We receive a lot of messages from people asking questions about Noah’s developmental milestones. Questions like, “How do children with Down syndrome develop differently than typical children?” “When did Noah get his first tooth?” When did Noah roll over for the first time?” “When did Noah start drinking from a straw?” and the list goes on and on. We enjoy answering everyone’s questions, but also wanted to create a place on our site that would serve as a landing page of his life achievements and developmental milestones.
This list will be updated on a regular basis and will include not only developmental milestones, but what I like to call “life” milestones (like his first visit to a comic shop! The geek in me calls that a major life milestone.) 🙂
As you read through Noah’s milestones, please remember that every child is different, and will reach their milestones at different times. I want to encourage you not to use this page as a measuring rod, or a way to compare your child’s growth to another. (Remember to celebrate, not compare.) Our goal is to help encourage and support families, and we invite you to contact us if you have any additional questions.
Eating From Spoon For The First Time
Drinks From A Straw for the First Time
Eats Baby Food For The First Time
First Father’s Day (And First Banana)
First Visit To In-N-Out Burger
Drinks From A Straw For The First Time
First Trip His Grandparents House
First Down Syndrome Buddy Walk
First Dentist Visit / Check Up / Exam
Self-Feeding For The First Time
Pulling to Stand for the First Time
13 – 18 Months Old
19 – 24 Months Old
This list will continue to be updated throughout our son’s life. Please take a second to add your email in box below to stay up to date on all of our latest posts.
4 Years Old
Rides The School Bus By Himself
5 Years Old
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This is a great idea...Love keeping up with Noah!
Thanks so much, we enjoy sharing his life with everyone. Is that your son in your profile picture? He look super adorable. Have you posted his picture to our Facebook page yet? http://facebook.com/noahsdadcom ? (Lots of great folks there...who love seeing pictures!) :)
As a first time father this really helped ease some of my concerns. Thank you for sharing.
love this idea cuss i was wondering when lil man did some of those things . thank you for sharing all of this with all of us .
Thanks for the kind words. It will be fun to have a place to keep all of this achievements in one place. :)
This is awesome! Wish my parents had a milestone page like this :) except offline cause computers weren't that in in those days lool. Keep it up Noah!
Thanks! :)
My name is Brianne and I have a soon to be 3 year old with down syndrome, his name is Brendon. Your posts with Noah are great!
Thanks! Where are you guys from?
Dear Noah's Dad, you are great dad!Thanks for sharing Noah wonderful life. I believe that God has His Will through Noah's life. For God nothing is impossible!!!Now, my 4th kid, Moses is 23 months. Early in the next morning I delivered him,God had told me that He wanted to do something in Moses's life in order to glorify Him. Our lovely Father in heaven always give us the best.
Haleluyah!!!
You have a very special boy with a very special soul :) He is beautiful. God bless him and God bless your family.
Thank you! We have a ton of fun. :) Do you have any children?
Great to hear! I don't have any children yet, but I work with children and love them very dearly :)
Cheers!
Cool! What sort of work are you in (if you don't mind me asking) :)
Hi Rick, sorry for the delay I had a hard time finding which post I had written on!
As for my work, I do many things ..! - but as for my work with children I am currently part-time babysitting babies-children and I give natural healing sessions to children. I have studied psychology, natural healing methods, relaxation techniques, yoga - so in the near future I would like to create programs for children, God willing. Children are really amazing, and they do need all the help they can get - for them to learn how to grow into this world properly and grow into who they really are and nothing less.
What do you do (if you don't mind me asking! :))?
Thanks for chiming in. I'm a pastor!
Hello, My wife and I just had our first child May 30th. LIttle Ava appears to be born with DS. We meet with a genetics to confirm next Thurday although our midwife and pedi think that she has a few signs for it. I am on an emotional roller coaster right now pretty much a train wreck. I love her to death and just want her to have a great life. I look forward to following Noahs journey.
How was your immediate reaction? I just dont knwo if I am overboard with how I upset I am.
Best,
James
You are not overboard! We cried every day for awhile then it started spacing out. You have to grieve the loss of a child you envisioned and that does not mean you don't love Ava. You have to adjust to your new future and that takes some time but you guys will do awesome! You will have good days and bad but soon the good will far outweigh the bad :) keep us updated on Ava :)
Hi,
I have cerebral palsy, it is normal to grieve the loss of the child that you expected! Don't miss seeing the good in the child that you have!
