I did an interview for Jennifer Graf Groneberg over on her blog, Pinwheels, mostly about writing. Go check it out, yo.
Jennifer has her own book about parenting a special needs child, Road Map to Holland: How I Found My Way Through My Son's First Two Years With Down Syndrome, coming out in April and available for pre-order now.
4 comments:
Great interview! I like the part about father's having a role in parenting especially children with special needs. I attend a monthly support group for myself and I think sometimes my husband feels left out with who he can relate to around our daughter's special needs with PMG.
This comment is actually about the article in Good Housekeeping, which I finally got to see yesterday. I squealed like a little girl when I saw it, then had to explain why to my mom. She is just now understanding the concept of blogs, I think. Both of us thought it was well-written, although they definitely edited out the swearing :) Well done, and good luck in less than two weeks :)
Nellymom
Thanks Rob!
And I really appreciate your taking the time to share your thoughts about blogging and writing and fatherhood, and I know others do, too!
The section in your interview about the role fathers play reminded me of when my oldest daughter was born. She had an infection and was sent to the neonatal ICU at a hospital 50 miles from the one I was in. Her dad went there and stayed with her until I was checked out, but even when I got there two days later, I was still pretty sick. My doctor only checked me out because I wanted to go see her. She was fine, and ready to go home, so the nurses came to the waiting room and asked for me to come with them so that they could instruct me in her care (which was just regular baby things such as changing diapers). Her dad offered to do it for me so I could rest. A few minutes later he was back. The nurses told him that they couldn't instruct a father because it had to be the person who was actually going to take care of her.
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