ADDY ISN’T DEAF SHE HAS ZERO HEARING LOSS!!! For the first 4 months we were told she was completely deaf and then for the last 16 months we’ve been told she has partial hearing loss but it’s official her hearing is perfect!!!! She’s just an asshole that ignores us sometimes!!!!!
Getting a hotel for the blink-182 concert and I asked my 9 yo if she wanted two smaller beds or one big bed and she goes “I think I want one big bed so I can roll around a bunch” and I was like I’ll be in bed with you???? And she just goes “oh” ??????
In front of about 15 of his cousins, my very shy 3 yo told a knock knock joke that absolutely KILLED and he is glowing from the laughter and positive feedback omg 😭 he’s been telling us it in the car for like an hour on repeat lol
Anyways addy is the strongest little girl in the world, teach your kids about disabilities and inclusion, learn some basic asl, vote out politicians that think they can control our bodies, and demand an end to the Palestinian genocide now.
Okay adding one more tweet lmao you guys can stop trying to “warn” me that she might have autism I promise I’m aware 😂 it’s thought that about 70% of people with Down syndrome have autism. Addy also has a rare lung formation, a heart defect, and albinism. She’s also almost died,
Addy failed 4 infant hearing tests, one non sedated and one sedated auditory brainstem response test, had surgery for tubes in her ears (that she would’ve needed regardless bc she has very small ear canals to be fair) and has failed 2 hearing tests post operation before today
1) this chair is INSIDE the stall with me lmao. I did not leave her in a public area and go pee??? We’re in the large stall at the end of the row of stalls lol
2) not a urinal
3) yes her cheeks are very pinchable
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We’re announcing her name and diagnosis to everyone today! I’m so excited for everyone to love Adalynn, Down syndrome and all, as much as we already do
Okay it’s conclusive that our baby girl does for sure have Down syndrome. I’m so glad we can move forward without all this uncertainty and prepare to be the best parents possible to her 💗
Listen, that babysitter maybe let that kid eat too many fruit snacks but when I was a teenager I was babysitting a few little girls and I put macaroni and cheese in the microwave but forgot to add water and the whole house got smoky and smelled so bad and the parents drove me
JUST SECURED AN ALL VEGAN CATERER FOR OUR WEDDING AND IM SO EXCITED!! (And terrified of any backlash over it from guests but that’s a problem for future me)
I’m getting a divorce yall!!!!
I told my husband I have a lot to do tomorrow bc we’re leaving for a 5 day (rainy) camping trip and he goes “what? You just have to pack for the kids?” JUST???? I’m sorry what???????
I’m so tired of seeing this video on the tl, reminder that I tweeted all about how my 3 year old ate ONLY chocolate cake for 2 straight weeks recently and nobody came for me? Yall just don’t like her body, say it with your chest you don’t care what that child is eating
@pot8um
An woman ordered a latte, I made her her latte, she sat 10 feet from me and drank most of it, then came up and yelled at me because I served her a half full latte
Go off!!! My husband was also homeless so no way are my kids going to go through childhood without experiencing homelessness at some point!! Maybe I’ll help with a roof over their heads for a little bit but if they want warmth and security they’re going to have to work for it.
Y’all buying your kids a car?? Bc I most definitely will not. Maybe I’ll help with like part of a down payment, but if they want a car, they’re gonna work for it. Idc. I had to buy my own car and I learned a lot about money management, sacrifice, and I also felt proud af.
I have my own opinions, but the only thing I care about it as far as other families go is “the older kids can start helping.” Don’t parentify your children. Don’t make them do parenting duties. Don’t make them take care of younger siblings. DONT DO IT
Having 4 kids is easier than 2 kids.
Majority of people I meet around my age have 0-2 kids.
4 is "a lot", they say. (I grew up with 10 siblings)
Dads say "I thought I wanted more but the 2nd one was so hard, so I snipped."
2nd one is hard.
