A Special Needs Baby Changes Everything.
When a child is born with special needs, the whole family is effected. You know the quote, "A baby changes everything."? Well, a special needs baby changes everything and everybody. We'll start with the mom. I went from a mom of three "typical", healthy girls. The Children's Hospital was just a place kids with cancer went to that I'd ocationally donate a dollar to so my kids could sign their name on a little, paper gold pot or rainbow to be displayed behind Walmart checkout lines. I had a part time job cleaning homes and offices, made home cooked meals almost every night. I signed permission slips on time, never missed sending a snack into preschool and had more than enough time to read stories to the girls, play with them and do all the mommy things I dreamed I would. I had regular dates with my husband, spent plenty of time complaining to my friends about the exhaustion of teething and ear infections....and so on. Fast forward 4 som...