tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7085790366024745273.post5776971789355033190..comments2023-09-09T04:39:42.584-07:00Comments on The Mom Race: Are We There Yet?Michelle Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18037530138690366023noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7085790366024745273.post-5790887449902709832011-04-29T18:18:16.808-07:002011-04-29T18:18:16.808-07:00New follower from social moms. I had a 39 wk, 40 ...New follower from social moms. I had a 39 wk, 40 wk, and a 34 wk baby. My 34 wk spent 8 days in NICU and it was such a scary , emotional , hard time for me. He is healthy and wonderful, but I find myself comparing him to his older two siblings who seemed to do everything early, and comparing him to others also and worring myself to death . Then I go to the Dr. and she says every child is different and he is FINE. It's hard not to compare. Do stop by and visit my blog Living at the Whitehead's Zoo sometime.<br />AmberAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08782910977253852857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7085790366024745273.post-53398114258353652602011-04-28T06:15:55.942-07:002011-04-28T06:15:55.942-07:00Great to hear from you, Shelly! Thanks so much fo...Great to hear from you, Shelly! Thanks so much for your supportive words and encouragement. I know that milestones are varied and have become MUCH better at ignoring the progress of others as a benchmark for my children. When I stop and acknowledge how my daughter has grown, I am reminded that we are doing just fine.Michelle Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18037530138690366023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7085790366024745273.post-40602775945622569782011-04-28T04:42:48.592-07:002011-04-28T04:42:48.592-07:00Hi sweetie. I'm a new follower sent over by L...Hi sweetie. I'm a new follower sent over by Leah. I read your post. NEVER compare. Your children are just fine!! <br /><br />Evey month I write about milestones, and there is SUCH a variation, that there isn't really a normal, except when you aren't walking by say 20 something months old, like my friend's daughter, who JUST started walking on her 2nd birthday. She's still fine now, but needed some physical therapy, and is on the move.<br /><br />I walked at like 14.4-15 mo..my brother at only 9. TRUST ME, it has zero to do with intelligence, as I can easily prove, lol, and I was in a tutu at only 18 months of age. A few months after learning to walk, I was dancing, with bigger kids, since they didn't have a program for such a young child, and they thought I was so good, which I can't imagine, but I was born in '75, and have certificates from dance school from 1976, so that proves it, lol. I was just lazy, and took my time.<br /><br />I was actually thinking twins would move slower, as I have 13 mo. old twin girls. I was praying they would, for dear mom's sake. One was 9 mo & the other 11, when they started. The twin that walked at 11 months, which is still early, didn't bear any weight on her legs for a LONG time. I was worried. <br /><br />I forgot the exact age, but it was so easy to compate her to her sister and see things just were not right. She sat up later, and slumped over at the Dr. office at nearly 7 months, and he was concerned, and was sending her for physical therapy for poor muscle tone. Before the apoointment date came for it, she was sitting up and finally bearing weight, just in her own time, is all. She's smart and wonderful now. Nothing wrong with her.<br /><br />Children are all very different. Not only should we not compare them to eachother, but to other people's kids in the world. Online or off. It'll make you crazy, and it's not warranted. After all, one day they can not even be standing like my Allie, and the next...stand AND walk in the same day. Some babies never crawl at all either, so no worries.<br /><br />I'm glad everybody is thriving. I only had to visit the NICU for 1.5 days. That was enough. It was SO sad to see the babies there:( Mine was just getting her sugars under check, but it's definitely a sad place to be, and I could never work in there, as much as I love babies. I don't have the stomach for it.<br /><br />You are a strong lady! Oh and yeah...I'm to feeling the sadness and disbelief that my once little babies are growing up too fast. I look at my 5 year old like..'How did this happen?' It's crazy!<br /><br />Hugs,<br />Shelly<br /><br />http://www.twinpossible.com/blogTwinpossiblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05955305614712492397noreply@blogger.com