank all of you who nominated LST for the Podcast Awards. You helped get this podcast placed into the top 10 Health/Fitness podcasts! Which means now it is time to cast your vote to make LST the top Health/Fitness […]