Take a look at this!
My "Open Letter to Parents Facing a Diagnosis of Down Syndrome" was chosen to appear here on Mamapedia! Woot!

Strange Behavior
Over the past week or so, this has become one of Finn's favorite pasttimes:Rocking on all fours, and humming as he rocks. He does it for long stretches of time, several times a day. The first time I noticed, he spent the better part of the morning doing this. The strange thing is that the kid can crawl - he's been crawling for months and easily navigates the entire house, but this is almost like pre-crawling behavior.He does it in his crib, too, before he falls asleep, and upon waking. Last night in the middle of the n

Chromosomes 101
In Kevin's seventh grade science class, they are currently learning about chromosomes (in honor of this, Kevin wore his "My Brother Has More Chromosomes Than Yours" t-shirt to school one day recently - gotta love that kid). the teacher has given the kids a very basic overview of chromosomes and the role they play in the development of a human being.She explained to the kids that each person is made up of a contribution of 23 chromosomes from the mother and 23 from the father, making 46 chromosomes.Not hard to see where this is going. Yes, the subject of Down syndrome came up, and the teacher explained that sometimes one of the parents cont

A Terrific Opportunity to Make a Difference
Please take a moment to check out this post by Lisa, lovely mama to the beautiful Sheridan over at Genetically Enhanced: We Can Make A Difference! Let's Help the CDC!

Look what Finn's up to . . .
Seems like he's on his way to . . . something.