Tuesday, June 28, 2011 12:05 PM, CDT
9 months
Lucas had his 9 month appointment yesterday. He is growing. Might seem small for most of you but he is a big boy. 27.5 in tall and 17.2lbs. Everything is going great with him. We are so lucky.
He has learned a couple signs. EAT and MORE, go figure. He loves to eat. He thinks he should have everything we have.
We practice sitting and he can sit about 15 seconds alone. He tries to crawl, we are getting some hip helpers to keep him from being "frog legged".
The helmet is coming along fine. Maybe 6 more weeks. He is a trooper when it comes to the helmet.
We have had some family issues come up. I have decided to stay away from my parents. I have a niece that lives there and she has a life sytle that is not appropriate. She also has a little boy that was born 5 days after Lucas. Of course he is a typical child and is on target with the typical children. She has recently made a comment that my sister and I are jealous because she has a perfect baby and ours are defective. Well no one said anything to her. Just shows me how small minded people can be.
We are starting our begging for donations for the Step Up for Down Syndrome walk. This is a walk that benefits the Down Syndrome Guild of KC. If you would like more info let me know. I think it is great that they work so hard in getting the word out what Down syndrome isn't. It is a lot of work even for me to try and correct people who use the R word and mean it so hurtful. Trying to tell people that these children are children and not a syndrome. So if you would be so kind if you find yourself using the R word, to try and correct yourself and others. And please refer to the children and adults with Down syndrome as the person they are first. They do have Down syndrome, not Downs and not DS. Teachers who work with children with Down syndrome are Teachers who teach children with Down syndrome, not they teach downs kids. Just so demeaning to a perfect human being. A gift from God.
Thanks for listening. Please if you have any questions, I like for people to ask me and not just assume or be afraid to hurt my feelings. I like to explain and teach about Down syndrome.
He has learned a couple signs. EAT and MORE, go figure. He loves to eat. He thinks he should have everything we have.
We practice sitting and he can sit about 15 seconds alone. He tries to crawl, we are getting some hip helpers to keep him from being "frog legged".
The helmet is coming along fine. Maybe 6 more weeks. He is a trooper when it comes to the helmet.
We have had some family issues come up. I have decided to stay away from my parents. I have a niece that lives there and she has a life sytle that is not appropriate. She also has a little boy that was born 5 days after Lucas. Of course he is a typical child and is on target with the typical children. She has recently made a comment that my sister and I are jealous because she has a perfect baby and ours are defective. Well no one said anything to her. Just shows me how small minded people can be.
We are starting our begging for donations for the Step Up for Down Syndrome walk. This is a walk that benefits the Down Syndrome Guild of KC. If you would like more info let me know. I think it is great that they work so hard in getting the word out what Down syndrome isn't. It is a lot of work even for me to try and correct people who use the R word and mean it so hurtful. Trying to tell people that these children are children and not a syndrome. So if you would be so kind if you find yourself using the R word, to try and correct yourself and others. And please refer to the children and adults with Down syndrome as the person they are first. They do have Down syndrome, not Downs and not DS. Teachers who work with children with Down syndrome are Teachers who teach children with Down syndrome, not they teach downs kids. Just so demeaning to a perfect human being. A gift from God.
Thanks for listening. Please if you have any questions, I like for people to ask me and not just assume or be afraid to hurt my feelings. I like to explain and teach about Down syndrome.
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