Article 2 States That "Octuplets Are Gross"

Posted by Vulnadia on Feb 03, 2009 at 12:35 PM Okay, so the author leaves something to be desired. You just HAVE to check out his blog title and then get a load of his credentials. I think it says it all, and I am NOT talking about his openly proclaimed sexuality as put in his blog. Seriously, this is stated by a guy who is supposed to have worked with families & children for years! What is he actually thinking? Does he want me to go into the fact that multiples are born much smaller than their singleton counterparts and cannot possibly have similar out-put by comparison as singleton babies? The higher the number of babies being born at the same time, the smaller they will be and consequently they will continue to grow on a much different growth curve than singletons. I say this only to give you an example of how, although I have triplets, they were very small at birth and continue to be so even to this day compared to single-birth counterparts. In fact, although they technically can wear a size 2 toddler at almost their third birthday, they all three cannot wear anything larger than 18 months in britches becuase they are still so much smaller and shorter than everyone else! Does he want to try comparing families who have back to back full-term children for 3 years straight and how they most likely have three in diapers at the same time and how much singletons can put out physically? I don't think he wants to go there, yet this guy seems serious in his claims! So here is your article to discuss today: http://www.momlogic.com/2009/01/octuplets_are_gross.php Octuplets are Gross Wednesday, January 28, 2009 filed under: AOL ParentDish Guest blogger Gay Uncle Brett Berk: A lot of experts have been commenting on the California woman who recently delivered eight live babies: critiquing the doctor, the family, and the fertility industry for creating this unsustainable phalanx of squirmy infant life. Most of the reaction has been from a scientific perspective, noting the health risks associated with this kind of multiple (multiplex?) birth. But no one is taking the position I am, which is to say, simply, that octuplets are GROSS. Of course, they're each a glorious blessing from the Lord, and I want them to be healthy and thrive and survive so they can create their own freak show, or pay-per-view nanny-cams. Yet I just can't stop myself from thinking about all the ... sh*t they're going to produce. Of course every baby defecates. That's line 3 in their job description, after eat and sleep, but right before cry. But if you have eight families each with just one child, all that poo is spread out (pardon the image) over a number of different locations. A little here, a little there, some more down the street. If you have octuplets, it's all gathered up and concentrated in one giant, steamy, gaseous, constantly growing heap. And that's just one example of this consumption/production cycle. Think of the quantity of milk that will need to come out of that mother's boobs. (Note on fridge: Buy More Hay). Consider the number of tweens in sweat shops half way around the world who will need to be recruited to sew all their teensy Old Navy outfits. Picture a garage full of strollers. An Astrodome of cribs. A Niagra of urine and mucus and spit up. If you begin to think about it this way, octuplets are not simply unsafe, or immoral. They're disgusting. _______________________________________________________ To see his credentials, you will have to click on the link & scroll down to the bottom of the page- but its very worth it to see why he finds himself qualified to comment on the subject a hand... I truly love the assumption of tiny designer clothing and a garage full of strollers. And then they are unsafe...but then again, I am the Mom who has had to say, "Put down that butcher knife young man!" to her child before...but it could happen to any mom who has a child who has mastered the art of child-proof lock-picking....