Confessions of a Down Syndrome Daddy, a blog to write down the trials, tribulations, and joys of being a father of a daughter who has Down Syndrome. Caroline Josephine Fitch, born July 17, 2008 is my lovely daughter. She goes by Carly, CJ, Carly Joe, Miss Caroline, Carlykins, or any other cute nickname that fits at the moment. She is an amazing little girl and I look forward to letting you into her life and mine as well.
I am proud of you my sweet Carlykins!!
Hi Jason- this is great, thank you so much for sharing. I told Jennifer all the fantastic new things going on for little Miss. Carly.
Jason, you write some nice blogs about your family, and how it’s like being a father of a kid with down syndrome. I’m also a father of a kid (my son) with down syndrome, and he too light up our life. The smiles, laughs and love that he gives are amazing.
Regards
Mikkel
Love the posting of your blog and the picture of your Carly is adorable!! I also like the tips from Carly so much, I am going to copy them down and put on my frig for my family to read…some things we take for granted.
I love reading your posts. I have a 7 year old son with Down Syndrome and he is the joy of our life!! We wonder why God blessed us so much with giving him to us! You should really be a writer, as the way you write is so excellent! You have a true gift and you could put your thoughts into a book. This world really needs positive things to read about our little “Gifts from God” and the joys they bring to us. It would be great to give your writings to a couple who just gave birth to a baby with Down Syndrome. There is too many negatives said about it and not enough positives! Your family and my family are blessed! Take good care and God bless you and your family…by the way…your daughter is a doll!!!!!
Gail,
Thank you for your kind words and congrats on your 7 year old boy. I completely agree that there needs to be more positive stories about kids with Downs, the parents that raise them, and the siblings that love and support them. I have thought of putting these writings and more together in a book or a pamphlet to let others know the joy having a child with Downs.
Thank you again for visiting and reading my posts.
~Jason
Jay-You are absolutely amazing! Your family and your sweet precious baby Carly are so beautiful. Carly was so lucky to be born and brought into such a warming loving, compassionate family and she will grow to be an amazing child and eventually young woman(yikes)! I will do whatever I can to help spread the word and share your website with others. I love you and miss you. Bren
Thank you Brenda! It is funny, I don’t consider myself to be an amazing dad. Just a dad who is lucky enough to have such amazing kids. Thank you for helping to spread the word.
I am a sister of a brother who has Down Syndrome. He is 42 years old, and I am 33. I feel so blessed to have him in my life. He makes me laugh, cry, and sometimes he makes me mad. But I would never trade him for the world! I couldn’t imagine my life without him in it!! My family loves to talk about all the stories of Mikey! Life would of been so boring without him in it!! I told him yesterday that I loved him, and his response was ” I know”. He does more things in his life than I do in mine. I am proud of my brother and love him so much!! I might have been embarrassed when I was a teenager, when he would direct traffic in our town. Well the cop told him he had to have an orange vest and badge, so he went home and got just that. And at high school football games when he would blow the whistle and stop the game or keep the football and run when they would kick a field goal! But now, looking back, I say… yep that’s my brother!!!! Love you Mikey!!! Thanks for making my life wonderful!!!
Thank you for sharing such a great story! I will have my older daughter read this so she will know that the pluses of being a sister to a sister that has Downs is an amazing gift.
Your blog is amazing. I loved reading your posts and you are truly blessed to have such a wonderful family. Thank you for sharing your life with all of us. We can all relate and learn from your postings.
She is so blessed to have a daddy like you. Your perspective is remarkable and you write very well. My son Cody is 7 mos old and he is such a blessing to our family too! I look forward to more postings as I hope people can also check my blogging out through your blog as well. It’s therapeutic to write about our gifts from God, isn’t it?
great blog — definitely plan on following. I also have a daughter with Ds. She is only 6 months old, but has already had quite the journey — I, too, have a blog where I chronicle life with my daughter(s). Thought I would share if you’re interested — http://www.daddythefatty.com
I’m excited to follow along — thanks
Your little girl is adorable. Our son, Noah, is about 5 1/5 months and was born with Down Syndrome. We are a posting a daily video on our site at http://NoahsDad.com , called Noah’s Minute. My hope that the videos are a source of hope and encouragement to everyone!
Love the videos! What a great way to capture the everyday journeys and growth during Noah’s life. Love the one most recent one and now I must track down a Z vibe!
Jason,
I gave birth to my sweet little Patrick on April 25 of this year. He is now 3 months old and he also has Down Syndrome. He underwent emergency surgery and then almost died from a complication. Now that his health is under control my husband and I are dealing with the down syndrome diagnosis. I love my little boy so much. The hardest part does seem to be the unknown, but reading your blog really helps me to focus on loving PJ each and every day and not worry about things that are not within my control.
Thank you and God bless you and your family.
Lisa
Thank you so much for sharing this with me. I am glad to hear that Patrick’s health is under control, that is the part that is always nerve racking and out of your control. Please keep all of us updated on how PJ’s journey is going. He is blessed to have amazing parents like you and you are blessed to have a young boy who has an extra bonus chromosome. Please also feel free to send an email to either myself, Jason at pr95670@gmail.com or my wife, Mary Jane, at emjayfitch@gmail.com any time you want to vent, have questions, or just need someone to talk to. ~~ Jason
Jason
We have written before! Great resolve to blog daily this month on behalf of folks with DS.
Best
Dr Bob
PS say your prayers for David my son with DS. If you follow us on
Facebook you will see he remains incarcerated in board and care for the profit of a Conservator. No person with DS, in fact no person should be fated to such a life. Yet many elders and people with development disabilities suffer this fate.
She is a wonderful child I know there are more better things waiting for her, please take care of her she is a gift!
Zero Dramas
Thanks for being such a supportive and loving dad!
And thanks for all the support you give us!
We appreciate you guys, and are excited to bee on this journey with you!
-Rick (Noah’s Dad)