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Wow that seems very exciting! Let su know how it goes. Irene

Re: A late checking in

Ok, it's not always easy finding all words when writing in a foreign language, sometimes I write some words in swedish just to "keep the flow" and find the right word in english later... This time I forgot to replace a word I was lacking. BRÄDA is a plank according to my dictionary. Just in case you wondered :)Happy Valentines day!/ Brandström skrev:

Hi all.As usual, I am not writing here so much, mostly I do not have so much to contribute with, since so much is different here in Sweden were we live. We have different health care system, schooling system, well almost everyting.I do really appreciate being a part of this group anyway, just to have this constant reminder that we are not alone and that there are other people in this world with a family similar to ours. Thank you for sharing, it is very very appreciated!And welcome to all new families!My boys just turned 4 years and the winter olympic games is now bringing very much memories back. 4 years ago we watched the games, fed the boys, watched some more, cried a bit, Sweden won a couple of gold medals (!), we had a meeting with a doctor and so forth. We tried to figure out what this new life was going to be, how we were to cope with everything, and how life would turn out for our little boys. Those were tough times, mostly emotionally, for us.But this was going to be about how we are right now The boys are both pretty healty and is bringing so much joy and happiness to our lives! Love (not DS) is coping with the winter infections much better this year, he gets fever a day or two and after that he is ok again. Mattis (DS) is also coping better this year, but he is now on his first antibiotics since June, so we are happy about that. He had both an ear infection and a throat infection so I felt like a bad mommy that hadn't understood earlier. It's hard when the communication is lacking.Mattis is really strong physically. He jumps up and down most of the time, climbs everywhere. His focus area in motor training is now to be able to stand on one foot, and to balance on a BRÄDA. In communication we are working on some sounds which is hard for him. It's mostly K as in Cool, G as in Go and R which in swedish is more like spanish R than english.... well, hard to explain. Anyway, it is the speaking, signing and communication we have to work the hardest with, but he is doing so much progress right now so it is fun.In daycare/preschool he is doing fine. Mattis and his two DS-friends is having their training sessions almost every day by themselves, and they eat by themselves and the aides (resource-persons in swedish system wording), but otherwise they are in the "normal group" with the other kids, where also Love is, and that is working really well. There are now 16 children in the group where 3 has DS, so DS is not an issue for all the kids yet, it is so common in their world. As far as I know, noone has not yet asked why the DS-boys are different or anything like that. That is interesting to me, how old are kids when they start wondering? We try to ask Love now and then what he thinks about Mattis not talking so much, and why we are signing etc. Love just do not want to talk about that, it seems like he do not think there is any differences. Do anyone recognize this?Well, once again, thank you for sharing!/ - mom to Mattis (DS) and Love, 4 years old.-- Brandströmannabrandstrom (DOT) net0709-421858-- Brandström

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