Monday, July 7, 2008
Question
I was at our local Cracker Barrel and saw a family who had a child with Down Syndrome. I have seen other children of all ages around town as well. My question is......Do you ever go up to families who have ds children and begin talking with them? OR has anyone come up to you when you've been out and about? What is the reaction and/or your feelings?
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I haven't approached anyone, though I've wanted to. I have BEEN approached, even chased down once. People always want to stop and say hi to Braska and ask about her glasses. They always have "a nephew" or someone that has DS but it's never spoken flat out, they just talk about how great they are and how loving. :o)
Yes I have gone to talk to other families who have kids with Ds... usually only if Kennedy is with me though, and others have come to talk to me as well. I love meeting other families with kids with Ds! I am known to be a Ds stalker at times! haha
Hi. Yes, I was approached by a grandma in Best Buy a few weeks ago. I gave her my myspace, my email and my blog addy and told her to give the info to the mommy. I haven't heard from her yet. Also, I tracked down the mommy of an adorable little girl I saw at my 11 year old's school, we're supposed to meet next week.
I have wanted to approach people, but I never have. I get approached all the time though. I love it unless they start saying things like "My brother's sister's cousin is Downs and they are always so happy!" I am not rude but I don't keep the conversation going when that happens.
I never know what to do LOL I want to approach people, but I'm not sure how they'll take being approached LOL
We've had people approach us 2x recently. The most recent was at the pool in her hotel on our recent vacation. Joe was there w/Kayla (I was off to the side w/Lucas) and this guy just walked up to Joe and started talking to him, asking how old Kayla was. He said his daughter was 13, from that we just guessed she must have Ds too :) We were able to meet the rest of his family and ran in to them several times after that.
Thanks for your thoughts everyone! I've really want to approach people, but not sure how they will react. Mattie is so small and I'm really not sure anyone can tell she has ds yet. Being that Mattie is so small, I haven't learned of all the resources that our town has to offer. I'm sure these parents would be a great resource for us. I think the next time I see a family and if the moment is right, I will take that first step. What do I have to lose? Right? Oh, by the way.....I'm such an intravert....until I get to know you....I really need to work on this!
Yup,, i am an offical stalker and I do approach people! I love meeting new families with angels like ours. Usually they are very happy to have met us too!
I actually approached a guy with his kids at an indoor play area. I asked him if his little boy had "something extra." He paused, and said yes, and then I pointed to Micah in the stoller and said, "So does he." That took this guy's edge off quite a bit. He probably doesn't have much time out and about with the boys without his wife along, so he probably wasn't used to being approached. But it was a joy to talk with him. Then his dad (the boy's grandfather) chimed into the conversation about how wonderful this little boy is and how proud of him they are... it was an incredibly sweet conversation.
But I'm with you, Kim... Micah is still so little that people probably can't identify his differences in appearance yet.
Oh, I'm such a DS stalker. I'm a VERY shy person, but if I have Kayla with me, I have no problem going up to someone who also has a child with DS and chatting. The last time was at the mall. There was the cutest little girl and I was trying to figure out how to approach her dad. She made it easy by looking at Kayla and saying "Hi Baby! Hi Baby!" LOL. I've never been approached, though. Maybe because you can't really "tell" with Kayla.
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