* Intellectual development, turns to soft light, cries when basic needs require attention, puts everything in their mouth, points to interesting objects outside, points to parts of the body, paints with large brush and cuts with scissors.…
It’s a beautiful moment when a mother sees her baby for the first time, but it can be quite overwhelming when her baby is born with a defect. Though some women don’t feel the courage to face the challenges of having an “abnormal baby”, others are willing to accept their child as he/she is. In this story, The Monster on Her Cheek, Rebecca Roland demonstrates the emotional struggle but choosing to embrace her child either way.…
months went on, I learned that I was having a boy. The months went by so fast and before I…
6-9 Months - Sits alone for 10-15 minutes without support, Reaches out for toys when sitting, May crawl or shuffle, Pulls body to stand but cannot lift lower body so falls backwards, Pokes at small items with index finger.…
My mum gave birth to me on the 9th floor of St Thomas’ hospital at the age of only 17. I was a hideous little blue thing, almost like some flanimal. My mother took care of me for about a month or two still putting up with my…
The only thing strangers noticed about her was a beautiful smile camouflaging a never-ending scar. During this time of missing what was familiar, family, friends and a beautiful daughter, she gave birth to a new day; a son.…
I will never forget that morning my mom came into my room to wake me up and tell me we had to go to the hospital. Several hours later Ava was born! I will remember all my life the first time I got to hold her. It was about 1 hour after she was born, she was so tiny! She didn’t cry much at first, and when she did it wasn’t that loud. Things have definitely changed, she likes to cry now, and really loud too. Besides that I love her so much!…
Imagine this, I was sitting on an overstuffed couch, focusing on a gigantic screen enjoying the adventurous movie, Bolt, when I heard the scratching of paws across the room. Suddenly, I saw a flash of movement out of the corner of my bright blue eyes. I spun around and saw a tiny little head with long droopy ears pop out of a laundry basket. The memory of the first day I met my furry fluffball is important to me because of the strong loving relationship we have shared.…
Fast growth and asleep for a lot of the time,swallowing, sucking, rooting, grasps your finger…
10. Arlene recalls the most memorable aspect of having a baby was the first time her baby cryed, when she felt his hand, and when his eyes opened.…
When I got to St. Vincent’s hospital I thought I was in labor but the doctor said my water wasn’t broken yet. So I had to walk up and down the hallway for the baby to come down. Then finally the doctor pulled my water. And oh my god I was in so much pain. The nurse said” Keep pushing, the baby is almost out.” With a final push I had my baby. She was the most beautiful little baby with dark hair and big light brown eyes. I called Diana.…
. .. What my missing baby would have looked like? What kind of person would it have grown to become? I will never have a chance to hear that first heartbeat, feel the first kick, or find out if the baby was a boy or girl. I will never get to go through the pains of labor and see that light at the end of the tunnel, the one where you would have been placed in my arms. My arms will forever mourn with emptiness because I will never be able to hold you. I may have only known of you for two weeks, but I carried you for two months. My child should have entered this world in October, instead my baby will never see the light of…
was when he was 5 days old. He pulled our son through his surgery and saw him and us…
After an extremely emotional pregnancy and delivery by C-section, my son Nathan took his first breaths into a world of chaos and confusion. Being rushed to the neo-natal intensive care unit weighing only 4 lbs 3 oz, being probed and pricked by doctors and nurses to help stabilize the very life he stepped into. The thoughts of what my little angel endured coming into this world shows me his strength and determination as he begins his fight on this journey to manhood.…
In the same instant I saw him hanging from his leash, an avalanche of depressing emotions took over me, making me have a multi-combination of feelings because of the emotional state transition of being happy to being the saddest kid in the whole world. Then, in a glimpse of an eye, memories started coming back of him since I saw him for the first time as a dark-brown little puppy at the store where my parents got him from. Some of them were how he used to sleep under my bed when he was scared of something, when he used to bite all the stuff we beated him with, how he used to wander around the house without the consent of anyone, and many other…