Archives for February 2012

How Music Can Improve Verbal Memory For Children With Down Syndrome

I don’t know how many of you played a musical instrument but I played the piano and saxophone. I was much more talented in the musical department than I was in sports, so if Noah isn’t good at sports it has nothing to do with Down syndrome ….but possibly everything to do with his mother. [Read More…]…

Greatest Thing About Being A Parent #982

I can’t even explain how much I love being a parent. I love all the fun we get to have in this house on a daily basis. I love playing tickle monster with him. I love listening to his super awesome adorable laugh. I love watching him sleep like the cute little baby that he is. I [Read More…]…

Why So Many Videos Of Your Son Born With Down Syndrome?

If you’ve been watching our daily one minute videos about our son who was born with Down syndrome you may have thought to yourself: “Do these people do anything other than take their son to physical and occupational therapy appointments!?” If so, I don’t blame you. We post a lot of videos of Noah’s various [Read More…]…

My Imaginary Hassle Ended Up Being No Hassle At All

Yelp, it’s that time of the week again. Another fun-filled day of physical and occupational therapy for Noah. As you can see in today’s video his physical therapist is using treadmill training to help him learn to walk. Noah’s actually been doing it for a few months now, and it’s been neat to watch his [Read More…]…

2 Ways Swings Help Children With Sensory Integration

The first thing we wanted to do in our new backyard was get our little man a swing. Our trees aren’t quite big enough so we are using our pergola over our back patio. Noah loves the swing. We use a very large one at our therapy sessions, and Noah has seen his fair share [Read More…]…