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Hello!! I'm new to Mumsnet!

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rivers · 08/06/2004 21:39

Hi,
I have 1 dd aged 3. She was born at 26 weeks and has faced a lot of different problems as you can imagine! She has a tracheostomy as her airway has a lot of scar tissue. Due to the tracheostomy she cannot speak but she signs like mad and so far seems to be reaching her milestones! It is great to discover sites like this as it can be very isolating having a child with SN but also very rewarding!

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lou33 · 08/06/2004 21:43

Welcome to Mumsnet Rivers, i hope you get the support you need on here .

I have 4 children, oldest did have sn, but not so much now, middle two are hooligans, and my youngest has cerebral palsy.

maomao · 08/06/2004 21:44

Welcome to MN, rivers --- I'm sure you'll find the site quite helpful, if not addictive!

Do you have any suggestions for signing resources?

coppertop · 08/06/2004 21:47

Welcome to Mumsnet, rivers.
I have 2 sons. The eldest is almost 4yrs old and has high-functioning autism.

dinosaur · 08/06/2004 22:01

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Thomcat · 09/06/2004 10:27

Hi Rivers. Nice to 'meet' you.

I have a DD who is 2.5. She has Down's syndrome.

Hope you get as much out of this site as we alldo.

lars · 09/06/2004 10:35

Hi rivers, welcome to the site.
I have two children, my ds is the youngest which I'm having lots of difficulty with at the moment. larsxx

BlossomHill · 09/06/2004 12:00

Hi Rivers, welcome to Mumsnet! Hope you find this site as helpful as I do!!!

spacemonkey · 09/06/2004 12:13

hello rivers and welcome to mumsnet

Hulababy · 09/06/2004 12:16

Hi rivers. Welcome to MN

Tessiebear · 09/06/2004 12:36

Hi Rivers, i am quite new too - this site is great yet addictive!! So helpful and supportive to hear others are going through the same as me. My DS1 has mild AS. Sometimes he is fine - some days like yesterday all the AS related problems happen at once! Not a good day

Original poster
rivers · 09/06/2004 14:27

Thanks so much to everyone for the welcome. It is great to know there are other mums out there who understand what we go through and I look forward to getting to know you all better!

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Caroline5 · 09/06/2004 18:02

Hi rivers, welcome to mumsnet! I have 2 daughters, dd2 has global developmental delay.

This site is great and very supportive

kalex · 09/06/2004 18:10

Welcome Rivers,

Now look around your house and realise it will never be this tidy again, MN is totally addictive , but 100% wonderfully helpful, brilliantly funny, and with the most wonderful people

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