Out with Coraline in the sling up the high street, on the train to appointments, on the train to coffee catch ups, to the pharmacy, to the supermarket. Together. In the winter, in the rain, in the sun. In the sling.
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In the last week of May Coraline and I went to the Children’s Centre and, later in the week, to a baby class for the first time after getting the go ahead from her Cardiologist.
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A good few years ago I was in a time of working too hard and trying to please everyone and I remember going to stay with my Dad at the time and saying to him, “but why would people like me if I don’t do that?” He replied, “for your essence. They like you for your essence”
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Wonderful day at my “royal” hen do in May as Kevin and I are getting married in July.
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Coraline loves to blow raspberries, which I have rather taken to too. Her young cousin said recently, “will Coraline be doing her signature raspberry?”
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Everyday when Kev gets home from work he sings to Coraline, from the Eagles, to Lionel Ritchie, to Luther Van Dross, to Gloria Estefan. You name it.
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Dear Mom,
Where to begin with Liz - quite simply she is the most amazing mama to Coraline I could ever have imagined.
“She’s going to make a bit of a splash”
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“The strands you spin stretch out way beyond your field of vision"
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We have been working on Coraline's gross motor skills with her Physiotherapist which underpin her fine motor skills for eating. We appreciate how hard Coraline works when she is eating, due to her lower muscle tone which is a characteristic of Down’s syndrome.
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This is a quality Kevin and I love. And one it struck me to write about because we have been surrounded by it by friends, family and medical professionals since Coraline was born. This simple act brings so much into your orbit.
Dressed for the occasion. All went well at Coraline’s Cardiology appointment yesterday.
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Dear Mom,
I love you! That's all you need to know, and all you need to know you will know!
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Isn’t it wonderful that one of the most oft said things people have said to me since Coraline was born is, “trust your instincts”.
Our Portage Service (home visiting educational service) told us about Home-Start who are a voluntary organisation who support parents with young children and have volunteers who come to give home-based support.
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“You might want to keep one day free where you have no healthcare appointments at all,”said the lady who came over for our initial visit from Portage when Coraline was a few months old.
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A new lady who babysits Coraline made me think about our antenatal group this week. I had said to her, “I love my Antenatal group because with them I feel like I am just one of the gang,” and she replied, “you are just one of the gang”. Her words actually really made me stop and think and reposition my own thinking.
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Coraline and I go everywhere in the sling.
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We would love it if you wear colourful odd socks on Wednesday 21 March. The idea is that then people ask you why you are wearing odd socks and you can help raise awareness and tell them about World Down Syndrome Day.
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