PICTURE POST II! - Page 80

Mr. Laser Beam · January 9 2013, 11:11 PM

iguana_tonante wrote:

Actually, if I understand it correctly, newborns are rather durable. They just squeezed through an opening slightly smaller than their head, at an angle, and twisting all the way through. They ought to be pretty resilient. And looking at the way obstetricians handle them, you'll think they're made of rubber!

I remember being told once that a newborn baby's head must be handled with extreme care because the skull is not yet fully formed.

Also I forgot to ask my brother if there was a machine that goes PING!!! in the room when Harper was born.

iguana_tonante · January 10 2013, 02:11 AM

While it's true that the bone plates in a newborn's skull are not yet fully fused (creating fontanels or "soft spots", which allow the head to squeeze through the birth canal), they are covered by a membrane that is anything but "soft", and in healthy babies they are extremely unlikely to be injured during normal handling of the baby.

I've become quite the fountain of knowledge in neonatal care recently.

Tom Hendricks · January 10 2013, 02:16 AM

I ment to post this a while back, every year for Christmas my wife gets me a geeky gift. Last year it was a Star Wars pop up book. This year its the Star Trek: TNG 365 book. While I haven't cracked it yet, I'm really looking forward to doing so.

RoJoHen · January 10 2013, 11:26 AM

Beard Tracker: Day 111

I am starting to lose control.

cooleddie74 · January 10 2013, 12:03 PM

If that gets any thicker you're going to start writing manifestos and building a survivalist shack in the woods of Idaho.

RoJoHen · January 10 2013, 12:13 PM

Still got 2.5 months to go.

Mr. Laser Beam · January 10 2013, 12:55 PM

cooleddie74 wrote:

If that gets any thicker you're going to start writing manifestos and building a survivalist shack in the woods of Idaho.

I think he's going to start wearing flannel shirts and advising people to keep their stick on the ice.

teacake · January 10 2013, 12:57 PM

RoJoHen wrote:

Beard Tracker: Day 111

I am starting to lose control.

Okay you're heading to shed territory now.

I hope you have some yellow lined paper.

Mr. Laser Beam · January 10 2013, 01:02 PM

He may have to grow a mohawk on the top of his head to match the beard below it.

Cause he's BLACK OPS.

J. Allen · January 10 2013, 07:37 PM

I call that beard "The Zangief".

RoJoHen · January 10 2013, 08:29 PM

J. Allen wrote:

I call that beard "The Zangief".

I call him Henry.

ShamelessMcBundy · January 10 2013, 09:11 PM

What other parts of your body have you nicknamed?

thestrangequark · January 10 2013, 09:32 PM

My sister is knitting me a new sweater. Here is the test swatch.

ShamelessMcBundy · January 10 2013, 09:36 PM

She's knitting you Wesley Crusher's sweater?

thestrangequark · January 10 2013, 09:38 PM

^Yep. Minus the tacky collar and fitted for a girl.

January 10 2013, 02:11 AM	#1187
iguana_tonante Admiral Location: Italy, EU	Re: PICTURE POST II! While it's true that the bone plates in a newborn's skull are not yet fully fused (creating fontanels or "soft spots", which allow the head to squeeze through the birth canal), they are covered by a membrane that is anything but "soft", and in healthy babies they are extremely unlikely to be injured during normal handling of the baby. I've become quite the fountain of knowledge in neonatal care recently. __________________ Scientist. Gentleman. Teacher. Fighter. Lover. Father.

January 10 2013, 02:16 AM	#1188
Tom Hendricks Muad'Dib Location: Syracuse, NY	Re: PICTURE POST II! I ment to post this a while back, every year for Christmas my wife gets me a geeky gift. Last year it was a Star Wars pop up book. This year its the Star Trek: TNG 365 book. While I haven't cracked it yet, I'm really looking forward to doing so. __________________ You find the truth of yourself on the battlefield. Of course I'm a creationist. I believe man created god.

January 10 2013, 11:26 AM	#1189
RoJoHen Awesome Location: Wherever life takes me	Re: PICTURE POST II! Beard Tracker: Day 111 I am starting to lose control. __________________ I am the Quintessential Admiral. Get ready to grow your EQUINOX BEARD!

January 10 2013, 12:03 PM	#1190
cooleddie74 Fleet Admiral Location: The Warped Sector of the Demented Quadrant	Re: PICTURE POST II! If that gets any thicker you're going to start writing manifestos and building a survivalist shack in the woods of Idaho. __________________ You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice. -Katharine Hepburn

January 10 2013, 12:13 PM	#1191
RoJoHen Awesome Location: Wherever life takes me	Re: PICTURE POST II! Still got 2.5 months to go. __________________ I am the Quintessential Admiral. Get ready to grow your EQUINOX BEARD!

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January 10 2013, 01:02 PM	#1194
Mr. Laser Beam Fleet Admiral Location: The visitor's bullpen	Re: PICTURE POST II! He may have to grow a mohawk on the top of his head to match the beard below it. Cause he's BLACK OPS. __________________ It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the beans of Java that thoughts acquire speed, the hands acquire shakes, the shakes become a warning. It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion.

January 10 2013, 07:37 PM	#1195
J. Allen Professional Enabler Location: A Quantum State	Re: PICTURE POST II! I call that beard "The Zangief". __________________ The most horrible suffering one can bring upon another person in dire need, is that of indifference. With love, you try to uplift their life. With hatred, you seek to end that life. With indifference, however, you seek merely to render it inconsequential.

January 10 2013, 09:11 PM	#1197
ShamelessMcBundy Fleet Admiral Location: Wreath of Khan	Re: PICTURE POST II! What other parts of your body have you nicknamed? __________________ "I just don't see you as a Southern belle." -RoJoHen, to me

January 10 2013, 09:32 PM	#1198
thestrangequark Vice Admiral Location: Brooklyn!	Re: PICTURE POST II! My sister is knitting me a new sweater. Here is the test swatch. __________________ The Enterprise is my TARDIS. View my art!

January 10 2013, 09:36 PM	#1199
ShamelessMcBundy Fleet Admiral Location: Wreath of Khan	Re: PICTURE POST II! She's knitting you Wesley Crusher's sweater? __________________ "I just don't see you as a Southern belle." -RoJoHen, to me

January 10 2013, 09:38 PM	#1200
thestrangequark Vice Admiral Location: Brooklyn!	Re: PICTURE POST II! ^Yep. Minus the tacky collar and fitted for a girl. __________________ The Enterprise is my TARDIS. View my art!