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Whatever happens, everything is going to be okay.

October 21, 2016 by not your average mom 2 Comments

If you read my last post, you know that Number 7 failed two hearing screenings at school and I had a minor (okay major) freak out. First of all, THANK YOU for all the comments and emails and messages and support. I really appreciate all you have had to say. It was very reassuring. Plus […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: doctor, ear, ear infection, Number 7, pediatrician

How does that saying about worrying go again?

October 19, 2016 by not your average mom 25 Comments

I’m a little stressed. Number 7, as you know, is a spirited child. And as I’ve said before, you never know which Number 7 is gonna show up. Sometimes it’s tough Number 7. Sometimes it’s funny Number 7. Sometimes it’s helpful Number 7.  Sometimes it’s stubborn Number 7. Sometimes it’s cuddly Number 7. And since […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: hearing, Number 7, positive thinking, school, screening

Number 7 is like a box of chocolates.

October 2, 2016 by not your average mom 1 Comment

We had our first swim meet of the fall season today. And this year, Number 7 made her USS swimming debut and swam in her first serious, legit swim meet with Numbers 3, 4, and 5. She was the only 4 -year-old in the meet. She is just a couple days from her fifth birthday, […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: Number 4, Number 7, pool, swim meet, swimming

How often do you wash your kids’ sheets and other deep thoughts.

September 16, 2016 by not your average mom 17 Comments

I have to admit, I am enjoying my free weekdays. Even with the freedom though, things are still so busy. And tonight’s post is a random bunch of thoughts, observations, and questions I have that I meant to put out there this week but never got around to. First,  last night was our fifth open […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: awesome, meltdown, Number 3, Number 7, sheets

Is your child suffering from ASMS?

September 15, 2016 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

After School Meltdown Syndrome is in full effect here in the NYAM household. Actually, the older kids are adjusting fairly well. But, as expected, Number 7, who just started kindergarten, is having some issues. Number 7 is like a mini Number 4. On steroids. Life is always a crapshoot, and predicting what the day will bring […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: bus, bus driver, kindergarten, meltdown, Number 7, school

We Were All New Once

August 29, 2016 by not your average mom 1 Comment

If your school district is anything like my school district, once those teacher assignments come out for the upcoming school year, the feeding frenzy begins and people start interrogating everyone who has a kid older than theirs about teachers. There are always those teachers that everyone wants to get. There are the teachers that nobody […]

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: kindergarten, Number 6, Number 7, school, teacher

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