You Might be the Mom of a Child with Special Needs If.....

..you have your insurance policy number memorized.

..you realize your child is still little and their Carter's are not worn out. (for those of us old enough to remember the old Carter's commercial)

..you have learned to laugh at things that would bring an ordinary woman to tears. And you cry about things that others think are funny:(

..you can calmly perform the Heimlich manuever, and sit back down to continue your meal.

..after you have performed the Heimlich manuever, you can reach over and wipe the chocolate oozing from your child's nose and it does not activate your gag reflex.

..you spend more time talking on the phone to your child's doctor than you do with your best friend. In fact, your child's doctor IS now your best friend.

..you go to Hershey several times a year to the specialists, but have not been to Hershey Park for over 10 years.

..you don't let your husband get rid of odd peices of lumbar because you want your child to use them as a balance beam or obstacle course, to improve balance and gross motor skills.

..you have knees that are more calloused than the average woman from kneeling on the floor to be at face level with a smaller than average four year old. And from all the extra time kneeling before the Lord, asking for the grace to get through another crisis.

..you feel panicked because no one has hugged you, or bit you, in the past 10 minutes.

..you forget that not all four year olds can understand sign language.