There are certain rites of passage for a mom. Things that happen & make you say "you know you're a mom when......"
One of those things is having your little one find out the toilet is a good place to play. Meredith never discovered that the toilet was like a built in water table where things could be made to disappear or cause a volcanic explosion. For that I was grateful. Sean however...... Well, Sean does everything Meredith did not.
Sean has discovered that the toilet is not only a good place to play, but also a good place to store toys.
And when I saw what he was doing, I immediately a) thought "Oy vay." and b) "where's my camera?"
Only a mom would think to get out her camera when she sees a cute naked tushy reaching for a light switch. And yes I only put him in there after his bath to grab a diaper.
And only an exhibitionist poses his naked butt for the camera when he realizes mom is taking pictures.
Then there are the ones that you realize are rites and they didn't make you shake your head in disbelief. Like when you sit at the ENT and breathe a sigh of relief that everyone is funk free, surgery was a success and you've been cleared to not see anyone for a followup for MONTHS. Not days. MONTHS.
When you big pest realizes with great delight that she can make your little pest do anything she wants just by doing it first.... Yeah that's another rite. Especially when they both giggle with delight for different reason, but a giggle is a giggle.
There are plenty of other rites, but most are way to yucky for pictures. Like getting puked on at 2am or your kid starting to poop on the way to the tub. Always fun times.
Other Rites
Sean is now cruising the furniture, saying new words and...... he took his first unassisted step away from the couch. Something tells me that I am in some serious trouble soon. His OT has said that he sees no reason why, if Sean didn't have down syndrome, that he'd be needed. Woot woot!
His PT is an amazing therapist who makes Sean work. He makes Sean use his muscles. The biggest difference I've seen is that after half an hour with Ahmed, Sean is actually tired. After an hour with his previous PT, we wasn't even breaking a sweat.
Sean knows most of his colors, letters & is starting to recognize his numbers. He's starting to recognize where puzzles pieces go and is starting to point out HIS body parts.
We had our first parent/teacher conference. I was so nervous.
Meredith's report card was GLOWING! Her teacher said she's doing great things. I am amazed at the things Meredith can do. She's doing a lot of the academic work that the pre-k students in her class are doing. She plays well with everyone and while she does still have some shyness with the adults, she's getting way more social with them.
A lot of the things she wasn't doing can be attributed to her ears. Like balancing on 1 foot, alternating feet going up & down stairs, speaking loud enough for people to hear her, but academically, she's right on & then some.
I'm so proud of both my kids.
Other Rites
Sean is now cruising the furniture, saying new words and...... he took his first unassisted step away from the couch. Something tells me that I am in some serious trouble soon. His OT has said that he sees no reason why, if Sean didn't have down syndrome, that he'd be needed. Woot woot!
His PT is an amazing therapist who makes Sean work. He makes Sean use his muscles. The biggest difference I've seen is that after half an hour with Ahmed, Sean is actually tired. After an hour with his previous PT, we wasn't even breaking a sweat.
Sean knows most of his colors, letters & is starting to recognize his numbers. He's starting to recognize where puzzles pieces go and is starting to point out HIS body parts.
We had our first parent/teacher conference. I was so nervous.
Meredith's report card was GLOWING! Her teacher said she's doing great things. I am amazed at the things Meredith can do. She's doing a lot of the academic work that the pre-k students in her class are doing. She plays well with everyone and while she does still have some shyness with the adults, she's getting way more social with them.
A lot of the things she wasn't doing can be attributed to her ears. Like balancing on 1 foot, alternating feet going up & down stairs, speaking loud enough for people to hear her, but academically, she's right on & then some.
I'm so proud of both my kids.
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