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obviously then there is more to this story then just breast feeding.
possibly the mom eats mcdonalds 24/7 and its passing through to the kid?
who knows, but babies shouldnt be enormous, if all they get is a little tit
Originally posted by Harlequin
reply to post by mahtoosacks
obviously then there is more to this story then just breast feeding.
possibly the mom eats mcdonalds 24/7 and its passing through to the kid?
who knows, but babies shouldnt be enormous, if all they get is a little tit
how would `eating mcdonalds` pass over to a baby? it doesn`t work like that
its sad to see , that you don`t really know alot about babies and the developement path - this child is in propertion - height and weight are together on the 99th centile , which means his dvelopement is `good` - its not as if at this stage he has much movement.
also his only food - according to his mother is breast milk, he has eveything his body needs to grow - and like all children is laying down fat - he has to since the fat store when he was born is gone.
i can pretty much guarentee that when he becomes more mobile both his ehight and weight centiles will change - which can start from 6 months with crawling
the insurance company are discriminating against larger babies - which is sick.
Originally posted by marg6043
reply to post by TheOracle
Private Insurance to raise cost after reform as much as $4,000
[edit on 13-10-2009 by marg6043]
Originally posted by stevegmu
How is not insuring someone who is a high risk greed? Insurance is a business, not welfare or a charity. They are private companies who can choose who they will or will not insure. That kid looks like he will have diabetes by the time he's on solid food.
Would you call an auto insurance company greedy is they refused to insure an alcoholic?
I could understand if we could control what he's eating. But he's 4 months old. He's breast-feeding. We can't put him on the Atkins diet or on a treadmill," joked his frustrated father, Bernie Lange, a part-time news anchor at KKCO-TV in Grand Junction. "There is just something absurd about denying an infant.
UPDATE: Rocky Mountain Health Plans has now said it will cover Alex Lange, a baby they previously refused to give health insurance because of his weight.
"A recent situation in which we denied coverage to a heavy, yet healthy, infant brought to our attention a flaw in our underwriting system for approving infants," says Steve ErkenBrack, president and CEO, Rocky Mountain Health Plans. "Because we are a small company dedicated to the people of Colorado, we are pleased to be in a position to act quickly. We have changed our policy, corrected our underwriting guidelines and are working to notify the parents of the infant who we earlier denied."