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I am a 30-something FORMER DINK (Double Income, No Kids) who welcomed our first child on August 1st, 2011 following many years of infertility. I am married to a wonderful (though somewhat work-a-holic) husband and daddy. This is my journal to help me stay sane through the trials of infertility, pregnancy and motherhood. We have unexplained infertility. After enduring IVF #1 failure, we miraculously became pregnant from FET #1, and we were overjoyed to welcome our little one August 1st of 2011.

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

9 Months


Should I be worried that my 9 month old isn’t crawling?  This and variations of this phrase have been typed into internet searches whenever I have a spare moment to obsess over the fact that my little boy is falling behind on his developmental goals.  I know I shouldn’t let this particular one bother me because the range is so wide for when babies actually accomplish this task, but it still bothers me.  My little one is the only one in his entire class who isn’t crawling.  It’s so sad…and he wants to crawl or be mobile anyway. 

On a more positive note about his accomplishments, I decided to roll a ball to him a couple weeks ago and he rolled it right back to me…again and again.  He knew exactly what he was doing and had remarkable control over it.  Now he tries to roll every toy that comes his way.  It is very cute.  I think he’s already a sports fan.

We are also beginning to show some very serious interest in daddy.  When daddy leaves the room, we cry.  When daddy hands him over to mommy, we cry.  When daddy drops him off at daycare, we cry.  Of course neither of us wants to see him upset, but daddy can’t help but feel a little honored that he is on the receiving end of so much attention.  Since overall the amount of time my husband spends with my son is significantly less that the time I spend with him, it is both nice to see my son asking him for more time and also nice to see that he has no confusion about the fact that this somewhat elusive adult in his life is a big part of it.

We have been enjoying a very long stretch of nearly flawless nights.  No middle of the night wakeups, and generally sleeping until 6:15/6:30am on his own, as well as going to sleep at night with little or no crying.  It has been wonderful.  My days of waking up 2-3 times per night are a distant memory, and I’m already spoiled with this new schedule.

Our 9 month well visit is today.  I’m excited to speak to the doctor about our inability to crawl, but my guess is she will tell me he’s perfectly fine and not to worry, he will crawl when he is ready.