So here I sit thinking about a couple of different families that I "know" from FB who have babies with Down syndrome and what comes to mind is.....first that we are very Blessed that Owen has no major health complications as of yet and second am I setting myself up for a fall? I keep looking at Owen and thinking for the most part that he is just a baby. I sat while Early On came and evaluated him and chose not to do a PT referral as of now because Owen is so strong. I wanted to scream it from the rooftops how proud I was of him, my 6 week old showed him his stuff! And then the thought creeps into my mind, is this how things are going to stay? Am I preparing myself for the fact that it might and probably won't always go this way? Right now he is the baby boy that I love and cuddle and nurse, all the time it seems :) So when does the Down syndrome start? When do I start feeling like this might be a journey I don't know if I am prepared for? And does it? Does it ever start to feel that way or will I continue to see past what society has pinned as different and not as quickly developing and therefor not what it should be? That he will be referred to as developmentally delayed for how long? Life? Why can't we just call it what it is?! He is different than most kids and he might learn different and at a different pace but I don't want to ever feel like he is anything than him, than my boy who I loved from the minute I saw him and even before that. So world, he is Owen, he is going to knock your socks off! He will do it as his own pace and just like any kid he will understand and get things when he is capable. AMEN?! AMEN!
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