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  • So many things to Worry about!

    June 17th, 2015

    Oh no, someone posted an article on Facebook about how cell phones definitely cause cancer. How electromagnetic fields are emitted by cell phones so we are constantly being exposed to radiation. I’m freaking out. Our whole house is wireless, my husband’s office is in our house. Does that mean radiation is flying through our house at all times? There’s no way to turn it off, I wish I could pull a plug and everything would be off. Yikes! The article said a lot of weird crazy stuff, like how kids are more prone to brain cancer if they use cell phones because their skulls are softer and the radiation can go deep inside their brain. It could be fear mongering, I don’t know, I need a second opinion. http://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/causes-prevention/risk/radiation/cell-phones-fact-sheet#q1 , it seems like it might be an exaggeration when I read this article from the National Cancer Institute. Phew! But I still think cell phones shouldn’t be too close to our bodies! I especially think children should use them sparingly. It doesn’t take much to freak me out when it comes to technology and the end of civilization as we know it.

    Today Heather is definitely starting her job with us. We are planning on going to Early Start, it’s the first day of summer school. When we get home I’m free for a few hours! I think I’ll definitely paint today. I might try to squeeze in a yoga class too. It’s gonna be a good day! I’m excited to have a helping hand. Jack and Fiona are still sleeping soundly, its 7:08am. Oh, I found out I’m not taking care of Fiona’s VaJJ correctly either from my “What to expect the second year.” I’m supposed to wash her off with fresh water after the bath, I did not know this and have not done this. It says the dirty, soapy, water can irritate her, it hasn’t happened yet, but? Luckily Jacks parts need no special care at this time. I did brush their teeth last night, I think they liked it. I had to let them do it themselves too and it was so cute. Fiona moved her head back and forth from side to side, she couldn’t figure out how to move the toothbrush side to side! It was so funny. I think my best course of action is to teach them as much as possible about personal care. Fiona is already using the washcloth to wash her belly and she even washed Jacks back!

    There’s so many things to worry about. So many things to take care of or something awful is going to happen!! My Goodness! I just have to remember everything’s O.K. right now, nothing terrible has happened so far, we’re all surviving. I hope I didn’t freak my husband out, I basically told him he’s definitely going to get cancer from his IPHONE. Whoops! Sorry Alan, I don’t think he believes in that stuff anyhow. Babies are awake now. Time to go!

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  • I Love You So Much

    June 16th, 2015

    “I need to take Billy for a walk, you stay here with Daddy.” I tell Jack and Fiona. Jack climbs on my lap, lays his head into my shoulder, wraps his arms around me, holding especially tight to the back of my left arm. He knows what I’m saying, he doesn’t want me to leave. Even though it’s bedtime, we’re in the nursery, and he hasn’t seen his dad all day. I figure I’ll stay and put them to bed myself since it’s only another twenty minutes or so. Alan is hungry and is ready to eat his dinner. Jack always needed to be near me more than Fiona, ever since they were babies. I just hold him close whenever he needs it and take a nice big smell of his head, it smells so good, and I tell him how much I love him. I know this phase won’t last too long.

    We went to the discovery museum this morning, it’s our Tuesday tradition. It was freezing and foggy. I underdressed and probably underdressed the babies. Maybe that’s why they are so tired? They are both taking a nap, its 2:28PM. Jacks not feeling 100%, those Molars are taking a toll on him. I’ve been reading the Toddler version of “what to expect” and I’m feeling a little guilty. I guess I haven’t been taking very good care of their teeth, no consistent brushing, and no flossing. I also haven’t been brushing their hair. Whoops! It’s daunting to think I need to take care of two more people’s teeth for the next five years and my own!

    I let Fiona wear her hearing aids in Tot spot, but this time I watched for other kids pulling at her hat and I kept checking to make sure her one remaining hearing aid was still in. When we went outside to play I decided to take the hearing aid off. But there were so many times I was talking to them about things and I realized Fiona was missing all of it. She didn’t hear my story about the quail. She didn’t hear about the blackbirds and the pigeon. She missed the whole conversation about our lunch, at which point I could have put back on her hearing aid, but I was freezing and my main focus was consuming tomato soup and getting Jack and Fiona to eat as much cheese pizza and grilled cheese as I could.  I was also busy shooing away the aggressive blackbirds that were stealing our food right in front of us. It is a very difficult thing to have a baby with hearing loss. I’m constantly worrying I’m not doing all I can, especially now that she’s learning language. I feel guilty when I’m talking to Jack in front of Fiona and he understands everything and she’s not understanding nearly as much.

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