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Mistakes and inconsistencies in Tolkien's works
J.R.R. Tolkien paid a great deal of attention to detail in his Secondary world to preserve a realistic consistency.
However his work has been admired, studied and analyzed by "Tolkienists" over the years in various aspects and levels; unavoidably, some more or less obvious inconsistencies seem to have slipped the author's attention. Most are revealed after more than one reading of the book and possibly thorough study.
Fans of Tolkien usually accept that in any work there are usually plot holes. In a larger, far more detailed and realistic book we expect fewer (if any) plot holes, when in reality there is a far greater chance because of its complexity.
Any inconsistency can be blamed on the fictitious Tolkien who adapted ancient sources such as the Red Book or on the characters who wrote and compiled those sources. Tolkien himself mentioned in Appendix D that he might have made many errors on the calendar while "translating" the "ancient sources", a comment written as a fail-safe for any narrative mistakes the author possibly made.
Such explanations attributing the mistakes to the "translator Tolkien" are easy and unenlightening. Therefore many fans prefer to explain those inconsistencies with some internal explanation. The explanations below of are this type. For example, at least some of the logical mistakes can be attributed to the characters themselves who said a contradicting phrase, since none of them is supposed to have the "omniscience" of the author.
Character mistakes
The Eldest
Possibly the most noticeable inconsistency in The Lord of the Rings is that both Tom Bombadil and Treebeard are referred to as the eldest being in Middle-earth. Tom says that about himself,[1] and Elrond mentions that the Elves knew Tom as "oldest and fatherless".[2] However, Gandalf tells Théoden that Treebeard is "the oldest of all living things",[3] and Celeborn addresses Treebeard as "Eldest".[4]
- Explanation
- Maybe Tom is not "alive" as Treebeard is[5] (though he seems to be). On this subject, Gandalf, Saruman, and Sauron have existed far longer than Treebeard, as they are Maiar, but they haven't been alive (in a physical body) as long.
Sam's spying
Merry tells Frodo that as a result of Sam's eavesdropping, he and Pippin "know most of what Gandalf has told you about the Ring".[6] But most of what Gandalf told Frodo was in one long conversation, at the end of which Gandalf caught Sam,[7] and Merry says that after Sam was caught, he "seemed to regard himself as on parole, and dried up".[6]
- Explanation
- Maybe Sam's information was what he learned before he was caught, though that's not what Merry says.
A choice of dangers
Aragorn tells the hobbits, as they prepare to leave Bree, "After Weathertop our journey will become more difficult, and we shall have to choose between various dangers."[8] The ridges they have to climb after Weathertop may be more difficult than the Midgewater Marshes, but they encounter no dangers on the route Aragorn chooses, and Aragorn doesn't warn the hobbits of any dangers, except the chance that the Nazgûl will find them as they cross the Last Bridge).[9]
- Explanation
- Aragorn does cite two other possible courses. One is going north through the Ettendales instead of crossing the Ford of Bruinen, but in addition to the danger of trolls, that route would take too long and the Company would run out of food. The other is finding the Ford without following the Road, but that's impossible.[10] Maybe although he describes these alternatives as impossible when he faces them, in Bree they only seemed to present the danger of taking too long or getting lost.
Aragorn's knowledge
Aragorn tells the hobbits in Bree, "I know all the lands between the Shire and the Misty Mountains, for I have wandered over them for many years."[8] But later, speaking of the Ettendales, he says, "That is troll-country, and little known to me," and "I do not know the way" to Rivendell by detouring through them.[9] The Ettendales or Ettenmoors are on a line between the Shire and the northern part of the Misty Mountains.
- Explanation
- If we take Aragorn's line "wandered over them" literally, we can accept that Aragorn has also wandered over the Ettendales. Of course that doesn't necessarily means that Aragorn should know everything about those lands, or even know all ways (e.g., to Rivendell) through them. He does say that he knows those lands a "little".
Possession of the Nine Rings
In The Council of Elrond Gandalf says that the Nazgûl kept their Rings by saying "The Nine the Nazgûl keep"[2]. However in most other references, it is mentioned that Sauron had taken them.[11][12] Furthermore, Frodo doesn't see any Rings on them on Weathertop, and it is believed that if they did wear the Rings, they would have been fully invisible (including their cloaks).[13]
The line in the Council of Elrond represents Tolkien's earlier intention that the Nazgûl should still be wearing their Rings, but he later changed his mind and simply missed revising that sentence.
- Explanation
- The phrase can be also interpreted as "The Nine keep the Nazgûl [in Sauron's thralldom]"; or as the Nazgûl are Sauron's slaves, his owning the Rings may be equivalent to the Nazgûl's keeping them.
- Or perhaps, Gandalf was mistaken.
Feeling the mithril coat
The mithril coat that Bilbo gives Frodo is "almost as supple as linen",[14] and Aragorn carries Frodo in Moria (after the orc chieftain spears Frodo) without noticing the coat.[15] However, when Bilbo slaps Frodo on the back after giving him the coat, he says, "Ow!... You are too hard now to slap!"[14]
- Explanation
- Perhaps Bilbo is joking.
Galadriel's mind-reading
Galadriel tells Frodo and Sam that she knows Sauron's thoughts that concern the Elves.[16] It seems strange that they don't ask her whether she has any information they might find useful and she doesn't offer them any. Also, she doesn't seem to have known about Saruman's betrayal some nineteen years earlier, though the defection of a member of the White Council might be thought to concern the Elves. At least, she didn't warn Gandalf in the messages he got from Lórien after reading the Scroll of Isildur, the year before he trustingly entered Orthanc.[2] (Also, when Aragorn was serving in Gondor under the name Thorongil, he "often warned Ecthelion not to put trust in Saruman".[17] It's strange that he knew not to trust Saruman but Gandalf didn't.)
- Explanation
- Conceivably Galadriel gained the ability to read Sauron's mind sometime after the messages went to Gandalf.
