The ups of Down’s with Theo

Just sayin hun 🤣

Seems legit 🙈🤣

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When you had the worst nights sleep of your entire life last night!! Up and down since 12.15, pretty much every 45 mins 🙈 I think it’s his teeth (we’re on number 10 so far 🤣)
So we all had an afternoon nap coz that’s what Sunday’s are made for 😂 but Theo decided 2 hours wasn’t enough so came in our bed and had another hour 🙈
You’re super cute especially when you’re not feeling 100% because you love me a little bit more 🥰
I love your cute little ears and your little button nose and you’re beautiful almond eyes that are the brightest blue with a diamond sparkle (the things the doctor used as “markers” for DS)
So to anybody with a high chance/conformed diagnosis of DS CONGRATULATIONS incase nobody told you yet 😘😘
we 💙💛 Theo

When you hit that 3 hour nap
Don’t have lunch till 2.30 pm
Eat the last of your brothers favourite biscuits and your dads fruit and feel no way about it 🤣
Super chilled!! Comfy hun??
**ksgiven 😴

My ever gorgeous 💙 Theo 💛 I hope I always make you laugh so hard!!!
On release of today’s exam results I’d like to congratulate everyone in the DS community, you absolutely smashed it 🥳 but no doubt achieved exactly what your families knew you were capable of all along!! When I first received Theo’s birth diagnosis I did feel moments like those would never arrive for us and that had somehow been wiped from our ‘goals’ but during Theo’s 19months in the DS community I’ve realised it’s all back on (it was never off in reality) and Theo can and will achieve his full potential!!
My best friend reminded me today he’s got a “touch of the Steph’s” basically he’s just like me, ball buster, bull at a gate, strong minded and will get what he wants by any means 🙈🤣 so watch out world here he comes!!!
In light of the news the NIPT test is likely to become common place within the NHS and the fears this has brought for a much higher level of prenatal DS abortions.
I am very much pro choice and believe that forewarned is forearmed. But it is sooooo important that the forearmed is with the correct information, from the correct people and not the misconceptions of non-achievers we once were made to believe was true!! Children with DS deserve as much of an opportunity as any other child ( most of the children I’ve seen today have far out achieved my GCSE results 🙈) and today is just one example in an enormous list of things a child with DS CAN achieve!! I’d be devastated for another family to miss out on this amazing love and journey with through fear and misinformation!! because we certainly aren’t 💙💛💙💛

The last few days!! We went to costa del back garden, the deep, Dixon’s ice cream (Theo launched his up the wall when he’d finished 🤣) hair cut day tomorrow coz it’s an absolute state 🙈

That awkward time you decided to have a tantrum in your high chair, got stuck and made daddy s**t his pants, then carried on like butter wouldn’t melt 🤣🤣 (apparently he’s just like me 🙈) 🤣

He absolutely loves being upside down 🤣 little danger mouse 🐭

If anybody knows of or can recommend any private speech therapists within the Huddersfield area!! We’d be interested in hearing from you, particularly those with experience with children with DS!! 💙💛

Anyone else have a no limits soldier this morning? Absolute wrecking ball this lad 🤣 he’s got alllll this out (and more) and now he’s sat watching tv playing with NONE OF IT!!!!
Feeling like We’ve been sold a dud 😂....... when We found out Theo had DS we were told “they” are quiet “they” don’t have much interest in things and “they” won’t do this that or the other!! I’d just like to say BU****IT!!!! 🍀

Just my super famous Theo again 🤣 rockin that extra chromosome 💙💛 thanks Celebrate T21

On Thursdays we get new trainers!! Even if you hate having shoes on, you WILL wear these and stone being a flintstone 🤣 🐊 🍀

So we’ve decided to start to learn a bit of makaton to help Theo bring his speech on a bit more!! We might be rubbish at first but we’ll give it our best shot 🤣 🍀 💙💛💙💛

Lovely day in grandma and grandads garden ❤️ even bumped into my cousin FP 💙💙

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We were delighted to have this beautiful post shared with us from Mum Heather Abe, so we just had to share it with you too.

