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Divernan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 09:16 AM Original message |
Palin's lack of medical care for her infant compounds and worsens degree of Downs syndrome symptoms. |
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flor-de-jasmim (260 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
1. The other thing that burns me is the way she holds him - |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 09:57 AM Response to Reply #1 |
20. Kids at some age want to face out to see the world |
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Divernan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 10:13 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Sarah is the only one who hold him like that. He's happy to have eye contact with his sisters. |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 10:19 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. I'm sure he gets plenty of eye contact from his mom |
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Divernan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 10:39 AM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Baby Bjorns provide well designed support; not like one arm around their stomachs. |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 11:04 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. I think the question of whether he should have been hauled around is a good one |
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Divernan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 12:42 PM Response to Reply #29 |
37. My OP was not concerned with how she held him, but her failure to get specialized care |
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intaglio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-12-08 04:14 AM Response to Reply #23 |
47. Hmmmmmm, Sisters? I am no longer sure |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-12-08 04:36 AM Response to Reply #47 |
49. It's neither here nor there at this point, but |
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1monster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 10:39 AM Response to Reply #20 |
26. I haven't seen her holding the baby to "look outward." His face is usually facing down. |
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Celebration (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 09:58 AM Response to Reply #1 |
21. babies like being held that way |
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1monster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 10:38 AM Response to Reply #1 |
25. I would NEVER hold a baby that way. Ever. I am a mom. NT |
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Chorophyll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 11:44 AM Response to Reply #25 |
32. I used to hold my son facing outward because he got cranky |
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Heather MC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 11:28 AM Response to Reply #1 |
30. I have two kids, and I am always distrubed when i see pics of her holding Trig |
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mimitabby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 11:45 AM Response to Reply #1 |
33. that was the way my son wanted to be held |
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nannah (690 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 12:13 PM Response to Reply #1 |
35. i had that same feeling; the pictures rarely show him being cuddled. n/t |
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ladywnch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 12:16 PM Response to Reply #1 |
36. you're not talking out of you hat. both my mother and my grandmother |
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felinetta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 12:52 PM Response to Reply #1 |
38. I go crazy too with the way he is held. I just don't feel a lot of |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
2. kick....she hauled her baby around like a sack of groceries... |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
3. check this out |
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Leftist Agitator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 09:52 AM Response to Reply #3 |
17. Wow, the guy who runs the blog you linked is a real douchebag. |
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LibertyLover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 09:55 AM Response to Reply #3 |
19. Looking at those photos |
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mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 09:29 AM Response to Original message |
4. i don't care. |
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drm604 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 09:37 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. You don't care about the baby? n/t |
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mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 09:41 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. i don't care about sarah palin, and i despise the parent police. |
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Divernan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 09:44 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. She can have a job in government. That's totally separate from abusing her child. |
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Divernan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 09:46 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Why don't you ridicule me as the "Disabilities Police"? |
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demigoddess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 11:36 AM Response to Reply #6 |
31. I agree , but if you are pro-life and CHOOSE to have a baby with Down's you |
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NoSheep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 09:47 AM Response to Reply #5 |
12. To answer that with a question? Do YOU care about the baby? |
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Divernan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 09:51 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. I'm hoping some publicity will force the Palins to start providing medical care. |
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Divernan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 09:43 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. I don't appreciate being told to "go back into my hole". |
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tilsammans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 09:44 AM Response to Reply #4 |
10. You DON'T care? |
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mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 09:51 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. no, you are not. |
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Divernan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 10:10 AM Response to Reply #15 |
22. We do know she couldn't have gotten appropriate care for him on the campaign trail. |
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REACTIVATED IN CT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 01:16 PM Response to Reply #15 |
39. Double Standard ? Did Barack and Michele drag their girls |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 09:52 AM Response to Reply #10 |
18. Right on! |
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leftofcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
7. Another parent police. |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
13. Focus on the real issue |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
14. Right now, she would be beter off heading projects to help kids with Downs Syndrome, |
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Bunny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
28. Early Intervention programming is a crucial part of raising any child who has a |
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demmiblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 01:19 PM Response to Reply #28 |
40. Thank you for this informative post. |
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Chorophyll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
34. To the people who throw out the "parent police" label: |
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polly7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
41. I got a little p'd off every time I saw him without a hat. |
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ThoughtCriminal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
42. Was there any pre-natal care at all? |
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live love laugh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-12-08 12:04 AM Response to Original message |
43. You don't know if she sought help in the early months, you don't know if she kept |
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Tumbulu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-12-08 12:21 AM Response to Reply #43 |
44. it became our business when the anti choice candidate used her child as a prop |
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Dems4me (273 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-12-08 04:59 AM Response to Reply #43 |
50. I wasn't going to get into this post, but I feel a need to say this... |
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Silver Gaia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-12-08 06:16 AM Response to Reply #50 |
54. Just wanted to thank you for sharing this story... |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-12-08 02:16 AM Response to Original message |
45. She used all her children as props. Trig was no exception. |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-12-08 03:23 AM Response to Original message |
46. For Caribou Barbie, I think Trig is an undemanding baby: he doesn't ask much, & she doesn't notice |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-12-08 04:32 AM Response to Original message |
48. That baby's mother is only 16 |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-12-08 05:00 AM Response to Reply #48 |
51. Young women almost never have babies with Down syndrome |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-12-08 05:14 AM Response to Reply #51 |
52. Sort of |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-12-08 05:20 AM Response to Original message |
53. I have the feeling that once he's past the "cute baby" stage, that child will be institutionalized |
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glowing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-12-08 08:07 AM Response to Original message |
55. Personally, I think she's hoping the baby does die.. then she doesn't have to be stuck raising |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-12-08 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
56. Sarah's special needs are all that matters to Sarah. |
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