I'm a Grandaddy .... it feels weird

[labelwench]

Had my first baby sitting job on Saturday night. 20-Mar-10)

The kidlets left for their party at 18:30 ... and from that moment the little Bastard never stopped yelling until they got home at 23:00.

I nearly went spare .... it was endless ... In the end I put hime in the cot and let him scream his lungs out for 10 mins while I went and had a smoke outside .... you could hear him down the street. When I went to get him from the cot he was rigid and going at full volume ...

I picked him up and by walking and nursing and jiggling and singing he eventually started to pipe down ... every now and then he was shaken by a huge sob that seemed way too big to be coming from him .... then finally sleep ...

So I lay on the Lounge chair and placed him on my chest and there he slept ... and so did I. Merde .... it was a long night.



cool bananas ... greg

Your investment of time and energy in caring for a newborn suffering from separation anxiety gains you considerable respect from this quarter, Greg.

The energy and potential contained within such a tiny and helpless being is an amazing thing to experience first hand. A happy baby is a delight to all who are near, and when an infant is in distress, even if that distress be only in it's infant mind, the discomfort experienced by all within it's considerable range is phenomenal.

The response to the universal sound of distress, be it a human child, or a dolphin, causes an emotional response that triggers our most primal 'fight or flight' instinct.

You could not run or fight.

You could only endure and share the suffering with your little grandson.

The sound of the human heartbeat......in the beginning........and in the end........

[Mikal]

Had my first baby sitting job on Saturday night. 20-Mar-10)

The kidlets left for their party at 18:30 ... and from that moment the little Bastard never stopped yelling until they got home at 23:00.

I nearly went spare .... it was endless ... In the end I put hime in the cot and let him scream his lungs out for 10 mins while I went and had a smoke outside .... you could hear him down the street. When I went to get him from the cot he was rigid and going at full volume ...

I picked him up and by walking and nursing and jiggling and singing he eventually started to pipe down ... every now and then he was shaken by a huge sob that seemed way too big to be coming from him .... then finally sleep ...

So I lay on the Lounge chair and placed him on my chest and there he slept ... and so did I. Merde .... it was a long night.



cool bananas ... greg

Hey Sugarbear...thanks for dropping one of those warm, fuzzy moments of life at the end of my day.

I can just picture Gramps (worn-out) with sleeping baby (cried out) on his chest....its priceless.

More than likely the reason why Grampa's will travel great distances and scale high walls to learn all over again how to see life
through a childs eyes....

Nice way to end the day...thanks....


Regards Mikal

[leskey]

No wonder you couldn't post much, but you could bring the laptop outside…

Greg: "So I lay on the Lounge chair and placed him on my chest and there he slept ... and so did I. Merde .... it was a long night."

...and it was only till 11.00!

Austin, this is the new upgrade: the chesttop. The programming allows for the random and the spontaneous...

[G_burnett]

I had a spirit dream for two nights in a row.
the first was what was now in my life and kingdom,
It was life itself and SO scary. Even my wolf was in my dream and unable to help me as i tried to move as in molasses for i am marked.
I would meet this challenger intrusive spirit face to face with all i was.
It was not alone.

Last night, i had another dream.
I was going to the forest wild.
I was in need of a spirit walk ... out there.
I was heading for the forest from a plain land and all who i knew.
As I neared the trees my name was called and called over and over to not wanting to look.
So i turned humble.
I decided in my bowed head of being yet a human to look back.
I slowly turned in my dream to the right but half way into this slow turn an raise of my head i froze.
I had my spirit bear right there eye to eye with me over my right shoulder.
I dared not turn to see him all.
He was right there.
That close.
The call to me stopped and I woke.

Today I found out that my son owing into the operation for his shoulder got ignored by his family ride for over 14 hours.
It seems my Daughter on face book as http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=703100715&ref=mfwent to the hospital to.
The one that does not want to chat with me.
The one that is living in the shadows of a full life and all the nasty little beasties that live in such places.
She was taken there.
On Wednesday this week late.
Mys son told me she had twins.
A Boy and a Girl.
God help the world!

feel free to send the lady your congrats as she would not let me on to say them to her myself if you all would feel so inclined.

I will try to post pics as my son gets them for me.

[labelwench]

My goodness, Graham, you had better sit down and take a deep breath!

This undoubtedly is quite a surprise, with you being unaware of your daughter even being in the family way, as per circumstances between you.

Twins are the result of approximately 1.1 % of births in North America. Did your son mention if they babies were monozygotic (identical) or dizygotic (fraternal) twins ?

Interesting that you had a dream two nights in a row, also. Life comes with some interesting developments along the journey....this being the year of multiple blessings upon your family genetics. Are there other cases of twins in your recent family background?

Kind regards,

Lorrina

[G_burnett]

lol yes Anna, jamie is cursed with the female twinning gene ... it skips and Jamie was the uh oh ... like my mothers family had three sets of twins and my great grandmother had two sets.

[G_burnett]

[Graybeard]

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cool bananas ... greg

[labelwench]

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cool bananas ... greg

Cute.....

I dare say, by all appearances your grandchild is open to new experiences, and even willing to confirm first impressions, lol....

That bodes well for developing the ability to seek a balanced perspective, and to not being deterred by first impressions.

Thank you for sharing.