PERTZ

I had every intention when my baby was born to put a yard sign up. Our baby (also named Abby) is due in December right before Christmas. However, since this incident I am just too spooked to put up a yard sign.

We do live in a different age. Each generation has to learn from previous ones. What was once a great idea (posting signs) may have to give over to more creative ways of celebration. There will always be "harm out there", but we cannot give over to living our life within a box and let "them" steal our zest and joy.

Hindsight is foresight. It may have seemed like a good idea at the time.After this, I'm sure new parents will think twice before putting up such a display. I'm happy the baby and mom are together again.

My question is, why havent they shown the kidnapper yet? why are they concealing her identity?

The one thing I wouldn't do is leave my wife home alone with a newborn and a one year-old 4 or 5 days after the baby was born.

I always took off 2 weeks after our kids were born to let my wife rest and heal after coming home.

I realize not everyone is a position to do that, but paternity leave is now something you can legally take.

my husband stayed with me the first week but after that i was on mt own

I never had a sign up in my yard but that is because I thought that the people that needed to know knew from us the family. No point in telling the whole world. There are just to many weird people out there anymore.

Ok people, what next? Should all pregnant women stay in the house so no one knows about the baby just in case someone wants to still it? Should everyone home school their kids and do all shopping on the internet so they never have to leave the house and risk being seen by some nut job? What happenned to personal responsibilty? She should die in prison. A message needs to be sent. I am a mother and I should not have to be a prisoner in my own home. By the way, is anyone p.o. that she is not being charged with attempted murder? As far as I am concerned, if you slit someone's throat, you are trying to kill them.

Are you people kidding me. Celebrate the birth of your child have a sign or whatever. How about you not open your door for someone you don't know. Some of these comments kill me like you knew all along that it was a bad idea to have a sign in your yard. Where does it stop? Should we not have cars in our driveways because it will only invite someone to steal them?
I find it interesting that so many people are putting the blame on mother, "I wouldn't leave my wife alone....don't have a sign in yard." We need to start holding the criminal responsible. Despite what is implied by this story there are not packs of crazy people roaving neighborhoods looking for signs so they can steal your kids. By the sound of some of these comments I wonder if you ever even leave the house without an armed escort.

when I had my son, I was excited, we had a yard card, within 15 mins of getting home, my husband got arrested for writing bad checks (I had no idea) so be very careful announcing the birth.