A Small but Mighty Person I want to share a story about a child I had that will forever impact how I operate as an educator and individual. At the time, I was an infant teacher working in a classroom of eight children zero to age one and a half with two teachers, including myself. I remember my Director telling us before we had a meeting with the family prior to the child starting, that she had a lot of things going on and it would be a challenge. But I was not prepared for the challenge ahead. The parents informed us their daughter, Charolotte, had been born as a micro preemie at less than two pounds. Her digestive system, vision, lungs, and muscular system did not develop typically because of her prematurity. Charlotte entered our care at the age of seven months. At the time, she had a feeding tube directly connected to her abdominal area with a regulated pump in an attached backpack. This ...
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