Baby born with 12 fingers, 12 toes...all fully formed and functioning!

[ASTalumna06]

The kid can play drums. He'll never drop the sticks.

He can learn to type on his own. As I did. In this day and age, kids are on the computer when they're 4 years old. I'm sure that by the time he'll really need to use a computer, he'll be fine.

If people stare, that's their problem. I have so many little weird things about me that are different, but honestly, I love it. For instance, the pinky toe on my left foot basically sits on top of the other toe next to it. When I wear sandals, people ask about it, and I have some people stare at it. My friends will even bring it up and have me show people. Who cares?

If they're functioning fingers and toes, I say leave them. If the kid is really that upset and bothered by them, can he have them removed later? Because I would suggest going that route.

[BabyPiNK_FL]

I say leave them for right now. Only because the finger they would end up cutting off looks like a pinky, but the next smallest one does not. Plus, I've never seen a seamless extra finger removal, there is always a bony bump and scar (my cousin also had an additional finger on her hand). He's super cute and the little toesy are adorable. It only sucks that it would probably be easier to remove them now.

Well...after I think about it, I'd probably remove the extra toes (for comforts sake w/ shoes and all) but leave the fingers. And also because if he did want to remove them later, it could potentially that cause problems with walking and all, no?

[HotDamnImAPhiMu]

Originally Posted by BabyPiNK_FL

And also because if he did want to remove them later, it could potentially that cause problems with walking and all, no?

See, now I was thinking he'd have problems walking if they DIDN'T remove the toe.

All this talk makes me glad I'm not his parents and don't have to make this decision. Sometimes I'm really glad I don't have kids because the decisions you have to make can be so powerful. And it starts right away (with boys, you have to decide about circumcision).

You GC'ers who are parents... I'm a little bit in awe.

[IlovemyAKA]

Originally Posted by preciousjeni

I type fast, but it's from memory...sorta. I can only type quickly the words I know how to spell. When I'm copying a document, if I get to a word for which I'm not confident on the spelling, I slow down a little to make sure it's right.

That sounds like me. We began learning keyboarding in elementary. That's when we learned the home row keys & whatnot. I remember being in a junior/senior split computer apps class my senior year. I was typing, and this chick was amazed that I could type without looking at the keyboard. I was amazed that we grew up in the same school disctrict, and she could only hunt and peck.