Galadriel's role
Galadriel tells the Fellowship, "I will not give you counsel, saying do this, or do that. For not in doing or contriving, or in choosing between this course and another, can I avail; but only in knowing what was and is, and in part also what shall be.[18] Later she tells Frodo, "I do not counsel you one way or the other. I am not a counsellor."[16] However, the rhyme she sends Aragorn advises a specific course: the Grey Company should come out of Rivendell, and Aragorn should take the Paths of the Dead.[19] Likewise Legolas and Gimli conclude that Galadriel sent the message to the Grey Company telling them to join Aragorn in Rohan; this seems to be "contriving" and "choosing between one course and another". Incidentally, it is odd that the Grey Company got this message without knowing who it was from.[20]
- Explanation
- One could imagine that someone else (Celeborn?) made the decisions and Galadriel only sent the messages. Legolas and Gimli may have erred in thinking she was the source.
Tales of hobbits
Pippin tells Théoden, "I have wandered in many lands, since I left my home, and never till now have I found people that knew any story concerning hobbits."[3] But hobbits live in Bree, Tom Bombadil knows many stories about hobbits, one would think the Rangers (who guard the Shire and Bree) and the Elves of Rivendell (where Bilbo has been living) would know some, and the Elves of Lórien have at least heard of hobbits.[21]
- Explanation
- Pippin has just woken up from a nap, after a lunch that included wine, and is talking to a king for the first time in his life; he may not be thinking clearly.
Knowledge of the Palantíri
After Gandalf learns that the crystal ball he has recovered is the palantír of Orthanc, he tells Pippin the White Council didn't know any of the palantíri (presumably those of Gondor) survived disaster in Gondor (presumably the Kin-strife).[22] However, after Denethor reveals his palantír, Gandalf claims to have known all along that the Stewards had it.[23]
- Explanation
- Gandalf could have learned about Denethor's palantír by himself, after the last time the White Council met.
The peril of deep arts
In connection with the palantír of Orthanc, Gandalf observes to Pippin, "Perilous to us all are the devices of an art deeper than we possess ourselves."[22] However, never in The Hobbit or The Lord of the Rings does he warn Thorin or the hobbits against using their magic swords, and he returns the Phial of Galadriel to Frodo and Galadriel's box of earth to Sam. Also, there is no apparent danger in characters' using other products of elven arts (cloaks, hithlain ropes, lembas).
- Explanation
- How magic works is not clear. Parts of the books indicate that the some arts of the Elves despite appearing so, are not "magic". However maybe the palantíri are "devices" in a sense in which the other things named are not.
- Furthermore, it's possible that Gandalf only attempted to discourage Pippin from his curiosity, knowing that this could connect him with Sauron (as he finally did).
Mouth of Sauron
Aragorn mentions that the name "Sauron" (meaning "Abominable") is the name used by his enemies, and Sauron himself does not permit it to be pronounced.[24] Therefore it would be problematic, if not logically impossible for a servant of Sauron to have a title or name that includes the word "Sauron".
- Explanation
- It could be that Aragorn was mistaken.
Factual mistakes
Doors of Durin
The name Moria means "Black Chasm" and was a derogatory description of the place which the Dwarves did not like much; it was given after Durin's Bane took over the city and it was overrun by Orcs. It is therefore a paradox why that name appears on the Doors of Durin (Ennyn Durin Aran Moria), made in the Second Age, and with the consent of the Dwarves.
- Explanation
- An "external" explanation is that since the translated Norse names Durin and Narvi are seen in the inscription, Moria may also be a "translated" name.
One of the best-known alleged plot holes is why the Eagles came to carry Frodo and Sam back from Mount Doom but did not help them to fly the One Ring there. While there are many counter explanations, it is a logical gap why this idea was not proposed in the Council of Elrond.
- Explanation
- See here for a more detailed discussion.
The distances of the Dwarves' travel to Rivendell in The Hobbit seem to have different proportions than those in The Lord of the Rings. Tolkien tried to reconcile the Hobbit description with the scale of the LotR map but couldn't find an appropriate solution.[25]
While Frodo and his companions needed 28 days from Hobbiton to Rivendell (10.7 miles/day)[26], Karen Wynn Fonstad calculated that Bilbo and Thorin and Company needed 38 days (17.5 miles/day)[26]. Andreas Moehn goes further and supposes that Thorin and Co. wanted two weeks from the Trollshaws till Rivendell (a distance which Glorfindel covered in two days), resulting in c. 48 days total.[27].
- Explanation
- The distances and days are not described in the narrative and can be measured only by references such as the moon phases and other fan calculations; therefore there can be a margin of miscalculation.
- In general, perhaps the Dwarves are by nature slower travelers than the Hobbits.
Moon phases
Tolkien was particularly careful about the phases of the Moon in the LotR. Yet some mistakes did elude him. See for example January 13, January 16, February 22, September 22.
In general, it is possible that Tolkien consulted a modern almanac to model the moon phases, and also possible that he confused the meanings of "New Moon": the astronomical (the moment when the moon is darkest) and the colloquial (appearance of the new crescent moon).[28]
Another mistake appears in The Hobbit: Bard I killed Smaug "at the rising of the moon"[29] when "the moon rose above the eastern shore and silvered his [Smaug's] great wings... the waxing moon rose higher and higher". Also the thrush tells Bard, "Wait! Wait!... The Moon is rising." [30] However, according to astronomy[31] a waxing moon rises only in the morning, after the sun.
- Explanation
- The moon could have been waning and setting in the west (not rising from the east), thus helping Bard kill Smaug.
Shadow over Eregion
While the Fellowship of the Ring traverses Hollin, they see and feel a flying shadow over them.[14] Since no other such phenomena occur, when the Fell Beasts are introduced, the reader makes such a connection. However later we learn that Sauron did not permit the Nazgûl to traverse west of the Anduin after their accident at Bruinen.
- Explanation
- Possibly it was a "lost" or "disobeying" Nazgûl who despite orders found himself prematurely west of the Anduin, or simply something wholly unexplained and unrelated to the Fell Beasts. Perhaps it was some feeling of foreboding as they would eventually have to go to Moria.
