Finnian's Journey: Terrible

"Y'all - don't miss it. Don't get so caught up in what your sweet baby is doing or not doing. Don't obsess about this step or the next step or the one after that or what is going to happen twenty years down the line. Because one day you'll look at baby pictures and think about how adorable that baby was and how all you can remember is therapy and you can't even remember what her hair smelled like.

So, ENJOY your baby. It doesn't matter when they walk or crawl or talk. It matters that they are here and that you love them and that they know it.

Just don't miss it."

Wendy, Zip Perdue Dee Dah

Monday, January 12, 2009

Terrible

We received a New Year's card in the mail today from an old friend. On the back of the card was a note telling me that a mutual acquaintance and his wife are expecting their sixth baby. I know that this couple are around Michae's and my ages. Know what my first thought was at this news? "Hmmm, I wonder if they'll have a baby with Ds."

I guess my thinking has been skewed a bit :(

3 comments:

Brandie said...: I think the same thing about every pg woman I see. Not necessarily "will the baby have Ds", but "will her baby have something?" Because once its happened to you, you know it can happen to anyone. And having a child w/ Ds has made more aware of all the genetic syndromes and health complications that are out there. It takes away your sense of security. At least for me it did.; January 12, 2009 at 3:43 PM
Beth said...: I do the same thing, too. All the time.; January 12, 2009 at 7:43 PM
Anonymous said...: I'm with Beth...; January 13, 2009 at 4:17 AM