My Child with Down Syndrome Is. . .

October is Down Syndrome Awareness Month and I am participating in the 31-for-21 blog hop.  While Ellie possesses 3 copies of the 21 chromosome every single day of her life, this month is a time to educate others about Ds as well as celebrate those wonderful people in our lives who happen to have designer genes.


My Ellie is

. . . beautiful

. . . sassy

. . . a drama queen

. . . very determined (& agile)

...and cleanly, industrious

. . . motivated

. . . loving

. . . spunky

. . . full of mischief

. . . a little bit vain

...isn't always happy

. . . stubborn, really stubborn

. . . amazing

. . . exasperating!

. . . completely, utterly lovable

. . . just like any other kid!




I titled this post "My Child with Down Syndrome" rather than "My Downs or Down Syndrome Child".  It may seem like a small literary nuisance, but it is in fact something we refer to as People First Language.  My daughter is a child first.  Ellie just happens to have Down syndrome.  Ellie does not equal the syndrome. Hence my child with Down syndrome.