I was having a crummy day yesterday, feeling completely convinced that everyone thinks we will be bad parents and abuse our child. Then, when I got home, there was a lovely surprise from Tricia in the mail - a manual that ensures that we will never be bad parents! Something along these lines.

Mike and I were thinking of performing an in-utero experiment on the parasite. I will play a song for him every day until he is born, and sing along with the song to be sure he knows it. Then, when he is born, we will see if the song has a soothing effect on him. After much discussion, the song we've selected is Kenny Rogers' The Gambler. So, is this considered child abuse?