I am a 20 year old mom. Married to a wonderful man. I just had my second child, a son named Rickey, on 12-18-07. He was diagonised with down syndrom, its a hard thing to handle, especially since it was so unexpected, but we have managed to deal with it from day to day. My oldest child is my daughter Kenndal, she was bron 12-14-05, she recently turned two... I was a single mom for almost a year with my daughter, we struggled but it made us both stronger. My husband has accepted and helped raised my daughter as his own... He treats her no differently then our son... Thank heaven for angels like him...
I work full time as a manager over a large salon and spa in northern ky, i love my job and even though its hard to handle at times, i wouldnt channge anything about my life... I was blessed with two living, breathing, beautiful childern, a wonderful husband, and a fantastic job,,,

I am here to meet other parents who share in similar sitiuations as i have been through, and to share their insight on raising a child with a mental disability...

Yea I mean my mother or father is not in my life my grandmother raised me. And she says that she is NOT raising another child no matter what and that she mentally and physically cant handle me living here with my baby! So I am like well thanks grandma! I mean I just dont know what to do!