Children are BLESSINGS!

I have 2 adorable babies, a son, 4 years old and a daughter, 5 months old.  They are, in my opinion, very intelligent and developed for their age groups.

From the time of my daughter’s birth she has been doing things that a “normal’ baby could not do until they were between 5 and 6 months old.  Only after an hour of her birth, she was able to hold her head up to be photographed in the hospital nursery. She started teething at 2 months and has learned how to get down out of her chair. 

At 4 months, it has been said that a baby can understand the basic sounds that make up language and  will develop the ability to make some vocal sounds, which is very true, but my little one started making those sounds when she was 2 ½ months old which made  hearing them  exciting and astounding. She enjoys conversations with me and her father for hours at a time and if you are not willing to participate, she becomes very upset and let you know that she is not happy.  Most babies would nurse and sleep but my child is quite the opposite.  She sleeps well and eats well but when it time to talk, it’s time to talk.

Now my son, he is quite awesome himself.  He is a very picky eater and sleeper.  He is very active and into sports and games. At an early age, he began monitoring various things surrounding him and watching what other people do. He learned how to walk up his grandmother’s staircase without falling by watching us go up and down.  Most children would have tried to crawl up and down the stairs but not him; he wanted to walk like everyone else.  He loves to watch SpongeBob, the cartoon, and can mimic every show with the dialect and movements.  He can really put on a show for you. If there is any cartoon that he enjoys watching, he can perform it live for you.  

At the age of 2, he learned and recognizes his alphabets, 5 basic colors and numbers up to 20. My mom and I work with him on a daily basis trying to prepare him for school.  He has learned how to play video games on his own, Mario, Madden, etc. He can operate the equipment (PSP2, Wii and joy sticks) on his own, operates his TV and DVD player without any assistance from us.  He watches and learns by doing. He knows the fundamentals of baseball, basketball, football and golf (not all the terminology and details of the sports) but enough information to play. It is amazing to sit and watch him as he engages in these activities.  He is also good at the computer and loves to plays games on it as well.

Watching them grow has been a joy in my life as well as others and with the things that they have accomplished in such a short time, I am simply overwhelmed.  I hope their growth development continues as they grow older in a most prosperous and positive way.