Give Him Time

My Jonathan has been such a blessing to me. I remember holding him when he was first born and thinking about how Jesus must have looked to Mary . . .much like how amazing Jonathan looked to me. Really- I did think about baby Jesus when I was holding my precious baby boy. How thankful I am to God for giving me my son!

Jonathan has taken his time in almost everything he does except for eating sweets . . . he eats them fast like me!!!! Jonathan crawled at 13 months and walked at 17 1/2 months . . .these milestones seemed like they were never going to come. My friend's babies were rolling over on time, crawling on time and even walking on time. Not mine!!!! It was hard not to freak out. I was desperate to figure out how to get Jonathan to walk . . .no matter what I did he did not seem to be ready. Then one day . . . hallelujah . . . Jonathan decided to stand and take a few steps. I remember where we were and what he was wearing. We were in our church basement at a meeting and he was wearing his purple Viking's jersey. Those few steps were AMAZING to me . . . my eyes could hardly believe it!!!! T hose steps turned into more steps and soon he was walking full time . . . weeks away from turning 18 months.

Potty training also took him extra time . . .or atleast when I compared him to his friends. Believe me, comparing your child to another child is a waste of time. He did train---close to his fourth birthday. He basically did it himself . . .now BMs took extra time .. . but he uses the bathroom today and is not wearing diapers in Kindergarten.

We gave Jonathan another year to get ready for kindergarten. He is almost a head taller than all the kids in his class. He kind of looks like a first grader . . . he doesn't care. That extra year was actually what he needed. He is learning to identify his letters, sound out words such as "at, cat, pat, and tap", participating in class activities . . . .just having a good time . . .and he is learning.
Now I could start to worry that he might fall behind . . . but I am not!!! Jonathan Matthew time is different from the "rest" and he will do if we give him time.

Go Jon Jon!!!!