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[quote=Anonymous]Just happened upon this thread. My dad has dementia and is in his eighties, our youngest is a toddler. It is hard but there is something that I actually feel really fortunate about in having a baby and an elderly parent at the same time. Having a baby reminds you -how deeply you can love someone who cannot speak -how forgiving and patient you can be helping someone to walk -how total dependence on you can feel like a blessing and the most wonderful thing in the world -how the other person just being there, alive and present, is a gift that will soon go away, so treasure it while you can It has made me view my father's decline in a new way. It is frightening now that he's getting to the later stages and having trouble talking and walking (he has had multiple strokes), but he still knows us and loves us and I would still take any day with him here than a day without. [/quote]
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