| Poor new born baby so sad
Posted: 9/22/2007 10:54:41 AM | | I am a psychological examiner and work in an early intervention system for children with special needs. If this child has microcephaly, he should be referred to the early intervention system in the state in which he lives. They can provide the much needed services to insure that he will meet his developmental milestones. His pediatrician can refer him to that service. | |
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| Poor new born baby so sad
Posted: 9/22/2007 4:08:03 PM | | Babies can be born with bruises. My son had a bruised eye and burst blood vessel when he came out! It wasn't a difficult labour but he came our REALLY fast. A birth defect doesn't mean the mother has done anything wrong to cause it...it is just one of those cruel tricks nature plays on us sometimes!!! | |
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| Poor new born baby so sad
Posted: 9/25/2007 12:58:09 AM | Is the baby a preemie by chance? that might count for the small brain size. as for the bruises...I am under the assumption that it was a natural birth? my middle one came out and his entire head and shoulders were purple. As someone stated...womens pelvic areas dont always work properly. and this will happen...Might I ask though...how do they know the babies brain is small? by the circumference of the head?
And as for the family..they need to get their heads out of their backsides and realize there is a special new angel they need to focus on, instead of their own ignorance...
Also there doesnt need to be any alchohol or drugs involved for a baby to be deformed...one couple I knew had to abort their child at 7 1/2 months...she went for her first ultrasound and every single organ of the babies was on the outside of its body...And they were super careful about everything she ate or drank and no meds whatsoever while she was pregnant...
Sometimes...Nature can be incredibly cruel | |
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| Poor new born baby so sad
Posted: 9/25/2007 4:01:25 AM | | Bruises happen when thin, weak capillaries break under stress and there is a low platelet count in the blood. I wish that baby the best care and health in life. | |
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| Poor new born baby so sad
Posted: 9/25/2007 9:34:32 AM | | The one easiest way to explain something like this happening is to think of it the baby as millions of cells. When the baby first starts out, cells are continously dividing and such to make up the baby. Numerous things can happen in the process. Cells get mixed up or don't divide properly, thus causing deformations. Drugs and Alcohol does not have to cause this. Nature itself is fully capable of it. It's unfortunate that it's happening, but it can never be stopped. If cell division does not happen properly, you could end up with a missing toe of finger, or even an extra one. There's been babies born with an extra hand/arm on their shoulder. Then you can get it where it's more severe where the organs aren't in place, etc. Even extra organs. It all has to do with cell division. | |
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| Poor new born baby so sad
Posted: 9/25/2007 11:30:32 AM | | ^^^^^Yes, please de-insert head from butt. There is a condition that is often mistaken for child abuse. For no "reason" a child's bones break. If they barely bump something, this can occur. It is possible that there is a medical explanation for the situation and the brusing and failure for the brain to develop could be connected. The uterus is usually fairly safe so it is likely that injury occurred during birth, which you can imagine would highly stress a child's body with this condition. | |
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| Poor new born baby so sad
Posted: 9/25/2007 8:55:08 PM | | Our philosophy class had a discussion about this very thing,How do we determine who is a "normal" baby and who isn't? No one is perfect,some have visible imperfections and others have perfections that are on the inside...Love unconditionally...Who cares about the education and social class of the mom? That baby is precious. | |
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| Poor new born baby so sad
Posted: 9/26/2007 12:50:18 AM | I hope the baby's mom recieves the support she will need.
It can be like a grieving process when you discover your baby isn't as healthy as you hoped - you want someone to blame and someone to pay for the cruelty of it.. It can be difficult to accept, because it's your baby and your baby seems perfect no matter what the real signs are. You find yourself wondering if you're to blame for your baby's imperfections. Then comes acceptance and fear for how you will cope.
It is nice of her family to be quick to lay blame isn't it. With such a narrow minded and cold outlook, maybe they drove her into such circles... Plus it seems to be becoming the way of the world in some ways, more and more people are having children quite young. One day someone's gonna have to accept that's the way things are going and that as parent's alot of use aren't really helping, by putting our youngish teen daughters on the pill.
OT: If the girls family can't be there for her, maybe you can?? If her baby is indeed disabled it is going to be a hard road to walk, people can romatisize it all they like saying only special people recieve such special children, in my mind that is BS - it's random, nature isn't flawless for she is organic, not machine... It is tough, friends drift away, people show outward shock when they pass you pushing a wheelchair with a kid in it, in the street... it's all superficial sure, but to cope one does need support mechanisms and iof this girls family are shunning her she has it harder than alot in her position, so have heart, if only for the baby's sake. | |
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