I am the mother of six children, the youngest of whom has Down syndrome. My blog chronicles our family's experience having a baby with Down syndrome from the day of his birth to the present day.
Beaten Down
by
Lisa
Posted in: Blog Posts in Down Syndrome
After today's session with Finn's new "infant stim" therapist, I've decided to can her. As I posted last week, she was a half hour late the first time she came. ...
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Behavior and Discipline
by
Lisa
Posted in: Blog Posts in Down Syndrome
I yelled at Finn, I think for the first time, yesterday. I was loading dirty dishes into the dishwasher and he grabbed a handful of dirty silverware and flung it on the fl ...
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Beyond Acceptance
by
Lisa
Posted in: Blog Posts in Down Syndrome
Last night I caught a few minutes of the Olympics. There was a segment in which Bob Costas sat down with Tom Brokaw, and they were talking about former Olympic sno ...
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Braggin' on my boy
by
Lisa
Posted in: Blog Posts in Down Syndrome
Check this out from this morning:
I actually took a few videos, but this one (not the best one) was the only one I could get to upload here :( Anyhow, look at him ...
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Bullseye
by
Lisa
Posted in: Blog Posts in Down Syndrome
Sandra from DS New Mama sent this article to me today: Perfectly Imperfect. Jennifer Graf Groneberg says it so much more eloquently than I've ever been able to man ...
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Call to Arms
by
Lisa
Posted in: Blog Posts in Down Syndrome
Dan of Down With Oz is a really cool DS dad blogger, and he posted this today: Call to Arms.
I wanted to pass the word on here, so if you have any interest, go leave a ...
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Check him out!
by
Lisa
Posted in: Blog Posts in Down Syndrome
I don't want to deceive anyone. Finn can't (or won't) yet pull up to standing on his own, but he can and will hold his own weight when placed in a standin ...
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Check him out!
by
Lisa
Posted in: Blog Posts in Down Syndrome
I was afraid that Finn's surgery would set him back some, but he's not only healing nicely, he's picking right up where he left off as far as progressing development ...
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Chromosomes 101
by
Lisa
Posted in: Blog Posts in Down Syndrome
In Kevin's seventh grade science class, they are currently learning about chromosomes (in honor of this, Kevin wore his "My Brother Has More Chromosomes Than Yours" t-shirt ...
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Chromosomes 101
by
Lisa
Posted in: Blog Posts in Down Syndrome
In Kevin's seventh grade science class, they are currently learning about chromosomes (in honor of this, Kevin wore his "My Brother Has More Chromosomes Than Yours" t-shirt to ...
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Clarification
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Lisa
Posted in: Blog Posts in Down Syndrome
I just wanted to clarify Al Sharpton's use of the R word in the movie Good Hair, because some readers seem to think it's possible that it wasn't used in an insulting manner.
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Connecting the Rainbow
by
Lisa
Posted in: Blog Posts in Down Syndrome
Many readers of this blog, especially parents of children with Down syndrome, are familiar with Reece's Rainbow. In case you're not familiar, RR is a ministry that ...
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Connections
by
Lisa
Posted in: Blog Posts in Down Syndrome
This afternoon Joey performed in his first music recital; he was one of about a dozen kids who performed.
The last boy to perform was about 12 or 13 years old, and ...
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Damn!
by
Lisa
Posted in: Blog Posts in Down Syndrome
I had to take Lilah to the pedi this morning (can a single week go by without some kind of doctor's appointment for someone in my house?!), and as we were waiting for the elev ...
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