Beater and Biter
The swords Glamdring and its "mate" Orcrist are found in a Troll hoard, said to belong to King Turgon of the First Age. They never appeared much in battle (Turgon fought only in the Nirnaeth Arnoediad) and they were witnessed only by the Orcs of Beleriand.
After the fall of Gondolin, the swords somehow were carried from the ruin of Beleriand to Eriador. It is however questionable how the Orcs of the Misty Mountains did recognize them by their names.
The Orcs don't seem to react similarly in the sight of Glamdring in LotR, nor do they seem to recognize Narsil/Andúril, which is much more "recent".
- Explanation
- There can be several theories and explanations of how the swords and their fames reach Eriador. The only problem is the narrative of The Silmarillion, which doesn't justify their significance to the extent of being remembered and recognized by the Goblins of the Third Age, even by tradition.
The elf-king's favorite gems
The narration of The Hobbit says the elf-king's favorite gems are "white."[32] However, after the Battle of Five Armies, the narration says, "To the Elven-king he [Bard] sent the emeralds of Girion, such gems as he most loved...."[33]
- Explanation
- The sentence is somewhat ambiguous: "he" could refer to Bard or Girion instead of the elf-king. However, the elf-king's preference in gems, not the others', would be relevant to Bard's choice of what to give him.
Walda's death
King Walda's death date is recorded in Appendix A as Third Age 2851 but in Appendix B as Third Age 2861.
The date of Gandalf's letter
The letter Gandalf leaves for Frodo at the Prancing Pony is dated "Midyear's Day, Shire Year, 1418."[8] However, Appendix B says Gandalf met Radagast on June 29, and Gandalf says he left Bree at dawn of the following day,[2] which would be June 30, two days before Midyear's day (as 1 Lithe comes between).
- Explanation
- Possibly someone made a mistake involving the different calendars, though Bree uses the Shire-reckoning (aside from the number of the year). Perhaps more likely is that Gandalf, who was in a hurry, and traveling for days, confused the passage of time.
Corrected mistakes
Several mistakes were simply remnants of earlier concepts of Tolkien, which later escaped his attention when revising the book. Some of them were corrected in the 50th Anniversary Edition.
Bandobras' parentage
The Prologue mentions that Bandobras Took was the son (not grandson) of Isengrim Took II. This has been corrected in the 50th Anniversary edition.
Sam's birth
In the second edition of LotR, Samwise Gamgee's year of birth was added to The Tale of Years as Third Age 2963. This contradicts both a later entry in The Tale of Years and the Appendix C given as Third Age 2980.[34]
Gimli's Axe
Upon arrival in Edoras, Gimli mentions his axe has touched nothing but firewood since they left Moria. Yet he also claims he and Legolas killed several Orcs at Amon Hen.
- Explanation
- This discrepancy was noted by Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull in The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, where they explained why they left it unchanged in the 50th anniversary edition. Amon Hen was a week before the Battle of the Hornburg; even for a stout Dwarven warrior, lamenting not killing an Orc for that short period would make him look too bloodthirsty.
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, "In the House of Tom Bombadil", "Eldest, that's what I am.... Tom was here before the river and the trees; Tom remembers the first raindrop and the first acorn."
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, "The Council of Elrond"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, "The Road to Isengard"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, "Many Partings"
- ↑ Tom Shippey, The Road to Middle-earth: Revised and Expanded Edition, p. 107
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, "A Conspiracy Unmasked"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, "The Shadow of the Past"
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, "Strider"
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, "Flight to the Ford"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, "Flight to the Ford", "'We cannot hope to find a path through these hills. Whatever danger may beset it, the Road is our only way to the Ford.'"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, "The Shadow of the Past", "the Nine [Sauron] has gathered to himself; the Seven also, or else they are destroyed."
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, "The Mirror of Galadriel", "You saw the Eye of him that holds the Seven and the Nine."
- ↑ http://oakroadsystems.com/genl/ringfaq.htm#Q0-InvRiders
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, "The Ring Goes South"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, "The Bridge of Khazad-dûm"
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, "The Mirror of Galadriel"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, "The Old Forest"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, "The White Rider"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, "The Passing of the Grey Company"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, "Lothlórien", "We had not heard of—hobbits, of halflings, for many a long year...."
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, "The Palantír", "It was not known to us that any of the palantíri had escaped the ruin of Gondor."
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, "The Pyre of Denethor", "Though the Stewards deemed that it was a secret kept only by themselves, long have I known that here in the White Tower, as at Orthanc, one of the Seven Stones was preserved."
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, "The Departure of Boromir"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Return of the Shadow p. 204
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 Karen Wynn Fonstad, The Atlas of Middle-earth
- ↑ http://lalaith.vpsurf.de/Tolkien/Durin%27s_Day.html
- ↑ http://shire-reckoning.com/moon.html
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, "The Gathering of the Clouds"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, "Fire and Water"
- ↑ http://lalaith.vpsurf.de/Tolkien/Durin%27s_Day.html
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, "Flies and Spiders", "If the elf-king had a weakness it was for treasure, especially for silver and white gems...."
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, "The Return Journey"
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NORTHWOOD — Forging your own path, creating motivational magic and fresh starts were all themes presented at Coe-Brown Northwood Academy's graduation ceremony on Friday night as members of the senior Class of 2012 proudly accepted their diplomas.
Class of 2012 Student Body President Amanda Perron reflected on her classes at Coe-Brown, including the numerous friendships she and others made in their four years at school.
Perron said she was lucky enough to have met every single person in the Class of 2012 and for that she was "truly blessed."
Perron wished all of her classmates, whatever their future plans may be, good luck in their endeavors.
"Be confident in who you are and what you have to offer; this is your time to shine," said Perron in her welcoming speech.
Both Salutatorian Meredith Grady and Valedictorian Megan Curtin both used literary references in their speeches at the ceremony.
Grady encouraged her classmates to forge their own paths and find the careers and hobbies that inspire them. In quoting Dr. Seuss' "The Places You'll Go" Grady asked the crowd and her class to find their inspiration in life and apply that inspiration to all their endeavors.
"Do what inspires you," she Grady. "We all have the raw ingredients, what you choose to do with those materials will determine your future happiness."
