No, it's not a dinosaur. It's a genetic disorder that my seven year old son has. I just found out today. Before you start to worry, just look at that close up of his pinky finger. Yes, ladies and gentleman (wait, who am I kidding?) yes, emily and heather, that is clinodactyly in all its glory.
Both of his pinkys are curved. I asked the Dr. about it when he was born, it was one of the first things I noticed about this blonde child. I googled it today, just for fun and I found all kinds of neat info.
Other than that, he's normal. Except for the fact that he perfers ceasar salad, black olives
and shrimp to a grilled cheese sandwich. Or, that he has an uncanny ability to make fantastic sound effects of NASCARs that even strangers comment how realistic they sound. Or that he occasionally wipes his hiney on our guest towel in the guest bathroom where guests frequent. That was a fun discovery. Don't worry according to him it's only when we are out of flushable wet wipes. Which we haven't had for at least three weeks.
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Wow! I was wondering what kind of detergent you used now it makes sense.... :)
you have inspired me to read up on baby luke's syndactyly...you know, his 2 toes that are kind of, well, webbed. nice.
hi... I have a 3 year old daughter who's "pinkies" look exactly the same. I ran across your site because I was researching it to talk with her pedi about. she's small for her age so I was wondering if you knew if "clinodactyly" was something that could be related to slow growth...
~Alice~
Part of my fun "to do over Christmas vacation" list is go back and read the old posts of favorite blogs.
Why? Because I missed gems like this.
My boy has wiped his hiney with the wrong things too. :)
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