I really appreciate your honesty...it's only in the past few months that we've noticed August is delayed compared to other kids his age. His paediatrician tells us the delay will become more pronounced as other kids develop skills and abilities that August either won't develop or will take much longer to develop. Right now, his like-aged peers are his friends because they're mostly pretty similar...but shortly, he will be the kid who's behind. Will they stop being his friends? Will they mock him? Those thoughts make my heart ache for my son, because there's really nothing we can do to change that. August is who he is, and there's no cure for Down syndrome, so...he's not going to change.
I think I still, somewhere in me, expect a miracle...hope that maybe he will defy all the odds and not be delayed. Maybe he will surpass all developmental milestones, even though he hasn't yet. It's ridiculous to think that! I said it to my partner and he looked at me like I was mad, and said "I don't know how to answer that".
I just don't want the world to hurt my boy. I try to focus on the positives, on how in our family we say its more UP than Down, and Peter has taught August to call it Up syndrome, but I guess I'm having a pity day, where I picture my son lonely and sad with no friends and struggling to keep up.