16 October, 2009

Beyone Due Dates: How Late is too Late?

"Once our children are born, it seems we have infinite patience for the great diversity and variety of growth and development among them. One gets teeth at this age, another a month later. My first walked at 9 months, my 2nd at a year and so on. We even seem to take it all in stride that one baby weighs in at 6 lbs. 7 ounces while another at 9 lbs. 2 ounces. Why then are we so quick to believe that millions of babies will somehow, magically be ready to be born at precisely the same time in their gestation?"

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