Welcome to the new members and a question for all

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Welcome helen, and from me as well. I am Anja mom to 3 kids, a

5 year old girl Celine and twin boys Fabien and Marcel. My boys have Down

Syndrome and just turned 2 in March.

I have a question: In previous posts I often mentioned how different Fabien &

Marcel are developing. Now at 24 month Fabien is walking unassisted and getter

better every day. He started to understand simple commands like getting a ball

or bringing something to me. He is signing his needs (althought not always using

the correct sign) and he is starting to verbalize simple words like ball,

bubbles, bye bye. Marcel on the other hand is still crawling, he will not stand

independently. We are working hard on it with the PT but he is very insecure and

does not try things out by himself. He does not sign or understand commands

yet. Now here is the concern - they are both attending daycare and are in the

same beginners class (with the 15-20 month year olds). The daycare says they

want to move Fabien up to the young toddler class because he is doing so well. I

am not sure how I feel about seperating them. They took him to the other

classroom for a few hours each day and Marcel was crawling around looking for

him and clearly was upset. I am also concerned because all the regular children

in the young toddler class are speaking and can express themselves and eat

independently. With Fabien still behind is some of this areas I worry that he

won't get the extra attention that he needs. In Georgia the caretaker racio for

a privat daycare is 1 teacher to 15 children in that class. I know there are a

few others in this group with twins. Maybe with similar experiences in the past

and some advise?

Cheers, Anja