My boys' moments

I am ready to go to bed and I am exhausted as most of my days, but today I have a greatful and happy feeling.  My boys are outstanding. They both are successful in there own and unique way. Tommy had a follow up appointment  with his ENT and she was very excited about how much Tommy has grown. Perfect height, perfect weight! She even noticed Tommy is progressing. Everybody at the Down Syndrome clinic was worried about Tommy's regressions. But today more than ever before, I noticed he is more mature. When we got to Down syndrome clinic waiting area, I went to check-in while I let him going around, instead of running around he went right to sit and wait for me. Later in the evening, we went for a walk and when we came back our neighbor was putting brinks around her garden. Tommy got curious about what she was doing. He got closer to her because he wanted to hold the brick. She carefully allowed him to hold the brink while she was saying: "it's heavy" and Tommy held the brick and told her: "it's light." We all spontaneously laugh!

This evening, we also have our Parents as Teacher meeting for Francis. The lady was impressed how advanced Francis is. He is already meeting milestones for 24 month old baby and he is just 14 months. The best of all we have done absolutely nothing to help him meet  those milestones ahead. The lady noticed Francis language comprehension as well as language expression are ahead. She was so impressed he is already humming. She also observed Francis's fine motor skills are ahead because he is already working on screw and unscrew jars. She agrees with me, Francis needs to be challenged because the gap between him and his age is getting bigger.

 I am redirecting my therapy (play time) with Tommy to include Francis. Francis enjoys it so much, and he deffenetly gets benefit from it. I have been selecting our Toys/tools to keep the ones that work for both of them and getting out the toys/tools that the boys are not interested anymore. As well as working on a new list of Toys/tools I need to work (play) with the boys. I enjoying so much being a mom, but I also enjoy being their first teacher!

GOD, THANK YOU FOR MY BOYS! YOU DO YOUR WONDERS IN A MYSTERY WAY!

Meet Tim Harris, an entrepreneur young man with Trisomy 21

What Does Down syndrome mean? Down syndrome means to overcome the odds that are put on people who are diagnosed with it. This is what my son with Trisomy 21 had taught me. Down syndrome means "ACHIEVEMENT AND PRIDE." This is what Tommy teaches to all of us around him when he says: I DID IT, with a  spontaneous smile because he knows "he can do it." This is what Tim Harris teaches to the world by being the first entrepreneur young man with Trisomy 21 who owns and operate his business.

I have been following Tim Harris's story since it was published on People Magazine. I have seen mutliples videos of him and and I have observed how much Tim  has grown as a business man. How secure he looks comparing him with is first interviews two years ago. His story is very inspirational! His parents went agaisnt what society expect for a child with Trisomy 21. They helped Tim to make his dream come true without putting limits of him. Today, he probably is the only person with Trisomy 21 who owns and runs his own business.

Today, Tim's Place is celebration his 2nd year in business. If you would like to send your wishes to him click on: SENT A WISH TO TIM.

Wild, Wild, Wild West!

More temerarious than Jesse James
Jersa's Farm Party
September 29th, 2012

Hooray! Hooray! Potty time is fun

Tommy showed readiness for Toilet Learning at the same age of a typical child, so we were very proud of him and began to help him to accomplish this big milestone on October 2010. From October 2010 to January 2011, he was doing great and began to let us know when he wanted to go potty. But He got seriously ill with a repiratory infection and he completely regressed. So I got so overwhelmed with everything that was going on after the hospitalization that I completely stopped working on potty Learning. I began to avoid it even when Tommy was occasionally signing "potty."

My mom came to visit for three months, and then, she began to help him to regain his potty skills. She doesn't have a lot of time working on potty learning and Tommy has began to verbalize when he wants to go "pooh" in the last couple of days and I could capture it today. So we are very excited he is regaining this skill. Tommy is an amazing child because going "pooh" always has been easier for him. So we will be focussing in going "peeh" in the coming days.

We gave him a "galletita" (cookie) as a reward. He was so proud of him and he began to say very loudly "I DID IT." Definitely, he doesn't know about limits and he is conscious when he is successful on everything he makes the decision to accomplish. By the way, Tommy's properly verbalized the words "galletita" and cookies. He also answers "galletita" when we has made the question in English or vice-versa. He is definitely simultaneously bilingual. What proud we are of him.

The picture shows how proud he was of himself

Here are the links when we started potty learning with Tommy back on October 2010. It has great info about this matter.
 Toilet Learning is Fun
Hip Hooray! Toilet Learning is Fun
Potty Training is going well