Holland

A blog about a child with special needs is not complete without talking about Holland! "Welcome to Holland" is an essay, written in 1987 by Emily Perl Kingsley, about having a child with a disability. When you’re going to have a baby, it’s like planning a fabulous vacation trip to Italy. You buy a bunch of guide books and make your wonderful plans. The Coliseum, the Sistine Chapel, Gondolas. You may learn...

Here goes nothing

I am excited to start this blog about our special baby girl Callie!  At 14 months old, she should be considered a toddler, but Callie is a still a baby in many ways.  She is tiny (weighing in at just under 16 pounds... less than 1% on the growth chart) and has the motor skills of about a 6 or 7 month old.  She can roll over and use her hands, but is still working on sitting independently.  She is just getting...