Marginalia: When Toddler Lurgy Puts Life on Pause
What I've been reading (to stop myself from losing my mind).
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Almost every child I know seems to have a variation of tonsillitis.
Last week my five-year-old was too unwell to go to school. This week my two-year-old has succumbed to a raging temperature and a sore throat. I was hoping to spend the few precious childfree hours I get every week putting the finishing touches on the December issue of Crib Notes. Instead, my toddler has been breastfeeding like a newborn, and I have been administering the dreaded pink antibiotic liquid and getting nothing done at all. And so, Christmas Crib Notes is going to be a little late (you’ll get it on December…
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