Thursday, April 7, 2011

Mongolian Spots...

When we were in Ethiopia almost a year ago, after taking placement
of Lidya we were so excited to see her, we never noticed until the 2nd
or 3rd day bathing her that she had these spots(very very prominent on
her lower back and her crack(hehe). I, of course thought the worst... After
giving Lidya check from head to toe, we noticed that she had these
markings on both shoulders wrists, ankles, and lower back and crack....
She had a whopping of 8 total....We asked and they thought maybe she
just easley bruised?? So after leaving Ethiopia, it was our 1st home
placement with our caseworker. She was asking all kinds of questions
and one of them was did she have any unusal markings....I said
"What, markings, Like these?" Our caseworker couldn't believe
how many Lidya had...I was so relieved to know these markings
had a name...Mongolian Spots....

I was just curious if anyone else has these Spots?????

2 comments:

Jenna said...

My bio son has them as well. I was so scared when it seemed like they wouldn't go away. I was just sure he had cancer or something. But when we went to the doctor he told us they were just mongolian spots. He also has one right above his crack (we had to explain this to the nursery workers at church so they wouldn't want to CPS on us)! The doctor said it was pretty rare in caucasian children but not impossible. My son is three now and you would only notice them if you were really looking for them. Your daughter is beautiful! Congrats!!

Eryn said...

Lucy has a few as well. Just a pigmentation thing, frommy understanding.