Category Archives: babystuff

Sorry George, but genetics do sometimes suck

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A picture of George’s daddy aged approximately 18 months:

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A better day

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Well to be honest, beating yesterday wouldn’t have been too difficult.  Today George got a new sleeping technique sampled on him – no more gentle cuddling and rocking for him.  Military school stuff now – in the bassinet, on his side, rocked and patted until he passes out. No more cuddles and lovey dovey crap. ...

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My first date

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Hi everyone.
Today I had my first playdate. With a girl.
I slept through it all. Oops.
Love, George

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Things we learned this weekend

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1) Little man sometimes just needs a quick burp or a fart in order to get back to sleep.  He had an ok night, except as it drew closer to the morning.  He usually gets a decent sleep after we have our dinner, then a shorter sleep from around 11pm to 2am or 3am, then...

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Bathtime – tantamount to child torture, it would seem

Bathtime appears to suck in the eyes of little George.  Any peace and tranquility that may have been present pre-bath is abruptly ended and once dunked into the tub-o-death, the screaming begins.
Stage 1 is the yelling – which is usually the first dunk, the tummy wash and the start of Daddy washing his hair.
Stage 2...

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Nope, still no baby.

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We even indulged in a bit of curry last night.  Nada, nothing, not a bean.  Oh well. It’s only a day or two late, and according to our doctor, the due date is today going by his calculations.
The boys are showing solidarity in these cold winter months:

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Our last weekend as a two person, two kitten family?

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If the doctor’s estimation of Rachel’s due date is correct, then this time next weekend we could be up at the hospital with a brand new baby.  How utterly freaky.  And a little bit scary.  Gone are the days of our lazy Saturday morning lie ins, hours with the newspaper and a coffee (well, ok...

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A few more photos from today and last night

Nothing to report – the Challis clan have successfully departed and as I type this, they should be sitting on a plane waiting to take off.  We had a lovely dinner at the Peak Lookout Restaurant last night – just the grownups – and this morning the clan came upstairs for coffee, banana, biscuits and...

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i almost forgot!

the world welcomed little bella lonsdale hayes last week – congrats to kieran and anna.  kieran of course being the mostly naked man in the pink apron featured right here just a few days ago…  here’s mum and baby stolen from bella’s blog:

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grandmother-to-be has dusted off the knitting needles…!

cuuuuuuuute!  just arrived yesterday – thanks to barbara for the gorgeous knitting!  and nice work on picking a gender neutral tone

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