It’s like feeding candy to a baby, isn’t it? At least that’s what I recall about the taste of amoxicillin. I remember its syrupy sweet pinky candy-ness, just waiting for me, second only to the orange Triaminic we unwittingly took as kids, thinking that it would make a difference in our coughs and colds. Of …
After two weeks of “intermittent” EC, little L has gone to the bathroom in the toilet (!) more than 5 times! And the past two days when I tried it, he went almost immediately when I posed him in his bathroom position, with his little bum on the toilet seat and his legs hanging over …
With my head hung low I must woefully admit that being a pediatrician sometimes stops when you become a mom. Why do I say this? Well, I do not always follow the rules. For example, because they look so darned cute, I have crib bumpers in baby L’s crib. I keep looking at them and …
When L was just a few months old one of the Aunties in my Indian Family Friends circle spoke of the wisdom and help that her mother gave during the raising of my auntie’s three sons. “She had them toilet trained by 9 months of age,” Auntie said. Nine months? As if that is even …
This morning L and I were relaxing in his room and folding some laundry. Three thoughts came to me during my efforts: Onesie extenders are awesome. They allow me to stretch the life of my favorite onesies and really help fit L’s skinny frame with humongous cloth diapered bum! I love these ones from Etsy. …
