We took Baby Champuru to the pediatrician for the third time in three weeks.  She has been sick since February 22, starting with a fever, and she just can’t seem to kick this runny nose and coughing.

Baby Champuru is a very perceptive toddler and already [...]]]> http://www.champuru.net/blog/2010/03/14/lingering-illness/ As Baby Champuru (17mo) improves her communication skills, life gets more interesting.  I discovered recently that Baby Champuru considers me her possession.

If Hubby is tenderly holding my hand, massaging my shoulders, or even touching me in the most platonic way, Baby Champuru screams, “MINE!” and waves him off.  If he doesn’t heed her warning, she [...]]]> http://www.champuru.net/blog/2010/03/07/possessed/ I am so sick of being sick.

Baby Champuru developed a fever on February 22, nearly two weeks ago, which turned into croup, and now she just has a persistent mucousy cough and a runny nose.  Not long after, I got sick — then, Hubby.  Now my parents are sick.  Be warned: those baby germies are [...]]]> http://www.champuru.net/blog/2010/03/06/sick-of-being-sick/ Thanks to @lavagal, I recently rediscovered the wonders of Alltop.  They were kind enough to feature my blog in the Moms topic; it’s a great honor to be included in the illustrious Alltop directory.

I’ve created a custom MyAlltop page which features the feeds to the news/blogs on topics that matter most to me. My topics [...]]]> http://www.champuru.net/blog/2010/03/01/alltop-2/

Recently, mom had a hankering for banana bread.  She gave me her tried and tested recipe on an old discolored newspaper clipping that was probably as old as me.  I tried it and it was much better than the modern, newfangled recipe that I had been using — and this one had less ingredients. It [...]]]> http://www.champuru.net/blog/2010/02/28/banana-bread/ On Monday, February 22, I wrote that Baby Champuru had developed a fever. Her fever peaked during the wee hours of Thursday morning at 103.5º F and did not break until Friday. This is our first experience with such high fevers and I was constantly worried about the chance of febrile seizures.  During this past [...]]]> http://www.champuru.net/blog/2010/02/27/croup/ The massive 8.8 magnitude earthquake that hit Chile on February 26, 2010 generated a tsunami, impacting the Hawaiian islands and other locations in the Pacific. Roads and businesses are closed and communities in inundation zones have been evacuated. I am watching the local news on television, all eyes on the rise and recession of coastal waters [...]]]> http://www.champuru.net/blog/2010/02/27/tsunami/ I will be the first to admit that I am the Queen of Overshare. In fact, I am well-known for my propensity for describing in great detail things that some people might not even discuss with their mother-in-law.  I blogged about everything from my failure to conceive naturally, to every doctor’s appointment, surgery, and procedure [...]]]> http://www.champuru.net/blog/2010/02/26/parental-overshare/ Toddler flossing using floss stick

Flossing is one of those things that we know is good for us, but most of us loathe to do.  I have zero childhood memories of my parents flossing my teeth.  And I’m sure they didn’t floss my teeth at 16 months old.  So, the thought never occurred [...]]]> http://www.champuru.net/blog/2010/02/25/toddler-flossing/ Recently on Twitter @problogger tweeted this:

“thinking of de friending everyone on facebook that I don’t know in real life and making it a personal page (http://bit.ly/9SdY1z) thoughts?”

To which I retweeted and responded, “I have been considering doing the same.”

Of course, Darren Rowse is wildly popular (for good reason), already having maxed out his friend limit [...]]]> http://www.champuru.net/blog/2010/02/25/facebook/