We always tell him "NO", and try to take away the food before he has a chance to throw it all - which is quite a race!
Last night our son looked me in the eye...
He took a noodle (Swedish meatballs), and he...
HE had the audacity to look me in the eye and...
take the noodle under his high chair tray, put it through his legs and drop it onto the floor.
What a SNEAK!!! Somebody tell me that this kid is not a Mr. Smarty pants? Well instead of getting mad - I just calmly told dad (and Sissy) that our boy is a super sneaker now!
Funny boy - he's been down with allergies for a week and a half, but he is feeling better (maybe I am too, yikes). He ate like a champ today trying to make up for all those lost carbs and calories.
Solid our boy is, and very strong. We sure are proud of him but that doesn't make our worries any less.
Someone asked me wow how do you work with your son now that you know he has Down Syndrome? I told that person that Dusty and I treat Brogan like a regular kid. We talk to him, we play with him, we interest him in books and toys. Why would we treat him any different?
Years ago, our precious son would have had a life span of about 9 years. That's when they took your Down Syndrome baby and put them in homes ... homes? (Insane Asylums) - for lack of a better place, and those poor kids were left to fend for themselves with poor nutrition and health care.
I am so happy that modern medicine and health care, and knowledge ( acceptance ) of our beautiful kids has advanced so that my boy can have a long and healthy life. I cried my heart out thinking that he was going to die by the time he was 7 years old when they told me he had Down Syndrome, but I know more now and statistically he will live a long and healthy life. That I am so happy for because someone as awesome as Brogan should be with us for a long time to teach and love us all as we are.
