Posted on 04/11/2006 7:42:36 AM PDT by Blogger
Katie Holmes Agrees Motherly Contact With Infant Is Bad
Katie Holmes has been banned from speaking to her baby for a week after it is born, it has been reported. The pregnant actress has agreed not to talk to her new arrival, believed to be a girl, for at least seven days after she has entered the world, in accordance with fiancé Tom Cruise's Scientology beliefs.
Katie, who is due to give birth any day, has already promised Tom she will deliver the child in complete silence, and she will also have very little contact afterwards.
A source told Closer magazine: "Katie respects Tom's dedication to Scientology. She is devoted to him and wants to bring up the child the Scientology way."
L. Ron Hubbard - the founder of the strange sci-fi cult - writes in the religion's creed, that all followers must live by, that new born babies must not hear their mother speak for a week so they will not associate their voice with the trauma of birth.
The creed also states that immediately after leaving the safety of the womb the baby should "be wrapped somewhat tightly in a warm blanket, very soft, and then left alone for a day or so" and no medical examinations must take place within the first week of the baby's life.
If Cruise keeps this up, he's going to end up suddenly "missing" one day.
Can you believe this crap? Poor baby...you couldn't get me to part with my daughter after I had her!
I can't believe her CATHOLIC parents aren't planning an intervention.
This is getting crazier and crazier.
I dont feel sorry for Katie. "Too young" is not an excuse. She is 27 years old!!!!
Lets call her what she is - an IDIOT.
I think a "de-programmer" is required. :(
I nominate you!
That picture is just SICK...but funny.
What about nursing her?????
Electric Shock Therapy?
It is a funny picture. Photoshop is one of the great comedic aids in recent history!
I think L Ron Hubbard frowned on breastfeeding.
Good point...I wonder what they do about that?
Yikes!
I agree, it is child abuse...
and for the deliverying woman not to utter a sound is ridiculous.
No, I thinks it's the beginning of child abuse. Remember, this kid has to live with these creeps for 18 years.
Geez! That picture of her looks like she just finished shoplifting at Wal-Mart!
Katie is NOT much of a mother. A mother would KILL to take care of their baby properly. Letting a newborn not have the comfort of their mother's voice from birth is a crime.
Holmes is going to deliver this child in silence?
I think Tom needs to have his head pulled through his arse in complete silence.
WOOHOO!
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