'Dear Momma,
I heard you just received a prenatal/birth diagnosis of Down syndrome. Hearing those words spill out of the doctor's mouth just instantly changed your life. You may not know what to think, or where you stand with this new information. It is a process that can need a great deal of time and I am here to tell you, in case no one else has, that you have to allow yourself to feel it all. It is a time of grief and no one can skip over it, so allow yourself to go through the emotions now so you can get to the good stuff! Did I add that part in too soon? Nope! I didn't.
I am writing this letter to you to give you hope. I am writing you this letter to say, "CONGRATULATIONS!" I hope your doctor delivered the news with that sort of enthusiasm, because your unborn/newborn child has incredible value and worth. They deserve every ounce of celebration!

I am also writing you this letter because I said I wanted to do something in celebration of my own daughter. She turned 1-years old on July 2nd, and today, July 5th marks 1-year from when we received our preliminary results. I wanted this anniversary to be a celebration, one that I wish I was able to do when my daughter was born, but that was stolen from me at the hospital. The news wasn't delivered to me well and all I could muster was another cascade of tears with every "sorry" the doctor muttered.

I'm writing to you because no one else knows our babies like another mother of a child with Down syndrome, and I desperately want to take your face in my hands and say, "I know you feel as though your life has just ended, but it's actually just beginning. Take my hand. Stand up, lean on me and welcome to this remarkable journey."

Your child, my child, all children are created perfectly in His imagine. God never makes mistakes. Our babies with the extra chromosome of love, as I like to say, have always been a part of our story. You and I didn't know it or see it coming, but He had it planned all along.

The first part of the year was scary because I didn't know what to expect. As time went on I started to feel my confidence grow in not only parenting my baby with Down syndrome, but also learning how to advocate for her. You will too. Someone told me after she was born that God only gives these special little ones to those who are strong. I don't believe that. I believe as time goes on you become stronger, and sometimes I still find myself a little weak in the knees; however, this past year, dare I say, has been almost seamless. It wasn't at all what I expected it to be. She has been healthy and thriving, and even started crawling today!

She is a gift to our family who has unlocked so much love, compassion, and understanding in just one year of life. She has taught our family an invaluable lesson of loving all people, of the uniqueness of God’s wisdom and ways, and that our path has always been to have her. That in itself is incredible and profound. How special is that! There will be hard days, but there will be more days of laughter and joy. Your baby, like any typical baby is a gift, and your sweet little one is just waiting for you to unwrap all the beauty within, and a year from now, you can write your 1-year letter of celebration to a new momma.

Your world changed today but it didn't end. There's new things to discover, new language to learn, but best of all, the best person you'll ever know, who happens to call you Mommy, is just waiting for your love. The baby you thought you were going to have never existed but this one did. The love and excitement you had for your baby once you received a positive pregnancy test is still there.
Welcome!

Written by Heather Abe.

I’d still love to because I love proving people wrong ( clearly so does Theo) 😂 you’d smash it you’d fit right in 💙💛💙💛

“I’d absolutely love to take Theo back up to the hospital sometimes and just say, see here look how wrong you were!! He’s still perfect!!”



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When your still tired but your buzzing coz your new raincoat is killing it 🤣 thanks Dollymix Boutique

When you 100% wish you’d napped for
Longer 🤣

While the cats away........🤣 Mackenzies literally just left for grandma and grandads To watch the town match!! Theo’s like a rat up a drain pipe into his room on the gaming chair 🎮🎧

Baby Theo 💙💛

"He’s perfect" 💙💙



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Well it appears we’re making progress on the “feeding ourselves” front at last ( but that’s partly my fault 🤣) today Theo’s managed the full pudding by himself and didn’t throw the spoon on the floor once 🥳 instead he passed it to me after every single mouthful, coz why would you reload your own spoon when you’ve got mummy to do it for you 🤣 he still looks slightly disgusted at the fact he’s having to do something for himself though

Legit thought this tired little peach 🍑 was going to walk today!!! He walked ages holding my hand, I let go and he stood up for ages, then........he just sat down 🙈🤣 nearly there mon amigo 💙💛💙💛