Our family has been on a road that has taken us so many places and allowed us to meet so many people. Our girls were diagnosed with Hypotonia at a very young age. This just meant that their limbs were very “loose” and doing gross motor activities such as walking, running, jumping, riding a bike, keeping their balance, etc. came at a much slower pace than your average child. As a first time mommy and daddy, this news was awful (and I am well-aware our news could have been worse). We felt alone and unable to put together a plan that would best support our oldest daughter and her needs. A specialist doctor recommended Help Me Grow and I decided to give them a call. I was AMAZED at their professionalism, their quick response to my situation, and their support right from the beginning.
Annora, our eldest, was tested within a week of my phone call, accepted within that same day of being tested and a plan was put in place within the next week of how they were going to best serve her AND my husband and I! It may sound like a whirlwind but it was an answer to prayer. We now had a solid plan of how to best help our child, we had access to OT’s and PT’s, Play Groups and Interventions galore. Our life went from unorganized chaos on how to best help our child to a solid plan within a matter of 2 weeks. The best way to describe our feelings at the time as a first time parent being bombarded by the news that your child is and will be “different” was GRATEFUL.
When our second child was born, we knew pretty quickly that she suffered from the same diagnosis and would be on a similar path as her older sister. This time, the phone call to Help Me Grow was easy, I knew how to handle what was going on with Delise, and the feeling of being alone never crossed my mind. My feelings were more of a “Let’s conquer this bad boy” rather than the first time around of “Where do we begin?” We were FAR from alone and the the HMG team was ready for action.
If it weren’t for the specialist doctor’s recommendation and us deciding to pick up the phone, we are 100% confident our daughters would NOT be where they are today. We owe everything to HMG and their amazing team.
If you are a parent of a child under the age of 3 and have been stuck in a similar situation as my husband and I, feel overwhelmed and not sure how to handle the whirlwind going on in your life, I encourage you to pick up the phone and make the call. You won’t be sorry you did. The link to Help Me Grow is attached below.
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