# Happy Birthday to WhyBaby! (with recent pics) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 9, 2006, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-to-whybaby-with-recent-pics/343685 "2006-02-09T15:02:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-to-whybaby-with-recent-pics/343685/1 "2006-02-09T15:02:51Z")
Yes, utterly Mundane and Pointless, except if you’re one of the 12,000+ page views her [original saga](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=302685) recieved. So I feel justified in posting what would otherwise be a wholy self absorbed masturbatory post, in the hopes that someone else out there will be happy with the news. Little Caileigh Morgan is one year old today! While it’s not a word I use lightly, she really is a miracle. There have been no (knockonwood, praiseallah, injesus’name) long term problems due to her extreme prematurity. Her hearing and vision all checks normally, her physical, emotional and cognitive development is right on track. She’s just started crawling, and has been cruising for a few weeks (holding onto the couch and walking sideways). She’s [eating](http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/rhiannon_dreamsnake/detail?.dir=19da&.dnm=dc9bre2.jpg&.src=ph) food (loves her peas and carrots, not so crazy about the green beans). She’s saying “Ma-Ma”, but only when she’s mad at me. She’s just so amazingly…normal! She loves to play the [piano](http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/rhiannon_dreamsnake/detail?.dir=19da&.dnm=b88are2.jpg&.src=ph) and the [djembe](http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/rhiannon_dreamsnake/detail?.dir=19da&.dnm=fe97re2.jpg&.src=ph) . She’s [just](http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/rhiannon_dreamsnake/detail?.dir=46a7&.dnm=5c0dre2.jpg&.src=ph)[so](http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/rhiannon_dreamsnake/detail?.dir=/46a7&.dnm=4058re2.jpg&.src=ph)[darn](http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/rhiannon_dreamsnake/detail?.dir=19da&.dnm=9206re2.jpg&.src=ph) [cute!](http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/rhiannon_dreamsnake/detail?.dir=19da&.dnm=cf6bre2.jpg&.src=ph) Happy Birthday, Little Bit. Your Mamma loves you lots! And thanks again for all the Doper love and support through our ordeal. I don’t know how I would have made it through without you guys. ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-to-whybaby-with-recent-pics/343685/2 "2006-02-09T15:27:23Z")
YAY! She really is super-cute with her little bald head. How much does she weigh now? ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-to-whybaby-with-recent-pics/343685/3 "2006-02-09T15:29:14Z")
**HAPPY FIRST BIRTHDAY Wh[COLOR=Orange]yBaby!!![/COLOR]** What a darling! ---
**Author:** ![MLS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MLS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MLS)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-to-whybaby-with-recent-pics/343685/4 "2006-02-09T15:48:21Z")
I got just one thing to say about this. Awwwwwww… ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-to-whybaby-with-recent-pics/343685/5 "2006-02-09T16:09:05Z")
Gorgeous! Happy Birthday, WhyBaby! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-to-whybaby-with-recent-pics/343685/6 "2006-02-09T16:09:22Z")
Aww, she’s gorgeous! I especially love the headband. 🙂 Happy Birthday, Caileigh! ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-to-whybaby-with-recent-pics/343685/7 "2006-02-09T16:11:28Z")
Wow! Happy Birthday Whybaby! Felicitations to the Whyfamily. I’m glad she’s doing so very well. She’s beautiful. Anecdote: I had a friend in school who was a preemie, she was so embarassed in Middle School, because she didn’t have her cycle the same year everyone else started, and knew she wouldn’t. (It was years for her, and she wouldn’t believe I was a little envious that she had a freedom I didn’t.) She was short, like me, and had a slender build. (In my class five feet four inches tall was short, which we both were.) You really couldn’t tell she had been a preemie just by watching her, the only possible indicator was she was a delicate beauty, but even non-preemies can be tiny. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-to-whybaby-with-recent-pics/343685/8 "2006-02-09T16:27:08Z")
She is still teeny tiny. Only 16 pounds and about 27 inches! But growing and healthy, so I’m happy. She’s still in 6-9 month clothes, much to the consternation of well-wishers who sent her gifts in 12 months size! ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-to-whybaby-with-recent-pics/343685/9 "2006-02-09T16:48:35Z")
I remember that thread so well. Many happy wishes to your family on your daughter’s first birthday! ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-to-whybaby-with-recent-pics/343685/10 "2006-02-09T16:52:16Z")
