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Heidi Chronicles

Life (In London), Medicated

At least they won’t think we beat them.

Filed under: Elena, Family, Mommyhood, Travel — Heidi at 3:19 pm on Saturday, July 5, 2008

Today Elena went to the emergency room - but only because it is Saturday and there aren’t any urgent care centers at Mom and Dad’s house.

She woke with a fever and it went up to 103.1 early this afternoon.  Since we fly in a week, I didn’t want to risk an ear infection, so in we went.  No ear infection at this point, but she does have fluid back there, which the dr. said feels like an infection.

She told us to get guaifenesin, which is nearly impossible to find, and to load her up with ibuprofen and acetaminophen.  The ibuprofen has helped much more this afternoon as I didn’t know her weight and wasn’t giving her the correct dosage.  So that’s one good thing that came out of it.

I’m really just glad we were in a different town.  The number of times we’ve been to the emergency room in the past year is enough to make ME wonder if we’re making them sick!

It wouldn’t be a trip to the US with out a visit to the emergency room.

Filed under: Liam, Mommyhood, Travel — Heidi at 6:10 pm on Thursday, July 3, 2008

Liam fell yesterday and bonked his head on the coffee table.  We calmly went to our usual emergency room where they remembered us from Elena’s last visit, and they did a little fixing.

It was AWESOME.  No pain, no stitches.

They numbed him with a cotton ball and used the most amazing substance to glue his cut shut.  It should wear off in a week or so and he’ll be good as new.

Super duper!

We’re here!

Filed under: Blah Blah Blah — Heidi at 4:03 pm on Thursday, June 26, 2008

We made it.  It was a bit of a mess thanks to the airline, but we’re all fine and well.

We’re in KC until Friday and then we’re headed to CA for the weekend.  Looking forward to seeing everyone!

Canadian Italian trumps the Brits’

Filed under: BackBlogging, Bday/Anniv/Holiday, Blah Blah Blah, Depression, Elena, Friends, Health, Home Improvements, Murphy & Macey, Number of the Day, Terrible Mother — Heidi at 10:29 pm on Thursday, June 19, 2008

We had a mini birthday party this afternoon for Liam…

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which was a good thing because prior to their arrival, my two children screaming “MIIIIIIIINE” back and forth at each other made me want to shoot them.

And Aaron got home from Milan.  That was a good thing too.

But later when he told me about the delicious Italian food he ate?  Then I wanted shoot him.

The fact of the matter is, we have yet to find any place here that serves good Italian food.  I’ve had better in Vancouver.  Seriously…can someone please explain to me how Canada can have better Italian food than a country within a two hour flight of ethnic epicenter?

I got spoiled and now I have no patience.

Filed under: BackBlogging, Blah Blah Blah, Elena, Friends, Liam, Life In London, Mommyhood — Heidi at 10:07 pm on Wednesday, June 18, 2008

In true Awesome Nanny fashion, Daniela called today to see if Liam could come play after school.

Elena was grumpy all morning, so it was no problem for me to put her down and send Liam on his merry way.  E slept until 4.15 and L ended up eating dinner at Penny’s.

How quickly one forgets the difference between having one child and two children. My afternoon was so easy.  There wasn’t any arguing about why L had to stay in his room, or asking for food, or drinks, or to brush teeth, or read during quiet time, or how to play “Guy Jumps Around” (Super Mario 4) on the DS.  It was just peaceful.

I got my payback though.  I fully expected Liam to be worn out and ready to go to bed at a decent time since he played hard this afternoon.  So, I put both kids in bed at  7.30.  Elena went right to sleep, but Liam procrastinated.  His latest thing is to tell me that he’s sick - that he has throw up in his stomach - and then ask for milk.

Dude…you don’t ask for milk when you have throw up in your stomach.  It just doesn’t work that way.

Anyway, he’s not sick, and when I asked him if he remembered why we don’t have milk at bedtime, he quickly recalled that his “teeth will get bleeded and he’ll have to have the drill at the gentist.”

Then I told him if he was really sick that he wouldn’t be able to go to school in the morning.  THAT certainly did not go over well.

Suddenly he was healed, and water was just fine.

He finally went to sleep around 8.30.  Not soon enough for me.

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