Milestones

I said it before and I'll say it again. When a preemie has a milestone, the world stops turning and everyone celebrates. It's one of the biggest deals of the year, that is, until the next milestone occurs. When a baby is born early, you have two ages. Their actual age and the adjusted age based off of their due date. Will is now 21 weeks old (holy sh!t) actual and 16 weeks adjusted. At his last pediatrician appointment, he got down all of his two month milestones and half of his four month. But when a preemie is born, they don't know if they'll have any delays due to being early. They could not talk until they're 2 years old or have to have physical therapy, which we already are in. They may not walk until three months later than a "typical" term baby. There's a lot of if's and a lot of patience in milestones.

Well like I said, we are in physical therapy already. We are trying to work on rolling over by starting on his side and go to his belly. He always leans back though and ends up on his back. Well Saturday night, over at grandma's house, we were having some awesome tummy time. All of a sudden, BAM! He was on his back and I screamed! I couldn't believe it. I started to get tears in my eyes. It was his first time rolling over. He may not have rolled over until he was 7 or 8 months old but here we are at 5 months and he rolled over. He rolled over, not once, but THREE TIMES! The amount of happiness and pride that I have for him is overwhelming. I could not believe that it was happening. It's such a big milestone for us! Then last night he did it again, three times in a row!

So to all you mommas out there who go crazy over milestones like I do, enjoy every second of it! Scream! Jump for joy! Go celebrate with ice cream! Do something! Don't just sit there and think okay, one more down. Embrace the amazing-ness of a milestone like rolling over. Something so simple like rolling over or holding your head up is so hard for a little baby, let alone a preemie baby, and they should be celebrated to the full extent. Don't take it for granted for some babies will never see the day that they'll roll over. Count your blessings and with every middle of the night feeding or waking up, know your little prince or princess is alive and well and home safe with you.

Baby boy, you're getting so big but I love that you're doing your milestones not that far behind your peers. I will never push you to do the same things as your peers knowing that developmentally you may still be behind but I will always, always, always, encourage what you want to do and accomplish. I cannot wait for the next milestone! I love you always <3