Is Trig Palin ever awake?

[ingac70]

I have yet to see signs of life in that child.

[BlueStater]

1. What kind of a name is Trig, anyway?

Why would you name a child that?

[WorseBeforeBetter]

12. Evidently it's Norse for "true" or "strength"...

Her youngest is 4-month-old Trig Paxson, whose first name is Norse for "true" or "strength" and whose middle name comes from one of his mother's favorite spots in Alaska.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/republican_race/2008/08/30/2008-08-30_whats_in_the_palin_childrens_names_fish_.html

[Zynx]

2. For God's sake he has Down's. Leave him out of this.

[ingac70]

4. Kids with Downs aren't continuously unconscious. n/t

[DogPoundPup]

3. Very sad... n/t

[Cassandra]

5. He was about to wake up...

but then Palin started speaking and he dozed right off again.

[Zynx]

6. For God's sake he has Down's. Leave him out of this.

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[cynatnite]

8. He was tonight when he was on stage...

He looked beautiful, I thought.

[Sebastian Doyle]

9. Can you blame the poor kid.

If I was born into that family, I'd sleep all the time too.

[peace13]

10. He was awake when the speech ended and he was on stage.

Poor little guy must be so pooped.

[apocalypsehow]

11. I don't expect someone like you to know a jot about it, but I have a nephew who is Downs,

and his sleep patterns, especially as an infant, matched everything I've seen on camera of Trig Palin.

You really should tread lightly in this area, or just STFU.

[AlCzervik]

13. Come on people, he's 4 months old and he has down syndrome, have some compassion

for him.

[demobabe]

14. This is what Down's babies are like

I've spent a good deal of time the last few years around a Down's baby the same age as my kid - they were in playgroups together. Down's babies are quiet, and can seem non-reactive, but you get out of them what you put into them. The Down's baby I know is extremely fortunate that she has an incredible mother who spends as much time caring for her as possible, and there isn't anything she wouldn't do for that child. She spends her time educating others about Down's.

This is one of the things that pisses me off the most about Sarah Palin: how can she in good conscience run for Veep and leave that poor newborn baby in the dust when he needs so much? It's the ultimate egocentric move she is making. She would eat her young.

[boppers]

21. She was back at work 3 days after giving birth to somebody...

...who would NEED enormous love and compassion every single day for the rest of their life.

She really has no idea what she's getting into. That's the only rational explanation I can think of.

[seabeyond]

15. it was WHAT 10 at night. babies sleep at night in their cribs.... not be paraded in

front of a huge ass noisy to lit crowd

[kirby]

16. Yes, his eyes were open on the stage at the end...

I thought it was precious how the youngest daughter was spitting on her hand and fixing the babies hair. Cute kids.

[tomg]

20. I really loved that. Reminded me of our

three older guys doing the same with their much younger brother.

[GardeningGal]

17. LET IT GO PEOPLE!!!!!

Is that loud enough?

[GardeningGal]

18. dup - delete

[rebecca_herman]

19. you'd be tired too

if you were a tiny infant constantly dragged around, you'd want to get some sleep too