Curtin, in using her love for the literary character Harry Potter, described the magic that happens when an individual finds what they're passionate about and how soon, that passion, once only secured in that one activity, spreads to all areas of your life.
Curtin said this "magic" is what happened in her life sophomore year when she discovered running. Curtin wished this fortune onto her class.
"Everyone's passion is unique," said Curtin. "My hope is that everyone finds some sort of motivating force that would influence our lives. Now that would be magical."
Along with a number of speakers, close to 50 scholarships were given throughout the ceremony.
In total 158 students graduated at the ceremony.
Following is a list of Coe-Brown Northwood Academy Class of 2012:
Meghan Ahern, Mykayla Allard, Mackenzie Allis, Alexandra Archambault, Aaron Ash, TrevorAube, Michael Bailey, Kayla Bane, Marissa Beaudoin, Allison Beaupre, Devin Beck, Jaedyn Bedell, Haley Bell, Natasha Berry, Katelyn Berube, Lauren Blowey, Tyler Bowden, Jenna Brown, Eric Burgess, Jonathan Burnham, D. Pierce Butler, Christopher Chadwick, Kevin Chadwick, Savanah Clarke, Ryan Cleveland, Amanda Colwell, Megan Conrad, Conor Corless, Katherine Cronk, Savana Currier, Megan Curtin, Olivia Daigle, Thomas Darling, Alexander Davis, Samuel Davis, Hubert DeVeau III, Laura Doherty, George Donovan, Anthony Dorn, Andrew Dow, Darren Doyon, Cody Driscoll, Jonathan Duford, Jamie Duggan, Lauren Durell, Brooke Esdale, Kyle Estell, Jaime Evans, Mia Faucher, Abigail Fenerty, Travis Ferland, Patrick Foley.
Also, Kelsey Follansbee, Jacob Gallant, Brianna Galuska, Corey Gerlt, Michael Gibson, Felicia Gisonno, Meredith Grady, Amanda Grondin, Taylor Hains, Lauren Harnish, Leah Hastings, Gregory Hatfield, James Hayden, Rachel Hayes, Carissa Hodgdon, Ashley Hogne, Amanda Horne, Michaela Horvath, David Ikewood, Paige James, Alexandra Jones, Griffin Kelley, Nikolai Kinevich, Evan Koester, Chihiro Kondrup, Paige Laboe, Blair Leavitt, Allura LeBlanc, Andrew Lee, Corinne LeMauk, Samantha Lepicier, Nicholas Levergood, Hailey Locke, Ashley Longver, Samantha MacCallum, Christopher Madore, Douglas Marshall II, Alicia Martell, Tori Martin, Thomas Masison, Mariah McCabe.
Also, Kasie McConnell, Ryan McCourt, Dylan McDade, Kendall McGowen, Aaron McGrath, Virginia Merrill, Christopher Millette, Skyler Mitchell, Adam Nelson, Nicholas Nord, Matthew Norton, David O'Neill-Pratt, Jamie Osborne, Matthew Paganelli, Quinn Palmer, Corina Perkins, Jenna Perkins, Amanda Perron, Erin Powers, Marcus Pullo, Caitlin Rank, Cristina Ranno, Jacob Ray, Brittany Readel, Justin Renner, Brian Robert, Ashleigh Rose, Alex Russell, Jacob Ruth, Crystal Schlessinger, Claire Scoon, Alexander Searing, Luke Senter, Sophie Shiere, Hannah Silverman, Brooke Smith, Katherine Soiett, Katrina Southwick, Jessica Spaulding, Kyle St. Cyr.
And, David Stevens, Matthew Stevens, Haylie Stoddard, Nicole Swindell, Noah Switzer, Stephen Tetreault, John Walter Tomaszewski, Courtney Turcotte, Keith Turgeon, Kelly Turner, Ryan Turner, Timothy Tuttle, Robert Valarese, Harrison Vina, Michele Vlasich, Patrick Walsh, Morgan West, Brooke Wheeler, Isaac Wilson, Kyle Wood, Katherine Wysocki, Mackenzie Young, Richard Young, and Emily Yurek.
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NORTHWOOD — Forging your own path, creating motivational magic and fresh starts were all themes presented at Coe-Brown Northwood Academy's graduation ceremony on Friday night as members of the senior Class of 2012 proudly accepted their diplomas.


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So... Because I'm a glutton for punishment (or recovering from the flu and therefore have lost all my faculties), I'm opening a sound off the spanking thread where we can share some 'consequences' we use in our homes that seem to work. As I be been reading through the spanking thread, I've thought a couple times "huh, never thought of that", so we'll see if we can get that thread locked too . Fwiw, I have read several books, and I find I don't subscribe to one train of thought. Love & logic is good in certain situations, time outs work for some, unconditional parenting some... I just need to fuel the 'consequence' tank. I have a 2 year old DS, but want to keep the thread for all ages so more people can benefit from it...
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For dd1(7) my list is long-
Time outs, scrubbing floors, running laps around the house(used only when so super antsy she cant/wont listen during school), writing sentences, spankings(rarely used but nessacary at times), taking electronics/sweets/toys away and then more natural consquences like if she doesnt put her dirty dishes in the sink I cant serve her the next meal/snack sense the space is taken-just one example but you get the gist
Dd2(5) is a much more easy going child-
Heart to hearts(can reason with her), time outs, taking electronics/sweets/toys away, natural consequences,and she has had to run laps around the house once.
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Re: S/o what discipline works in YOUR family???
DS1 10.5 yo:
Structure and routine
Electronic usage dependent on behavior
Some sort of reward for doing chores-After you take out the trash you can play on your _____.