Harder than 1 bc there's no "you
I see a lot of people talking about the “cross contamination” of the burger king impossible whopper(🙄🙄🙄) but when I ordered mine they immediately asked if I was vegan and if I wanted no mayo/it cooked separately in the microwave instead of the grill 🤷🏼♀️ y’all need to chill lol
If you couldn’t love your child through ANYTHING (disability, sexuality, life choices, partners or friends you don’t like, acting out etc) then you shouldn’t be a parent
Yeah toddler character clothes are kinda ugly but I just showed my 3 yo the Mario sweatshirt I bought him and his whole face lit up and he ran around the house saying “Mario and Luigi time oh yeah!” so it’s worth it 😭
Okay it’s conclusive that our baby girl does for sure have Down syndrome. I’m so glad we can move forward without all this uncertainty and prepare to be the best parents possible to her 💗
Fuck Matt rife from the very bottom of my heart but this would make him a victim of coerced assault, not a punch line. Drop the @ of the execs bribing up and comers for sexual favors and I’ll take you seriously
Anywaaaays, world Down syndrome day is March 21st (because those with DS have 3 copies of the 21st chromosome) so please celebrate addy and friends by educating yourself or your kids about Down syndrome and disabilities, and seriously the world needs to be more accommodating for
Tw pregnancy loss
I hadn’t posted about it here, but last week I was halfway through a surrogacy pregnancy. It was really such a positive experience and I was enjoying it! I went in for the 20 week ultrasound and the baby was measuring REALLY small, when he’d been on track
These takes are getting SOOO OLD. Yall hate birth control but you hate abortions, you hate surrogacies but also hate adoptions, just say what you mean that you just want straight couples procreating constantly!!!
A “woman in the background” is not handing over her own baby, she
I don’t have words to describe how disgusting I think both surrogacy and sex selection is. This couple already have three children and are about to purchase another, a customised child that a woman in the background will carry for nine months, birth and immediately handover.
Addy was born exactly 2 years ago 🥹 we knew she had Down syndrome before birth, and I had so many fears my whole pregnancy. When I went into labor I was so scared that I’d feel differently or that I wouldn’t be enough, that’s not a pretty truth but it is true.
The second she
ADDY SWALLOWED APPLESAUCE AT FEEDING THERAPY!!! About 5 big gulps, aka the most she’s ever consumed by mouth since she was 5 months old!!!!! Her therapist used one of those pacifiers with a syringe attached that are meant for medicine and her eyes got SO WIDE when she swallowed
Anyways what was your first car? When I turned 16 my parents gave me a 1998 jeep grand Cherokee they bought for $500 and we drove that thing until it literally couldn’t drive anymore, I loved it so much 😂🤷🏼♀️
The other day my husband picked me up and tossed me on the couch playfully and my 2 yo started SCREAMING and earlier my large dog jumped on me and I yelled and she started screaming and crying. Both times we told her I’m okay and she calmed down quickly but nonverbal kids tell
Please stop putting that video of that boy being beat in public on my tl. It makes me literally want to puke. It’s not a “good ol fashion spank” or whatever it says, it’s abuse. If you can’t parent your child without abusing them don’t have kids.
