BABY AIMAR

I was born on July 22, 2009. I made my mommy and daddy so happy they were waiting for me for a long time. My mommy called me the perfect baby.

During the first few months of life I amazed mommy and dad dy with all the things I could do. I loved to laugh, I loved to play, and most of all I love grandma's soup. When I was five months old mommy and daddy started to notice I was not keeping up with the rest of the kids my age. Mommy says she had a feeling from a few months back but ignored her gut because to her I was perfect. Then grandma told her to take me to the pediatrician to check why I was so delayed.

On February 17 (ash wednesday) mommy and daddy went to mass to get their ashes, and to pray that there was nothing wrong with me. Before walking into mass my doctor called and confirmed to my mommy that I was born with down syndrome. During that night mommy and daddy did a lot of crying they couldn't understand why this was happening to them. They could not sleep mommy thought my daddy blamed her for my extra chromosome and daddy thought mommy blamed him.

A beautiful morning:

The next morning mommy was determined to help me get better. She still did not know that I was not ill, but I knew I was just special. I gave mommy time to realize that, it took her a few days. She was determined to look for a cure. In a few months I was enrolled in EI services, I was taking all sorts of vitamins, and even attending Gymboree classes so that I can socialize with typical children my age. Mommy wanted to moniter that I was growing and progressing at the same pace as typical children. To her amazement I was. I met great kids my age and we were all doing the same things but months passed and some kids began crawling while I was still having fun rolling around.

I was a little delayed but mommy was determined to have me catch up.

Progress/Medek Therapy:

Half way into my 11 months I began a technique called Medek Therapy. At the time I could sit, commando crawl not getting to where I really wanted to go because I quickly tire. And my favorite is standing if someone is holding me.

In a two weeks:

It took me four days to transition to sitting. A goal that was set for me to work on for two months. I am now 12 months 4 days old I can sit up all on my own, I can grab on to my crib rail and stand all by myself. I am now working on taking steps while holding mommy or daddy's hand I know that in a few more weeks I will achieve this goal and I while make my family very proud. I love to learn, I love to be sang to. My favorite is playing peek-a-boo with my brother Alejandro and my daddy.

My family:

Everyone loves me they just can't get enough of me. Daddy bought me a cake every month during my first year of life to celebrate the day I was born. My family comes over and we all eat cake. He says I am the best thing that has happened to him and I fill him with so much joy. Both my parents say they would not change a moment in my first year of life.

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

SIGN LANGUAGE

2 VERY IMPORTANT METHODS I USE WITH AIMAR ARE
Baby signing
Your baby can read

Both have taught him lots of things. Aimar can easily tell us when he is hungry by signing eat, or milk.
He lets us know when he is finished by signing all done.

Your baby can read is very important because from repetition of the videos our children can easily and quickly pick up on the words. We hope to see Aimar reading soon.
I recommend both of these methods because we started doing them with Aimar since he was about 5 months old and now at 18 months he has mastered many of the words and signs shown in these videos.

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

DOCUMENTARY ON AIMAR'S STORY

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

@ Gymboree

I fell no one saw that.

Disney World

Me and daddy @ the wave pool.

Mommy and Ale @ the pool.

Alejandro has a Mickey on his hat.

Okay this Mickey look like he is falling asleep on my shoulder.

No no he did fall asleep on my shoulder.

Here are a few pics from Disney so many said that Aimar was too young for Disney......but these pics are proof he had tons of fun.
In this last pic i am really sad to go home thats why my eyes look teary but mommy took out her camera and i just love to smile, cant help it.

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Monday, July 26, 2010

11 MONTHS OLD

12 MONTHS OLD