Today Caiden is 5 days away from turning 8 months old and the most amazing little boy I know! He said his first word December 4th after receiving his first RSV vaccine. Poor little guy was in pain and kind of crying. He said "ow"! It was obviously really cute since he had no idea what he was saying but I still say it counts! I was luckily recording him anyways and got it on video! For New Years he got both his bottom teeth in. Middle of January he mastered rolling over in just two days! The beginning of this month he began trying to crawl. I'm unbelievably proud of him.
However, as amazing as he's doing he's still got a long way to go. He's still got the top heavy preemie head so he topples over when he tires to sit up. Honestly, he'll probably crawl before he sits up on his own theres that much of a difference between how he's doing with each. Whenever he does these things though is totally fine with me. I know he'll do it on his own time.
When Caiden was first born and the first few months of his life, I thought things would be much easier. I thought he'd do everything by his adjusted age and the same times as babies born around his due date. I was wrong though. He hasn't been following milestones for either. He's been getting behind on things he should be doing but then catches up really quickly. Its impossible to predict anything about him. I do completely expect him to just start crawling one day (: thats just how he is. He's always surprising me.
I find it hard to relate to other moms though. He's so much different than other babies. I know I got to spend two extra months with my little boy but given the circumstances I wish I hadn't. To this day its really hard to live with myself over what happened. He had to spend his first month of life learning how to do things that should have come naturally had he been born on time. Its hard not to compare him to other babies, everyone expects so much of him.
One good thing though is he's pretty much caught up as far as his size. He's 19lbs, 29in and wearing 6-12 month pants, 6-9 month onesies and most sleepers. He also has massive feet. We're moving him into a convertible carseat soon because he's just too heavy to carry around in his infant carrier.
I'm so excited for his birthday coming up, its not too far away! This little boy is the happiest guy in the world and he completes our family so wonderfully.
