E. L. Lane Writer

**I AM NOT A MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL. EVERYTHING CONTAINED IN THIS POST IS JUST ADVICE THAT I AM GIVING BASED ON MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE. ALWAYS FOLLOW THE ADVICE OF A MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL.** My previous post was all about what happened that one time my daughter needed seven stitches , but now, I’d like to share with you what I learned from the experience that may help parents in a similar situation: 1. Prevention is the best form of treatment. Always tell your child not to run! Specifically at times where it could be dangerous for them to do run.  I never really worried about Leia running because she’s a kid, and kids are always running, but after this incident, I will definitely be more watchful and not hesitate to tell her not to run. You can read the rest of this post at  ellanewriter.com.

The exterior of the Museum of Ice Cream. If you look closely, you can see Little Leia and her "Dada." Before I went to the Museum of Ice Cream, I read a few reviews from other moms in one of the Facebook mom groups that I frequent. They weren’t shining reviews by any stretch of the imagination, so I was a bit nervous about going with Leia and my husband. The first thing I took note of was that parking was a pain. The installation is in Miami Beach, so that means that only street parking is available. So here’s the first tip... 1. Get there early to look for parking, but not too early! We got tickets for December 22nd. My husband took the day off of work, and we left our house an hour and a half before the time on our ticket (11:30am). We got there an hour early (10:30am), and found parking two blocks from the building. We tried to enter the museum early, but they explained that they couldn’t let us in until 20 minutes before our ticket time. So we went across the street ...