She’s terrific and absolutely beautiful, **whynot**. has it been a year already? Participating in that thread made me really feel a part of the bb here–and I got to know some folks as well. So, lil **whybaby** is a bit special to me. She is so tiny! (my kids weighed in as newborns at: 8lbs 11oz; 10lbs 4oz; and 9lbs 10 oz. With lengths of 20, 22, and 21"! My middle kid never wore newborn stuff. She is quite animated and interested in life, no? That comes thru in the pics–I love the one of her on the couch (I have similiar pics). I see **whykid** is a great helper as well. Warms the heart on a cold February day. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-to-whybaby-with-recent-pics/343685/11 "2006-02-09T16:53:15Z")
Cuteness overload!!! I just spent five minutes goin’ **AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW** WOOHOO! HAPPY BIRTHDAY WHYBABY! Before ya know it, she’ll be sneakin’ outta the house to go meet boys at the mall. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![taxi78cab](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47c2d/32.png) [@taxi78cab](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/taxi78cab)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-to-whybaby-with-recent-pics/343685/12 "2006-02-09T16:57:35Z")
Happy Birthday, WhyBaby! She’s just beautiful \*\*WhyNot \*\*and after following her story from the beginning, I’m so glad to hear how well she’s doing. I think we all feel like we know her - and you - so well even though we’re all just internet strangers. I’m just so glad the story had a happy ending. ---
**Author:** ![FlyingRamenMonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@FlyingRamenMonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRamenMonster)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-to-whybaby-with-recent-pics/343685/13 "2006-02-09T18:55:49Z")
She’s so pretty! _melts_ And I’m not usually one to go ga-ga over someone else’s kids. I’m so glad everything turned out well for you :3 ---
**Author:** ![PinkMarabou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ec9cab/32.png) [@PinkMarabou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PinkMarabou)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-to-whybaby-with-recent-pics/343685/14 "2006-02-09T19:02:20Z")
She is so adroable! HAPPY BIRTHDAY WHYBABY!! ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-to-whybaby-with-recent-pics/343685/15 "2006-02-09T19:12:54Z")
It can’t be a whole year already, because that means time is accelerating and I’m getting old! Happy Birthday, WhyBaby! And congrats, WhyNot, on your adorable tyke. Glad things are going great. ---
**Author:** ![velvetjones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5f9b8f/32.png) [@velvetjones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velvetjones)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-to-whybaby-with-recent-pics/343685/16 "2006-02-09T23:20:51Z")
That is one cute baby! Happy Birthday Whybaby and congratulations on making it through the first year **Whynot** I’m so happy that things are progressing well for her. Cool. I just read somewhere (I think Yahoo News) an article stating that as adults preemies were no different than their full term peers. She’s catching up pretty fast (and already cuter than all the rest so she’s got that going on). ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-to-whybaby-with-recent-pics/343685/17 "2006-02-10T00:30:05Z")
Here’s another “AWWWWWWWWW” and HAPPY BIRTHDAY for WhyBaby. I’m so glad to see she’s doing well. Congrats to the whole WhyFamily! GT ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-to-whybaby-with-recent-pics/343685/18 "2006-02-15T16:13:59Z")
My God, she just gets cuter!!! I love the pic with Kitty- “Midwich Cukoo Baby and Midwich Cukoo Kitty!” ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-to-whybaby-with-recent-pics/343685/19 "2006-02-15T16:46:54Z")
😃 Happily Birthily Dilly to-ily You-ily 😃 😃 Happily Birthily Dilly to-ily You-ily 😃 😃 Happily Birthily Dilly Dearily WhyBabily 😃 😃 Happily Birthily Dilly to-ily You-ily 😃 ---
**Author:** ![lisacurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/41988e/32.png) [@lisacurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisacurl)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-to-whybaby-with-recent-pics/343685/20 "2006-02-15T22:56:30Z")
::sniff:: Somebody get me a tissue. It was just yesterday when she was just a wee little poot, and we were all worried about her, and now she’s such a big beautiful girl. ::blows nose loudly:: Happy birthday, Calleigh! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-to-whybaby-with-recent-pics/343685.md?page=2)