Milestones

A few nights ago I awoke from my slumber and thought I haven't heard from Jason in a few hours, so I check the monitor (we have one of those cool video monitors, which I highly recommend). To heart stopping panic I spy Jason sleeping on his tummy. Ack! I hustle to his crib and turn the oblivious little guy over. It seems Jason, the little monkey has learned to roll over, from his back to his front. Yay! another mile stone reached. BUT, He has yet to learn to roll from his front to his back. This has now added to his repertoire of things to keep his mommy sleepless and busy at night, as now he will roll on to his front in the night and not be able to get back on to his back. Thus panic ensues and he cries until someone comes and rescues him. Which is you-know-who...

So with thousands of scenarios running though my head following this new development, all of them ending in harm befalling my little guy. I figured I'd better consult my trusty mom-manual "What to expect in the first year" and it was saying the risk for SIDS decreases immensely when babies reach this mile stone. As they are strong enough to hold their heads out of harms way. This knowledge has greatly reduced my stress level. For those of you who are new parents you can empathize with the fact that everything stresses you out when it comes to your child. And I have been told by some veterans that you'll stress about your children for the rest of your life. Nice hey? I'm already stressed about when he starts crawling!