hospital – Toulouse and Tonic https://toulouseandtonic.com Making my kids hate me one post at a time. Mon, 01 Apr 2019 17:39:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.17 39181224 Baby, I'm Coming Home https://toulouseandtonic.com/baby-im-coming-home/ https://toulouseandtonic.com/baby-im-coming-home/#comments Sat, 14 Apr 2012 00:23:44 +0000 http://toulouseandtonic.wordpress.com/?p=2528 The post Baby, I'm Coming Home appeared first on Toulouse and Tonic.

]]> https://toulouseandtonic.com/baby-im-coming-home/feed/ 3 2528 Premature Elation https://toulouseandtonic.com/premature-elation/ https://toulouseandtonic.com/premature-elation/#comments Wed, 04 Apr 2012 22:37:47 +0000 http://toulouseandtonic.wordpress.com/?p=2508 Unless you or a close family member or friend have ever had a baby decide to come into this world really, really early, you probably have no idea what the preemie world is like. That was me a few months ago. My first son was born full-term without incident. This one, not so much. Go ahead and […]

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]]> https://toulouseandtonic.com/premature-elation/feed/ 14 2508 Stand and Deliver https://toulouseandtonic.com/stand-and-deliver/ https://toulouseandtonic.com/stand-and-deliver/#comments Wed, 29 Feb 2012 16:08:08 +0000 http://toulouseandtonic.wordpress.com/?p=2447 This past week was a time of milestones for my boys. Meyer hit 33 weeks gestation (even though he’s gestating in an incubator now) and according to BabyCenter, became a pineapple weighing in at 4 pounds. He’s starting to look more like a baby and less like some skinny, wrinkly old man alien. When I […]

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]]> https://toulouseandtonic.com/stand-and-deliver/feed/ 7 2447 Brotherhood https://toulouseandtonic.com/brotherhood/ https://toulouseandtonic.com/brotherhood/#comments Fri, 24 Feb 2012 03:22:50 +0000 http://toulouseandtonic.wordpress.com/?p=2436 Asher has, right now, just about the perfect situation for a 4-year-old little boy. He’s got the bragging rights of having become a big brother. Yet his baby brother doesn’t actually live with him and therefore doesn’t disrupt his life nor score much of his parental attention just yet. Ya just know he’s asking the […]

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]]> https://toulouseandtonic.com/brotherhood/feed/ 2 2436 Bed Rest, Episode 5: Spiderman Saves The Day https://toulouseandtonic.com/bed-rest-episode-5-spiderman-saves-the-day/ https://toulouseandtonic.com/bed-rest-episode-5-spiderman-saves-the-day/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:15:47 +0000 http://toulouseandtonic.wordpress.com/?p=2360 Bed Rest, Day 12 Baby’s Gestational Age: 29 weeks Reading: Steve Jobs biography; assorted magazines; progress limited by constant “knock, knock” from hospital personnel Watching: Arrested Development, Season 1; The Big C, Season 1; see above. Bed Rest. Mom guilt. Internet shopping. It’s a lethal combination. A coupe of days ago, a product of this […]

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]]> https://toulouseandtonic.com/bed-rest-episode-5-spiderman-saves-the-day/feed/ 3 2360 Top 10 Things Not To Say To Someone On Bed Rest https://toulouseandtonic.com/top-ten-things-not-to-say-to-a-person-on-hospital-bed-rest/ https://toulouseandtonic.com/top-ten-things-not-to-say-to-a-person-on-hospital-bed-rest/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:09:40 +0000 http://toulouseandtonic.wordpress.com/?p=2321 Bed Rest, Day 10 Baby’s Gestational Age: 28 weeks, 5 days Since there seem to be so many people out there who are clearly devoid of a filter and/or who have no idea when to shut their pie-holes, here is a (noncomprehensive) list of things not to say to a person who’s been confined to […]

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]]> https://toulouseandtonic.com/top-ten-things-not-to-say-to-a-person-on-hospital-bed-rest/feed/ 32 2321 Bed Rest: A Day In The Life. https://toulouseandtonic.com/bed-rest-episode-3-groundhog-day/ https://toulouseandtonic.com/bed-rest-episode-3-groundhog-day/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:43:34 +0000 http://toulouseandtonic.wordpress.com/?p=2269 Bed Rest, Day 8 Baby’s Gestational Age: 28 weeks, 3 days Somewhere between 7:30 and 8am: Knock, knock. A nurse comes in to take my blood pressure, pulse and temperature, scanning my bracelet like a bag of sugar at the grocery store. She gets me a new pitcher of water and reminds me to drink […]

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]]> https://toulouseandtonic.com/bed-rest-episode-3-groundhog-day/feed/ 10 2269 Bed Rest. The Pilot Episode. https://toulouseandtonic.com/bed-rest-the-pilot-episode/ https://toulouseandtonic.com/bed-rest-the-pilot-episode/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:59:54 +0000 http://toulouseandtonic.wordpress.com/?p=2210 This past Sunday, something really, really, very unexpected happened. My water broke. At only 27 weeks. When I realized something was going on, there was the rush to the emergency room and pretty quickly the realization that I was not going back home any time soon. Then the focus became just making sure the baby […]

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