Friday Chatter

Robin · Guru

RE: Friday Chatter

sappy · Guru

jake just told me about a girl he might ask to homecoming.

HOMECOMING!

again, for the 1000th time .. i can't believe my baby is starting high school.

HOMECOMING!!!???!??

Juanita · Guru

sappy wrote:

jake just told me about a girl he might ask to homecoming.

HOMECOMING!

again, for the 1000th time .. i can't believe my baby is starting high school.

HOMECOMING!!!???!??

:hug:

happylib · Guru

I need to take my iron and that's my excuse for forgetting anyone in this post. :whistle:

Sonya I hope Jo is doing fine and dandy soon.

April that is great that you gave them the solution to the bus and daycare problem! I am glad that it also makes things less complicated for you. I think it will be easier for Em too.

Sara I love the basket idea. I bet after seeing Caroline getting stuff a few times, Mikey might start changing his mind.

As for the hurricane names, don't they get retired once they are used for actual hurricanes?

Juanita · Guru

happylib wrote:

I need to take my iron and that's my excuse for forgetting anyone in this post. :whistle:

Sonya I hope Jo is doing fine and dandy soon.

April that is great that you gave them the solution to the bus and daycare problem! I am glad that it also makes things less complicated for you. I think it will be easier for Em too.

Sara I love the basket idea. I bet after seeing Caroline getting stuff a few times, Mikey might start changing his mind.

As for the hurricane names, don't they get retired once they are used for actual hurricanes?

I think they do

happylib · Guru

Juanita wrote:

happylib wrote:

We are back from all the testing E had done this morning. We won't know the complete results for another two weeks. We did learn a few things.

The Good:
Elizabeth is doing extremely well with her communication and language skills. This makes me feel better. We will need more details about the sequencing aspect of it, but the speech therapist didn't seem too worried about it when I asked.

The not so good:
Elizabeth's motor skills are a little behind. We know after briefly talking to the occupational therapist that they are sending in a "script" to have physical therapy testing done. She apparently is toeing out a little when she walks/runs and they are concerned about her "w" sitting. She also is not quite as coordinated as she should be. My dh has agreed to proceed with it but he is not convinced it's a problem But at least he has agreed to do it. They will decide if she should have occupational therapy from there. It sounds like she will be getting some services from the physical therapy center.

I am sure there is still some more that we will find out in a couple of weeks.

We also found out something interesting about iron. Apparently you can be low on iron and not be anemic. They have been doing studies and children that are in this low category often have trouble sleeping. By giving the Flintstone vitamin with iron it often helps or solves the problem. They also did a study on college women that fell into the low category and when those women took iron their scores and perfomance at school improved. It apparently helps with memory retention.

So that was our day so far. I am tired now and trying to get some energy going so I can go out and do yard work while it's still cool.

Anemia is abnormally low red blood cells, or hemoglobin.

You can have all kinds of different anemia's: Iron deficiency anemia, Folic Acid Deficiency anemia, Vit B12 Deficiency Anemia, etc.

You just hear people talk about their "iron" being low, but that's not always what's causing the anemia

And I'm glad you got some good news. Why do they think the "w" sitting is a problem?

-- Edited by Juanita on Friday 21st of August 2009 02:01:41 PM

Apparently it has to do with low muscle tone. Generally when joints are loose enough to do that it leads or is because of low muscle tone. Also there is the theory that it causes problems later on in life with hips and other orthopedic problems. E is extremely flexible and I do think that is hereditary, but I don't see that it will hurt her to strengthen her muscles.

ineedcoffee · Senior Member

Smooches to you too, Sonya!

happylib · Guru

sappy wrote:

jake just told me about a girl he might ask to homecoming.

HOMECOMING!

again, for the 1000th time .. i can't believe my baby is starting high school.

HOMECOMING!!!???!??

I so understand where you are coming from, but unfortunately for this old hen, I am a few years ahead. Rick moved out this week and is now offically living in his own apartment on campus. I don't think it has really hit me yet. I think I am in denial though. Yesterday I dropped off some papers when he was at work and I apparently sounded a little pitful when I told him he can come and have supper with us anytime. :bag:

Juanita · Guru

happylib wrote:

Juanita wrote:

happylib wrote:

We are back from all the testing E had done this morning. We won't know the complete results for another two weeks. We did learn a few things.

