its been almost a month since my Rujim's 2nd birthday. it's been almost a month since i silently spent sleepless nights torturing myself with "possible signs of developmental disorder. Rujim shows a few of it but not all. but as a parent (and someone with poor EQ) i was desperate to know and prove that my son's just fine. he's just delayed in speech and he could be just ignoring us when we call him. he could just be fixated with cars and wheels like any normal toddler. he could just be a loner like his dad. he is just fine. so the internet research went on for days. and the nightmare went on. until we finally met up with a developmental pediatrician who could not give us a formal diagnosis but instead admitted that Rujim has some sort of difficulty with focus and communication. we have to wait and see. i couldn't wait and just see. so we enrolled Rujim in a playgroup (MWF) and got an OT for him (TTH). also started with gfcf diet right away! the research continues... my crying bouts got worse... but i prayed... our families prayed... until thankfully. those nightmare-filled days and nights are over :) thanks to God's love and mercy. i don't know why but i can say im prepared for whatever God has prepared for us. I trust him. I thank him for the blessings. Too many to mention.
One enormous blessing is my family's relocation to Singapore, where i believe has good institutions for early interventions. I can't wait to live a new life out there.
One more exciting blessing is Baby Miguel who is due to come out May 1st! :) i actually started writing to him in his notebook. As i blog now, he is moving in my womb as if he shares my excitement!
today, we still do not have the answers to our questions but we certainly are assured of God's anwers and promises. we still do not have the surest tools to help Rujim with whatever disorder he has if there really is, but as parents we are doing everything we can to give him early intervention. God gave us the grace to be madly in love with our son every single day. and God makes our son what he is in a way that delights us. these days are filled with hope, peace, joy, and laughter just seeing Rujim with his priceless milestones.
and that's the reason for this blog... to show the world how wonderful and adorable our son is and i thank the Lord for giving him to us just as he is.
today: his new words are: "CHI!" (chair) and "MAMOW" (rainbow)
2 comments:
go rujim! go rujim! go rujim! he is a thousand blessings shown even in just one smile. blessed gid sya kaayo to have a mommy like you. i hope he will get to read these blogs someday. i spent nights crying over some sad possibilities,but God is so good that he has given us the grace to be grateful for whatever he sends our way.
hhhhhhhhhaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyy! sakit akon dughan ah.. im always crying reading your blogs... perhaps i just miss you, so much... huuuuhuuhuuhuh!!! i'm so thankful nga may internet na now, somehow, we can connect through this..
pagsugid ni manay re uji, i wasnt worried, i know, god has his own plan and there are a lot of kids nga delay lang ang development.. ahh basta!! bisan ano pa da matabo, uji will always be our angel, always lovable and full of mystery, which brings happiness when revealed.. ay abaw!!!
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