Thursday, November 26, 2009

milestones are overrated...

ben stuck on his stomach.

i have found over the last 5 1/2 months of being a mother, that i'm often thinking of the upcoming milestones that ben is working towards. you know, like 4 months ago, i was wondering when ben was going to start reaching for things instead of just looking at them. and two months ago i was thinking, "roll, ben, roll!" and when the time passes that he "should" have been able to do those things and he's not, i've wondered, "oh no...i hope he's developing okay..." (you cannot laugh at me if you don't have kids) but then he starts reaching. he starts rolling. and of course all is fine.

except now when i sit him on my lap, he grabs stuff on the table so quickly that i sometimes miss and it falls onto the floor. and now when he rolls over, he cries because he doesn't want to be on his stomach but when i flip him over, he immediately rolls back onto his stomach and cries some more. i wonder why i was so looking forward to these milestones and i think to myself, "try to enjoy this stage and don't wonder when your baby is going to start crawling..."

ben falling from a sitting position.

3 comments:

ramblin'andie said...

He gets cuter by the second!

Alyssa said...

Oh I love the pictures of Ben falling down... too cute. It seems to me like he is growing up so fast. I can't believe his next big milestone is crawling!

ashlee said...

oh ben...you must keep you mommy very busy...good thing you're cute :)