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To clap my hands and skip about in a elephantine manner?

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DisgraceToTheYChromosome · 15/06/2017 23:11

I'm going to be a grandfather! Woo hoo! They haven't tuppence to rub together, so there'll be 3 generations under one roof. Still, DD is doing well after the throwing stopped, he's working all the hours God sends, and with luck I shall see New Person into their teens, as opposed to my DF who got less than 7 years of DGF hood. Wish us luck.

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kaytee87 · 28/05/2018 13:52

Aw my own dear grandpa died a few weeks ago at almost 96yo and this thread is making me cry, but in a happy way.

What a lucky wee baby x

iklboo · 28/05/2018 11:10

He's utterly adorable and a credit to you and your family. Smile

BoreOfWhabylon · 28/05/2018 09:01

I love these updates Disgrace. What a totally splendid child he is!

Not long now before you'll be able to take him out for walks and poking-things-with-sticks!

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DisgraceToTheYChromosome · 28/05/2018 07:41

He's the most active baby I've ever met. Unless he's eating or sleeping, he scrambles about the house chattering, with an unerring instinct for dangerous things like stairs, the gas fire (which has to be taken apart because he posted a piece of paper into it) and the cupboard under the sink. We think he'll be walking before his birthday. His appetite is huge though: dinner yesterday was a whole baked potato, 4 ounces of beans and an ounce of cheese followed by a fruit pouch. Then he got an empty biscuit tin and bashed it until our eardrums hurt. How he laughed at our expressions!

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WelshPooch · 28/05/2018 02:05

Aaaaaw, he's doing so well. Stenches all good Grin

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DisgraceToTheYChromosome · 27/05/2018 19:43

Nine months old. He can now climb the stairs (with a spotter), emits a truly horrifying stench when fed baked beans, and likes growling demonically.

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DisgraceToTheYChromosome · 17/05/2018 20:41

Admirably ferocious parenting from DD and DSIL. DD has got him to stop doing dangerous stuff by counting to three, and he stops after two. DSIL has taught him wrestling submission taps, and gives him 30 second naughty steps for continuing the torture. All done in cheerful tones which brook no opposition. May I be forgiven, but when DD said "I'm not having him becoming a little shit like I was" I laughed like a hyena.

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DisgraceToTheYChromosome · 12/05/2018 12:29

New thread in chat, fill yer boots

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Corneliasedet · 12/05/2018 10:28

I bloody love checking for the monthly updates. It makes me so happy. My DF is a duffer and a bit of a stinker. I wish my DCs had a DGF like you Disgrace.

BoreOfWhabylon · 12/05/2018 10:12

In fact, 'There's no such thing as useless knowledge' would be a great thread. How about it Disgrace?

BoreOfWhabylon · 12/05/2018 10:09

Ah. It was books for me too. I used to read anything and everything. My parents bought me a set of encyclopedias when I was 8 Smile.

I want to know about the battery and Brillo trick!

MrsMozart · 12/05/2018 10:07

This is the most glorious thread.

I have tears in my eyes - happiness and hope and a wish that all could experience such a life.

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DisgraceToTheYChromosome · 12/05/2018 10:02

Books. I've had a reading speed of 1500 wpm since I was 8. DF told us "there's no such thing as useless knowledge", and I went from there. Bit tiresome being banned from pub quizzes, but knowing that you can make a cake with an egg and no scales, or the battery and Brillo trick, or how to make mirrors with silver nitrate...keeps people amused.

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BoreOfWhabylon · 12/05/2018 00:07

Well, he just gets more and more gorgeous!

Am wondering who it was that strangely and lavishly furnished your mind Disgrace?

soupforbrains · 11/05/2018 23:34

😍 so gorgeous.

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DisgraceToTheYChromosome · 11/05/2018 22:05

As Patrick O'Brian said of Talleyrand, you have to admire the exquisitely dosed insolence. Please ignore the state of the carpet.

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BoreOfWhabylon · 08/05/2018 08:26

We're all ripples on a river, and I'm lucky enough to see downstream.

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DisgraceToTheYChromosome · 07/05/2018 22:43

Yeah, happysobs here too, when DD sang DGS to sleep with "Lavender Blue". We're all ripples on a river, and I'm lucky enough to see downstream.

An hour later we were chasing him round the living room catching poo, just to lower the tone.

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BoreOfWhabylon · 06/05/2018 01:43

Ah, Disgrace, don't EVER stop updating this thread

his smile is like the sun

dontticklethetoad · 06/05/2018 01:11

I have just stumbled on this thread! How lovely!

Also, all the best people are born on 27th August Grin

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DisgraceToTheYChromosome · 05/05/2018 21:36

Let's do mad shit while using Mummy as a climbing frame!

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Hazandduck · 05/05/2018 18:23

So happy to have found this wonderful thread! What an amazing granddad you are, makes me miss my own, he was my best mate and would have loved my baby girl x

GoldenMcOldie · 05/05/2018 16:17

This thread has made me cry and cry.

Not least of all because I needed to be reminded today that the world is okay.

Your love for this little chap has actually made me cry tears of joy. I wish you were my Granddad.

soupforbrains · 05/05/2018 15:50

I love your updates op. 8 months is a really really gorgeous age. Their characters become to strong and individual and they're so playful and can't say 'no' yet 😁

OuaisMaisBon · 05/05/2018 11:20

This is a gorgeous thread and also brought tears to my eyes! Looking forward to the next photo update of the lovely lad!