LONG READS Issue 775 · August 28, 2019

Swimming Upstream

Does mainstreaming work? Three mothers share their struggles and successes

Swimming Upstream

 


It works — if you work

Danny’s Story

When my mother came for Danny’s bris and told me he was “stiff,” I laughed it off. He was an exceptionally easy baby; I had to wake him to feed him.

But that should’ve been a red flag.

When Danny was a few weeks old, my nephew — a newlywed with no kids — visited and held the baby. “Wow,” he said, “this baby’s so stiff.”

That should’ve been a red flag too — he had no experience with babies, but even he noticed.

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