You’re so right girl go off!!!! Everything ELSE would just have to be adjusted to be affordable so we could afford a single income home!!! And for single mothers they’d need appropriate government assistance in place!!! And for parents of children with disabilities they’d need
My Down syndrome due date group currently has a post where moms are arguing about whether our babes (that are just 2 years old, have hypotonia, and are smaller than their typical peers) should be turned forward facing or not and I could scream!!!!!!! Keep all your babes rear
Update! Got a call from
@pacificsource
and they’ve approved addy’s formula and supplies through 2026!!! They told me that my phone call yesterday was “randomly selected for quality control” LMAO even though your company Twitter was tweeting me? The blatant lies and the fact that
@pacificsource
my daughter has one week left of formula and feeding tube supplies and your company is being zero help at all still!! Refusing to cover the formula she needs to live a healthy life and refusing to work with me in any way
@pacificsource
Welcome to the world Adalynn Joy!! She’s going to be spending some time in the nicu, but we’re so in love and can’t wait to get her home to meet her brother and sister 🤍
Put a finger down if your 2 yo headbutted you in the nose so you handed her to your husband to rush to the bathroom but couldn’t see bc you were crying so you tripped over her feeding tube and broke it off in a weird, specific way that kept the balloon inside her stomach but
Yesterday I was in the er for about 10 minutes with addy, it was literally packed and addy had a temp over 104 and was screaming hysterically and I was trying so hard to comfort her and was really self conscious bc it was shoulder to shoulder people and EYE had the screaming
Just found out that most Montessori/private elementary schools don’t accommodate kiddos with disabilities so a big FUCK YOU to these ableist non-safe spaces, my baby deserves the same education as any other.
At the grocery store we saw a disabled adult with a feeding tube and pump like addy and I said something, addy held up her tube and smiled and the woman was SO excited and yelled and clapped her hands and waved, it was so wholesome 🥹
They could be at coyote ugly saloon for all I care, the drunk woman is wrong because it’s not her kid and it’s not her business. She’s not concerned about the baby she’s just drunk and using that as an excuse. Adults with babies deserve to go out to eat too, the comments on the
I don’t know much about the labrants but yesterday I found out that the step dad and mom told this girl ON A YOUTUBE VIDEO that her bio dad was dead so I hope nothing but the worst for these weird ass adults
@Keke2point00
Ooof sorry I might disappoint it’s a classic made up by a little kid joke lmao “knock know who’s there? Liam Liam who? Welcome to Liam’s house come in!” 😂🤷🏼♀️
Ok if narcan is free (which I fully support and think is AMAZING) then why aren’t epipens free as well? Accidental OD is a life threatening accident. Allergic reactions are a life threatening accident. What’s the difference?
Someone in my fam is pregnant & got lotto tickets that say “we’re having a baby” & my parents REFUSED to scratch them!!! My mom was like “these don’t say Oregon state lottery on them I’m not falling for it” and my dad agreed LMAO we had to have chels scratch it & show them 😂💀
Zach is at a Down syndrome dads retreat and it’s the first night so him and like 20 other dads are bar hopping and at this one bar the bartender bought ALL OF THEM A ROUND bc his DAD had Down syndrome!!!! I’m so sorry what???? 😩🥹
I’m sorry, the toll we just went through was $7???? Every single car every single day pays 7 bucks????? That’s more than my coffee order just for using a road???? The way I’d spend all my time avoiding tolls even though I spend more on dumb stuff daily omg
First time wearing clothes in 32 days!!! Also pulling out her feeding tube, blowing raspberries, and woke me up crying every hour and a half only to start smiling and playing the second I’d get to her crib. Girly had a boring month she’s ready to party 🥹
I used to like Matt rife but who the hell does he think his audience is? First, the unfunny jokes about women in the kitchen and domestic violence and now making fun of the special needs community?
