My Mother-in-Law Pointed at My Baby and Screamed

it before. It sounded made up. Like something from a pamphlet you throw away without reading because your baby is fine and you have a lasagna in the freezer and your boobs hurt.

Linda said Peter’s newborn screen came back after he died.

Classic galactosemia.

His body couldn’t handle galactose, one of the sugars in milk. Not breast milk. Not regular formula.continue reading …