Spreading Down Syndrome awareness and acceptance by sharing our true stories
I will never forget this moment. I was left alone with both kids for the first time ever, and Marley needed a diaper change and a feeding right away. Nicholas, at that same moment, put his arms up for me to pick me up. To me, when a baby does that, it is the highest […]
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Just so you know, I definitely did NOT cry and eat a half-pint of ice cream yesterday during the kid’s nap. Ok, yes I did. I have been running this blog since 2018, and in that time period have recounted many mommy crying episodes to you. Yesterday’s came out of nowhere. I got a call […]
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With various phases of reopening happening across the state, many Early Intervention service providers have begun moving forward with plans for in-person therapies. With the initial closing down of EI back in March, there was a long gap in therapies, then the option of teletherapy, which was out of reach for so many families, and […]
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Nicholas has a September birthday and Down Syndrome. To me, that equals a kid going to Pre-K seemingly very young. So, I was already nervous about this transition. You can imagine that the nerves were only heightened when I learned that all of his evaulations would be happening via teletherapy. I am not sure about […]
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Honesty Time. The initial quarantine really put us into a funk as far as having a story to tell. Now, it has been months since my last post, and every time I sat down to try and blog, I could only come up with the same few sentences. I am happy to have more time […]
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