tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19611777.post4804653952499177122..comments2023-11-25T06:26:42.044-05:00Comments on Breeding Imperfection: But the Toddles was happy: part 3ZMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04469113104449353180noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19611777.post-25848145243486166192008-12-30T13:31:00.000-05:002008-12-30T13:31:00.000-05:00On a lighter note (and that wouldn't be hard), you...On a lighter note (and that wouldn't be hard), you've been tagged.<BR/>http://conservadoxandsingle.blogspot.com/2008/12/two-two-two-memes-in-one.htmlkatrinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09428267916507575555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19611777.post-12470514461902313122008-12-23T21:54:00.000-05:002008-12-23T21:54:00.000-05:00Food Allergy Mom, glad to have found you, too. Alw...Food Allergy Mom, glad to have found you, too. Always nice to meet someone else doing the allergy cha-cha.<BR/><BR/>But good grief, woman, that's *sleep* you are talking about. Don't get up early to read - come hang out when you are procrastinating, or doing something other than that which holds life and limb together. <BR/><BR/>sleep. <BR/><BR/>sleeeeeeeeeep.<BR/><BR/>(going to stop before I start drooling.)ZMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04469113104449353180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19611777.post-68702578915071391622008-12-23T19:28:00.000-05:002008-12-23T19:28:00.000-05:00I just want to thank you for stopping by my blog o...I just want to thank you for stopping by my blog or I never would have found you. With three children of my own it may be a while before I finish reading your chronicles, but I plan to rise early with my cup of coffee tomorrow morning and put a good dent in it. You are quite a writer!FoodAllergyMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12033498041694337586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19611777.post-37170484690134644882008-12-23T13:58:00.000-05:002008-12-23T13:58:00.000-05:00Allergy Mom, oh, yes. After that meeting, I couldn...Allergy Mom, oh, yes. After that meeting, I couldn't think how I could ever look at these women again. So, the second thing I did (the first was a lot of internal screeching and hand waving with okay, some external screech)was call our town's public school system and ask about preschools.<BR/><BR/>Two states over, my father popped a blood vessel, but hey. I'm soooo ready for a 504 plan! But the schools are full for the year, so there goes that.<BR/><BR/>I'm so glad your son liked the photos - my boys also like seeing pics of other kids with allergies, hearing their lists, and generally being reminded that yep, oddities abound.ZMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04469113104449353180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19611777.post-67503711055565895672008-12-23T11:53:00.000-05:002008-12-23T11:53:00.000-05:00Miryam, I've been following your preschool horror ...Miryam, I've been following your preschool horror story avidly, but just haven't had the right words to comment. Do I know how you feel? Oh, yes, I do. Do you need any practical suggestions? Ummm, no, you've got all the brochures and are far better at communicating to the educators than I.<BR/><BR/>A religious school was never an option for us, because my son gets most of his therapies (physical, occupation, and speech) through the public school system. Sad to say, but you might be better served in a public school with an education/disability lawyer at your side and a 504 plan in your hand. (Nothing motivates an administrator like the prospect of losing federal funds.)<BR/><BR/>Thank you for sharing this. My son just ran up to me and asked what I was doing. I told him reading about another kid with food allergies. He was very excited and wanted to see a picture. (He liked the delousing ones.) We wish you light and joy this holiday season, and maybe a miracle or two.Libbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00581761828143139038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19611777.post-64724146595188445572008-12-23T01:10:00.000-05:002008-12-23T01:10:00.000-05:00katrina, I maintain that shittiness is not an abso...katrina, I maintain that shittiness is not an absolute category, but depends on the individual circumstance. In other words, yes. You can have something shitty-different, while I have something going on. Otherwise, how else could my sil feel comfortable having a good, solid grump when oh, something Imperfect is going on? Bah.<BR/><BR/>chanie, YES. Exactly - and sadly I agree that it is so. Can't make people learn, no matter the stakes.<BR/><BR/>M.i.I, links placed as per your request. I think. (My HTML is beyond rusty.)<BR/><BR/>Rachel, you name the problem well. And until I stood in my own sneakers, I thought allergy moms *were* a bunch of (ahem) nutters. Over protective, stifling, pushy women, wielding too much power. <BR/><BR/>Or, as it turns out, wielding an alarmingly fragile power, and hauling this huge responsibility along. Ow.<BR/><BR/>dw, thanks as always. And if you ever aren't sitting there nodding, would you let me know? I could use the perspective.<BR/><BR/>and potentialandexpectations, hang in there. Remember, we hit three top notch, loving, adapting schools before this one. Gives me hope.ZMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04469113104449353180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19611777.post-54033384273938683552008-12-22T15:19:00.000-05:002008-12-22T15:19:00.000-05:00this is really upsetting.my daughter has diabetes,...this is really upsetting.<BR/>my daughter has diabetes, and i certainly watched for the reaction of the administration at each school we checked out. she's in 5th grade now.<BR/>i've found that if someone wants to learn, then they can. if they are dismissive or don't 'get it', then they wont really be able to learn what is required help her.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19611777.post-48910659081581653842008-12-22T11:49:00.000-05:002008-12-22T11:49:00.000-05:00Oh, you tell me that what I'm going through is shi...Oh, you tell me that what I'm going through is shitty, but this is really, really shitty. Because some people are jerks. And some people only hear what they want to hear where illness or allergy or some kind of special need is concerned. And poor Toddles--none of this is his fault.katrinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09428267916507575555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19611777.post-75931173405897628902008-12-22T11:27:00.000-05:002008-12-22T11:27:00.000-05:00Oh, poor you with such a horrible meeting (in your...Oh, poor you with such a horrible meeting (in your place I don't know if I could have kept the tears in).<BR/><BR/>And poor toddles for missing his turn as the shabbat helper.<BR/><BR/>Waiting for the conclusion.<BR/><BR/>That director...needs a little perspective to put it mildly.<BR/><BR/>My mother mentioned to me an article she read in the new york times about food allergies...that in order to adequately protect an allergic child a parent has to appear overprotective, neurotic, paranoid etc. (I'm paraphrasing a paraphrase...) One would think that after knowing the Toddles, and you things would make more sense, make her want to understand...but it's clearly a character flaw...on her part, not yours. <BR/><BR/>Btw, D and I made the Oat Challah this Friday. It was good! Though I didn't have xantham gum. Oops.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19611777.post-48824521390555356082008-12-22T03:17:00.000-05:002008-12-22T03:17:00.000-05:00M., can you add links to all the parts in each pos...M., can you add links to all the parts in each post? <BR/>Your story is distressing, on a personal and community level.mother in israelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13715046177293916034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19611777.post-57430281027603193252008-12-22T03:11:00.000-05:002008-12-22T03:11:00.000-05:00:( dang! it truly sucks that the director is bein...:( dang! it truly sucks that the director is being such a bitch about the whole thing. her concern should be your child, not her ego.dykewifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17776768691386493709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19611777.post-9955136160568147442008-12-22T00:54:00.000-05:002008-12-22T00:54:00.000-05:00Drone on, drone on, drone on! I am riveted, and h...Drone on, drone on, drone on! I am riveted, and horrified, and reading this with my hand over my mouth, and wanting to give you a hug.<BR/>And praying with all my might that my daughter outgrows her allergies before she ever has to go to school. I would not have your calm and strength -- and therefore, not your success either, I suspect.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com