Posts by USAmma

Tempe, AZ is actually pretty good for a lot of what you describe, but it does get hot. It's a college "town" but lots of family friendly parks, libraries, stores. A lot of students rely on bikes in that area. We live in Chandler which...

I like the idea of the wall cabinets! The coffee table actually has lots of storage under it where she keeps her pet shops and she likes having it up off the floor. I hope she outgrows some of this stuff soon . . I think that will...

My poor second child . . .she got the smallest room in the house. We have a 2 bedroom house with a small afterthought of an office. It is 10X12 and no closet, but double doors opening up to rest of the house. Bunk beds and tall loft...

I personally know of two children who have come into our ER after being hit by a car in a parking lot. :-(  This one died in our ER and I remember the nurses who took care of him being traumatized by the mom's...

Yes, with one child I did use a leash. She did not stay close to me at all, would run away from me, and we had a couple of close calls. Nor would she agree to be carried, hold my hand, or ride in a stroller. She just did not listen....

I am obligated as a health care worker to call 911 if I see a child alone in the car. In our state it is illegal no matter what time of year. However once they reach a certain age of being a tween or teen, the lines would be harder to...

I work with a peds population where some of the babies that come to us were in CPS custody from the time they were born. And yet some of them are circed, others not. I wonder how this happens?? I do know that sometimes there are cases...

Well it was nothing serious! Of course as an RN I was imagining the worst . . my testosterone level is borderline low. They offered to supplement it but I declined. Doing a few more tests to find out why I'm tired but so far probably...

I'm thinking maybe hypothyroid-- both my parents had it, and half a dozen aunts. 

Are you going through an allergist or a GI doc or someone else? What kind of symptoms is he showing? My daughter had Eosinophilic Esophagitis, was undiagnosed until almost age 3, but tube fed due to FTT from 3 mos old. The scopes...