of sleep is what Tycho had last night! Well at one point he woke up but went back to sleep as soon as Steve went upstairs and put his music box on. Hopefully he will start sleeping through the nights once again. He now has got two teeth in his bottom jaw, but I think one is on it’s way in the upper one too as he has been having teething pains all of today, but atleast it doesn’t keep him awake at night any longer. (more…)
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Walking to school, good or bad?
23rd January 2009 by Hellie
I was talking with my hairdresser yesterday about how so few kids seem to be walking to school these days, and how quite old ones get driven to school. During my first year of school, my mum used to walk me, but I hated it as she worked in the school next to mine and walked there so early that I had to stand outside my school and wait until they opened the door for about 30 minutes – very boring. So I started walking to school with a girl who lived down my street. And from the age of 8 I always walked with her or alone. I lived close to school – only about 10 minutes walk, so it wasn’t too bad. But there were kids in my school living further away who cycled or walked into school too. And nothing bad ever happened to us. I used to think that maybe this was a “you-are-from-Sweden-thing” but when I talk to people my age over here they tell me they used to walk as well. So why this over-carefulness now? Is it really any worse?
To Conceive or Not to Conceive part 2
21st January 2009 by Hellie
I have talked to a few people now who where diagnosed in the 70’s or early 80’s. They were all advised against having children, something that they would not have been told today. Historically, the treatment of people with MS (and I am not talking about medical treatment here) has always been dodgy to say the least. A friend of mine’s grandmother was more or less hidden away in her house waiting to die. My own granddad never got to see any MS nurses or neurologists after his initial diagnoses. They gave him a wheelchair and said “Sorry, can’t help you any more”. During the last 10 years things have changed a lot, specially with disease-modifying drugs arriving on the scene, but also through other research, such as the knowledge that exercise is beneficial, complimentary therapies and, of course, the introduction of MS nurses. Things are still far from perfect, but at least they are moving in the right direction. (more…)
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