Recent visit to Monterey Bay Aquarium where my grandson was is awe of the penguins and fishes. One of the penguins swam down to say hello. Beautiful weekend with perfect weather.
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You’ve Come A Long Way Baby
My grandson recently turned 18 months old. Because he was born very early, a micro-preemie, his developmental age is around 14 months old. He is now practicing standing with the support of his parents, nurses, and some of the furniture. He is small but very strong. He had to have a tracheostomy because having a tube in his airway in the hospital caused some damage to his trachea. The damage has since been repaired but he is not quite ready to get rid of the trach tube. That is the next thing to happen and we are all looking forward to it so he can talk and we will be able to hear his beautiful voice.
Earlier days at Children’s Hospital
Mommy love
Full of energy
Father and son
Hanging out with Daddy
Beautiful family
It will be a wonderful day when I can hear him call me Mèmè or Grandma. ❤
Bundle Of Love
This weekend we are celebrating Passover and Easter with our little grandson. He is a little bundle of energy, smiles, and love. He will be joining us for dinner and I am looking forward to spending some time with him again. Wishing you a Happy Passover, Happy Easter, and Happy Spring all bundled together.
Stream of Consciousness Saturday is hosted by Linda G Hill. The prompt word for today is ‘bun’. “Find a word that contains “bun” or use it as a word all by itself.”
Spring Ahead
My grandson has been doing very well. Growing by leaps and bounds.
He is now 16 months old but his adjusted age due to prematurity is about 12 ½ months. So his developmental age is that of a 1 year old. He is sitting up but still working on standing. He was born very early but he is a little warrior and is very generous with hand clapping, high fives, and toothly smiles.
Here is an adorable photo (below) of him face-timing with his Daddy for the first time.
He was so excited to see his Daddy at work.
Happy Baby
So glad to have the chance to spend time with my grandson today. Not only can he perform “Happy Baby pose” like a pro he will give me several high fives. He is not partial to long naps though. One of his nurses was trying to get him to go to sleep the other day and she would close her eyes to show him what she meant. He happily closed his eyes in response. This went on for a couple of times and he would laugh. He liked that new game. He has so much energy that I get tired just watching him in motion.
High Five
Image of ‘High Five’ by Fablen Le Jeune on Flickr.
Flexibility
It has been a while since I have posted on my blog dedicated to being a new Grandmother. I thought I would be writing more. It is just that I am still getting to know my new grandson and it is taking a bit longer than I first anticipated. I am glad that my son and daugher-in-law do not live far away. So that is not the problem. It is because my grandson is so busy. A premature baby needs to have visits from various therapists, physical, occupational, and play to help him get the proper exercise and stimulation. There are nurses that help care for him while my daughter-in-law and son work. So he has lots of people coming to see him every week and Mèmè needs to wait her turn. I must be flexible.
He is growing and developing well. He is very alert and active. And he is more flexible physically than me for sure.
Baby Superheroes
“Preemie babies are the superheroes.”
Here is my preemie superhero in his first Halloween costume. He is coming up on his 1st Birthday this month.
Gavin’s First Halloween
Gavin and his wonderful parents
One Liner Wednesday is hosted by Linda G Hill.
Grandparent Buddy
“You are my sunshine, my only sunshine
You make me happy when skies are grey
You’ll never know dear how much I love you
Please don’t take my sunshine away.”
This would be the best job, “Baby Buddy.” Needed some good news after all the terrible news lately, and this was just the ticket. I got to spend some time with my little baby buddy Grandson Gavin recently, and that is always so special. ❤
Grandpa (Poppy) Buddy with Gavin
Mèmè with Gavin
One Liner Wednesday is hosted by Linda G Hill.
Early Bird Catches The Baby Smiling
I gave birth to my second blog,Grandmotherly.blog, in June of this year. I decided I wanted a second blog to write about my experiences as a new grandmother. Today’s prompt words fit in well with this blog so I wanted to write my post here. I haven’t written very much about being a grandmother for a bit. My grandson came home about 3 weeks ago from the NICU. He was born very early and had to stay in the hospital until he was big and strong enough. He’s been a fighter from his birth until now, through ups and downs. Things have been hectic at his house as he and his parents have been getting used to the new routine. My daughter in law told me it would be better if I visited him in the mornings when he is most energetic and happy. So today I went over about mid-morning and got to see him in action. He is very active and is making good eye contact and returning smiles. It was hard to get a picture because when he sees the phone pointing at him he won’t always smile, and then his arms and legs are in motion so much the picture can be blurry. It is so great to see him with so much energy. I find it is different being a grandmother compared to being a mother. I have the joy of holding him and playing with him and not so much stress as when I was a new mother.
Daughter in Law took this one
Almost a smile
Lucky catch of smile
Had to get photo of cute feet
Stream of Consciousness Saturday is hosted by Linda G Hill. Today’s prompt is “birth/berth.”
Home At Last
Happy to announce my grandson has come home with his parents this past week. We have all hoped for this day to arrive and now it has. He is doing well. Ready to report for Grandmother duty as needed. 🙂
Featured image via Pexels.
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