My Mom was able to do that, but my Dad wasn't!
My life is good, partly because of the
acceptance that I had from my Mom!
I work, I'm married - I have a good life!
(Both work and marriage are possible for people with Downs!)
Thanks,
Pam
hi, noahs mom,
my little angel bilal has down Ds. he is seven months now and he is yet to sit up. his features of ds was so mild that doctors could not realize faster. but am happy to have him, to love him and care for his needs although it was painful, hurting and to know that he will leave with this condition forever!
That’s exactly right! We grieve our expectations, but we rejoice in what the Lord has blessed us with!
James you aint over reactig wgen i first found out my child had down syndrome oh man it felt bad it was 2-3 weeks after i had him. I didnt know how to take it all i was doing was going back and forth with docs i didnt know how to deal with it, and also having no support from the dad it was terrible ..But out of experience all im telling you is accept it and do whatever you can to help your baby they are the greatest and bigest blessing.God has its purpose. Its going to make you and your wife stronger and alot closer. JUST REMEBER YOU ARE NOT THE ONLY ONE! GOD BLESS YOU AND CONGRATS WITH YOUR NEW BABY!
Hello all,
Just an update. It is all but confirmed with genetics that it is DS (just waiting on kereotype. The pain and pretty much self pity and blame i have been feeling is starting to take a back seat. Little Ava is in the chidlrens hospital with low oxygen sat and high red blood cell count. the red blood cell count as started to drop which is great and she is able to stay off the oxygen until she falls asleep or eats. She is starting to feed off the bottled breast milk a bit better about 1.5-2oz per feeding. Everyone just keeps telling us how beutiful she is. We just started telling family and close friends that she has DS and they are shocked, but the support is crazy. I think the biggest part that upset me aobut this is the fear of the future. Three of my groomsmen from my wedding have given birth to baby girls in the past 6 months. I had dreams of them all growing up together. It sounds selfish, but thats the feelings that were driving me crazy. My wife and i have lived at the hospital for the past four days each day seems a bit better, but we can not wait ot get the little one home to start her development. We have an occupational therapist coming tomorrow to help start helping get the feeding to the next level. all i know is that even with the initial shcok from this I want my wife to have ten more babies! Ava is certainly wonderful. I love when we can stare into each others eyes and she turns her head to look at my iphone playing some lalabuys on pandora. i love thats she grasps my finger in her little hands and pushes the bottle away when she doesnt want it. When we get home things are going to be even better. Now its time for mama and daddy to get educated! My wife is just about to finish her masters in Nutrition and didnt have a thesis topic. Thanks to Ava she has found it! I finish my masters of sports leadership next month and never thought about jobs in areas such as the special olympics. This little one is a blessing! Thank you for all the best wishes.
they also found she has a smal ASD but the cardiologist thinks it will close on its own.
Are you guys home yet? How exciting that you guys are using your education already to think how you can help children with DS :) I thought about my son not being able to grow up with my friend's children too, but you want to know what, Noah hangs out with my best friend's daughter all the time and they have a great time. Ava will be an awesome addition to the group. There may be some differences, and you may get frustrated when developmentally they are typical, however she will teach them so much more :)
Thanks for the kind words! We are home two weeks or so now. Still on .1 oxygen, but we have a sleep study at Yale saturday and hopefully she comes off of it. We took her off all day Sunday and her Sat levels stayed up. Ava just had her 1 month birthday on Sunday! She is finally gaining weight up almost a lb from birth! following us with her eyes and even starting to smile a little. We started PT last Friday and have another session this Thursday. LOVE THIS LITTLE GIRL!!! I will post picture to the Facebook page this week.
Hey James, I was just thinking about your guys this evening. How is everything with little Ava? Are are you guys doing? Have you got plugged in to a good group of friends in your area?
Adorable! how cute i Noah?
Hey thanks! Do you have any children by the way?
My husband and I just had a son May 18, 2012. He has downs, we didn't know through pregnancy and it was a bit of a shock. My husband is 22 and I am 19, 18 when I gave birth. We are looking EVERYWHERE for any kind of information and there is just tons. But your website so far has been the most helpful..and fun : ). Thank you. Y'all are doing a wonderful job.
Hey Patty, I just wanted to touch base with you to see how everything is going. How is your family?