Ben turns 5 today. This time 5 years ago, I was on my hands and
knees in the kids' section of Borders, wagging my "tail" to get through
a contraction while almost-3 year old Julianna looked at Spot books
nearby. We walked over to Sports Authority so that I could buy a
stopwatch to time the contractions and know when to call my
doula, Melissa. They were pretty far apart, but strong enough
that I was stopping to grip countertops until they passed. What a
sight I must have been...
As it turned out, those contractions STAYED pretty far apart, but
long. In retrospect, I was probably having one and then another,
and then a break. Whatever it was, I never got near that birthing
center in Hagerstown. Ben was born about 10 minutes after I
staggered into the ER, naked from the waist down and wearing an open
bath robe. Now THAT was a sight to take your mind off the long
wait to see an ER doc about a sprained finger.
Ben has continued through life much the way he came into it--he waits
until he's absolutely sure it's time and then BAM. Didn't fully
potty train until 4 and a half. But when he did, he was
done. No bed wetting, no accidents, just done. Didn't walk
until 17 and a half months. But then he got up and took
off. Went from "buh" and "da" at nearly 2 years old, to
"Pardon me, do you have any grey poupon" in about a week.
Maddening at the time, but amazing with hindsight. And still
maddening.
Once upon a time, a blog was started at AOL Journals. The scales fell from the eyes of The Creator and it was moved to Wordpress. Then Journals tanked and all old posts were moved here for safekeeping.
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1 comment:
Ok, now this is going to be big fun! Good work, Deana!
Janet
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