Comments on: “Mongo . . . ? Huh. I Had NO IDEA! Really.”

By: cursingmama

cursingmama — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 13:21:00 +0000

Princess had/has spots too. Being a naieve white girl I had no idea what they were and thought that labor had been that hard on her. None of the hospital staff mentioned them…but they looked so painful I was scared to burp her. Thankfully when I took her in to her 2 week check & worried about the bruising not going away our Ped knew what they were - took photos to document them advised us to tell people about them.
10 years later they’re almost 100% cleared up - and only I really know where they were anymore.

By: suz

suz — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 11:42:00 +0000

Er, and the things people take pictures of and WANT TO TALK ABOUT WITH THE PHOTO STAFF are not speakable in polite company. Really. Amazing. (If you put five or more guys in a room with more than one beer apiece and a camera there will be photos of private parts.)

By: suz

suz — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 11:38:00 +0000

I was a photo person at a pro lab for a while. We only looked at photos to check for quality control, and as we dealt with artists and pros we printed everything and minded our own business. Official policy was to give anything that looked suspicious to the owner and he’d contact authorities or not.

In six years my manager had never seen anything suspicious. Anything that actually looked like child abuse would have been reported immediately.

Supermarkets and drugstores and etc usually will not print any nudity and (largely untrained and uninformed) staff makes the call, which wastes a lot of time for social workers and freaks out a lot of parents.

Beautiful photo, btw.

By: Valerie

Valerie — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 08:39:00 +0000

T has pots on his bum too. Daddy had never heard of them and when he was born said OMG look at the bruises on his butt. Thankfully they are starting to fade a bit. Love your pic!

By: sweetisu

sweetisu — Sun, 31 Jul 2005 23:47:00 +0000

Amie - that’s crazy about the child being taken away. I would have been SO furious!

Dee - thanks!! That was a studio pix, so it’s not entirely “real life” me.

JenP - yea.. photo people. In a way it’s good they’re looking out for these sort of things, but *why* would a real abuser take pictures to be publicly developed??! Doh.

By: Jen P

Jen P — Sat, 30 Jul 2005 22:06:00 +0000

I read about them ages ago and have seen some kids in town with them but truly never suspected anything different.

To me, abuse marks looks totally different, but I guess to some people they could look suspicious.

But photo people!? Seriously.

Hope you’re doing well and the little one continues to thrive!!

By: Dee

Dee — Sat, 30 Jul 2005 20:42:00 +0000

Just thought I’d let you know that I came by to catch up and to take a look at your picture–you’re gorgeous BTW.
And I can’t believe you’ve got only 37 days to go to meet that baby girl–the time flew by!

P.S. I like your perspective on Mongolian Spots for your girl–incentive for her to never wear a bikini indeed! Yep, as the mother of a baby girl myself, these are issues I’m already dreading. But all we can do is raise them to make the right decisions and hope they do so…and be there to help them make it through the good and bad.

By: Amie

Amie — Sat, 30 Jul 2005 16:56:00 +0000

I just read a magazine article about this. In that case the parents actually had their child taken away and didn’t get him back until the police talked to his pediatrician. Maybe this needs to be covered in whatever classes social workers take?