Good day to you all my tutors and learners here on hive.

I remain this humble soul who is always ready to appreciate my existence on the surface, once we realize that staying alive is never by our power or might then we know that all we have to do in life is to thank God for his mercy and grace over us.

There are some things I appreciate so much. And some of those things are newborns. These newborns could be of anything. Even animals are so cute at their early stage of life.

I don't like dogs but when I get to see cute little puppies I always find myself attracted to them. Come to talk of kittens, chicks 🐣. They are always so cool. I don't know if I am the one that feels that way but I just like them.

They are so fragile and harmless at that stage. And also have this cute look on them before they grow older and begin to take the form of either remaining cute or getting ugly.

The same thing goes for humans. When you come in contact with cute infants, you just have to feel that love and a nice look on them.

This would take me straight to the prompt for week 55 edition 1 on the hive learners community and the topic to be discussed is "BABIES".

MY FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH A BABY TRYING TO WALK

Life is all about stages, we have to pass through one stage before getting to another. So I can say there is no shortcut to growth. It's all a gradual process.

In my family, we were just three children at first, which includes myself as the second child. We grew up together. Our age difference was not that much so no one saw another grow older. Except for my elder brother who can't say much about my younger sister who was the last child then.

Time flies, only God knows the number of children someone will have. If we like, we should make a family plan as much as we want. If God says you will give birth, there is nothing to stop it.

So my mum had to give birth to another child again after my sister, we were all happy because this time around we are going to see how the child will grow up from day 1, now we can carry and care for the newborn. We anticipated the day to come.

With God so good my mum delivered safely, she gave birth to another baby boy. My sister was so happy. She will always carry him everywhere. Many times she will hit his head on the floor while trying to dress him or bathe him. Haha 😂. The baby doesn't know anything but she keeps hitting his head on the floor out of joy and happiness.

THE GROWTH

With time the baby started growing, at first he wasn't able to see or hear, but with time all these sense organs began to function. The baby can now follow up with light and listens to voices.

After that, we started sitting him gradually, maybe after four to five months. Someone will have to support him so he can rest his back. And gradually he began to sit on his own. Now the baby can play with toys and started taking moves toward crawling. When he throws his toy forward, he tries to pick it up.

Gradually he began to crawl and we were all happy to see him crawl. Though the first attempt wasn't cool because he was about to hit his face on the floor before mum carried him. The crawling stage was one stage we never get to rest 😂. He will always scatter things and move everywhere. 😂.

After this stage, he began to hold on to things as support to stand. Humm. The stages just happened to come by so fast. It was just like yesterday. He could stand on his feet. Mum said the next thing he will do is to start walking. It wasn’t something so easy.

At first, he began to leave the support but immediately after he fell on his seat again. He did this countless times as we were all giving him close monitoring. But all of a sudden one day he stood up as usual from where he sat and tried moving his feet. He was about to sit again but we all kept waving and smiling at him. Those smiles are like an encouragement to him. He started staggering. But he took the first step that very day. 😆 😂.

After the first step, my sister pushed to give him support. I could feel the happiness in him. After getting that courage to take the step he became eager to start walking. From taking one step, it became two and gradually he started walking which became the last thing to do as a child. It wasn't easy but finally, he did it. He was able to walk freely and then started running.

In conclusion

To have a baby is one thing, and to care for and monitor them as a parent or guardian is another thing. I am using this moment to appreciate all our parents and guardians for the lovely support and care they showed us while we were younger. God bless them all.

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