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[lollardfish]

This Baby Bjorn thing is great!

Though there is baby drool on my shirt.

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[cakmpls.livejournal.com]

Get used to the idea that there is going to be baby-some-substance on your clothes for some time to come. Drool is probably the best.

[lollardfish.livejournal.com]

Baby drool makes me pretty happy, actually.

[creidylad.livejournal.com]

If you haven't alreayd sorted this one out: I strongly advice keeping a fabric bib on baby at most times (when not sleeping). This is a great way to capture a significant amount of drool.

Probably won't help while you are being snoozed on by Baby Bjorn-bound Boy, though.

[madtruk.livejournal.com]

On the other hand, it hides your personal drool.

[ratphooey.livejournal.com]

Hi! I'm a friend of creidylad's, and she sent me hither.

Kiddopotamus makes a great warm cover you can wear over the Bjorn while out and about in cold weather. It also doubles as a warm blankie/cover for carseat and stroller.

http://www.kiddopotamus.com/p_pop.php

[ratphooey.livejournal.com]

Also, unrelated to this particular topic: the current issue of Newsweek features a back-page piece by George Will about his son, who has Down Syndrome.

[lollardfish.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I've found reading these sorts of things helpful.

[lollardfish.livejournal.com]

Heh, well, this one is an anti-abortion screed. For me, I wish we had known Nicholas had Down's Syndrome months ago. No one, ever, should have to combine the pangs and joy of delivery with that kind of shock. To live with an imagined son for so many months, only to meet something new and have to mourn in the way Shannon and I have.

[ratphooey.livejournal.com]

I found it worthwhile, despite the anti-abortion slant. Sorry if you didn't find anything to appreciate.

He's actually written less screedy and more, well, just nice. Google can show you those.

[ratphooey.livejournal.com]

Sorry, my other (woefully inarticulate) comment was meant to go here.

FWIW, I think Will is wrong - not everyone who learns earlier of a chromosomal abnormality will choose to abort (perhaps he feels guilty because he would have, had he been given the opportunity).

As you've said, it would be better to know sooner rather than later. So I think that the new policy of recommending diagnostic testing to everyone, regardless of age, makes sense, since obviously the less invasive methods (ultrasound, the quad screen) are not as reliable when it comes to identifying problems.

What I appreciated about the Will piece was how very much he loves his son, and what a happy life Jon appears to lead.

[buttonlass.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I completely agree. It makes me happy to think of Nicholas having a happy life.

[lollardfish.livejournal.com]

Oops, that was me. The girl didn't log out. :)