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**bump** to avoid hostly hoover.
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I'm going to be Great Aunt Dormouse for the second time at the end of October! I met great-neice for the first time over the summer. For a baby she was quite sweet. But I don't, if I'm honest, have much affection for babies. I prefer them from about 5 onwards. Until about 10. Only a short window really!!! ![[Biased]](wink.gif)
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Piglet
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I love babies as long as they're other people's, which they always are. ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
We acquired a new great-nephew in the summer, and I can't wait to go over the Pond to meet him in November. I'd have preferred to be able to see him when he was tiny (we met his big sister when she was just a few weeks old) but our plans didn't quite work out this time. He'll still be quite little though, and beginning to develop his own wee personality. ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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Sioni Sais
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Had a stupid, soppy phone call from Mrs Sioni this afternoon. She sounded like a kid who has been asked out for a first date, which I suppose is right, because the mother and father of our first grandchild "wondered if we would do them a huge favour on October 4th and look after the baby all day".
This is a radical redefinition of the term "favour". We pick up the boy at about 8:30am, and his parents get back (from some American Football match in London) just before midnight. I expect we will be out on our feet by then while the boy will be bouncing.
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Lothlorien
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You'll be just fine. Enjoy yourselves.
I left my mother minding my three, including a six week old boy. Just for an evening. Left everything I thought she might need. We returned about midnight. All were fine, including baby, as long as mum jiggled pram constantly with her foot. If she missed a beat, he cried.
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Sioni Sais
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Oh we will. Mrs S has the day planned, from the very moment we pick him up, and has alternative itineraries for fine/wet/typically Welsh weather, allowing for varying mood of child. We expect his Wacky Aunt to put in an appearance too.
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Welease Woderwick
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Wacky Aunts are mandatory - Uncles, of course, are all perfectly sensible!
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Piglet
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Of course they are, Uncle Wodders.
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Huia
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I never got to look after my nephew because he lived in another town, but I did my best to be a wacky Aunt.
Now he's in his twenties and we stillhave a good relationship.
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Uncle Pete
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quote:
Originally posted by Piglet:
Of course they are, Uncle Wodders.
In India, Uncle is used as an honorific - so that should be Wodders Uncle, or just Uncle. Actually, referring to another thread in which we are discussing first name usuage, this is one situation in which I am fairly comfortable with young people using my given name.
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Sioni Sais
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quote:
Originally posted by Sioni Sais:
Oh we will. Mrs S has the day planned, from the very moment we pick him up, and has alternative itineraries for fine/wet/typically Welsh weather, allowing for varying mood of child. We expect his Wacky Aunt to put in an appearance too.
Bother, it's off. Never mind, we have our grandson for tomorrow morning, so we'll show him off at church!
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Jack the Lass
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quote:
Originally posted by Lothlorien:
bump
Most appropriate for this particular thread
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Piglet
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I thought much the same.
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Sioni Sais
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There's a lot of it about. In addition to our first grandchild (born August 21st) our second is due c 16th January (different parents, duh!) and we have just heard that two of my nieces are expecting babies in the summer (one already has a two year old boy).
Mrs Sioni also has three great-great nieces and one to follow. It isn't that we're especially old but some of her family are older than us, started having children young and this has continued through the generations.
If anyone is worried about who will be working to provide the tax revenues for their old age be assured that we are doing our bit.
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Welease Woderwick
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I was a completely unintended bump - my mum used to say that I was unexpected but I've never quite believed that!
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Piglet
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She must have expected you for at least a wee while ...
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Welease Woderwick
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Yes, she always also said that I started being difficult in the womb - something I find hard to understand as I always thought I was perpetual sweetness and light.
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Piglet
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But of course you are dear ...
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The Intrepid Mrs S
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The Intrepid grandchild has landed! It's a boy and mother and baby are doing well, that's all I know! ![[Yipee]](graemlins/spin.gif)
Mrs. S, sleep-deprived but delighted
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Sioni Sais
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Welcome to the Intrepid Baby and congratulations to his parents - and the Intrepid Grandmother too!
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Welease Woderwick
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Great news Mrs S!
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neandergirl
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Yay!
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We come from love, we return to love, and all around is love.
Lord, ease our burdens, give us peace and enable us to do your work. Tree Bee
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Mrs Shrew
Ship's Mother
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Congratulations Mrs S
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Piglet
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Congratulations, Intrepid Grandma and welcome to planet Earth, Intrepid Baby!
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Huia
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Woo Hoo, Intrepid Baby.
Congratulations Grandma. I chose not to have children, but I wouldn't mind being a grandma,
Huia - contrary to the death.
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The Intrepid Mrs S
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Thank you all so much!
The Intrepid Baby, who has been known as Stevie (as a non-gender-specific bump!) was born on the Feast of Stephen weighing 8 pounds 2 and a half ounces, and is absolutely beautiful - we haven't seen him yet as there were Unspecified Difficulties ![[Eek!]](eek.gif) in the later stages of the delivery) but we have seen a photo and hope to see him and his intrepid parents later today.