Acknowledgement of daily accomplishments (I'm talking noticing he's brushed his teeth in a timely manner)
Time in room to cool down
Giving choices
"logical consequences" ex-overspending on lunch account means he has to pack his own lunch in the mornings
DD 5.5 yo:
Sincere praise for following through with good behavior (not to be confused with "good job" praise)
The look of disapproval
Hugs and love
Talking it out
Acknowledgement of feelings
DS2 4.5 yo:
Acknowledgement of unhappiness and reason
Time in room to reset
Picking up and giving instructions nose to nose (doesn't work if I get down on his level, he has to be lifted up, but not held snuggle style)
Swift pat to the behind to dislodge stubborn streak
Limiting choices-too many overwhelms
I have learned that talking things out with my boys is counter productive. All they want to do is argue at that point and they become incapable of listening or acknowledging their poor behavior. It doesn't matter how far removed from the situation we get. They still want to tell me it wasn't their fault.
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Re: S/o what discipline works in YOUR family???
For DS1:
Grounding (not leaving the house), taking away game privileges, reading (time will depend on offense), answering questions on previously read pages, writing sentences, cleaning.
For DS2:
Time-out (standing in the corner) or sitting in a room by himself, taking away game privileges, loss of television, cleaning, spanking (rarely), writing sentences.
for DS3:
Time-out, spanking, taking away game privileges, cleaning. He hardly gets punished, though.
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Natural consequences (throw your food? Dinner is over.), "staking" ( as described in http://www.raisinggodlytomatoes.com/ch07.php) - basically keeping the offending kid right by my side, instead of sending them to their room (where they could play) or time out, spanking as a last resort.
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My ODD is super duper stubborn and I feel like I am constantly struggling to get something that works with her. Spanking does not do much for her, in fact, it only makes her behavior more out of control. She needs to be reasoned with. But she is SO STUBBORN that there are times that no amount of reasoning will work. And that is when I am at a loss. She will also be completely defiant sometimes, which is really hard to deal with because 90% of the time, her defiance comes from pure motives, not from trying to misbehave - she disobeys because she really ACTUALLY thinks the parent telling her what to do is wrong, and her way is right. So that makes it hard for me. Probably b/c I am SO VERY MUCH the same. :headbang: I see my mirror image in her. Taking away toys does not work, taking away privileges doesn't work very well.... she has a chart that gets stickers for good behavior. Sometimes she cares about it, sometimes not. It's always a battle to think of creative ways to parent her....
My DS is sensitive. Spankings work for him. But we rarely, if ever have to spank him. He is so sensitive, that just scolding him typically gets a point across pretty well. Occasionally - very rarely, maybe once every 2-3 mos - he gets so worked up about something that only spanking will bring him back to reality and allow him to reason with us. But more often than not, just saying "Hey, don't do that b/c of XYZ." will get a, "Ok mom! Sorry!" response. He's by far our easiest child.
Our YDD is much like our ODD so far. I wish they'd have gotten my husband's mellow personality. She is not even 2 yet, so she is hardly ever spanked. We more often use "time outs" or distraction with her. She can't yet reason, but we do try to explain things in very simple terms ("No, that's HOT! OWIE!") for her. We know she will catch on eventually. We have swatted her bum through her cloth diaper once or twice b/c she didn't come when we were calling her, and clearly understood what we were asking of her. She gets 3 of 4 warnings not to touch things and then we lightly pop her hand if she goes for it again. That's the extent of her "discipline" at this age. Same as it was for all our kids. But we can already see that YDD is very independent, and she has a very hard time not having her way. She has meltdowns when she is told "no" and so we take her and put her on her bed in her room and leave and close the door until she calms down. I am hoping she mellows out a bit before she gets older. I worry it will be a rough go with her, like it is w/ODD.
we have come up with some interesting discipline methods before....
Once when the two older kids refused to go to sleep, we made them get up and exercise. LOL. They had to do jumping jacks, butterfly kicks, run around in circles, push ups, etc. It's amazing how quickly they were ready to go back to bed!
If they abuse a toy, I try to take it away, but I find this ineffective b/c we have enough toys that they just move on to another thing. And our house is small. Trying to find a place to store a toy is harder on ME than it is on them.
I once, when my DD refused to clean her room, and had HOURS to do it, took all the toys, bagged them up, and made her take them to the Goodwill donation truck (I drove her there, obviously, but she had to get out and hand it to the lady). I was SO irritated with her defiance that day. I wish I could say it worked. I threaten to take her toys and she just pitches a fit. She doesn't actually CARE about losing the toys. Which makes it hard.
Typically, positive reinforcement works really well for our two older kids. "Thank you so much! You are being SO HELPFUL!" really loudly so the other one can hear, will often get the one who is being a bit difficult to step it up a little. Each older kid has a "behavior chart" and when they do something exceptional (clean when not asked, don't whine when they typically would whine, share nicely, etc) we give them a sticker. When they fill up the chart, they get to go to the Dollar Tree and pick out a toy. I put numbers on the chart and cover each number with a sticker. So they can see how many they have, and how many left to earn. This will often help with their behavior, esp with my DS. My DD sometimes just doesn't care. If someone is especially naughty, I will take the entire chart away for a day or two. Sometimes I'll take a sticker or two off for bad behavior.... It works, but it is sometimes difficult to implement, esp with my ODD. Her thing is "I brushed my teeth, can I have a sticker?" .... "No, honey, you NEED to brush your teeth to stay healthy. But thank you for doing it!" .... and then a meltdown ensues.
Ugh typing this out makes me tired. LOL
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Ds1 getting to his level and talking, breaks from the activity, natural consequences, helping me clean.
Ds2 pretty much everything above but also redirection.
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I didn't believe her. I cleaned up MAYBE three things, and then was done. She came back up about 45 minutes later, trashbags in hand (she already knew, lol), and helped me put everything in trashbags (including some of my absolute FAVORITE clothes!) Then she made me carry them down and put them by the trash outside.
What I didn't know, is that she went out later and hid them in the garage. A little while later (probably a couple of weeks) after I had proven myself with my requested "chores" on Saturdays, she gave them back. She told me that if she ever had that problem again, she really WOULD get rid of them. I believed her after that. lol
This is actually where I got the idea of the way that I parent my kids (taking toys away, giving them to someone, etc.)
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With our QB situation it is necessary we have an effective running game. Our leading rusher Shonn Greene averaged only 3.9 yards a carry and no other tailback rushed for over 500 yards. With free agency right around the corner can you see any of these acquisitions helping us next season?
