Thursday, September 6, 2007

Where I Relapsed Into A First Time Mom Again

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 don’t get offended it’s just a simple truth (most of the time, anyway) that first-time mom’s are a little more “over the top” shall we say, when it comes to over-analyzing their newborn’s every move than a mom who has 4 children.
 but i did it. 
i actually googled “6 month old not rolling over” 
yes, i really did.
even though i know logically that he is capable of doing it.  i have seen him go from belly to back once or twice.  and my mama-sense wasn’t telling me anything was wrong.  and i have 3 others who have met all of their milestones at completely different times.  and he technically has about a week and a half left before he’s 6 months old.  but i thought back to my first child and pondered that he was crawling by about 7 months and walking by 10 months.  and after the pediatrician already moved the milestone to 6 months from 4 months since my last child was this age and he still wasn’t meeting it, i went looking for other mamas who had worried about their little ones.  and i found what i knew i would find.  what i would tell any first-time mama who asked me the same question.  “he’s fine.  be patient.  every child is different.  you can’t compare kids.  he’ll do it.” 
and today i found him in the playpen in a position i didn’t leave him in.  on his belly.

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