About Having a Healthy And Normal Child

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When I was at a shopping mall carrying my toddler as he hummed a tune from a Shirley Temple movie, a young woman sitting on a bench smiled at me. I then noticed her husband. He was wearing a Pink Floyd shirt and I quickly reflected on what that meant -- probably somewhat cerebral, a little rebellious. Then I saw their toddler who I quickly recognized to be a Little Person, though his parents were of regular height. His parents doted on him and clearly adored him, as is natural. He sure seemed to be a bright and curious toddler.

A little bit later, I saw a couple walking with a child with Down syndrome. They all seemed happy enough, but I started to remember fears that I had before our child was born.

When my wife was pregnant, I used to sometimes fear that our unborn child might have genetic challenges or other challenges. I know that my wife and I would have been loving parents in such a scenario. But, our son turned out fine without any such challenges. He's active, bright and beautiful. Is it wrong to feel grateful about that?
  • Profile picture of the author Dave Patterson
    Heck no....you SHOULD feel grateful!
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  • Profile picture of the author TLTheLiberator
    Originally Posted by thunderbird View Post

    When I was at a shopping mall carrying my toddler as he hummed a tune from a Shirley Temple movie, a young woman sitting on a bench smiled at me. I then noticed her husband. He was wearing a Pink Floyd shirt and I quickly reflected on what that meant -- probably somewhat cerebral, a little rebellious. Then I saw their toddler who I quickly recognized to be a Little Person, though his parents were of regular height. His parents doted on him and clearly adored him, as is natural. He sure seemed to be a bright and curious toddler.

    A little bit later, I saw a couple walking with a child with Down syndrome. They all seemed happy enough, but I started to remember fears that I had before our child was born.

    When my wife was pregnant, I used to sometimes fear that our unborn child might have genetic challenges or other challenges. I know that my wife and I would have been loving parents in such a scenario. But, our son turned out fine without any such challenges. He's active, bright and beautiful. Is it wrong to feel grateful about that?
    Absolutely not.

    Since my wife and I were 40 when our only child was born 13 years ago we had the same fears, and as a matter of fact we had a really big scare regarding the health of the child while the wife was pregnant.

    Thankfully, it was a false alarm and she turned out quite normal.

    Before, I did not believe in an interventionist God but now I often say a few words of thanks for the health and future well being of my daughter.

    Enjoy your child.

    All The Best!!!

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  • Profile picture of the author MikeAmbrosio
    I see no reason to feel bad about being grateful. You said yourself - had your son been born with challenges, you would have still been loving parents. As well, you saw 2 different families that had children with genetic challenges and they seemed to be very happy.

    Besides - even children without genetic challenges will present you with other challenges. Wait until your toddler hits his teens
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  • Profile picture of the author seasoned
    Thunderbird,

    Out of the most popular genetic/physical problems that are likely to show up in a kid, most should be obvious by 14yo or so. So HECK YEAH! BE HAPPY! BE THANKFUL!

    But be sure to check milestones. For the most part, that is really before like 4. One nice thing about problems that happen later, is that they are usually easier to treat than the earlier ones.

    BTW A lot of little people, if not all, have OTHER problems. So that couple may not even know what they are in for yet. The other couple can hope that their child ends up like Chris Burke apparently has. He even cowrote his biography, "A Special Kind of Hero".

    Steve
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