So we ran this story today...

...about the relationship between birth weight and autism:

"Low birth weight may be linked to autism.

Doctors with the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention studied the birth records of more that 550 children with autism and compared them with a control group of children.

Babies born before 33 week gestation who weighed less than five and a half pounds had a two-fold risk for autism.

The risk was higher for low birth weight girls than boys." (This was the actual script).

"Big Stuff" was a week over due and you'd think that he would have been huge by then, but he was only a little over 6 and 1/2 lbs. at 41 weeks! "Little Bit" was early by 2 weeks when she was born she was WELL OVER 7 and 1/2 lbs. (and I gained less weight with her!) Now I realize that neither of my children were premature by any standard ("Little Bit" born at 38 weeks so technically that's full term), but it just made me wonder if there is something to this study.

Forgive me...I just babbling on...no real thought went into this post if you didn't notice.

So we ran this story today...

http://andthisismypart.blogspot.com/2008/06/so-we-ran-this-story-today.html