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May. 30th, 2008 06:39 pmThe other day Shannon and I took Nico downtown; or, put another way, Nico and I took his mother to work a few hours early. We stopped at the farmer's market in Daley plaza. We eyeballed an Asian-American "festival" (mostly a set of tents with standard, if tasty, fare). We walked over to the downtown Macy's (the original Marshall Field's) and went up to the FAO Schwartz that they have inside and had Nico play with the goblins (stupidly expensive), the giant dragon, unicorn, and other fanciful beasts (thousands of dollars each, but really neat!), and the more affordable plush toys. It was a nice morning. We bought him a plush Kabbalah amulet protection toy because it was on sale (apparently everyone else thinks its a little weird too, but we liked them, and so did the boy).
On the corner of one downtown street, a woman approached us and said, "Hi!" Shannon and I both tensed a little - random street accosting in the middle of the day usually mean someone is going to try and sell you something. We didn't recognize her. She seems aggressive, or perhaps overly familiar. She uttered the magic words, quickly, "I have a son with Down Syndrome."
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Mostly, lately, everything with Nico is very exciting. He's working very hard at communicating - sounds, hand signals, expressions, and so forth. At the end of lunch on Sunday I brought a banana over towards him and he said "blah-da-da-da-blah-la-la-la-BA-NA-NA!" And then he devoured it with great glee. Did he say banana? Sure! But he hasn't said it since. He's signing "play," "eat" shaking his head "no," and so much more. He puts cups into cups into cups, and will put just about anything "on top" of something else if asked. Receptive language continues to shine. He's standing easily, cruising well (walking while holding onto a table, bath edge, couch, etc.), and trying to figure out balance. All of these stages may take awhile to progress to the next phase, but movement is fun and we have no schedule.
On the corner of one downtown street, a woman approached us and said, "Hi!" Shannon and I both tensed a little - random street accosting in the middle of the day usually mean someone is going to try and sell you something. We didn't recognize her. She seems aggressive, or perhaps overly familiar. She uttered the magic words, quickly, "I have a son with Down Syndrome."
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Mostly, lately, everything with Nico is very exciting. He's working very hard at communicating - sounds, hand signals, expressions, and so forth. At the end of lunch on Sunday I brought a banana over towards him and he said "blah-da-da-da-blah-la-la-la-BA-NA-NA!" And then he devoured it with great glee. Did he say banana? Sure! But he hasn't said it since. He's signing "play," "eat" shaking his head "no," and so much more. He puts cups into cups into cups, and will put just about anything "on top" of something else if asked. Receptive language continues to shine. He's standing easily, cruising well (walking while holding onto a table, bath edge, couch, etc.), and trying to figure out balance. All of these stages may take awhile to progress to the next phase, but movement is fun and we have no schedule.
