18 Month Mommy

Aiden had his eighteen month well baby visit yesterday.

As I sat there waiting I couldn't help but reminisce

about his two month well visit.

The tears welled up in my eyes that day,

sixteen months ago,

as I watched a toddler play in the waiting room.

I pictured Aiden at this little boy's age

(who was about 12 to 18 mths)

and all I could picture was all this equipment.

I tried to shut my mind off, but it wouldn't.

I wondered if he'd be as outgoing as the little boy

toddling around, babbling to his mom as happy as can be.

I thought about the possibility of Aiden not babbling,

and my heart skipped a beat, as if I couldn't breathe,

I was scared ... very scared.

I will NEVER forget that day.

That day I hated that my baby was deaf. Hated it.

I left the office feeling very sick to my stomach, tears rolling down.

Aiden at 2 months

Fast forward to yesterday. and my experience,
as the mom in the waiting room with an 18 month old,
with "that equipment" we now can't imagine him without.

We walk in and Aiden immediately starts squiggling

and says, "owwwn" for me to let him down.

I sit down, and Aiden hovers by my legs

playing shy in front of another mom and her daughter.

My monkey then climbs up on the seat,

saying "maaaaam" as he lays his head

on my shoulder still playing shy,

then decides he needs to show off instead

and gives me a nice whack on the head

as he yells "ow!" laughing out loud.

Continues to show off as he does a nose dive over me

to get a magazine with Halloween pictures on the cover.

As I try to talk to him about the pumpkin and the ghost

and the spiders, he yells,"ah da" (all done),

rips it from my hand and throws it on the floor.

then proceeds to try and climb up the seat

and onto the window sill ...

that's when the nurse came to call us back

thank God.

The nurse brings us back to the room, and

when she's done, says, "bye-bye Aiden!"

So Aiden waves and then blows a kiss

with a big ol "mmmmua"!

And I was worried.

Aiden at 18 months

and just for the record, his stats:

• 27 pounds 4 oz vs. 12 pounds at 2 mths


• 33 inches vs. 23 inches at 2 mths
  
• 50 cm head circumference ... and I only put this here because I had to laugh at the fact that his head size is in the 95th percentile!! Oh my boys and there noggins!