Cedar was in the tub tonight just splashing around and exploring the bubbles and his latest buddy, Rubber Duckie and it made me stop and think. It wasn’t that long ago that I remember thinking…will he ever be able to sit in the tub? Will he ever be able to play and have fun splish-splashing with his brothers in the tub? Like so many things with Down Syndrome, sometimes parents are left wondering if it will ever happen, whatever “it” may be. Whether it be sitting, crawling, cruising, walking, talking, reading, the list goes on and on.
Yes, they will be able to but when you are waiting for it, it seems like it will never happen.
But then one day, you look back and realize that what you have been waiting on for so long is now so common that you almost take it for granted.
Like Cedar in the tub.
I actually said to my husband the other day, it is kind of nice really, once you give in to the fact that nothing with Down Syndrome can be rushed, that we can enjoy each stage a bit longer. With my typical kiddos it seems like every time we blinked another year had gone by and they were moving through life at warp speed. At least with Cedar we have time to enjoy each and every stage.
That means enjoying that he loves his rubber duckie and bathtime as well as the occasional bubbles.
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