User:Shannon625/sandbox

As long as I can remember I have loved kids especially babies. I think it started when I would help the lady who babysat me with the babies at her house. I would hold and feed them while she fixed our lunch and snacks. The love for children carried over to my very first job which was babysitting my neighbor. I also had experience with kids because when I was in high school my niece and nephew lived with us. I would always take them with me places and buy them things like they were my own children. In my culture I have always been told that it takes a village to raise a child and even now with my own son I know this holds true. I would not have the success I have now without my village. When I thought about this life cycle I thought back to January 16, 2007, when my life changed forever. I gave birth to a 5lb 10 oz, 19.5 inches long little boy. He was born 10 days early due to my blood pressure would not stay in a normal range. He was a good baby never cried unless he was hungry. He was always smiling and was loved by everyone he came into contact with. I never knew you could love a person as much as I love my son. I was always told that you never know love until you have a child. Even though my son is ten now this stage of his life has been my favorite so far. During this stage my son did have some problems. He was diagnosed at the age of three of being developmentally delayed. His speech was hard to understand and things had to be repeated often. After many tests it was determined that he could not hear and had to have tubes in his ears to drain the fluid. After four surgeries (putting the tubes in twice and having them removed twice) he can hear and he is exactly where he needs to be with his peers.