Motherhood…Unprepared

I couldn’t find any video on my hard drive from before this time. But I wanted you to see Henry from early on. He was about 11 months old here, having physical therapy with his 1st PT, Amy. As you can see, he didn’t have a whole lot of control. He wasn’t sitting up yet and was still having trouble even lifting his head from a prone position. But, look at him WORK. (And try to ignore Steven milling around me, clamoring for my attention. I forgot how poorly he spoke back then)

Henry at 11 months - September 2004 from Christy Sturm on Vimeo.

See? The one thing I really want you to take from this video is how, even though Henry’s eleven months old, he’s doing the same things that all other children do. Just later. People have this misapprehension that people with Down Syndrome just CAN’T do this, that & the other thing. That’s a fallacy. The only difference is that it often takes them longer. What you’re seeing him do now is stuff neurotypical children do at about 3 months or so. It’s not that he couldn’t do it…he just did it at 11 months.