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I'm Kel, a mid- twenties wife and mother. I moved to the US from Canada in 2003 to be with my husband, and became a dual citizen a few years later. In 2006, our first son Eric was born. In 2008, our second son Daniel was born. Born a month early with congenital CMV, Danny was a very sick little boy. He lost his hearing when he was a few weeks old, and we are working to give it back.
- Mar 08 - Born, CMV diagnosed, Newborn hearing screen passed
- Apr 08 - Bacterial infection
- May 08 - Failed ABR
- Aug 08 - First hearing aids
- Sep 08 - CI Recommended
- Oct 08 - MRI and CT scan
- Jan 09 - Bilateral surgery
- Feb 16/09 - Activation!
- Sep 09 - Babbling "g"
- Oct 09 - Babbling "mamama"
- Jan 10 - Babbling "bababa"
- Feb 10 - Receptive language explosion
- Apr 10 - First word! "Uh oh"

Filed Under (Those Crazy Kids) by Kel on 21-06-2010

So, I finish reading Eric his bedtime story, and I lean back and stretch to put the book onto the little table/shelf by his bed. Eric sits up, leans over, and runs a finger over my stomach.

“Mommy, what are those?” he asks, moving his finger along the faded stretch marks that line the bottom half of my stomach.

“Those are called ‘stretch marks,’” I tell him gamely. “Sometimes, when Mommies grow babies in their bellies, they get them.”

He looks at me, bewildered. “If you have a baby in your belly, then I can have one too!”

“No, bud, I don’t have a baby in my belly. Do you remember when my tummy got bigger and bigger? And then Danny came home to be your baby brother?” I prompt him, chuckling.

“Oh…” he says, putting down the shirt he had pulled up to show me his belly. “But mommies can’t have babies in their tummies.”

“They can’t?” I ask.

“No,” he tells me seriously. “Because the babies will hurt them…with knives!“

Comments

karen on 1 July, 2010 at 10:57 am #

Happy Canada Day to all of you !!!!! Love mom

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