Was Trig Palin drugged?

re: The very mellow Republican 4 month old

OldSchoolMom — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:53:32 GMT

If the shoe were on the other foot, and Obama had some baby-daddy at the conventions, the Republicans would have had a field day. But it's ok because Palin is their golden gal. I didn't have that much of a problem with the kids, but the baby-daddy was a bit much.

re: The very mellow Republican 4 month old

ShaLO — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:51:17 GMT

My daughter is a year now and goes to bed between 9pm-9:30pm. We keep trying to get her down earlier, but she is resistant. She did go to sleep between 7-8 when she was 4-6 months, though. I know one thing for sure: if I had had her in front of a crowd like that she would have gone BUCK WILD...screaming, crying, the whole nine yards. Large groups of people have always freaked her out. It was hard enough keeping her calm at her first birthday party when we all crowded around her to sing. She basically lost her sh*t.

re: The very mellow Republican 4 month old

km — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 02:45:40 GMT

My son is one day younger than Trig, and he really is that mellow. We were actually just discussing yesterday how much our little guy sleeps--more than I remember his brothers sleeping. That being said, I usually have him in bed around 7.

As far as the Obama children being props: yeah, they are.

I think the better question is: why are the pregnant daughter and her baby-daddy at the convention instead of starting school? C'mon, doesn't Bristol have a ton of work to make up from last year when she had "mono"? At this rate, she's never going to graduate high school...

re: The very mellow Republican 4 month old

Laundry & Children — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:40:45 GMT

Did anyone make a fuss when Barack Obama's two young girls stayed up to watch their mom's speech? Did you call them props when they oh so cutely waved to daddy via a video monitor? Watch out for the double standard, it'll get you every time.

re: The very mellow Republican 4 month old

Mike Adamick (Cry It Out!) — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:56:20 GMT

Also, it's tough to attack community organizers all day. He's probably just exhausted.

re: The very mellow Republican 4 month old

Em — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:45:55 GMT

Technically, the convention was over before 11:00, since they were in St. Paul.

My son usually goes to bed by 10. I have sanity left because I work all day, don't see him until about 7, and then usually stay up until 1 or so. All of us run on late schedules. :)

re: The very mellow Republican 4 month old

ticktock — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:28:23 GMT

Good lord! The convention wasn't over until after 11pm. My baby goes to bed between 7pm and 8pm.

I don't think you're a bad parent for letting your kid stay up late, but HOW DO YOU HAVE ANY SANITY LEFT? Don't you need some "me" time. When do you have sex? 3am?

re: The very mellow Republican 4 month old

chyna823 — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:18:04 GMT

My niece is 9 months old and she has always been a mellow baby. She'd have no problem chilling at a political convention. My brother (her dad) was exactly the same way when he was little--fell asleep on a moving speedboat once.

re: The very mellow Republican 4 month old

Samantha — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:38:19 GMT

It was a little before that age, maybe around 3 months, when my daughter stopped just zonking entirely out in noisy places and started getting perturbed. The pediatrician said it was a way of blocking out stimuli she couldn't quite deal with yet. So maybe since the baby is possibly developmentally delayed he's still doing that?

re: The very mellow Republican 4 month old

dcfullest — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:29:11 GMT

I had a friend whose daughter was mentally challenged and she said one of the first ways they knew something was wrong was that her daughter slept all the time. They had to wake her up to do anything-- eat, change her diaper, etc. I wonder if it is a characteristic of children with Downs?

re: The very mellow Republican 4 month old

Em — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:23:19 GMT

When my now 8-month-old was 4 months, he really was that mellow. Of course, sometimes he would get cranky, but it had nothing to do with sound or excitement. Usually we had no idea what it was about. :)

And as far as being in bed at that time... my son never was/is either. But then again, I'm a bad parent.

re: The very mellow Republican 4 month old

Cassie — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 18:32:21 GMT

All my mom friends says he is drugged too. Benadryl. Not good for heart babies though. He is a prop. A good parent would have that baby home in bed at that time of night, his 6 year old sister too. But props are needed for mommmys' high paying gig.