O is for Opportunity and Owen!Celebrate T21 with us

O is for Opportunity and Owen!

We’ve had such a blast celebrating Down Syndrome Awareness Month throughout October!

We would love to share with you the slideshow put together and shared throughout the month on Owen’s social media page www.facebook.com/OwenT21 Hope you enjoy it!

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Ambassadors 2021 Volume 6!

Introducing... Flynn Flynny is 4 year old. He loves cars and his little brother Riley they are best friends. He is obsessed with bluey and laughing and playing. He’s learnt how to sign I love you the way we do. He can walk, run, and can now even dress himself! He is so loving and caring and brings happiness into everyone’s life he meets. Flynny loves running and hide and seek especially! We are so passionate about inclusion and t21! To make it even better Flynny was born on world Down syndrome day! We are the ‘lucky few’ and would love for Flynny to share in this opportunity to be an ambassador for celebrate t21 and make some more beautiful friends. Ella Ella is 2 and a half years old and the absolute light of our lives and everyone who she meets. Ella is our rainbow baby, her big brother Brooklyn watches over her in heaven & she also has a little brother Hudson who she adores so much. Ella did not have an easy start to life, spending the first 3 months of her life in hospital...

Letters to Me: Dear Melanie

Dear New Mumma, Earlier that day, you were elated at seeing your beautiful baby during your 20 week ultrasound, he was the most gorgeous little boy. His older sisters sat in awe watching him. Now as you sit in the obstetricians office he tells you they think there is something wrong with your baby! He needs you to go and have an urgent ultrasound to confirm what they think! He tells you there is a huge risk of miscarriage but doesn’t tell you that you have a choice not to do it. All the elation from earlier is replaced with fear, worry and sadness. What is so wrong with this gorgeous little boy kicking away and how could you survive if you lost him! The amino was the most horrible thing you had to endure. Fortunately neither you or your little boy moved and the procedure was deemed a success. The next couple of days you are stressed. You get some cramping but luckily your little boy was not giving up. A couple of days later you get a call from your doctor. You can tell by the tone of h...

Letters to Me: Dear Claire

To Claire, Me, when I first received the diagnosis that my unborn son would be born with Down syndrome. Hi I’m not going to ask how you are because I know exactly how you are. You have just been told by your doctor that your baby would be born with a triplicate copy of his 21st chromosome, meaning that your unborn baby will have Down syndrome. You also have found out that your baby will be a boy, a boy that you had been hoping for. I know that right now your terrified. This was not even on your radar and certainly was not part of the future you had been planning. Your scared about what this means for you, for your husband and most importantly for your 3 beautiful children, Bella, Charlie, and Brandon. I wont lie, the next few months are going to be hard. You have just faced a new diagnosis and your about to experience new medical terminology, new life expectations and new goals for yourself, your family and for your baby, pretty much new everything. During this time your friends, your ...

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