tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401303964563152307.post4432986713240211829..comments2024-03-17T12:02:12.410-04:00Comments on Love That Max : A word to new moms of kids with special needsEllen Seidmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01433429847255621203noreply@blogger.comBlogger54125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401303964563152307.post-75478405238908460762015-05-13T11:08:35.516-04:002015-05-13T11:08:35.516-04:00Thank you for sharing this... This is how feel You...Thank you for sharing this... This is how feel Your son is handsome!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401303964563152307.post-19123974521284265432015-02-01T06:43:56.802-05:002015-02-01T06:43:56.802-05:00Thank you for sharing your beautiful thoughts. Tea...Thank you for sharing your beautiful thoughts. Tears keep rolling down my face while reading your post as i can relate myself to everything you wrote. I am a new mom to a special need baby without a diagnose. Your words are so inspiring and powerful. very grateful to find your blog when I needed the most! Max is so gorgeous and perfect! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401303964563152307.post-83824349417407314042014-03-01T18:08:21.217-05:002014-03-01T18:08:21.217-05:00Thank you. Every point you made expressed how I fe...Thank you. Every point you made expressed how I feel. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401303964563152307.post-58169416841974921772014-01-11T15:59:03.258-05:002014-01-11T15:59:03.258-05:00Thank you for your blog. I've just discovered ...Thank you for your blog. I've just discovered it after trying to research how to help my little boy with special needs. You have explained my feelings perfectly, especially the comparing and the feelings of guilt. I know I have a long journey ahead of me and blogs like yours a huge help. You provide hope and sanity during these stressful moments. I wish you and your son all the happiness in the world. Thank you Hannahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401303964563152307.post-75761541005648531502013-11-05T19:57:27.746-05:002013-11-05T19:57:27.746-05:00Thank you so very much. I am at a point where I re...Thank you so very much. I am at a point where I really needed some inspiration and your blog is exactly what I needed...its like you are living at my home..you nailed it. I will be forever grateful that you were willing to share.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401303964563152307.post-33169551086445980342012-11-10T11:33:17.601-05:002012-11-10T11:33:17.601-05:00I'm the grandmother of a young child with spec...I'm the grandmother of a young child with special needs and your blog has been a tremendous inspiration for me. As a subscriber, I look forward to every post with anticipation. Your love for Max comes through in every words you write and it reminds me of our love for our precious grandchild. I can't even begin to tell you what a wonderful gift your blog is. This birthday post was perfect--just perfect. Thank you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401303964563152307.post-34237560402592151462011-11-18T21:18:36.758-05:002011-11-18T21:18:36.758-05:00I thank God that I came across your post! I'm ...I thank God that I came across your post! I'm officially hooked to your blog and your precious boy Max. Right now I'm 7 months pregnant with Zachary. His hands and feet are in an unusual position, and the doctors will not have a diagnosis until our baby is born (it may be a muscular problem but they don't know yet). I just pray, sob (love the sobfest term) and Google day and night trying to find some hope, and this post explains exactly how new moms feel, thank you for finding the right words when we feel that none understands what we're going trough. I still pray for a miracle, but it gives me strenght knowing that no matter what my boy will be cute and celebrated because he is worth it. I just can't thank you enough. God bless you and beautiful family!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401303964563152307.post-37079382675052642222011-05-17T15:51:00.586-04:002011-05-17T15:51:00.586-04:00Love this! Also, love the advice on taking picture...Love this! Also, love the advice on taking pictures and that our kids aren't "cuteness impaired." I don't know why, but for some reason I wondered if I should even bother taking pictures in the beginning — would he even be mentally capable of appreciating them, I wondered? Now, I don't know what I was thinking. Of course he deserves to be celebrated. Of course he does. Every child does.Shastahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01013565031179610593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401303964563152307.post-90591040031236869522011-02-02T15:57:20.018-05:002011-02-02T15:57:20.018-05:00ok that made me cry!! i too have had the sobfest, ...ok that made me cry!! i too have had the sobfest, mine lasted over 2 years and i can say i have only just exited taht aprt of my life! today i have been trying to decide wether to delete a blogpost i posted a while ago, written only days after tillys diagnosis! i read it back and cant believe how far from that place i have come and it reads so harsh and sad! i think i have decided to leave it after reading this. i am loving your blog and know that you have struck a chord with another mummy in the uk xxxxxAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12648229748088235109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401303964563152307.post-82977691005603730272010-10-18T16:37:37.401-04:002010-10-18T16:37:37.401-04:00I read this and could relate to it immediately, ev...I read this and could relate to it immediately, even though I never got the chance to touch, hold and love my little special daughter who died shortly before the birth of her twin brother due to her Triploidie. The grief, the comparing, the sweat pants have all been part of my life with my son, so torn between grief and joy....MomintheNorthnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401303964563152307.post-33497134762627059292010-01-20T22:45:00.662-05:002010-01-20T22:45:00.662-05:00So well said...Thank you. My son is a little over...So well said...Thank you. My son is a little over two and I totally relate to this. The complexity of it all!<br /><br />Happy Belated Birthday Max!Liamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08423863260197585667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401303964563152307.post-52183841123292196562010-01-20T22:42:40.611-05:002010-01-20T22:42:40.611-05:00So well said...Thank you. My son is a little over...So well said...Thank you. My son is a little over two and I totally relate to this. The complexity of it all!<br /><br />Thank you.<br /><br />Happy Belated Birthday Max!Liamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08423863260197585667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401303964563152307.post-50401870547517610762009-12-18T23:08:08.970-05:002009-12-18T23:08:08.970-05:00happy belated birthday to Max! wonderful post too....happy belated birthday to Max! wonderful post too.Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02441176684416139172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401303964563152307.post-69611221683344958122009-12-15T12:42:00.159-05:002009-12-15T12:42:00.159-05:00This is especially poignant for me as my son Brand...This is especially poignant for me as my son Brandon, just celebrated his 8th birthday. While he's not the son who had a stroke prenatally, he does have special needs (moderate autism). <br /><br />More beautiful words never written! Thanks for sharing.Heather Babeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02032800572592796632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401303964563152307.post-3958527810781884232009-12-14T23:47:16.772-05:002009-12-14T23:47:16.772-05:00Happy birthday Max!
