by Jolene | Jan 28, 2019 | Self-Care and Stress, Special Needs Parenting
My Special Needs Mom Worries Never End Of course not, you may have thought to yourself after reading the title of this post. My special needs mom worries never end either. But there’s a difference between your special needs mom worries and mine. You are most...
by Danielle Drummond | Jan 24, 2019 | Encouragement
What It Is Like To Parent an EA/TEF Child What it is like to parent a child born with EA/TEF is unimaginable to most people. As part of Different Dream’s annual observance of EA/TEF Awareness Month, guest blogger Danielle Drummond tells what the experience has...
by Jolene | Jan 3, 2018 | Advocacy, Special Needs Parenting
EA/TEF Awareness Month, January 2018 For parents of kids with esophageal atresia (also known as tracheo-esophageal fistula), nothing says Happy New Year like EA/TEF Awareness Month. Unless you’re a pediatric healthcare professional or the parent of a child with...
by Kamaile Hiatt | Jan 27, 2016 | Advocacy, Special Needs Parenting
An EA TEF Parent Is Born When an EA TEF baby is born, so is an EA TEF parent. Different Dream is ending EA TEF Awareness Month with a post from Kamaile Hiatt. She’s the mother of Kanani, born in 2001. Kanani’s EA TEF was diagnosed and repaired on the day...
by Jolene | Jan 28, 2015 | Advocacy, Special Needs Parenting
Everything You Want to Know About EA/TEF, But Are Afraid to Ask 2015’s EA/TEF Awareness Month is drawing to a close, so this post is the season’s last hurrah. Consider it a filling in of any gaps left by this month’s EA/TEF guest bloggers–Christine,...