Category Archives: Stuff We Love

Speaking Their Mind

My children love teeshirts, especially teeshirts that make a statement, even more especially teeshirts that make a statement about disability issues. So, in searching for some Christmas gifts, I found some shirts I especially liked at CafePress. So if you have ‘mouthy’ children like mine and are in need of some Christmas ideas, here are…

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People are listening…and watching

I woke up the other day (did I mention I’ve been getting up early?) and found this text on my phone: You are a rockin mom. And then I read below: Thanks to me paying attention to you I was able to handle a lost Autistic child. This was from my very good friend whom…

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Two Down, One More to Go

He did it! and now, we enjoy the summer! Shash is ready to start her summer, beginning with sleeping in on a weekday! Click over to Diary of a Crazed Mommy to read more about her life and her amazing family.

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Try This Tuesday #46: G-Tube Meal Containers

This week, Lynn from Pedaling Backwards is sharing one of her many great tips on G-tubes. G-TUBE MEAL CONTAINERSby Lynn After years of trying many containers, I have found these work best: Daily Meal Storage Pyrex 11 cup rectangle (www.pyrex.com). VERY hard to break (haven’t broken one yet unlike every other container type I’ve tried),…

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Able Play Toys at One Step Ahead!

Psssst: Got Grandparents and friends who want to purchase just the right toy for your child? You are going to want them to read this review. Just a friendly heads up! Lake Bluff, IL – All kids love new, cool, fun toys, and that includes kids with disabilities. But it’s not always easy to find,…

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That Dapper Tuber

One of the tools Ashley uses during her speech therapy sessions is a Mr. Potato Head toy. With all his different, colorful body parts, the opportunities for both receptive and expressive language are many. However, Ashley had her own agenda in last week’s therapy session with Mr. Potato Head. Instead of putting Mr. P. together…

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A FuzziBunz Cloth Diaper Giveaway!

This contest is now closed! For the last few years Parker has been rocking it in cloth. Cloth diapers that is. With all of our medical expenses I went looking for ways to economize and started researching cloth diapers. Parker goes through a lot of diaper changes. It isn’t unusual for us to go through…

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3.21.09 Celebrate Down Syndrome And Help Bring Kellsey Home

Around the world today people who love a child with Down syndrome are celebrating the beauty found within an extra chromosome. http://momseatofpants.blogspot.com 50 years ago most parents of a child with Down syndrome were told to hand their newborn off to an institution, because these children weren’t able to learn and would be nothing but…

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Hazelnut Kids Stockmar Block Beeswax Crayon Giveaway!

Hazlenut Kids is an online toy store that has provided me hours of recreational dreaming. Many a visit has been spent drooling over the natural, earth-friendly, wooden and organic toys for children and babies. Cause as any parent of a child with special needs will know, a toy is just a toy…..it’s therapy. In this…

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World Down Syndrome Day

March 21st is World Down Syndrome Day. On March 21st, 2009, World Down Syndrome Day will mark the 50th anniversary of the publication of Professor Jerome Lejeune’s discovery of the extra copy of chromosome 21 which causes Down Syndrome. 3 copies of the 21st chromosome. T21. Get it? Down Syndrome organizations around the world this…

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