The Good:
Elizabeth is doing extremely well with her communication and language skills. This makes me feel better. We will need more details about the sequencing aspect of it, but the speech therapist didn't seem too worried about it when I asked.

The not so good:
Elizabeth's motor skills are a little behind. We know after briefly talking to the occupational therapist that they are sending in a "script" to have physical therapy testing done. She apparently is toeing out a little when she walks/runs and they are concerned about her "w" sitting. She also is not quite as coordinated as she should be. My dh has agreed to proceed with it but he is not convinced it's a problem But at least he has agreed to do it. They will decide if she should have occupational therapy from there. It sounds like she will be getting some services from the physical therapy center.

I am sure there is still some more that we will find out in a couple of weeks.

We also found out something interesting about iron. Apparently you can be low on iron and not be anemic. They have been doing studies and children that are in this low category often have trouble sleeping. By giving the Flintstone vitamin with iron it often helps or solves the problem. They also did a study on college women that fell into the low category and when those women took iron their scores and perfomance at school improved. It apparently helps with memory retention.

So that was our day so far. I am tired now and trying to get some energy going so I can go out and do yard work while it's still cool.

Anemia is abnormally low red blood cells, or hemoglobin.

You can have all kinds of different anemia's: Iron deficiency anemia, Folic Acid Deficiency anemia, Vit B12 Deficiency Anemia, etc.

You just hear people talk about their "iron" being low, but that's not always what's causing the anemia

And I'm glad you got some good news. Why do they think the "w" sitting is a problem?

-- Edited by Juanita on Friday 21st of August 2009 02:01:41 PM

Apparently it has to do with low muscle tone. Generally when joints are loose enough to do that it leads or is because of low muscle tone. Also there is the theory that it causes problems later on in life with hips and other orthopedic problems. E is extremely flexible and I do think that is hereditary, but I don't see that it will hurt her to strengthen her muscles.

Okay, well that makes sense I guess.

ineedcoffee · Senior Member

WTG April!!! That is awesome!

ineedcoffee · Senior Member

Sara, I am glad to know I am not the only one who can't figure out what to do on a date. We always do the same thing. (dinner and a movie) We Need to break out of that rut!

Juanita · Guru

Hi Becca

sappy · Guru

happylib wrote:

sappy wrote:

jake just told me about a girl he might ask to homecoming.

HOMECOMING!

again, for the 1000th time .. i can't believe my baby is starting high school.

HOMECOMING!!!???!??

I so understand where you are coming from, but unfortunately for this old hen, I am a few years ahead. Rick moved out this week and is now offically living in his own apartment on campus. I don't think it has really hit me yet. I think I am in denial though. Yesterday I dropped off some papers when he was at work and I apparently sounded a little pitful when I told him he can come and have supper with us anytime. :bag:

i am NOT thinking about that right now.

of course, it will be here before i know it.

sappy · Guru

ineedcoffee wrote:

Sara, I am glad to know I am not the only one who can't figure out what to do on a date. We always do the same thing. (dinner and a movie) We Need to break out of that rut!

isn't that sad!? we live near a MAJOR city. you'd think we could get our act together and do something.

i tell myself it's because we never go out until we put the kids to bed.

i think we need to change that.

sappy · Guru

it seems much later than 2:30

ineedcoffee · Senior Member

Hi Jennifer :wave

Juanita · Guru

sappy wrote:

it seems much later than 2:30

i was JUST thinking that

ineedcoffee · Senior Member

Sara, we don't go out until Hannah is down either.

I just heard of a new jazz club/martini lounge that opened up here. I wonder if we would enjoy that? Hmmm...

Robin · Guru

Does being a "senior member" not make anyone else feel OLD?

:oldlady:

sappy · Guru

ineedcoffee wrote:

Sara, we don't go out until Hannah is down either.

I just heard of a new jazz club/martini lounge that opened up here. I wonder if we would enjoy that? Hmmm...

tell me again, whereabouts are you in california?