A Gift from God
Brady will be 5 months old next week. It’s so hard to believe five months have passed since my little 1 pound 7 ounce baby was born. They have gone by so fast. Even the time in the hospital went by fast until that last month where we were beginning to think she would be coming home soon. Now Brady is home and doing wonderfully. She still our little miracle. It’s so hard to look at her now an remember the frail baby she was 5 months ago. In 5 months she has gained almost 8 pounds and 8 inches. I used to say she has been 5 different babies since she was born. She’s gotten out of the stage where she doesn’t look like a completely different baby ever 2 weeks and that is so wonderful. I look into the same sweet face every day. Lately Brady has just been developing in ways that are so obvious to me. It’s amazing to see her grow and develop.
The other day my mom had Brady sitting in her carseat, which is something she enjoys, which has a duck hanging from it. Mom told me she grabbed it and stuck it into her mouth. This is a big deal. I am not sure if every mom sees this as something to get excited about, but mom’s of preemies get excited about every little thing their child does. Brady has yet to roll over and do many things, but she grabbed the duck. It makes me happy. I am sad that I missed it, but unless you are a stay at home mom, you miss many things like that.
She did something else yesterday. She’s been a busy girl this week. I had her on my bed. She loves to just lay down on the bed in her diaper. It’s kinda strange, but I can tell she enjoys what I call her “diaper time”. I was waving at her saying hey, and she started staring at my hand then started opening and closing her hand!!!!! I can’t tell you how proud I was. You could tell she was proud of herself because after she did it she got this HUGE smile on her face.
So I just wanted to share with our friends how Brady has been progressing. She’s coming along great. She was assessed by a developmental nurse and apparently she is pretty much on track. It’s so exciting that you can put her in her swing and she will sit there for about 30 minutes without making a peep. This morning she smiled at the fan while it was spinning. She is just too cute for words!!!
Brady Faith was brought into this world 12 weeks premature. This was a result of mommy having pre-eclampsia and there being a reverse blood flow to/from the placenta. Brady wasn't growing like she should and it would have just gotten worse. She weighed 1lb 7oz and was 11 3/4in long. To learn more about Brady and her family click here.
MiMi Gayle
December 13th, 2008 at 11:17 pm
As Nikkie has told you how great Brady is doing I have had some great moments with her myself. I got to keep her at my house on thursday night and boy was I thrilled. We had a grand time with her. I have a room for her cousin Dallas at my house so it is a baby room. She just loves the toucan mobile over the changing table. She talked to those birds for thirty minutes off and on. She laughed and squeeled we had so much fun watching her.She also remembers who we are now and when she smiles when she sees her MiMi G it melts my heart.She is like any other baby to me she is growing and progressing like I think she should. But every time I see her I see the finger prints of God all over her and feel so blessed she is a part of our lives. Nikkie, Erik you are great parents and our Lord chose the perfect parents for Brady. I see you grow as parents everyday. Love ya MiMi Gayle
V. Ramirez
December 14th, 2008 at 2:09 am
Oh how fun. I can relate as our baby was born around the same gest age as Brady (and I’m on the PP babycenter group) and I get all excited about things like the duck too. Our guy is now 8 mos old and can roll and you’d have thought that he won a gold medal the first time he did it by himself. She is such a doll baby
Grow Brady Grow!
Meaghan
December 15th, 2008 at 8:26 am
I’m so glad to hear how wonderful Brady is doing. I’m also a first time mom, my son is almost 10 months. It is so amazing when they do new things!! I cried when my son rolled over for the first time I was so proud of him!! Brady seems to be developing great though… already learning to wave!! Smart cookie =)