Re: New family introduction

[Guest guest]

Welcome Chelsea!

 

You wil learn a lot from this group of wonderful parents.  Unfortunately with

the advent of Facebook the email list is not as active as it used to be and I

miss is sorely.

 

Loree

New family introduction

  Hello everyone,

We are Seth, Chelsea, , and Luke. We will soon be adding Naomi to our

family. Naomi lives in Hong Kong and has Down syndrome. We look forward to

getting to know you all and gleaning from your experience. Thanks!

Chelsea

[Guest guest]

Welcome to the group. It's a large friendly group of parents with a multitude

of experience with lots of different situations that pop up with our kids.

Shirley

mom to Josiah, now 23 yo

New family introduction

Hello everyone,

We are Seth, Chelsea, , and Luke. We will soon be adding Naomi to our

family. Naomi lives in Hong Kong and has Down syndrome. We look forward to

getting to know you all and gleaning from your experience. Thanks!

Chelsea

[Guest guest]

Hooray! Fresh meat!! You will love it here... or your money back.

I have been a member since Hannah was 2 days old- she will be 13 in two

weeks!! I have found love, support, friendship, information and even

recipes. Best group of people to have on your team!

Welcome. Can't wait to see pictures of your family and especially Naomi!

Connie (Hannah's mom)

In a message dated 6/15/2012 12:28:26 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

sethnchelc@... writes:

Hello everyone,

We are Seth, Chelsea, , and Luke. We will soon be adding Naomi to

our family. Naomi lives in Hong Kong and has Down syndrome. We look

forward to getting to know you all and gleaning from your experience. Thanks!

Chelsea

[Guest guest]

Welcome to the group! it has been quiet compared to what it used to be! But

we are here and you can learn so much, how old is Naomi!

On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 12:54 PM, <Loree5@...> wrote:

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> Welcome Chelsea!

>

> You wil learn a lot from this group of wonderful parents.

> Unfortunately with the advent of Facebook the email list is not as active

> as it used to be and I miss is sorely.

>

> Loree

>

> New family introduction

>

> Hello everyone,

>

> We are Seth, Chelsea, , and Luke. We will soon be adding Naomi to

> our family. Naomi lives in Hong Kong and has Down syndrome. We look forward

> to getting to know you all and gleaning from your experience. Thanks!

>

> Chelsea

>

>

[Guest guest]

Welcome Chelsea and Robin and family! This is a great source of

information about DS. I have been here since was born (she's

14) and have learned so much from the wisdom of the group. It is so

wonderful to see the many kiddos here growing up into wonderful teens

and adults!

, mom to (16), (14 DS) and Sammy (12)

>

>

[Guest guest]

Welcome Robin, Chelsea and Seth,

I am . Mom to 9, caregiver to 1. We are caregivers to who is 50.

Really, he is just one of our kids, but legally.... We also have Maverick 21,

and Logan, 10. Both of them have down syndrome and both of them were adopted.

We adopted Maverick from birth and we adopted Logan when he was 6. Maverick

(middle name Seth!) has always been a part of a loving family and is one of the

most social (to a fault, yes) guys ever. He excels in sports and drums. (He is

not so strong on work ethics because why work when you can socialize.. work in

progress.) He had open heart surgery at 4 months with a 5 % chance of living

and let me tell you he LIVES! No major problems health.

Logan was in a very neglectful situation for the first 6 years. He is amazingly

bonded to our family, considering. He has some health and behavioral issues,

some of which should have been taken care of at birth and are worse now because

they weren't. Behavior... tests in the " highly probable " category of Autism..

sure has the behaviors.. and also has been label " Traumatic Behavior Disorder "

due to his first 6 years of life. He went from not walking and talking at age 6

to running, jumping, swimming and talking up a storm.. he loves being with his 9

and 10 yr old sibs and they push him to further limits all the time. He is

currently fully included going into 4th grade with is brother, Chip.

