New year, new-ish blog :)

It's been well over 12 months since my last blog entry, 'life' has gotten in the way :)

I think I'm at a point now where I need to blog, to get things off my chest, to share our experiences etc. Taj is now almost two (on the 22nd of March) and we've reached a point with him of needing a bit of assistance. Not at all in a bad way, he is a very bright, social, loving and intelligent little boy and the light of our lives. I'll go into further detail with the next entry but we are currently working with a physio, speech therapist and also hopefully soon a dietician basically to help Taj 'catch up'.

It's been an extremely emotional roller coaster ride at times, we've had so much support from all of our friends and family and have also supported each other, but as far as professional help (from a paedeatrician) we were basically going solo until October last year. Please don't get me wrong, health wise Taj is 100% and considering all the health problems he had when he was first born, it's a miracle. I believe to this very day that from the moment he was concieved Taj is a fighter and is meant to be here. :) Developmentally however, there are some delays. Doctors/nurses etc have been telling us that he will 'catch up' and that he is where he should be etc etc and to try this and to try that...however Lee and I, as his parents and the two people who know him better than anyone else, know that there is a delay, and it wasn't until last week that we FINALLY had a professional actually agree with us and actually tell us what we knew already, but were constantly being told we were worrying too much about.

This however, is by no means a negative thing. It's far from it. When it's all said and done, we are blessed to be sharing out lives with a total miracle. He is the light of our lives and such a wonderful, amazing little guy :) He was born 8 weeks early and without sounding melodramatic, we are lucky to have him home with us as he had some pretty major health problems, he is meant to be here. However, while he needs a bit of help from here on in with his eating, his speaking and a few other developmental areas, he is a very bright, happy and social little boy. We have a wealth of knowledge freely available to us and some amazing professionals to help us so it's only onwards and upwards from here.

I want to try and use this blog to 'document' our experiences and maybe also use it to help another family in the same situation as us and maybe also get some help and advice from anyone who may be there or may have been there before us.

Happy reading! :)