Mrs. S, who shall henceforth be known as Grandma Susie ![[Axe murder]](graemlins/lovedrops.gif)
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Lothlorien
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Lovely news as I said elsewhere. Just as well I took Ship's Grandma some years ago. I now have another two grandchildren, offspring of son's fiancée.
[ 27. December 2015, 07:53: Message edited by: Lothlorien ]
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Nenya
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Wonderful news for the Intrepid Household, congratulations to you all. I hope the Intrepid Mother is OK after the difficulties.
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The Intrepid Mrs S
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the Intrepid Mother is fine - it turns out it was a forceps delivery . We went up to visit them in hospital this afternoon with the Dowager (aka Intrepid Great-Grand Mama!) and although the traffic was horrible it was well worth it to see the little family. He will be Sebastian James, and we are all relieved that it wasn't Reuben, the other possibility ![[Two face]](graemlins/scot_twoface.gif)
We went round to see the Dowager's next-door neighbours this morning and when they answered the door I said 'We bring you good tidings of great joy. To us yesterday was born a grandson' and that was as far as I got!
Mrs. S, delighted with the new addition to the family!
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Prayer should be our first recourse, not our last resort
'Lord, please give us patience. NOW!'
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Sarasa
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Great news Mrs S. Hope the new family are home soon. Lovely name btw.
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Piglet
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quote:
Originally posted by The Intrepid Mrs S:
... The Intrepid Baby ... was born on the Feast of Stephen ...
It could have been much worse - they might have called him Wenceslas ... ![[Devil]](graemlins/devil.gif)
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Nenya
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quote:
Originally posted by The Intrepid Mrs S:
the Intrepid Mother is fine - it turns out it was a forceps delivery
My sympathies. I've had one of those and was very far from being intrepid about it.
Great names as well! He'll bring great joy to your whole family, I know.
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Jack the Lass
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Congratulations to the whole Intrepid family, what lovely news! (although, maybe I'm being thick but what is wrong with the name Reuben? It's not a name in our family so I'm not offended, just curious!)
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Uncle Pete
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quote:
Originally posted by Jack the Lass:
Congratulations to the whole Intrepid family, what lovely news! (although, maybe I'm being thick but what is wrong with the name Reuben? It's not a name in our family so I'm not offended, just curious!)
Taunting nickname - Rube
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The Intrepid Mrs S
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Or Ruby! It just doesn't appeal, somehow. I put the kibosh on Nathan, also, as the nephew of one of my dear friends is called Nathan and is in the nick (at 16 ) for attempted murder, or GBH, or something undesirable anyway, and I just couldn't handle the associations ![[Ultra confused]](graemlins/confused2.gif)
All home safely and Sebastian is still gorgeous ;o)
The Doting Mrs. S
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Prayer should be our first recourse, not our last resort
'Lord, please give us patience. NOW!'
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Mrs Shrew
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Mr Shrew and I are expecting, due at the end of July. Currently baby is referred to as" the Balrog " ( I have been suffering from truly horrible pregnancy sickness- thought have managed not to set fire to any of the well meaning individuals who have suggested that ginger biscuits might work better than two separate kinds of prescribed medicines at helping me keep food and fluids in situ)
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Jack the Lass
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Congratulations Mr & Mrs Shrew, what lovely news! I hope that the urge to chunder disappears soon and you can enjoy at least some of your pregnancy!
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Congratulations and best wishes to the Shrews.
[ 15. January 2016, 21:02: Message edited by: Dafyd ]
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Piglet
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Congratulations to the Shrews, and I hope you feel better soon.
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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Best wishes from here, too.
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Curiosity killed ...
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Congratulations Mrs Shrew. I was morning sick for 6 months, so have a lot of sympathy and there was someone in my prenatal exercise class who was really ill with it. It's not much fun.
Congratulations to the Intrepid family. Apologies for being so slow.
A Boxing Day birthday isn't much fun, particularly as a child. Lots of groaning adults and left over Christmas food, because no-one wants to cook something special for that birthday or party again on Boxing Day. The other wrinkle is that Christmas born children theoretically get "bigger presents" across the two days, but if they have siblings comparison just shows that this ain't necessarily so.
(I spent my birthdays as a child sitting on the bank of a sailing club as my parents went sailing to work off some of their overindulgence over Christmas. Nobody wanted birthday cake and no, I really didn't want turkey curry followed by left over mince pies and Stilton for my birthday meal.)
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Brenda Clough
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My daugher reports that she is expecting! It is a boy and is due in late June. This will be my first grand! I can't think what to do yet. Perhaps I should knit a very elaborate baby hat.
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Sioni Sais
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It's raining babies. After our first grandchildren in the last six months two of my nieces are expecting in the summer!
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Pigwidgeon
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quote:
Originally posted by Sioni Sais:
It's raining babies...
Our church is having a baby boom of grandchildren. Maybe it's global warming or something.
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Piglet
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A couple of years ago, the whole island of Newfoundland had a power cut that lasted a whole weekend. According to a report on Facebook, the local hospital had to open an extension to the maternity ward nine months later ...
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