[tri-med] Re: re-introducing myself

Welcome back Monica & Michael,

>I have a son, Michael, with t-18 mosaic.  You may remember him 
>as the one who had a terrible fear of water.  I spent his first 
>year sponge bathing him as he would scream and turn purple if I 
>emerged him in water.  Then last summer he went into a swimming 
>pool with me...Well, times have changed and so has Michael.  He 
>now loves water.  He can't get enough!  He wants to play with it, 
>bath in it and even pours it over his head.  I cannot believe 
>the difference.

I can believe the difference, because it mirrors my experience with
Princess Phil's water phobia (except that Michael appears to be an
even faster study). I was one of the ones who urged you to MAKE him 
take swimming lessons.  

>Last year my DH and I received a call about a baby born with Trisomy 
>21...Would we be willing to take her as pre-adoptive/foster parents?  
>We said yes but I as concerned for Michael who was 18 months at the 
>time....I was afraid he may regress with a baby, who also has special 
>needs, in the house.  But we took that leap of faith and I can't tell 
>you how rewarding it has been. Michael...did not regress at all.  I 
>think, if anything, he began to improve more rapidly and challenged 
>himself more.  

This definitely explains your disappearance from the list....

Here again I had similar good results with Philina not wanting to be
left in the dust of babies who I did daycare for when she was little.
There milestones always carried over in some big way for her....

>His health has been good, he has been eating well and regular foods 
>and now that he has begun talking I can't express how happy we are. 
>He has a wicked sense of humor and gets himself into trouble plenty.

Yes, wicked senses of humor are a specialty around here too....

Glad all is going well for you and hope to hear more from your crew...

Fawna, mom to Philina 21yrs (PT6p & Moya Moya Syndrome)
http://home.mindspring.com/~fawna33/




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