@mattrife
go fuck yourself from the bottom of my heart 🤍
No please tell me how people decide they’re done with kids??? My youngest is 5 months old and I miss the newborn stage?! I can’t imagine not being pregnant again?? I can’t just keep having babies for the newborn stage but they’re so perfect and sweet and THAT NEWBORN SMELL
Before Bobbi althoff was ever this famous and doing podcasts that people love to hate she was a mom tiktoker and I really liked her content back then. Part of her bit was that she called her kids Richard and concrete but it was also bc she wanted them to have privacy - it’s been
Addy is off the vent!! The extubation went smoothly and she’s on bipap now to hopefully prevent any respiratory failure this time around. So proud of my lil fighter 🤍
Addy has figured out how to sign “sorry” (her second consistent sign!!!!) but she’ll only use it in one context: she’ll sign “sorry” and THEN hit her brother and smile so big like shes so so proud of herself 😭
I was making small talk at Starbucks and mentioned that we’ve been waiting for these cups to go on sale for months bc they’re Down syndrome colors, so she was like oh we don’t sell many of those hold on - she went and grabbed two and rang up these $23 tumblers for $8 TOTAL!!!! 🥹
Our picu princess has graduated and is on the peds floor now!!! Which means her big brother and sister were able to come see her for the first time during all of this 🥹😩
Ok we’re not gonna bash people for living w their parents - I had 2 babies while living with my parents and was able to afford my dream wedding AND save to buy our first home. I’m not sorry that I have loving parents that welcome my family & I’ll do the same for my kids too
My sister told me that Disney cast members have a rule where they can’t be the first to end a hug with a child (no idea if that’s true or not) so I’ve been doing it with my kids and our hugs are so much longer and sweeter, I was missing out on so much hug time 😭🥹
The fact that you need a credit check to get a house/car/credit card/anything, but a credit check negatively impacts your credit score, is SICK AND TWISTED
Keeping your child safe and away from pedophiles is like the bare minimum. If you knowingly date and bring a sex offender into your home I hope your children are taken from you and placed somewhere where they’re safe and loved and I hope you never know a moment of peace
I found a cute toddler swimsuit that has a cutout on the side and I was immediately like “this is perfect that’s the side Addys tube is on I can feed her easily” but my sister told me there’s a huge tiktok discourse rn about how inappropriate those cutouts are?? I’ve missed that
I’m gonna be honest with yall, I saw the total eclipse in 2017 when Oregon was one of the better spots in the country and it was cool as hell. A lot of people are asking if they should keep their kids home, if it’s worth going out of your way to see etc., and my opinion is yes
I am absolutely SCREAMING at Matt rife and his fans being upset that people cant take his jokes about dv and people with disabilities….and then Matt rife not being able to take a joke about plastic surgery 💀
I have an 80 pound 7 month old puppy currently in dog training classes. Almost every single class our trainer reiterates that we can’t control our surroundings so we have to control our dog. I guess we just haven’t gotten to the class about yelling at toddlers yet
Small child runs up to Zoë. I body block and say, “Maybe we don’t run up to dogs we don’t know.”
The parent: She’s three
Me: If she isn’t on voice recall, maybe she should be leashed?
Tell me why my 8 yo dropped an AirPod at Walmart and it went under a shelf and she goes “I guess I don’t have AirPods anymore”????? Girl get on the ground and GET IT
I was in line at the pharmacy wearing my “Down syndrome moms club” sweatshirt and a lady tapped my shoulder and motioned to take out my AirPods, then she told me she liked my sweatshirt so I said thanks right? She’s like “my daughter in law had something like that back in July”
Sorry but you don’t deserve to be a step mom 😭 my (step)daughter calls herself addys other mama and wants to hold her constantly and it takes some extra effort on my part but she loves her baby sister and that should be encouraged. I feel actually sick for this poor baby girl
Addy is home 🤍 she’s pretty miserable but she isn’t needing help with oxygen so she’s going to kick rsv and pneumonias butt at home! I was sick to my stomach when we found out it was RSV but I cannot believe how strong she is and how well her little body is managing it all
Ok I blocked my husband on here, I need yall to tell me everything I need to buy him so that he can live out his sourdough househusband dreams please!! He’s not great at spending $ on himself so I want to get him everything he’ll need for Valentine’s Day, thank you!!
Addy’s insurance denied her feeding tube supplies and formula….thats why it wasn’t sent. My daughter is 100% completely dependent on her feeding tube for nutrition, for medication, everything and….her insurance just denied covering it. I’ve been on the phone for hours I can’t
The hospital gave us a can of formula to last until Tuesday (her home health company won’t help us until then), this feels like such a medical mom fail I should’ve known better 😭 I’ll only be counting on myself to make sure her supplies are on time from now on