I realized in my comment about Babytalk magazine that I forgot to mention that this publication did something great last year which was feature a baby with Down syndrome on the cover, along with this article about having a baby with DS. Boy could I have used that issue back in the fall of 2004 when I was suffering from the Only One Syndrome (I'm the only one that has a kid with DS).
Coincidentally (I happen to think it was absolutely not a coincidence, actually) Leo was featured in Babytalk, back in 2006 (again, I have a connection). It was not a story about Down syndrome, Leo was just modeling some musical toys. He had a blast (what can I say, he has been a ham from the start). I like to think that it was his charm and charisma that got the editors to think about doing something a bit more substantial about DS. And what do you know, a year later, they did.
Pictured above, Leo in Babytalk at about 22 months.
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