GROWING UP DOWN SYNDROME STYLE

 

Ben and Jonah transitioning from boys to men is going to be an interesting process.

With Down syndrome, there is the biological age which tends to parallel typically developing kiddos.   

But then there is cognitive age which tends to lag behind typically developing kiddos.  

For example, our boys are going to be in 7th grade, but their math and reading levels are closer to 2nd grade.  They also play and watch TV shows/movies that would be at the early elementary age level.

NOTE: Of course, cognitive development for Down syndrome is individually based so some kiddos with DS might be farther along than others.  Each person is unique and has his/her own set of abilities and gifts.

So as the boys grow up physically, it will be interesting because cognitively they might still be processing things as a young child.

Case in point:

 This is what Jonah wants for his 13th birthday in September.

Little did he know a REAL shaving kit might be in his very near future...

His eyes got very BIG when I told him that this morning!