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I would love to sign Mendenhall to a 2-3 year deal.
Wouldn't mind seeing Stephens-Howling get a look. Made some dynamic plays on an offense more anemic than ours last year. A more refined Joe McKnight if you will.
I'll take Justin Forsett, Chris Rainey, or Javon Ringer. Rainey is better then anyone in this draft and I have always liked Forsetts game. No clue why he hasn't gotten a better job. Ringer I still think could be a good back.
We wont be signing any of those guys. Powell, Mcknight, a 2nd/3rd round draft pick and a street free agent will be our rbs this year.
felix jones,peyton hillis,kahlil bell,brian leonard we are on a low budget.
Except for Sjax, none of these guys interest me. And even Sjax is a huge risk at this stage of his career.
Powell and a mid round pick is the way to go.
Mendenhall is an intriguing prospect.
You can't be serious.
This draft is very deep at RB, Lacey is not far off from Trent Richardson fro last year's crop. Montee Ball probably came out a year too late, would have been a first round pick last year. Benard from Carolina has a lot of talent.
I will say that is a rather lengthy FA RB list.
I do like Mendenhall, Jones, and Stephens-Howling from the list, Mendenhall is probably a better fit with Powell and McKnight, Jones and Stephens-Howling are probably redundant to both of our players.
I think Jets take a RB in this draft, and Lacey is not out of the question at 9, but I can see Ball, Benard, and Taylor being targets.
Honestly, I don't believe any money should be wasted on any of these RBs.
Draft one and go from there. We need so much, we can't afford anybody's garbage right now.
Don't want any of these guys.
Give me someone like Taylor, Ball, or Randle in the 2nd or 3rd round.
Lacy, Ball, Taylor, Lattimore
Rainey is a bad apple. This team doesn't need any more bad guys. Not only is he a bad guy, he isn't very good, or Pitt wouldn't release him. Cant say they just cut him based off his off the field antics..they kept Roethlisberger after-all.
the longer the last name, the more i want him
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AUGUSTA, Maine - The 2004 presidential election may seem like ancient political history to many by now.
But if former candidate Ralph Nader has his way, some of the nasty, behind-the-scenes campaign tactics in the 2004 race for the White House will be re-aired later this year in, of all places, a courthouse in rural Washington County, Maine.
Nader has filed a lawsuit in Washington County against the Democratic National Committee and its former leaders, the Maine Democratic Party, the Kerry-Edwards campaign and others alleging the defendants used illegal and malicious tactics to attempt to keep Nader off the ballot in Maine and more than a dozen other states.
The court filing in late November - more than five years after the 2004 election - begs two important questions.
First, why now?
Second, why Maine? And more specifically, why Washington County, the easternmost county in the U.S. and also one of the most sparsely populated in the Northeast?
Nader attorneys said the answers to those two questions are actually related.
The longtime consumer advocate and political crusader first filed in a Washington, D.C., court in 2007, but the case was dismissed because the three-year statute of limitations had expired. The court indicated that the case could have merits, according to attorney Oliver Hall.
The legal window to file complaints in Maine is 6 years. And Maine was one of the places where Nader alleges Democratic party officials actively worked to keep his name off the ballot.
Nader appears to have chosen Washington County Superior Court for a venue because two of his electors in the state - Nancy Oden and J. Noble Snowdeal, both of Jonesboro - are county residents. A third plaintiff, Rosemary Whittaker, lives in South Portland.
Asked about the delay, Hall said it simply took time to put together a case involving so many people working against Nader in at least 17 states plus the District of Columbia. The Maine case is the first filed in a state court, although others could follow, he said.
"No candidate has ever faced the type of coordinated, nationwide effort to prevent him from running for political office as Ralph Nader did in 2004," Hall said.
Arden Manning, executive director of the Maine Democratic Party, scoffed at the allegations of a nationwide, anti-Nader conspiracy. He also pointed out that while the lawsuit was filed in Maine, other states are featured much more prominently in the complaint.
Manning said it is legal in Maine and elsewhere to challenge petition signatures to get a candidate or an issue on the ballot.
"To argue that there was a vast conspiracy against Ralph Nader is laughable," said Manning, who did not work for the Maine Dems in 2004. "The truth is Ralph Nader lacked the support to qualify for the ballot" by substantial margins.
A spokesman for the Democratic National Committee said they had not yet received the lawsuit and could not comment.
In their complaint, Nader's attorneys allege that Democratic Party leaders "agreed and conspired to launch a nationwide assault of litigation that was unfounded and abusive, which would drain the candidate's campaign of time, money and other resources, in a deliberate attempt to use the sheer burden of litigation itself as a means to prevent the candidate from running for public office."
Twenty-four complaints were filed in state venues challenging Nader's paperwork to qualify for the ballot while five were filed with the Federal Election Commission.
The complaint alleges that the Democratic operatives were still bitter about Nader's role in Al Gore's hair-splitting loss to the Bush-Cheney ticket in 2000. Although Nader received less than 3 percent of the vote in 2000, many Democrats believe those votes would likely have otherwise gone to Gore had Nader not run on the Green Party ticket.
Democrats' legal maneuverings to block Nader were ultimately unsuccessful in most states, including Maine. But they succeeded in draining the Nader campaign of the time and money needed to gain ballot access in several states.
The complaint also charges that the defendants harmed Nader's professional reputation by falsely accusing him of fraud and damaged the structure under which third-party or independent candidates can run for president. The defendants are also accused of harassing or causing financial harm to Nader supporters, including those in Maine.
Although the lawsuit was filed with Washington County Superior Court in late November, the subpoenas have just been delivered to defendants in recent days because earlier copies were apparently lost in the mail, Hall said. Manning read the complaint for the first time on Wednesday.


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Nvidia's 'G80' to sport GigaThread, Quantum Effects technologies
The specifications of an upcoming Asus graphics card, the EN8800GTX, have been posted online to give a pretty good idea what Nvidia's upcoming GeForce 8800 GTX chip - aka 'G80' - will offer, including DirectX 10 Shader Model 4.0 support and Nvidia's Quantum Effects Technology.
