A Spoonful of Sugar??

First I must apologize for the long delays between posts, lets just say life has gotten in the way and I promise to not let it happen again:)

So I am beginning to think that Mary Poppins was wrong. Yes, I said it. I dare to challenge the institution that is Disney and how they defined proper child care should be given. But here's my point of view.

We all know the song, it is probably running through your head right now. The spoonful of sugar is supposed to make the medicine taste better and go down easier for our little ones. And lets be honest, didn't we all make our Mom's try this just once growing up.

However, today's pharmaceutical companies have take this a little too literally. Medicine for infants and children are so sweet and so full of flavor and sugar that I can smell the sweetness in the medicine dropper. And to be completley transparent I have only given my 2 year old three medicines in her lifetime - Tylenol, Motrin & Zyrtec (all the infant/children's varieties of course). But I really wonder how this over sweet medicine will have an effect on our kids growing up?

Will our children ever know the difference between candy and medicine? What if they want a sugar fix growing up and head for the medicine chest - or wait is that part of the reason why kids down a bottle of Robitussin at parties. No, it is for the high, but I am sure the nice taste doesn't detract from the desire to do it. But i think we need a clearer distinction between Gobstoppers and Tylenol - currently there is none.

I am not saying we should go to the extreme and have horrible tasting medicine - that will make it all the harder to get kids to take it. However, lets save the syrupy, yummy, gooey sweetenss for where it belongs - in candy

Lexie::23 months

Well Lexie, here we are the last month we can say you are 23 months old and people won't look at me funny. Your are our precious little girl more and more every day - and by that I mean you are leaving all baby aside and becoming a little girl.

Just last week you gave up the last piece of babyhood - your crib. We went on vacation, put you in your pac-n-play and you hopped right out. Luckily there was a "big girl bed" there for you to sleep in and you happily took to it. Once we got home, we converted your crib to a big girl bed and you have not looked back since. It just amazes me to see you happily embrace the next phase of your life. You are so adventurous and not afraid of anything.

I mentioned vacation above and we are just back from a trip to the beach with Papa and his dog Sadie. You had an absolute blast. You loved building sand castles with Daddy, swimming in the surf and tide pools with all of us, flying a kite with Papa and walking Sadie. Since we were on vacation, we completely blew your nap and sleeping schedule, but you were a trooper and had fun with us everyday. Also, I was not aware that you could consume sooooo many chicken nuggets in a one week period, but you sure did. It took all of 5 minutes for you to warm up to the beach and after that, you took to it like a fish...to water.

Another big milestone, you have learned how to jump. You will jump on the floor or jump off of everything - again you have no fear.

Finally, in the last week your conversation skills have really progressed and I know I say this every month. But what i thank has been happening was your vocabulary was expanding, now we have complete conversations. And it is not just you responding to us, you will come up and start talking to us about whatever is on your mind. We were in the car the other day and you told me and Daddy "I need a day off." Now this was funny for several reasons...first, we are just back from vacation, so I don't really understand why. Second, what do you need a day off from, playing, watching Calliou, Elmo, please let us know what is taxing to we can help to alleviate your stress.

Well Lex, as always thanks for the ride. You bring me so much joy being your mommy and I can't believe you are almost 2...now onto the party planning.

Love,
Mommy