When much is unknown

I have some medical history for Tigger.  Unfortunately with as detailed full disclosure as I got, due to circumstances beyond any one person's control, medical history is not the best....I know some things, just not much.

Therefore, the one thing I hate about well child visits are the questions....especially if I have a question about Tigger's health and development, which then I get asked a question about medical history which about 90% of the time is information I don't have.  Sometimes it doesn't bother me, sometimes though, Tigger's Pediatrician is all about prevention so there have been multiple times Tigger has had to have lab work to rule x, y, z out and/or to check up on something.  Way more needles and blood then if I would just have an adequate medical history.

Don't get me wrong, I like her Pediatrician, I think she's probably one of the most proactive preventative, rule this out type of Pediatrician I've encountered or heard about, it's just annoying to me because I know in the future it will probably be annoying to Tigger....and anything that will cause angst or annoyance to my child automatically makes me annoyed too.

What's the Weather Like today?

So this is what I see coming home from work

Which I'm sure led to this lovely sight

Unfortunately I'm driving in the freeway so didn't get the cell phone quick enough to take a picture of flames, but you get the idea.  It's hotter than Hades.

Recap: From when I didn't blog

FIRST HAIRCUT

(Last Friday)

2 year old well child physical

My child still weighs a whopping 22 lbs and is 1 and 1/2 inches shy of being 3 feet tall.  I love the fact that the Pediatrician comments on her being in the 5% in the weight department....sigh. I swear I feed that child!

No shots today but she had to get blood drawn so that's never fun...for her or me.  I decided to get all soft and 'bad momish' after having to go to the Dr. so we enjoyed some take-out food....not something we do a lot, so it was a treat!

Tuesday Truisms: Change is a Mix of Emotions

The school year started this week.  After seven years at the same Elementary School, I asked my boss for a change.  I love my new placement....seven years ago, I was switched from that placement to the Elementary School...now I'm back to the preschool assessment center.  I will be doing mainly the bilingual (Spanish) Speech and Language assessments for kids ages 2.6-4.6 years old.  This is just a snippet of my thoughts from the week.

"The toughest thing about change is that while the new is exciting, you miss the old like crazy"


"Providing useful assessment information to parents of a 3 year old may be helpful, however, it also can be a painful time for the family"


"It will be interesting to go from elementary school parents in the final stages of the grief cycle (acceptance) since their child has been receiving special ed. services since preschool sometimes, to go into the beginning stages of grieving with families at the preschool stage"


"When one is nice to people, they make new friends among co-workers fast...maybe not close friends, but a great atmosphere"


"It was a normal summer without outrageous temperatures...until the week we go back to work"


"There is always progress.  It's just seen more rapidly in little kids" 


"I love my job again"

Last Day of Summer

We went to the beach....and had fun.  Enough said!

Sandy Water Shoes

Digging and playing with water

Love the mess

MMMMM time to eat

Grandma and Tigger

All excited to have a chair for herself

Yeah the last Transition day was a great one!

Since I start work on Monday and Tigger was going to be attending a new place...a preschool for kids ages 2-5 years old, last week and this week I had transition time where she attended Tues/Thurs.

The first Tuesday she was fine when I left....then Thursday she was hysterical and it pained me to leave her there and a few tears were shed (by me), then this past Tuesday she was sorrowful and cried in a pitiful way that broke my heart.  Today....she smiled and got her play on and gave me a hug and a kiss and waved goodbye.  Oh much better.  I can now know that Monday won't be as bad of a day as it could have been.

On that note, mommy got ready by getting hair done, getting glasses taken care of, buying the soy milk boxes (like juice boxes but better lol) for Tigger's lunch which is only sold at a specific store, and made a dental appt. for me and a hair appt. for Tigger.  I guess it's time folks...time to start work again.