The EN8800GTX is a two-slot card that requires a pair of extra power feeds, according to information posted on Chinese-language website MyChat. The report claims the card's 8800 GTX chip is clocked to 575MHz while the 768MB of GDDR 3 memory runs at 900MHz (1.8GHz effective). The memory connects across a 384-bit bus.
The board has s-video output and a pair of dual-link DVI port. There's no HDMI port, but the board is HDCP compliant, the report claims.
As expected the 8800 GTX GPU is based on a unified shader archicture. It incorporates what Nvidia will apparently call its GigaThread technology, suggesting numerous pixel processing pipelines.
The site suggests the 768MB board will retail for around $540, with a 640MB versio, the EN8800GTS coming in at $410.
There's no indication of availability, but Nvidia is expected to announce its G80 chip mid-November. ®


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Jennifer Lawrence Covers Time's 100 Influential People Issue
Jennifer Lawrence graces one of Time magazine's five covers highlighting the tenth annual Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world!
The 22-year-old actress was joined by Jay-Z, Rand Paul, Aamir Khan, Malala Yousafzai, and Elon Musk on the covers.
Also making the list were Beyonce, Lena Dunham, Christina Aguilera, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Scooter Braun, Mindy Kaling, Bryan Cranston, Frank Ocean, Steven Spielberg, Justin Timberlake, and Daniel Day Lewis, among many others.
"You'll remember where you were when you first felt it, how you were stuck to one spot like a small animal considering its end," Jodie Foster wrote of Jennifer for the magazine. "The Jennifer Lawrence Stare. It cuts a searing swath in your gut. A reckoning. I remember going to the cutting rooms of Winter's Bone. I thought, Sure, this girl can act. But, man, this girl can also just be."
For the complete list, visit Time.com!


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The news over the last few days was so depressing I could barely turn on a cable news station much less post. On top of that a friend I've known for decades, a bright, lovable, Texas good old boy with a heart of gold got depressed out of the blue a few months ago. He sank deeper and deeper into the abyss, despite his family's wealth and the treatment it afforded, and despite having friends and family around keeping him company. But it's not possible to watch someone 24/7 for weeks on end, he was left alone for a few minutes, he got into a safe — one we didn't think he knew the combo to — where all the guns had been hidden away and killed himself, leaving us all in shock. One of the things he got obsessed with near the end as his symptom progressed and various drug regimens were turned on and off — was the fear of being committed.
Words is the CT shooter Adam Lanza may have also been terrified of being in a full treatment facility. Some are speculating that's what set him off on his deadly rampage:
HuffPo — Nancy Lanza, the mother of the Sandy Hook shooter, was in the process of having her son committed to a psychiatric facility when he went on the mass shooting spree, a lifelong family acquaintance told Fox News.
A senior law enforcement official also confirmed that 20-year-old Lanza's anger over his mother's plan is being investigated as a possible motive for the Newtown shooting.
"From what I've been told, Adam was aware of her petitioning the court for conservatorship and (her) plans to have him committed," said Joshua Flashman, 25, who grew up not far from where the shooting took place. "Adam was apparently very upset about this. He thought she just wanted to send him away. From what I understand, he was really, really angry. I think this could have been it, what set him.


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Reviewed by Nastasia R. (age 8)
I think these tide pool creatures are really creepy. You will like this book because I liked it a lot. This story is about sea creatures that live in tide polis. Some tide pool creatures are related to each other. Some are colorful and look like beautiful flowers, but are very dangerous.
I liked this book a lot because I have a fish tank at home. They look like the fish at home. The fish at home are full of colors. If you like fish, you will like this book.


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The Next Target: Cancer
For scientists to improve cancer treatments with targeted therapeutic drugs, they need to be able to see proteins prevalent in the cancer cells. This has been impossible, until now. Thanks to a new microscopy technique, University of Akron researcher Dr. Adam Smith, assistant professor of chemistry, has observed how clusters of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) -- a protein abundant in lung and colon cancers, glioblastoma and others -- malfunctions in cancer cells. "We can directly observe protein clusters, in a living cell membrane, that are invisible to traditional methods. This opens up the possibility to directly measure the effect of drugs on the target proteins," Smith says.
Smith's work lies at the heart of current-day cancer research, which focuses on developing targeted drugs that kill cancer cells without the collateral damage associated with traditional treatments like chemotherapy.
Specifically, Smith used a cutting-edge photon-counting technique, which enables scientists to measure the cluster size of EGFR proteins. The technique represents a significant advancement from studying the cultures with a traditional microscope, which cannot visually capture objects as small as the EGFR clusters, according to Smith, a lead author of "Conformational Coupling across the Plasma Membrane in Activation of the EGF Receptor," published in the Jan. 31 issue of the journal Cell, which highlights the technique.
"Another difficulty with studying EGFR is that it's located in the cell membrane, which can be thought of as a fence line that defines the cell boundary, but in reality it is more like an untamed hedge row," says Smith, explaining how the new laser-based microscope technique overcomes that obstacle and allows scientists to study, in real time, how EGFR works in healthy cells and also how it malfunctions in cancer cells.
Smith's subsequent work studying the interaction of drugs with the targeted EGFR "will significantly improve drug discovery, which too often relies on indirect measure of efficacy," he says.
Partners in Smith's research include scientists from the University of California, Berkeley, and Columbia University. The National Cancer Institute, Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the U.S. Department of Energy provided funding for this research.


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Staying Home
Meeting the Needs of a Baby with Health and Developmental Issues
From New Beginnings, Vol. 26 No. 1, 2009, pp. 28-30
"Staying Home" is a regular feature of the magazine New Beginnings, published bimonthly by La Leche League International. In this column, suggestions are offered by readers of New Beginnings to help parents who choose to stay at home with their children. Various points of view are presented. Not all of the information may be pertinent to your family's life-style. This information is general in nature, and not intended to be advice, medical or otherwise.
