Advice For New Parents

Babies with Down's syndrome are like any newborn babies.

They'll be eating, sleeping, crying, and needing love and cuddles just like all babies.

Some babies with Down's syndrome might need extra help. This could be with things like feeding.

There's support available for whatever you or your baby needs.

What it's like to have a child with Down's syndrome

Children with Down's syndrome are likely to have some level of learning disability. It's not possible to know how this will affect them.

Like any child they will:

have their own personality
learn at their own pace
have things that are important and unique to them

As they get older, they may need help with daily activities, such as:

cooking
cleaning
shopping
going to appointments

They may also:

need extra support with speech, language and communication
be more likely to get seriously unwell, and take longer to get better, than people without Down's syndrome

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