RBHarter
West Central AR
In the spirit of sharing kids .
On a hot summers day 31 yr 1 month 21 days ago a weak 4lb 8oz preemie at a strapping 14" came into the world to 2 woefully unprepared parents . Sure they had clothes , diapers and the essentials , the mother had a little experience with 2 much younger brothers but dad had zero skills . He figured out cloth diapers pretty fast and feeding routines too .
Alas the little runt spent 19 days in an ICN before coming home . 4 weeks early lots of excitement , what with him being a footling breach and coming out by way of C section . Apparently he sucked up a load of water or didn't spit it out in a timely manner and had a wet lung and one partially collapsed . Blue babies aren't really the best way for them to get started in life on the outside .
We were warned over and over that he would be slow and stunted . Thank God for that ! It took him all the way to the 6th grade to figure out he was smarter than the teachers with a greater learning capacity and higher reading retention than most if not all of them . 6'1" and 165# at graduation . I'm glad he only scores a 140 IQ we wouldn't have been able to keep him interested if he'd been smart and grown to his full potential . Hard to believe it seeing him now I once held his head fully supported on 4 fingers with his legs dangling barely mid forearm .
Today that little runt will follow a path taken by his baby brother in the Army . The first 30 hr are no worry .........but he will be on my mind day and night for the next 15 months .
The slow stunted one is on the right .
Grand Mother was right when she said kids are a 20 yr investment and it takes 25 yrs to know if it was a good one or a bad one .
I guess I did ok . All 4 have better reords than me , lived to adulthood . They aren't over populating . 2 have survived 6 yr of Army/Navy and the other is holding her own on the outside .
I just have to get this last one back home without too much damage .
The oldest never busted down Corporal in the Army . Here's to earning his gold spurs .
On a hot summers day 31 yr 1 month 21 days ago a weak 4lb 8oz preemie at a strapping 14" came into the world to 2 woefully unprepared parents . Sure they had clothes , diapers and the essentials , the mother had a little experience with 2 much younger brothers but dad had zero skills . He figured out cloth diapers pretty fast and feeding routines too .
Alas the little runt spent 19 days in an ICN before coming home . 4 weeks early lots of excitement , what with him being a footling breach and coming out by way of C section . Apparently he sucked up a load of water or didn't spit it out in a timely manner and had a wet lung and one partially collapsed . Blue babies aren't really the best way for them to get started in life on the outside .
We were warned over and over that he would be slow and stunted . Thank God for that ! It took him all the way to the 6th grade to figure out he was smarter than the teachers with a greater learning capacity and higher reading retention than most if not all of them . 6'1" and 165# at graduation . I'm glad he only scores a 140 IQ we wouldn't have been able to keep him interested if he'd been smart and grown to his full potential . Hard to believe it seeing him now I once held his head fully supported on 4 fingers with his legs dangling barely mid forearm .
Today that little runt will follow a path taken by his baby brother in the Army . The first 30 hr are no worry .........but he will be on my mind day and night for the next 15 months .
The slow stunted one is on the right .
Grand Mother was right when she said kids are a 20 yr investment and it takes 25 yrs to know if it was a good one or a bad one .
I guess I did ok . All 4 have better reords than me , lived to adulthood . They aren't over populating . 2 have survived 6 yr of Army/Navy and the other is holding her own on the outside .
I just have to get this last one back home without too much damage .
The oldest never busted down Corporal in the Army . Here's to earning his gold spurs .
