Like other children with Angelman's syndrome, Gonçalo was late in the acquisition of motor skills. Joaquina was aware of the disease characteristics and the knowledge that her child might not be able to get up and walk, terrified her. The first steps of a child are always too precious to lose without a fight. During a party, Joaquina observed the reaction of her child to balloons around the house, Gonçalo strove to grab them.

Gonçalo has an adoration for his father which leads him to having trouble sleeping whenever his father is absent. The mother had the ideia to create a doll with the smell of the father, filling her husband's clothes with stuffing. For this she stuffed a pair of pants and a sweater with foam and created an entire doll with the father's clothes, that she saves for those occasions when her husband is away.

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