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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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HavelockVetinari · 21/05/2019 10:19

This is a gorgeous thread, what a lovely wee boy! Great that you're enjoying being a grandparent so much Smile

It's fab that you get to see him being an unreasonable toddler to his parents, you can smile smugly and tell your DD she was just the same and is reaping what she's sown Grin

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DisgraceToTheYChromosome · 06/05/2019 08:46

Oh Sidge Flowers.

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Sidge · 05/05/2019 10:41

I love this thread.

I buried my Grandad this week, he was 95 and had lived a fascinating life. I have warm and fond memories of him.

Grandads are special. Your boy is very lucky.

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DisgraceToTheYChromosome · 27/04/2019 08:15

20 months, ever more charming. The picture was taken just before he starting rocking so violently the chair walked round the room.

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DisgraceToTheYChromosome · 24/04/2019 22:44

It's not quite 20 months, but I couldn't resist posting this one. The peculiar expression is probably because he's disgruntled at not being allowed to chase the swan into the lake. 10 points for guessing the location.

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iklboo · 28/03/2019 12:46

He's so cute I could eat him on a butty! Grin

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DisgraceToTheYChromosome · 27/03/2019 14:55

Nineteen months. I'm wearing my acceleration face, and when mummy and grandma get me up to 120 rpm, I'll let go and fly into the catch netting.

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DisgraceToTheYChromosome · 11/03/2019 15:14

Only = over. Sheesh.

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DisgraceToTheYChromosome · 11/03/2019 15:13

I wish. Still, it was only water at that point. By the time Sunday lunch was only, not one of us had escaped gravy splashes. There was also an unseemly argument over chicken skin, when he stole some from DW. He knows better than to eat it, because it chokes him, so he sucks it and spits it out. He's getting ever bolder with the indoor parkour as well.

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iklboo · 11/03/2019 15:00

Hope you've got an umbrella!

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DisgraceToTheYChromosome · 11/03/2019 14:43

I have running water, a spoon, and inexhaustible curiosity. What do you think will happen next?

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DisgraceToTheYChromosome · 03/03/2019 17:08

Interesting times. When asked to pick up rubbish and bin it, or put dirty laundry in the machine, he does it at the first request. When asked to put his toys away: "Not my job! Oh no! Oh no!" My schadenfreude runneth over. Heh heh heh.

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DisgraceToTheYChromosome · 27/02/2019 10:22

Eighteen months old, enjoying the unseasonable warmth on one of the country's finest beaches.

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DisgraceToTheYChromosome · 23/02/2019 09:55

Congratulations, AuntMarch. Is there a DGF2B?

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AuntMarch · 20/02/2019 21:44

This is just wonderful.
I'm expecting and find myself back at my mum's. This makes me quietly pleased that is the case!

BearWoman · 19/02/2019 21:30

First post but have lurked for a time. Please don’t stop posting you have had me giggling and weeping with the sheer joy of your love for him and your family.

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DisgraceToTheYChromosome · 06/02/2019 21:00

Oh what a shame threes. I took my cue from my DF, who was a fantastic granddad. The last time I saw him alive, DD kissed him and then farted thunderously. He laughed until he turned purple. "I thought that was going on the death certificate". DD knew him for less than 5 years, but she adored him. Like I said upthread, big shoes to fill.

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threesenoughthanks · 06/02/2019 20:19

My parents were never really keen to be hands on kind of grandparents and my kids are all teenagers now. This lovely thread makes me so sad at what could have been and somehow happy at the same time.

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DisgraceToTheYChromosome · 05/02/2019 11:32

Babysitting until DSIL gets back from his early shift. We have watched Pirates!, eaten an illicit bag of crisps, picked up the sofa so he can retrieve things, had my trousers grubbied, gone mad with tickling. Now he's asleep. The sensation I feel is almost exactly like heroin, but without the vegetable brain.

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DisgraceToTheYChromosome · 03/02/2019 01:22

It's not us rolling about, it's him!

Also there are new and alarming things to prevent: turning on the bath tap so all the hot water runs out, climbing into the kitchen sink, heelhooking the armchair and jumping off the windowsill etc etc etc. All of it with a winning smile.

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Nojobistoobig · 02/02/2019 07:08

I love this thread! My kids grandpa also thinks bedtime means rolling about on the floor for an hour Hmm Grin

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DisgraceToTheYChromosome · 31/01/2019 04:30

Oh, he doesn't use a wotsit, he prefers to feed you his mucus directly. Still, at least he didn't road test his front teeth on my kneecap like his mother.

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iklboo · 27/01/2019 17:45

I'll see your dissolving Pom Bear and raise you a snotty cheesy wotsit

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DisgraceToTheYChromosome · 27/01/2019 17:40

It was his first sleepover alone last night. We hadn't gathered that bedtime involves rolling around the room for an hour, nor that sharing food means licking it first. Nothing being force fed dissolving Pom Bears to kill the appetite. He's still not worked out mirrors yet, which is hilarious.

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iklboo · 27/01/2019 15:36

Awwwww he's lovely

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