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Ava’s New 7 Pound Weighted Blanket

August 8, 2009

In March of 2007, shortly after I launched Mutterings of a Mindless Mommy, Ava began using her first weighted blanket. In my post, Will The Weighted Blanket Be the Answer?, I discussed my hopes that the weighted blanket would be the answer to Ava’s extreme nighttime anxiety and sleep problems. Well, it wasn’t *the” answer, [...]

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We Are in a Weight Loss Crisis

December 25, 2008

Alexander’s weight is plummeting. He lost four pounds in three weeks so we went to the pediatrician last week. Since then he’s lost another pound. He’s not hungry and when he eats he says his stomach hurts so the doctor wants us to try Zantac for 1.5 weeks to see if it gets rid of [...]

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Blog Award and Unusual Olfactory News

August 28, 2008

Last week, Angela from Memoirs of a Chaotic Mommy nominated my blog for the Brillante Weblog Award.  Thank you Angela!  I have to nominate seven other blogs but that is going to have to wait a few days as I have added several new blogs to my Google Reader.  Now on to some unusual olfactory [...]

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I Won a Subscription to S.I. Focus from Good Enough Mama

August 6, 2008

On Saturday, Kia from the Good Enough Mama blog posted a comment on my A Doctor’s Appointment Through the Eyes of a Child post.  Understanding the basic rules of blog etiquette, I visited Kia’s blog.  I saw that Kia had made a post called “Sigh” in which Carol Stock Kranowitz, the author of The Out-of-Sync [...]

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Arrr Matey – My Son, the Aspergic Pirate

March 22, 2008

My son had a follow-up visit with his opthamologist on Friday.  The outcome – an eye patch.  His vision is still getting worse and since he’s ambylopic we’re afraid that his brain is going to shut off his right eye.  Even with the glasses, he’s still over-compensating and using his left eye more.  Now he [...]

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Tantrums – Again?

August 10, 2007

Perhaps I should use the word meltdown instead of tantrum – however you say it, it is still the same thing.  Wednesday was my son’s first day of school and thankfully he had a good day at school.  Unfortunately that didn’t transfer over to his swim lessons that started about 45 minutes after school let [...]

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A Neat Little Package Called Asperger’s Syndrome

April 25, 2007

Yesterday I mentioned to Alexander’s play therapist that the psychiatrist has diagnosed Alexander with Asperger’s Syndrome contrary to the psychologist’s findings.  The first thing the therapist said was “I agree.”  She is a licensed clinical social worker so unable to make a diagnosis but she works with many HFA (high-functioning autism) and AS (Asperger’s Syndrome) [...]

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