Journey Beyond Survival

I weigh one hundred ninety four point oh. Yes. 194.0 lbs. And, I made it 3 1/2 hours to Indianapolis today and all the way back. And took on the navigation system, and a Developmental Pediatrician all together. The Developmental Pediatrician won because she is awesome. I would have kissed her but she probably would have found it offensive. Chickadee is doing well under her care. Utmost confidence. Also, I walked 4.4 miles in one hour. WooT. Yeah, I'm pretty much toast, sitting here like a slug. Mmmmm. I'm happy to be home with Hubbend while the kids are sleeping and watching our huge Hulu backlog. Home while it lasts...til Wednesday when Hubbend and Beansprout fly to Phoenix. We're kinda crazy traveling everywhere. Just wait til you see where I get to go next month. It's a surprise...

Do not give birth to a severely constipated Chickadee. Do not give way to her anguish. Do not put Chickadee in a warm bath to 'smooth things out'. Do not listen to her traumatic wailing. Do not throw caution to the wind and strip in 10 seconds. Do not get in the bath with constipated Chickadee. Do not forget to lock the door. Do not let warm water massage child's lower back. Do not panic when hot water is gone. Do not break the aging Hot Water Faucet. Do not keep trying to turn off the now cold water. Do not streak to clean clothing across the hall. Do not yell for Hubbend. Do not send miss THANG for Hubbend. Do not tell miss THANG to ignore Grandma and get Hubbend anyway. Do not get angry when it takes Hubbend 20 minutes to get there. Do not sob and tell Hubbend ALL about it. TOM came this morning. An enema came afterward. Chickadee seriously needed me as a doula. It won't do any good to tell me I shouldn't have done it. I know it was the right thing for us. I...

regression I BEFORE pulled up to stand walked with walker turned while walking with walker fed herself with both hands pincer grasp both hands ate dirt ate hair ate sand like it was sugar ate all table foods 15 words spoken 15-20 sign language words crawl up and down 20 stairs AFTER no fine motor skills in hands compulsive movements with hands (touch hair slap downward) 2 sign language word adaptations all liquids thickened to 'nectar' consistency all solids ground to stage three baby food consistency crawl two stairs up not down at all walked with two hands held cruised along furniture 4 oz maximum tummy capacity feeding 9 times a day 1 1/2 hours apart while awake regression II BEFORE crawled thirty feet walked to fatigue two hands held loved whole milk 1/4 tsp laxative in her nectar thick liquids had thunder thighs cruised furniture in both directions with incentive (insert evil Jillian laugh) ate from 1/2 cup to 3/4 cup ground up table foo...