Thanks Ellen! I agree with y...Happy birthday Max!<br /><br />Thanks Ellen! I agree with you on all of this. <br /><br />My husband and I were recently talking about the fact that we came very close to realizing the stroke while I was still pregnant. Through a couple of missed items, it was not detected for 3 months. I am forever grateful for that delay & early diagnosis. If someone had told me during pregnancy that he would have CP or that we would be taking him to up to 7 therapy appointments a week, I would have cried. Instead I was able to hold my precious little boy and see all the things he could do instead of focusing on what we would need to do.<br /><br />Thanks for the thought provoking post!Kierahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09187614427642053939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401303964563152307.post-72969950449060162282009-12-14T00:05:51.953-05:002009-12-14T00:05:51.953-05:00Hi Ellen! Thank you so much for sharing these tips...Hi Ellen! Thank you so much for sharing these tips for new moms. I'm a college student with CP and I have a blog in which I chronicle my life's journey along with providing resources for individuals with special needs and those who love and care for them. I've been following Max's journey for awhile, and it has been a pleasure. I hope you'll come by and see what's up and see if you can find anything that may help you and let me know what you think! Look forward to following more of your exciting adventure with Max!Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07218230866305476045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401303964563152307.post-38640014702009481692009-12-12T22:26:38.528-05:002009-12-12T22:26:38.528-05:00Happy Belated Birthday, Max. And, yes, I loved th...Happy Belated Birthday, Max. And, yes, I loved the post, too.Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12918745460323578319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401303964563152307.post-13446856829995121862009-12-12T03:07:54.937-05:002009-12-12T03:07:54.937-05:00Happy happy birthday to Max!
Such a great post Ell...Happy happy birthday to Max!<br />Such a great post Ellen! For some reason your post made me think of a board book we have -- an adaptation of "Going on a Bear Hunt". <br /><br />You can't go over it, you can't go under it, you gotta go through it.<br /><br />Grief is like that I suppose.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11399324383367077919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401303964563152307.post-69822423777764132082009-12-11T15:54:27.757-05:002009-12-11T15:54:27.757-05:00Happy Belated Birthday Max!
Very beautifully writt...Happy Belated Birthday Max!<br />Very beautifully written Ellen!Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16158883265713752481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401303964563152307.post-34564863198919104012009-12-11T12:08:12.323-05:002009-12-11T12:08:12.323-05:00Wow! That was an amazing post! Happy (belated) b...Wow! That was an amazing post! Happy (belated) birthday to Max! <br /><br />That post should be required reading! In fact I will link to it in our resources section of our site!<br /><br />Thanks!Knowledge Safarihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07344781242633035218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401303964563152307.post-65357875116935176332009-12-11T03:23:39.708-05:002009-12-11T03:23:39.708-05:00I am only 8 months out since discovering the cereb...I am only 8 months out since discovering the cerebral palsy and sixteen months out since my daughte was born witha freaky metabolic disorder that puts her at risk of death, coma, or brain injury just for lack of eating. I am still that new mom. I am happy, but I am still that new mom. I come to this blog for a lift just like this. Ellen, you are one awesome lady. Thank you!GingerBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09976594257345428901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401303964563152307.post-19888823777639890452009-12-10T22:28:33.520-05:002009-12-10T22:28:33.520-05:00Thanks so much, everyone. I'm touched. I start...Thanks so much, everyone. I'm touched. I started this blog to help myself and to help other moms, too. It's wonderful to hear that Max and I are inspiring you. That's my boy! And kudos to YOU, because you inspire me in return.Ellen Seidmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01433429847255621203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401303964563152307.post-71703212636194215762009-12-10T21:14:55.378-05:002009-12-10T21:14:55.378-05:00happy b day max I saw u b day video and it l...happy b day max I saw u b day video and it looked like u had funAZ Chapmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07649451111980332722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401303964563152307.post-50972219427083624612009-12-10T20:16:46.612-05:002009-12-10T20:16:46.612-05:00Happy Birthday to your inspiring, amazing Max!
An...Happy Birthday to your inspiring, amazing Max!<br /><br />And thanks for sharing your insightful thoughts, Ellen. I'm not so much a "new" mom anymore, but your words ring so true for me even now, two plus years since Elijah was born. I've come a long way, yes, and your words help more than you probably know.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14597901803216176184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401303964563152307.post-35606454002039036632009-12-10T19:23:52.632-05:002009-12-10T19:23:52.632-05:00Happy Birthday to your beautiful Max!
Thank you E...Happy Birthday to your beautiful Max! <br />Thank you Ellen, for your heartfelt post. I read it this morning and cried on and off all day. Then I tried to read it to my husband but couldn't get past the intro paragraph. He read it himself, and he also felt very emotional (he doesn't really cry, ever- haha). You are an amazingly strong woman. I really admire you. Thank you for sharing your deepest thoughts.Katherine Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16959774361107168366noreply@blogger.com