Well, the trip to the doctor went passably well.

[conuly]

I cheated. I brought two chapter books for Ana (one of which she was already halfway through - and I know when she started it (yesterday), so I thanked myself profusely for the foresight of bringing two) and also the wrap.

Wait, you ask yourself. The wrap? Like, to wear her? Wear this great big five year old girl in kindergarten?

Yup. That was my plan. Put her up and let her nap. Worked like a charm, actually - she went to nap with a minimum of fuss (and all of it civilized fuss, whining and chattering instead of kicking and screaming) and woke up two hours (!) later with a cheerful "Well, I'm back!"

And you know, there's one huge advantage to wearing a child who is really absurdly big to be worn habitually. Nobody says anything anymore. Back when Evangeline was a year, a year and a half (really comically small!) I got remarks along the lines of "Isn't she too big for that?" and when she was two it was "Aren't you too big for that?", but that tapered off at three, and now, if I wear her for fun or for nap or anything like that (much less if I put Ana up for any reason!) I get no comment at all, not even any funny looks. It's obvious, after all, isn't it?

(I don't, of course, wear Evangeline habitually at her age, and haven't for a year now. Once in a while she goes up for 20 minutes while I cook dinner, just until she falls asleep. Then I put her in her own hammock. She really is a bit big for that. But I can still manage it.)

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[(Anonymous)]

This is feebeeglee. I wore a 55 pound kid today. She was sick, and clingy, and it was so great to pop her on my back and let my entire body take the weight. I didn't use a wrap (though I could have, I have one), I used an Eden carrier ABC thingy.

[conuly]

It's far better than carrying a kid that size in your arms!

But of course Evangeline wasn't particularly sick or clingy. If anything, she actively wanted to be away from me (she tried running and hiding, which is what convinced me that she HAD to go up and take her nap NOW) because she knew she was only going uppy so she could sleep.

[dragonwolf]

Do you have any good references for wrap on-the-back holds?

[conuly]

Give me a day or so to find them and I will.

As far as the autism thing goes, no, I don't have them more specific than that, I'm sorry :(

[dragonwolf]

Thank you. :)

Do you remember if you've posted about the autism thing before? That way, at least I can look through them knowing I'm not chasing a ghost.

[conuly]

About the Wakefield study, and about vaccines and autism? Absolutely.

No idea when it would've been, though.