Mother's Situation
Our family is reeling from the shock and adjustment to our dreams at the news that my baby will be born with serious health and developmental issues. We have many questions, among them, will we be able to care for her as we've cared for our previous children? Will she be able to breastfeed? Will we be able to meet her needs in our home? We would greatly appreciate any ideas other parents of challenged children would be willing to share with us.
Mother's Response
The excitement of bringing home a new baby can be met with mixed feelings when a couple finds out that the baby will be born with health problems. You may be feeling worried, anxious, overwhelmed, and disappointed while at the same time happy that you will have a new baby in your arms very soon.
Many mothers of special needs babies find that being able to provide their baby with their milk is one of the most satisfying acts of love that only they can do for their baby. Preparation is the key to ensuring that your baby gets your milk whether it is from your breast or another way. Researching your baby's condition will help you determine if latching on will be possible. If it is not possible, then you will be able to work with the health care team to get your baby milk via pumping and/or using a supplemental nurser. It will be helpful to contact your local La Leche League Leader for support and up-to-date breastfeeding information pertaining to your baby's specific condition. Also, constant communication with the medical team about your plans to get your milk to your baby will be especially important. You may find it encouraging to seek out other mothers who have breastfed babies with the same condition (or other special needs).
Once the transition is made to home, feel free to continue using your La Leche League Leader for support. Delegating household tasks to close friends and family will allow you to focus solely on breastfeeding your newborn. Keeping a list of what needs to be done in the home is helpful when visitors ask, "What can I do to help?" Then, you can point to the list and let them choose between cooking a quick meal, doing dishes, or scrubbing toilets.
Soon you will be holding your new baby in your arms. Know that you will be doing your best in a difficult situation, and that the love you have for your baby as a mother is the best medicine of all!
Katelin Brunson-Hutto
Winfield, KS, USA
Mother's Response
It is not easy to hear the news that your baby will have special health needs and developmental challenges. When the midwife told me that she thought our daughter had Down Syndrome, I remember thinking, "This is what it feels like when your heart breaks."
She was my beautiful daughter and I loved her fiercely, but I did not know how I was going to be her mother. Health care professionals, developmental specialists, and lactation consultants can help with the practical questions about feeding and caring for your child, and a La Leche League Group can be a wonderful source of support for breastfeeding and mothering. Just as important is meeting families of other children with special needs. The parents of a child just a year or two older than yours will have lots of parenting wisdom to share, along with practical advice and knowledge of programs and services in your community. There are parent support groups for many kinds of disabilities. Your health care provider may be able to refer you to a group, or you can search the Internet for information about support in your community, or for an online group.
The best piece of information I got during that first year came from another mother of a child with Down Syndrome who belonged to my church. She called to talk with me when my daughter was a few months old, and I asked her when things would start to get better. (What I really meant was when would I stop feeling so overwhelmed that I cried every day when I got in the shower.) She said, "The first year is the hardest" and assured me that I would feel better as the months went by. She was right. I tried to focus on what needed to be done from week to week and month to month, and by Eliza's first birthday I felt that we had come a long way, and I was happier and more confident about being her mom.
My daughter, Eliza, is 18 now. One of the best things about having her in our family has been all the wonderful people we have met because of her -- parents of other special needs children and teenagers, their dedicated teachers, and the children themselves.
Gwen Gotsch
Mother's Response
I hesitated to respond since I have no personal experience with your specific situation. However, I'd like to share a bit about my co-Leader, Marcia, who does. Marcia and her husband, Allen, are the parents of three grown children. Their middle child is a daughter, Karen, age 31, who was born with spina bifida. I have had the privilege of knowing Marcia for almost 11 years now, and have been continually inspired by her dedication to her family, LLL, and Karen.
They have cared for Karen in their home since she was born. She was unable to breastfeed, but Marcia was determined to provide her with her milk. With routine pumping, she was able to do so for many months. She credits her ability to do so at least in part to the love and support she received from her friends in La Leche League. So if you haven't yet found a local Group, get to know them soon! And whether from friends at LLL or elsewhere, accept help when it's offered, and don't be afraid to ask for it -- many times people want to help, but don't know how.
Marcia has several wise sayings that she says she's picked up from La Leche League friends over the years, including "Family first," "People before things," and "Always be an advocate for your child." Her life is a demonstration of these priorities.
It is always hard to have to release a dream when reality is not what we planned. When your daughter is born, you will begin getting to know her and her unique needs, characteristics, and temperament. We all make this adjustment from "imagined baby" to "real baby" to a degree, each time a baby is born. May you find the strength, wisdom, and support you need to meet this extra challenge.
Cheryl Peachey Stoner
Hesston, KS, USA
Mother's Response
Congratulations on the upcoming birth of your daughter! Having a prenatal diagnosis can give you time to prepare for her arrival and early needs. We found out after my second son was born that he has Down Syndrome. Once we had his diagnosis, we were better able to address his needs. The first and most important thing we learned is that a special needs child is a child first and has the primary needs that all children have: food, shelter, and love. We were certain we could meet those needs, just as we had with our first child.
Each child's special needs are unique, but most can be cared for primarily as you would any child. You should seek immediate assistance from an LLL Leader or lactation consultant to assist you in your goals of breastfeeding. They can help you with latch-on and feeding issues and, most importantly, offer the support and positive encouragement you may need. If your baby has health concerns that prohibit early breastfeeding, you can express your milk for feedings via other means and establish a milk supply until your baby is ready to nurse.
Due to low muscle tone caused by Down Syndrome, my son had difficulties nursing at first. I expressed my milk to feed him until he was able to breastfeed. Once he was able to do so, he continued on through infancy and follows his own path to weaning. Low muscle tone was also to blame for acid reflux, and babywearing, which we had done with our older child, was a wonderful solution for helping him keep his feeds down. We had to keep him upright after feedings, so sleep sharing while holding him in a reclined upright position was another way to meet his needs, maintain the family bonding we enjoyed, and get our rest. We absolutely have been able to parent him as we had our older child.
As my son has grown, our family has continued to grow and adapt to meet his needs. We have learned so much from him and our experience as his parents.
Deborah Minner
Hutchinson, KS, USA