{"id":11740,"date":"2024-09-22T08:30:55","date_gmt":"2024-09-22T08:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/?p=11740"},"modified":"2024-09-17T05:45:47","modified_gmt":"2024-09-17T05:45:47","slug":"to-my-daughter-heres-5-things-i-hope-you-will-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/?p=11740","title":{"rendered":"To My Daughter, Here\u2019s 5 Things I Hope You Will Know\u2026."},"content":{"rendered":"

To Liara, here are 5 things I hope you grow up to know & understand.<\/span><\/p>\n

You Can Achieve Anything:<\/span><\/h4>\n

Baby girl, you can accomplish absolutely anything you wish. Don\u2019t let the textbook define what you can and can\u2019t do. They don\u2019t really know anything as you\u2019ve taught us already. If you want to be a model you can damn well be that model. If you want to achieve A* across school that\u2019s precisely what we\u2019ll help you achieve. Not everyone understands that Trisomy 21 doesn\u2019t define you but I\u2019ll tell you something it\u2019s not and never will hold you back. You reach for those goals and we\u2019ll be by your side every step of the way.\"\"<\/span><\/p>\n

You Are Beautiful & Clever:<\/span><\/h4>\n

You are the most beautiful, kind & intelligent little soul. You\u2019re achieving things way ahead of when you should be. Every single day you make us so proud with those many new skills. You never fail to make us smile with how absolutely beautiful you are. Watching you grow into the prettiest girl walking is an absolute honour.\"\"<\/span><\/p>\n

Kindness Is Essential:<\/span><\/h5>\n

Always be kind. But don\u2019t let anyone walk over you. Treat people with kindness unless you need to tell them you dislike their behaviour towards you.\"\" <\/span><\/p>\n

Saying No Is Okay:<\/span><\/h4>\n

Never do a single thing you don\u2019t want to do. Saying no is completely fine. We will never force you to do a single thing. As you grow older you\u2019ll have a clearer understanding of saying no in circumstances. But it\u2019s not a word that shouldn\u2019t be acknowledged or used.\"\" <\/span><\/p>\n

Don\u2019t Let Nobody Tell You Otherwise:<\/span><\/h4>\n

If someone tries to knock you down or be unfriendly to you do not listen. You are precious. If anyone tells me something opposite to what I know you can fulfil or anything about you I disagree with I\u2019ll always correct them. You are brave, you are smart and you are so beautiful. If people can\u2019t see those things then it\u2019s their loss and blindness to the absolute joy you bring to any room you enter.\"\" <\/span><\/p>\n

My little girl, the world is yours and you can do what you like, when you like and how you like in it. But I hope you grow up one day and read this knowing and understanding each of those points and believing in them yourself. As parents, we beam with pride to have you in our world. We love you baby girl x\"\" <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

To Liara, here are 5 things I hope you grow up to know & understand. You Can Achieve Anything: Baby girl, you can accomplish absolutely anything you wish. Don\u2019t let the textbook define what you can and can\u2019t do. They don\u2019t really know anything as you\u2019ve taught us already. If you want to be a model you can damn well be that model. If you want to achieve A* across school that\u2019s precisely what we\u2019ll help you achieve. Not everyone understands that Trisomy 21 doesn\u2019t define you but I\u2019ll tell you something it\u2019s not and never will hold you back. You reach for those goals and we\u2019ll be by your side every step of the way. You Are Beautiful & Clever: You are the most beautiful, kind & intelligent little soul. You\u2019re achieving things way ahead of when you should be. Every single day you make us so proud with those many new skills. You never fail to make us smile with how absolutely beautiful you are. Watching you grow into the prettiest girl walking is an absolute honour. Kindness Is Essential: Always be kind. But don\u2019t let anyone walk over you. Treat people with kindness unless you need to tell them you dislike their behaviour towards you. Saying No Is Okay: Never do a single thing you don\u2019t want to do. Saying no is completely fine. We will never force you to do a single thing. As you grow older you\u2019ll have a clearer understanding of saying no in circumstances. But it\u2019s not a word that shouldn\u2019t be acknowledged or used. Don\u2019t Let Nobody Tell You Otherwise: If someone tries to knock you down or be unfriendly to you do not listen. You are precious. If anyone tells me something opposite to what I know you can fulfil or anything about you I disagree with I\u2019ll always correct them. You are brave, you are smart and you are so beautiful. If people can\u2019t see those things then it\u2019s their loss and blindness to the absolute joy you bring to any room you enter. My little girl, the world is yours and you can do what you like, when you like and how you like in it. But I hope you grow up one day and read this knowing and understanding each of those points and believing in them yourself. As parents, we beam with pride to have you in our world. We love you baby girl x<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11723,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4970,5056],"tags":[5238,5234,5235,3353,5081,3377,5046,5047,5127,5064,5084,1276,5237,5240,2866,5239,5233,5038,5236,5039,5242,5086,5107,5241],"class_list":["post-11740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-our-family-diaries","category-parenthood","tag-a-letter-for-when-you-grown-up","tag-a-letter-to-my-baby","tag-a-letter-to-my-daughter","tag-family-blog-post","tag-family-bloggers","tag-family-love","tag-first-time-mummy","tag-first-time-parents","tag-mummy-blog","tag-mummy-diaries","tag-mummy-discussion","tag-my-baby","tag-my-daughter","tag-my-first-born","tag-my-love","tag-my-world-family","tag-to-my-daughter","tag-trisomy-21","tag-trisomy-21-awareness","tag-trisomy-21-blogs","tag-uk-family","tag-uk-mummy-bloggers","tag-uk-mummy-blogs","tag-uk-mums"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG_2187-scaled.jpeg?fit=2288%2C2560&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb4qDv-33m","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11740"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11740\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11741,"href":"https:\/\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11740\/revisions\/11741"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}