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Name: AmberL
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I'm a 23 year old mother of four children. My daughter is five, my son is two and a half, and twin boys who are 18 months. One of my twins has cerebral palsy. He requires a lot of my attention. Undivided attention. If there are any parents who would like to talk about having a disabled child who has other children please feel free to comment. I would appreciate any feedback.
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Name: katealim | Date: Jan 3rd, 2006 5:58 AM
I am a single mother of 2 girls (ages 3 and 9mo.) My youngest daughter was diagnosed with spastic diplegic cp at 2 mo. and was also born with a cleft palate and a heart defect. She also requires alot of attention and it can be very draining. My older daughter is very helpful but it is hard to divide my attention equally when my youngest requires physio. o.t. s.l.p. tube-feeding and constant suctioning, monitoring....etc. My older daughter loves going to the Childrens Hospital because it means staying at RMH and that helps but I worry about how much everything effects her. 

Name: Connie | Date: Jan 19th, 2006 9:00 PM
I have 2 children myself, my son is six and my girl is 4 (which has severe cp) no MR though. It can be very difficult at times for myself and husband to juggle it all but, we survive. We take turns with them. But my son is very helpful with his sister. He does small things for her, and keeps her occupied when we need. They love each other very much and it shows. But don't get me wrong they are sibblings and do get upset with each other. All I can say is do your best. They only way you learn is from your own mistakes!! God Bless! 

Name: Shauna Johnson | Date: Jan 22nd, 2011 9:05 AM
My name is Shauna Johnson and I have a 4 year old son that has mild Cerebral Palsy as well as seizures and global developmental delays. I just started a blog on Life With A Child With Special Needs....please take a look.

http://johnsonspecialneeds.blogspot.com ↑ 

Name: sarah | Date: Jan 30th, 2011 4:46 AM
hey..wat's up? 

Name: AbbyM | Date: Mar 11th, 2011 5:24 AM
I am mother to two beautiful boys, one 20 months with a 5q deletion who is globally delayed, intellectually disabled, with sensory processing disorder and dysphagia, and a 2 month old who so far seems to be developing normally. Though I suspected something was off with my oldest from about 4 months old, the doctors did not take me seriously until he was 13 months old and very far behind...but by that point I was already 2 months pregnant. Otherwise, I would not have gotten pregnant again.
So now my son has therapy 3 times a week and needs alot of attention and organized 'play' (basically continuing what the therapists do when they come to the house) and I feel like the new baby is getting ignored. I take care of his needs right away and I play and coo and hold and rock him when I have a chance, and when I am working with my oldest son I sit him in his bouncy seat next to us and interact with him some, but I just noticed his head is becoming mishapen from sitting in his bouncy seat so much. I feel like a terrible mom to him, and I feel like I may put HIM at a future learning disadvantage as well by not stimulating him as much as I should. I feel conflicted. Its very hard to find the balance. :/ 

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