This DownsideUp Life

Complex lives means we sometimes have to come to terms with Make a Wish and other fun stuff for complex disorders

Seriously? We can talk for hours about teeth brushing and all the intricacies of dental care. Our gift for gab is truly a gift.

We answer some questions to clarify Rett clinics, the joy of living in our own skin and the persistant caretaking phase.

Sometimes we realize that its time to rollerblade or play racquet sports for our sanity.

Get your booty to a Rett Clinic to help establish your team..

In honor of Mother's Day, we talk about the life we thought it would be, the motherwood we thought it would be and how when life mixes it up, you grieve, laugh, cry, accept and repeat.

Traveling with a complex kid may seem hard, but sometimes you just have to do it.

Raising a child can cause stress. But just wait until you are the parent of a child with complex needs. Whoa Nelly! Living it is one thing but learning to manage it and not go totally insane is another story.

Just when you thought the diagnosis was all you needed, now you have to know and learn all about science again too! Our brains hurt!

Having kids with complex needs isn't easy but it doesn't always have to be hard. Heidi and Jenny found community in each other in this crazy new world turning their lives from feeling upside down to downside up. Follow along as the discuss the complex world of navigating life with a neurodiverse family. Life is a rollercoaster and these two are trying to juggle a not so typical life with a...