We went to an afternoon playdate at the house of a Mom in my "Mommies Group". It was a beautiful day and it was super nice to be able to get outside, with other kiddos, not having to come up with a way to entertain the gals, because I'm a *single mama* tonight. As I was driving home, I was thinking about Stella, and how she appeared to the moms who were there today. She spent the majority of the time either riding my hip or sitting in the grass or mulch (she's not a big fan of crawling on either of these surfaces, although I keep sticking her on/in them in the hopes that she'll get over it!!). So, even though she can crawl (and well and quickly), if you'd just seen her today, you would have thought that she's a 12 mos old (almost 13) who, basically, just sits there. After Stella was born, I sent a group wide email about her Dx, so, technically, all the moms *know*. I'm pretty open and was talking with some of the moms about the place we go for therapy. Some who were there today are moms who we haven't seen since before Stella was born (a year ago!!), so they, obviously, haven't seen Stella often or in a more natural environment, to be able to see all that she
can do. I don't know, I guess I just felt like we didn't give a very good *impression* of ourselves, or Stella, or Ds, or something. And this is all just
my own BS....it doesn't come from anyone staring or doing anything....these are all
really nice, accepting and caring women.
