I think she has Down syndrome...
October is Down syndrome Awareness month and I wanted to share one of the first things I read in the hospital shortly after Lily was born. I remember sobbing the first time I read "Welcome to Holland." The poem was included in our "Welcome to Down syndrome" party bag. W e were already in "Holland" unbeknownst to us with the diagnosis of our twin sons with autism 4 years prior to Lily's birth. Welcome to Holland by Emily Perl Kingsley I am often asked to describe the experience of raising a child with a disability - to try to help people who have not shared that unique experience to understand it, to imagine how it would feel. It's like this... When you're going to have a baby, it's like planning a fabulous vacation trip - to Italy. You buy a bunch of guide books and make your wonderful plans. The coliseum. The Michelangelo David. The gondolas in Venice. You may learn some handy phrases in Italian. It's all very exciting. A...