I have a HUGE problem with pediatricians telling moms that it is just OK for a baby to skip crawling. And it makes me crazy when this is said to a mom with a child who has special needs.
So many moms ask me about the exercises I do with Mara and I started sharing them on my YouTube channel a couple of weeks ago. We started doing these exercises at around 1-month-old (even though you can start as soon as your baby is born) and up until Mara’s neck was super strong (at approximately 4-months-old).
Resetting Expectations for Down People with Down Syndrome
Resetting Expectations for Down People with Down Syndrome
One of my biggest obstacles growing up was the low expectations people put on me. My mom and I had to work all the time to show how capable I was at achieving goals and developing. My mom has always believed I had potential, and worked hard to bring that out. She wanted to bring out every gift and talent I had and knew it was going to be work, but it was so worth it.
During my pregnancy with Mara, I found myself having to educate doctors about they way to deliver certain messages they believed I needed to hear to prepare to have a baby with Down syndrome. “You must know that 40% of babies with Down syndrome are born with a heart defect” was the first warning I was given about the apparently terrifying life that was awaiting for me. Right there and then, with my little baby still in my belly, I decided to change the conversation.
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