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'does she have downs?'

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misdee · 08/02/2006 18:07

something that has been said about dd2 before now. i dunno, does she? i dont think so, but she does have a bit of a 'look' about her. i dont think she looks like she has DS, but there is soemthing 'otherworldly' (lol, no other way to describe it, not i na bad way either) about her. she looks like me, but not really IYKWIM. i am trying hard to word this so as not to be insenstive, but its hard. i dont mean to be honest. just finding it hard.

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Enid · 08/02/2006 18:08

haven't we discussed epicanthal folds before misdee? (my dd1 had them quite prominently and my MIL admitted that she was convinced dd1 was downs for ages)

spursmum · 08/02/2006 18:09

She's fine, stop worrying! She's soooooo cute!

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misdee · 08/02/2006 18:09

yes we have. its just playing on my mind lately. her folds are very prominent, more so as she gets older.

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Enid · 08/02/2006 18:10

how old is she?

dd1 still has them (she is 6) but they are much less noticeable

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misdee · 08/02/2006 18:10

lol, she can be cute. atm she is a monster. she is growling at dd1. i can hear her.

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misdee · 08/02/2006 18:10

3years old.

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Enid · 08/02/2006 18:11

shall I post that pic of my dd at 3?

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misdee · 08/02/2006 18:12

go on. i have found one of dd2 here not a good one, but cute for spursmum

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misdee · 08/02/2006 18:13

i know i'm being silly. she has been ill lately and tired. makes her look really bad. plus her bruised and cut face is making me feel like a bad mum (fell over loads last week, and tumbled off my bed yesterday)

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Enid · 08/02/2006 18:13

she is so cute

look I will post that pic of dd1

sorry to say that I think she really does look as though she may have downs

but she doesnt

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misdee · 08/02/2006 18:15

she does doesnt she? not me being paranoid. tho do i have mumsnet permission to tell people to f off if needed?

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spursmum · 08/02/2006 18:15

Another to add to the collection of the cute ones I have!!

spursmum · 08/02/2006 18:16

Since when did you need permission ever?

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misdee · 08/02/2006 18:18

i quite like this one

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foxinsocks · 08/02/2006 18:18

some people have those folds and it means nothing

Dd has those folds very prominently - I never knew that there was actually a term for them until I came on mumsnet! Dd also has a very round face like your dd (perhaps it's more common in rotund faced children)

spursmum · 08/02/2006 18:20

I like this one so fabulous!

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misdee · 08/02/2006 18:22

hehe.

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foxinsocks · 08/02/2006 18:23

they are very cute - if that is you in one of the pics, your kids (especially your eldest) have a lot of you in them

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misdee · 08/02/2006 18:23

i know that these folds may mean nothing, but with her hypotonia and AS tendancies,i am beginning to wonder more.

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Enid · 08/02/2006 18:23

there you go

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misdee · 08/02/2006 18:24

thats me just after i had given birth to dd3. dont i look fab lol.

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Blandmum · 08/02/2006 18:25

My mil thought that dh might have downs as he had the fold, and also his tongue was very large

mazzystar · 08/02/2006 18:28

misdee, you have really beautiful children

and no, i don't think she looks like she has down's AT ALL

spursmum · 08/02/2006 18:30

I think the same Mazzystar but I am biased!

geekgrrl · 08/02/2006 18:32

Awww misdee well first of all, she's a real cuite pie!!

for what it's worth, my dd with DS doesn't have them. When she was a baby you couldn't tell at all that she has DS, my midwife had a 'hunch' but all the nurses and paediatricians told her she was being paranoid.
I think you would have noticed by now - children with DS do have a noticable delay, how delayed is her development?
Of course it could be mosaicism - there are professors out there with mosaic DS!