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Nothing like planning ahead. It takes three months to get in to see a pediatric neurologist in our urban jungle and yesterday was the day. 7 of 8 got to meet her own personal Brain Doctor so we could get a little bit clearer picture of how her right hemisphere is wired.



To recap, for those new readers out there, our 7 of 8 came equipped with the funniest little lopsided crawl we had ever seen. It was darling, inelegant, and quite unique. And then it didn't change...and didn't change....and di… Continue

Having a child is surely the most beautifully irrational act that two people in love can commit.

-- Bill Cosby

It's probably the question I hear the most, the question I hear from strangers, family, neighbors, friends, bloggers. I don't mind the question--I understand why people ask, actually. It can be asked a couple of different ways, but is essentially asking the same thing. It's just that it's a question that doesn't have an easy answer, a question that begs an explanation that spans a cou… Continue

Our story begins in the late summer of 2000. We were the parents of four children with a fifth on the way. Our fourth child was not developing language as quickly as our other children had. An initial visit to our pediatrician yielded reassurances that our expectations were too high, given the early language acquisition of our other three children. We breathed a sigh of relief, adjusting our internal calendars on development.

By the late fall, I was concerned. 4 of 8 had very little language an… Continue