Good things come at 3.

Today is World Prematurity day. Every single day, too many babies are born to soon, and get a start like ours. Won't you consider joining the cause and fighting for babies?

http://www.marchofdimes.com/

Since he is my muse, and since I have been coming back here a lot in more recent days to see where it all began, I thought it was fitting if I wrote a post on dawson.

 dawson is 3.5 and i really have no idea where the time went. it seems as if he has been a part of our lives, our day-to-day forever, and yet it seems were were just holding him for the first time yesterday. our wee little thing is growing so big!

 

he is doing really awesome, going to pre-school (on a school bus, which is one of his most favorite things ever) and still working with a few therapists to get caught up. he goes to a pre-school classroom that is actually in our district elementary school and specializes in kids with special needs. he is the only VI kid in the class, but seems to be adjusting well. we had conferences last week and his only areas in where he is behind are things related to vision. (tracing, matching etc etc) he is counting well and knows his colors and his language is very advanced for his age (ironic that 9 months ago he wasn't even talking!) 

medically he is doing so well, things have improved so much from where we have been in autumns past. he seems to have abandoned the days of endless ear-infections and runny noses. he loves to bundle up and go outside in his pom pom hat, and going at what feels like 100mph.

 

his eyes and vision have remained the same and we are really just in a hurry up and wait period. we are still going for consistent check up but for now we just make sure there are no changes, and that we really utilize the vision that he has. he sees a visual specialist at school twice a week, and wears glasses for as much time as we can possibly get him too. they work on braille and puzzles and using all of his other senses to supplement what his eyes cannot see.

this boy loves his mickey to the moon and back, and all things automobile.trains and buses are his favorites. we are still not potty trained, but we are not freaking out about it. it seems that dawson just doesn't really care and is holding on to all control he can, so we are just taking it day by day. like all things with d, we will get there.

he is my tall skinny string bean, and for the most part seems to be pretty caught up to other 3 year olds. a little petite, but not surprising since his dad and uncles are all skinny things too. he has the memory of an elephant and the hearing of a coon dog. don't ever say anything, anywhere, about anything, because he will repeat it.

this age really has to be my favorite. he is so full of love and life, so curious and inquisitive. i feel like he is learning something new every day, and he just loves to learn. everywhere he goes he is kind and outgoing and loves to make people laugh. i love everything about his spirit, and my only hope is that he keeps that spirit and the i am given the strength and knowledge to light that spirit bright.