Yippee! Yippee! Carly’s gait trainer arrives this Friday! It is a lovely raspberry/pink color, perfect for a princess!
Therapists say that once walking kicks in all developmental milestones kick in as well.
So far Miss Carly can say “juice”, “that”, and “no”.
She is shy and does not say it around me but loves to say it around everyone else.
Just sitting here thinking about how lucky and blessed I am to have such a wonderful family.
Sometimes I forgot how lucky I am when I let the outside the family interference get in the way.
Merry Christmas from Miss Carly!
The Daddy in Confessions of a Down Syndrome Daddy turns 42 years old today. The best gifts I have ever gotten, I have not gotten on my birthday, they were received on March 3, 2004 (when I married the lovely Mary Jane) January 5 (when Emma was born), August 27 (when Brady was born), and July 17 (when Miss Carly was born).
Click on the word giggles…it is the sound of Carly laughing. It will need to down load and play in your media player.
The sweet sound of Miss Carly playing with her brother, Brady.
Mary Jane sent this to me while I was out of town on business last week. Made me smile from ear to ear.
Getting better at this each and every week.
Park time!
Just sitting here watching Miss Carly decide to start wrestling with Brady, she was hanging out and watching Yo Gabba Gabba when the mood to wrestle brother struck.
She rolled over on top of him; he was lying face down, and sat up with her legs over his side. Carly proceeded to crawl all over Brady and periodically try to grab his nose. The good news is that it was a great opportunity for her to work on her core strength; the bad news is that Brady was “pinned” multiple times during the match.
After the impromptu match, Miss Carly scooted off and started to play huck and chuck with her other toys. That is until Brady was distracted and she tackled him again. It is funny to watch as she keeps playing this cat and mouse game with him.
Hard to believe that just a couple months ago she would just hang out on the carpet yelling at her Barbies and now she is wrestling her brother every chance she gets.
Now that the season has turned from summer to fall, Miss Carly is rocking her footie pajamas each night.
Not only are the pajamas nice and warm, they also a great place for Carly to keep a wide variety of toys and other surprises.
Now that she is able to move her zipper up and down, she has discovered that her footie pajamas can store just about anything.
For example, the other night MJ was getting Carly ready for a bath and while taking off Carly’s pj’s, MJ discovered a cookie from one of Carly’s play sets. Other times, we have discovered a race car or two of Brady’s and a couple puzzle pieces.
Ah footie pajamas, not just for comfort but for storage as well!!
“I love children with Down Syndrome, they are always happy!”
How many times have we all heard that?
I have some pretty good proof that children with Down Syndrome, especially ones who go by the name of Caroline Josephine, are not always happy.
Let’s take this weekend for example…. Not happy when she woke up with an empty belly and MJ carried her right past the kitchen and upstairs to the other bedroom, funny how her crying only stopped when MJ stopped in front of the fridge.
Not happy when she heard someone cooking dinner in the kitchen and then coming into the living room without food for her!
Not happy when I put her in the stroller while I was coaching Brady’s soccer team! However, she was very happy when I held her while we practiced passing with the team.
Not very happy when she received her two drops of “pink eye” medicine into her eyes this weekend.
Not even close to being happy when she received her ear drops, for her ear infection, in her ears this weekend.
So while she may not always be happy…….
I love my child who is blessed with Down Syndrome.
An update…
Well, little Miss Carly is feeling much better. Every time MJ tried to lay down with her and convince Carly to take a nap, Miss Carly would have none of it! The nerve of some people.
Carly pulled herself up, using my leg, and shuffled up and down the couch for a bit.
I think that she is actually starting to feel better, either that or she is just trying to convince she is feeling better so she does not have to have any more medicine in her ears, eyes, or throat!