Cognitively he is awesome. He has a desire to learn that Maverick didn't have

and will be passing Mav up quickly. was raised in an institution until

he was 22 and then he came to live in our group home. We left there and moved

across the country and he just came to visit us for 2 weeks every Christmas. He

was happily settled with his friends and in his workshop. However, when the

home closed down and we were asked if he could come to live with us we were

overjoyed. He has made a wonderful adjustment from living with adults to living

in a family. He is happily employed at a sheltered workshop, enjoys Special

Olympic Activities, and ushering at church. He tolerates and embraces his

" sibs " . His a major Nascar Fan and will watch it ad naseam.

You will find a wonderful variety of people with a wonderful variety of stories

and opinions and experiences on this list. Do NOT be afraid to ask ANY

question. You will get 10 answers and it will be up to you to sift through them

and get your own opinion, but that is what is wonderful about this list..

different opinions abound and we all learn from each other as well as support

each other through the Ups and Downs of parenting our kids with down syndrome

and other sp. needs.

[Guest guest]

This list is like an old friend. Even tho it isn't as active as it was, you can

always count on it being here when you need it. Any time you are uncertain,

have questions, or want to brag, there is always someone here that will share in

your joys & concerns. Welcome !

Dawn - mom to who is 18 now. I've been here since he was 5 or so

Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

[Guest guest]

----I totally agree with wendy, ask any questions. This place has so much

knowledge and wisdom. Been here for 10 years since allie was born, and have

read all of the posts. Don't usually respond but I have gained so much

knowledge.Made me much more comfortable raising her.

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Sent: Sat, 16 Jun 2012 03:58:58 -0000 (UTC)

Subject: Re: New family introduction

Welcome Robin, Chelsea and Seth,

I am . Mom to 9, caregiver to 1. We are caregivers to who is 50.

Really, he is just one of our kids, but legally.... We also have Maverick 21,

and Logan, 10. Both of them have down syndrome and both of them were adopted. We

adopted Maverick from birth and we adopted Logan when he was 6. Maverick (middle

name Seth!) has always been a part of a loving family and is one of the most

social (to a fault, yes) guys ever. He excels in sports and drums. (He is not so

strong on work ethics because why work when you can socialize.. work in

progress.) He had open heart surgery at 4 months with a 5 % chance of living and

let me tell you he LIVES! No major problems health.

Logan was in a very neglectful situation for the first 6 years. He is amazingly

bonded to our family, considering. He has some health and behavioral issues,

some of which should have been taken care of at birth and are worse now because

they weren't. Behavior... tests in the " highly probable " category of Autism..

sure has the behaviors.. and also has been label " Traumatic Behavior Disorder "

due to his first 6 years of life. He went from not walking and talking at age 6

to running, jumping, swimming and talking up a storm.. he loves being with his 9

and 10 yr old sibs and they push him to further limits all the time. He is

currently fully included going into 4th grade with is brother, Chip. Cognitively

he is awesome. He has a desire to learn that Maverick didn't have and will be

passing Mav up quickly. was raised in an institution until he was 22 and

then he came to live in our group home. We left there and moved across the

country and he just came to visit us for 2 weeks every Christmas. He was happily

settled with his friends and in his workshop. However, when the home closed down

and we were asked if he could come to live with us we were overjoyed. He has

made a wonderful adjustment from living with adults to living in a family. He is

happily employed at a sheltered workshop, enjoys Special Olympic Activities, and

ushering at church. He tolerates and embraces his " sibs " . His a major Nascar Fan

and will watch it ad naseam.

You will find a wonderful variety of people with a wonderful variety of stories

and opinions and experiences on this list. Do NOT be afraid to ask ANY question.

You will get 10 answers and it will be up to you to sift through them and get

your own opinion, but that is what is wonderful about this list.. different

opinions abound and we all learn from each other as well as support each other

through the Ups and Downs of parenting our kids with down syndrome and other sp.

needs.

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Subject: New family introduction

Date: Sat, Jun 16, 2012 7:33 am

This list is like an old friend. Even tho it isn't as active as it was, you can

always count on it being here when you need it. Any time you are uncertain,

have questions, or want to brag, there is always someone here that will share in

your joys & concerns. Welcome !

Dawn - mom to who is 18 now. I've been here since he was 5 or so

Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

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