Getting My Happy Baby Back

[SandraJane]

Huffington Post Transgender



Getting My Happy Baby Back


Catherine Hyde, Director of Online Services, Enterprise Community Partners | Posted: 04/ 6/2012 8:41 pm


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/catherine-hyde/getting-my-happy-baby-back_b_1409365.html?ref=transgender


I had the happiest baby you ever saw. Through painful ear infections, baby Will smiled and laughed so much that the doctor's office called him "Happy Baby." When my beloved son, at the age of 4, told me that something had gone wrong in my belly and that he was supposed to be a she, I assured him that he was wrong. His dad and I were worried about his safety; our child was so very feminine in expression. We took him to a psychologist, who encouraged us to reward "boy" play and actively discourage "girl" play. So we told Will that boys did not play with Barbie dolls, and we took them away, along with anything else pink and girly. We even insisted on karate lessons, which Will hated. By the age of 6, Will was threatening suicide: "Mommy, I'm going to get a real gun and kill myself," he said to me.

[Jamie D]

Dang!  I thought this thread was about ribs.