Tonight in the bath, as soon as May lay back in her bath seat she let out a tentative kick of the water. She paused with a look of total (baby) concentration and then let out a thrilled chuckle; paused again, another kick, more chuckling.
I love these moments where I can almost see May connect up separate ideas. Pool… water… kicking. Bath… also water… kicking!
What a feisty little poppet! I read your article in the Guardian last week and just had to write and say what a beautiful tiny girl. She’s lucky to have such a loving and fun mum and dad. It’s very hard having a different child with a different brain! Our boy is 3 now and is so far diagnosed with autistic spectrum disorder. He has got feeding problems and other cognitive & language issues. The future is a total unknown and a worry. However there seems to be so much to gained especially during the first 5 years. Some of your comments really resonated with me even though our situations are not the same. Anyway, I just wanted to say you & hubby are doing brilliantly for May. I sometimes look at us as a family and think ‘we are such a weird disfunctional unit’, but then I think hurrah for all us weird families! We make the world go round, we don’t take things for granted, we end up loving in such a complete way and our mini humans are wonderful in a totally unique way. May has obviously got such a zest for life and a real drive. I’m sure her life will be rich. All love and luck! ( I also have a really great other half and a cute girl of 10 mths). Ruth x
Thanks for your comment – very kind and so positive!
You are right, we don’t take anything for granted. There is a lot of love and fun to be had.
Hi Ruth and Stacie.Thanks for sharing these thoughts and news of your little ones with us.I can just picture May in the bath.She sounds to be doing so well.and obviously having great fun.