I think designer babies are wrong when it comes to the idea of hair and eye color but I don't think it would be so bad if we could help eliminate genetic diseases.  I think "designing" babies is treading on dangerous ground but perhaps that's a little of my religious side peaking out.  It doesn't often... but in this case, yea, this is pretty weird to me.

edwinasmom Oct. 30, 2008 at 5:07 PM

umm, there is something so unnaturally wrong about this. Too Frankenstein-like (definitely have Halloween on the brain!).

NYCBrit Oct. 31, 2008 at 9:58 AM

I agree with edwinasmom. I have three kids and it's so much fun seeing who they look and act like and how they turn out. I love that they're all unique, I'd never want to make them all the same.

Mama0f3grlz Oct. 31, 2008 at 10:17 AM

I have no need to create a designer baby..I like mine a little rough around the edges...however I"d sure go buy that one from flutterby!!

southernlamom Nov. 1, 2008 at 1:27 PM

I already created the perfect baby, without any genetic help, thank you very much. :) <<Patting myself on the back>>

Alright, I'm really not that stuck up...but I am (still!) in awe that such an amazing little being came out of me!

Seriously, though, what's with the need for perfection?  While I could get on board with protecting my baby from certain diseases or mutations (if we had any in our history, which we don't), I think they're just a part of life.  Without getting too religious, I think we're challenged accordingly in life (and maybe in death) and are meant to work with what we're given.

KatieCrandall Nov. 1, 2008 at 3:18 PM

I can think of several examples of people who are perfect examples of why we shouldn't look for "perfection".

Stephen Hawking was an average student who kind of wasted his time at school until he began having problems with the disease which caused him to be wheelchair bound eventually. The changes in his physical and social life caused him to change many other aspects of his life.It also brought about the thinking and studious nature which brought us his theories of the nature of the universe.

Albert Einstein was considered a "dunce" who could never understand anything in his classes and always had problems in school growing up. Eventually he went on to design his own form of math and entirely new concepts in physics.

Edison was known to go thorugh periods where he would not sleep or eat for days on end and would drive everyone crazy by working feverishly non-stop...sometimes at a risk to his health. It's believed he may have been ADHD or have suffered from some other mental or chemical imbalance.

Beethoven was deaf and yet is known as one of the world's greatest composers.

Edgar Allen Poe was likely a manic depressive, which may have been part of why he "self medicated" with drugs and alcohol. He is also one of the best known suspense/horror novelists  and poets of his time.

Ray Charles was blind since birth and yet became one of the world's best known Jazz pianists.

The list is huge.

LeBoof Nov. 2, 2008 at 1:07 AM