Tell us a little bit about you and your family… My name is Jennifer. Nora is 3 years old and the youngest of 3 girls! We live in the Chicago suburbs. We love to vacation as a family, go camping, go on walk and bike rides and have dance parties!! What’s the one word you would pick to describe Nora? Determined. What do you want the world to know about Down syndrome? What has Nora taught you? Down Syndrome is not scary. It’s not a life sentence of never being able to go do fun things as a family ever again, and it will not affect the other kids in…
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DSAM: Mama Caroline & Bennett
Tell us a little bit about you and your family… Hi! My name is Caroline, I’m 32 years old and currently live in Minnesota with my husband and 2 kiddos – Bennett (2.5) and Ruby (10 months)! We also have a 4-year-old English Bulldog named Ziggy. We found out when I was 13 weeks pregnant that Bennett would be born with Ds and although it rocked our world, we didn’t realize how truly amazingly lucky we were about to become! What’s the one word you would pick to describe Bennett? It’s not one word but: full of life. What do you want the world to know about Down syndrome? What…
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2019: World Down Syndrome Day – Gratitude
When I was first told about Hudson’s possible diagnosis (which was confirmed via blood test several days later) of Down syndrome….I remember the fear and uncertainty that crippled my heart as I held my newborn baby. What would his life be like? How would people treat him? Would he go to school? Will he have friends? Will he ever find love? ⠀👶🏼⠀And then he looked up at me with those big blue/green eyes, and his soul locked onto mine. God whispered gently in my heart that He had it all figured out and I just needed to obediently follow and expect big things from this little man. Those fears melted…
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Find Your Voice Girl!
A few weeks ago, I had my first opportunity as a mother of a special needs son to step up and advocate in a childcare scenario. I started a Bible study group on January 8th. The main reason I chose this group was because they offered childcare! SCORE. I remember mentioning in an email to one of the childcare facilitators that Hudson has Down syndrome but did not think it was relevant to mention that he was a non-walker. The morning of my first time attending this bible study went smoothly. Hudson has struggled with separation anxiety but it improved over the holidays with family in town. I wasn’t worried! …
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Down Syndrome Awareness Month
Hello hello friends! Happy Wednesday to you 🙂 We are over halfway through October which blows my mind. But I can tell as the leaves are starting to fall off the trees and the wind has turned bitter cold up here in Chicago. The other great part about October … it is also Down Syndrome Awareness Month! When thinking about this month, I came up with two separate campaigns I wanted to run from the blog, Facebook and Instagram to spread awareness and encourage acceptance. First Campaign I reached out to several Instagram accounts I follow that have and/or feature someone with Down syndrome and asked if I could have…
