tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1665234671536662968.post4820089310825057145..comments2023-06-26T08:43:42.640-04:00Comments on The Bates Motel: Day 21: Okay, Here are a Few More (Unusual) Myths for Ya...Beccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14963099760885760598noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1665234671536662968.post-77050294433599319232010-11-18T23:47:56.420-05:002010-11-18T23:47:56.420-05:00This is very interesting! Claire has fine straigh...This is very interesting! Claire has fine straight hair, but so do I. Mine didn't get curly til high school, and now is just wavy. But hubby and I were both blonder as kids than C is. <br /><br />Hubby has blue eyes, and mine are green/hazel so C's blue eyes don't surprise me. But, of the 4 kids (not counting Claire) in our Ds group, 2 of them are lefties...Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06474584473012742915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1665234671536662968.post-68672225642953345582010-10-27T20:37:51.020-04:002010-10-27T20:37:51.020-04:00Funny! My daughter has both curly hair and brown e...Funny! My daughter has both curly hair and brown eyes, but she is of a mixed race. Her hair is pretty thin though. Another misconception is that you have to have 47 chromosomes if you have down syndrome, and my little princess only has 46. <br />I like your blog by the way! Your daughter is gorgeous!Shawndi84https://www.blogger.com/profile/18063879850808277109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1665234671536662968.post-26843517230554297722010-10-22T00:19:44.479-04:002010-10-22T00:19:44.479-04:00Although it is a common characteristic that people...Although it is a common characteristic that people with Ds have straight and often thinner hair, it is not always the case. Just like not all have webbed toes (Peanut does not) and I have seen many children with curly, wavy and/or thick hair. Peanut has straight hair but so do her sisters and me. Dad's is wavy.<br /><br />As for the eyes, that 6th grade science we learned has now been determined to be wrong! I met a woman once that had a child with blue eyes and she and her husband had brown eyes. Said to be impossible according to our science class. But now they've found that it does happen. How many women have been accused of cheating based on that! Ha! As for Peanut, she has weird eyes. Pretty, but some days I would call them blue and some days a kind of green. It seems to depend on the lighting. All my girls (and hubby) have blue eyes but all different shades. Mine are brown.Debbie @ Three Weddingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11778199494515694006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1665234671536662968.post-85009293983180849202010-10-21T19:51:15.652-04:002010-10-21T19:51:15.652-04:00Nathan's eyes are WAY bluer than mine, and bri...Nathan's eyes are WAY bluer than mine, and brighter blue than his dad's too. We're a blue eyed family, but his are striking. And he does have straight hair although it's the color of his dad's curly hair when his dad was a kid.Nathan'smamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04985377905580617626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1665234671536662968.post-57804884124229200702010-10-21T19:35:28.827-04:002010-10-21T19:35:28.827-04:00Seriously? I just did a long comment but it is go...Seriously? I just did a long comment but it is gone....<br /><br />I agree witht the straight hair thing. Ella has straight straight hair, it is fine but she has a lot of it. My hair is super curly so I always dreamed of having a little girl with hair like mine... I think there is something to the blond thing too. There are lots of kiddos with blond hair! Hunter and I both have dark red hair.<br /><br />Blue eyes....my husband, myself, Hunter and Ella all have blue eyes. I'm pretty sure Ella was destined to have them : )<br /><br />Oh yeah Ella is strictly a righty. Her left side is considerably weaker throughout her whole body.Kacey Bodehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00416383186475328888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1665234671536662968.post-79613945480278120982010-10-21T19:26:12.934-04:002010-10-21T19:26:12.934-04:00Interesting. Four out of five of us have brown ey...Interesting. Four out of five of us have brown eyes here, one has blue, and it's not Shawen. So, not sure about that. All of our hair is pretty straight. His is about the same as everyone else's. That said, I can't remember seeing anyone with really curly hair who has DS. Shawen's hair started out pretty thin and wispy, but it's about the same as everyone else's now.Tamarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04624151975591059655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1665234671536662968.post-462757358567178082010-10-21T17:09:41.775-04:002010-10-21T17:09:41.775-04:00Interesting post...I have heard the thing about th...Interesting post...I have heard the thing about the hair...that kids with Ds usually have very fine, straight hair...But my hair is VERY fine and straight so thats probably why most of my kids hair is the same way, including Russells...But now that I think of it, I have yet to see a child with Ds with curly hair...interesting!JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16040699928110444013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1665234671536662968.post-28216080844552577402010-10-21T16:50:59.706-04:002010-10-21T16:50:59.706-04:00Thank you all for not making me feel like I was to...Thank you all for not making me feel like I was totally off my rocker for posting this. LOL <br /><br />And about being a lefty...Samantha's pretty much ambidextrous at the moment, able to use right and left interchangeably. We've been encouraging the right, but for some things she definitely favors her left (like leading with her left foot to go up stairs). She's a little bit better at using her right hand for stuff, so when she starts to use her left to draw or eat, I'll ask her to switch hands, which she does readily, and things are a little bit easier for her to control.Beccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14963099760885760598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1665234671536662968.post-45155398919175383212010-10-21T14:42:55.781-04:002010-10-21T14:42:55.781-04:00I met a little girl at NDSC this summer who had cu...I met a little girl at NDSC this summer who had curly hair. She was with her grandparents. When I said, "Wow, she has beautiful hair," Grandma replied, "Yes, I've heard the curls are most unusual."<br /><br />About the eyes... Micah has two brothers, both of whom have GORGEOUS blue eyes (like my dad's) and brown hair (like my husband's). Micah, however, does not. His eyes are hazel, like my husband's, and he has blondish hair, like mine (well, like it was BEFORE my last child, but that's a completely separate topic). :-)<br /><br />I'm wondering about the southpaw thing too. Micah seems to be leaning lefty, which is ironic, because I was happy when he was born that his hand deformity (amniotic banding syndrome) is on his left hand.Jenniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06617791426447246761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1665234671536662968.post-55950729106511459712010-10-21T11:47:06.083-04:002010-10-21T11:47:06.083-04:00Yes, I have heard the blonde, straight hair and bl...Yes, I have heard the blonde, straight hair and blue eye myth. Funny thing... I have 3 boys. 2 have fine blonde hair with striking blue eyes and Sam, my chromosomally enhanced wonderboy, has super thick dark hair and dark brown eyes. Go figure.raehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03787907076803945372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1665234671536662968.post-55822819563506327912010-10-21T11:33:23.625-04:002010-10-21T11:33:23.625-04:00I'm with you on the blue eyes! as a mother of ...I'm with you on the blue eyes! as a mother of five plus a bonus step daughter all with gorgeous and different shades of BROWN eyes. Here comes Miss E with the sparkling blue!<br /><br />And to top it she's my only south paw! Taking after mom! Wonder what the stats are on Ds kids being lefties???Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10792117187001612101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1665234671536662968.post-36500703258117695912010-10-21T09:21:59.514-04:002010-10-21T09:21:59.514-04:00The Straight hair thing is not a myth I believe. N...The Straight hair thing is not a myth I believe. Navya's hair is also super straight and silky.<br />Nobody in our family has such silky straight hair. <br />Cant comment on the Blue color.. I have never seen an Indian with Blue eyes. :)Pallavihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09559697291093511944noreply@blogger.com