Amanda Bowman Gray shared this video with the world, but she did not expect it to become so popular and provoke tears in those who watch it.
My daughter Lydia was watching Bo while I was in the shower. Came out to this. If she didn’t have a guitar I don’t know if she would know how to babysit him. This is her go to. It’s proof that music therapy works. Bo is 25 months old and has a 12 word vocabulary. Every word he has learned has been through music and singing.*If you would like to use this video it is now licensed with Storyful. All photos/stories are public on the page and do not need permission to be used, except this video. Thank you so much. https://storyful.com/
Posted by Amanda Bowman Gray on Montag, 15. Januar 2018
The mother of 5 recorded her daughter sing with a little brother Bo who is diagnosed with Down syndrome. Little fellow has a hard time to start speaking now, but when it comes to music, he picks the words fast enough.
Posted by Amanda Bowman Gray on Samstag, 6. Januar 2018
On the video he sings along with his big sister, and they both seem to enjoy the moment. The feedback from community was so awesome, Amanda could not even imagine.
Crystal Kidd I saw this video last night and was so touched by how sweet it was. And how sweet your daughter is that she takes time with her little brothers! 😉 looks like you have a very loving, tight knit bunch of littles that are very inspiring. You should be so proud momma.
Dee Dee Hawthorne What wonderful children you have, you are truly blessed!! What some may see as a challenge are often Gods greatest gifts!!! God knows and we become stronger and understand His unconditional love often in what we once saw a heart ache was actually our greatest joy!! This video is priceless
Carrie Donahue Datkuliak Thanks for sharing. This is the song we sang with my sister Connie who had Down Syndrome. xoxo. ❤️
Music really has a healing power. All 12 words Bo has learned for now are from the songs the family sings to him. Both parents Amanda and Caleb are musicians and they believe strongly in music therapy.
Posted by Amanda Bowman Gray on Samstag, 6. Januar 2018
When newborn Bo was recovering from the heart surgery, his situation was touch and go, and there was so little chance he would survive. But they were allowed to bring guitar to the hospital room to sing to Bo, and it worked miracle. As Amanda and Caleb were performing the song “You are my sunshine”, with hope that music and familiar voices would reach the little one, Bo moved for the first time responding to his parents’ song.
(I am reposting this for my Down Syndrome Support for Mommies. It is the backstory to “You are my sunshine” for Bo)I just posted a video here below on this page of my daughter Lydia singing “You are my sunshine” to my special down syndrome baby Bo who is 25 months old. I’ve noticed that a lot of you moms out there can relate to this song so I wanted to give you the backstory to that post. In that post I mentioned that he has learned all of his 12 words through music therapy. My husband and I are musicians. When Bo went in for his heart surgery it ended up going downhill really fast really bad. He was one of the sickest children on the West Coast for a few weeks. He was ECMO BYPASS For way too long. After weeks and weeks (which ended up in months) of being in the hospital in a silent room of the CICU we got special permission to bring a guitar in and sing to him in hopes that it would comfort him as they believed that he could still hear us even though he couldn’t physically respond. He was touch and go at this point. What most people didn’t know is that my husband and I started practicing the song “You are my sunshine” a month before he had his surgery because we were wanting to perform some tight harmonies at our gigs. At night we would practice and sing this song while he was in my arms. It was very much routine before his surgery. So Caleb my husband brought the Guitar in and we had one of the nurses record this. This was the first time that he moved as he reacted to the familiarity of the song and our voices. He was so heavily sedated and wouldn't respond. From then on this has become his theme song. We are firm believers in music therapy! By the way the blessing that has come out of this besides the fact that he survived after crashing in the CICU was that he is on two international studies for life because he should’ve never survived what his little body had gone through. He mine boggled our doctors and surgeons as they had to reach out internationally for help and in the end ended up trying their own solution which is why he is here with us today! He also broke a record timing for Primary Children’s Hospital in 40 years for response to put someone on ECMO bypass! He seriously is our little miracle.
Posted by Amanda Bowman Gray on Montag, 15. Januar 2018
The couple was practicing the song at home, a month before the surgery. Bo was their devoted listener back then, cuddling with his mommy as she was singing: “You never notice how much I love you, please don’t take my sunshine away”.
Posted by Amanda Bowman Gray on Mittwoch, 21. Juni 2017
Amanda says she is proud of her children and of all love they share with little Bo. They surround him with so much care and attention, and they all changed in a better way when Bo came to their lives.
Posted by Amanda Bowman Gray on Dienstag, 11. April 2017
It is truly amazing to see their family pictures together, it shows how strong their bond is and how devoted they are to each other.
Posted by Amanda Bowman Gray on Samstag, 6. Januar 2018
This video is a supportive message to all families who raise children with Down syndrome. Every child is a blessing, bringing happiness and bliss into our life.
