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(Edith is adorable, by the way)

― C J (C J), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 06:38 (nineteen years ago)

http://static.flickr.com/88/225917521_8cd31a8eb4_m.jpg

Cute, moi, I'm not really sure, I'll have to ask my manager.
...
He just rang me back saying all the ilxor babies are cute. There's no point in competing.
...
Ah well.

Maria, I still get shivers when I reread it.

A cousin of our salesperson's husband just had a baby. Apparently it's blind in one eye, the other is closed, the legs are misaligned (or something) and the poor thing also has a hole in the heart. Yesterday the poor baby had to undergo an operation for the heart and the eye (that's shut). Apparently the iris in the blind eye doesn't react to light or something which is very painful for the baby. I nearly cry everything I hear her talk about this. :-(

― Nathalie (stevie nixed), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 07:28 (nineteen years ago)

Yes, let's all thank our lucky stars...

Asleep in Greenwich record shop:

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Surround sound:

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Ordering more hats over the internet:

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― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 08:20 (nineteen years ago)

Did she fell asleep during Brian Eno's Another Green World? ;-)

I notice a pacifier. Sadly Ophelia discovered her thumb (or rather both of'em) and refuses a pacifier (and a bottle/sippy cup that has gum (?)).

― Nathalie (stevie nixed), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 08:22 (nineteen years ago)

Arrgh arrgh, dying from the cute.

Although I feel very bad because the first thing I look at in pictures is now the pushchair. Still have not purchased... but I think we are getting a Maclaren Ryder.

― Archel (Archel), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 11:03 (nineteen years ago)

We have the hipster Bugaboo. Not because every movie/singing star seems to have it, but because a friend of ours recommended it. It's great!

― Nathalie (stevie nixed), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 11:11 (nineteen years ago)

I reckon we kickstarted the (local) craze for the Quinny - we used to get stopped in the street and asked about it and now everyone seems to have one. The Bugaboo is great but a bit expensive for us.

From November it'll be the Mutsy (as long as we can find a cheap duo seat).

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 12:02 (nineteen years ago)

I also love the Quinny! Is the Bugaboo that expensive compared to others? We never really gave it a thought, my husband was adamant that we needed that one.

― Nathalie (stevie nixed), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 12:03 (nineteen years ago)

Perhaps it's just a particular model of Bugaboo - the Frog is about £500 here! The Quinny Zapp is only £120 or so (same price as the McLaren Ryder, but the Quinny needs a Maxi Cosi car seat - or similar - to be usable from birth). Actually, for the first few weeks we used a massive pram that we bought off eBay for about £20. Dismantling that and dragging it up three flights of stairs in two separate trips got old pretty quickly.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 12:12 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, we have steps up from our basement flat and will need to use public transport, which successfully put us off going for any kind of big pram/travel system. We don't have a car so the in-laws are just going to buy separate car seats for their cars. Hoping that the Ryder IS genuinely ok from birth (Maclaren say so but it doesn't go 100% flat so...) but anyway we also have our Baby Bjorn carrier which I expect to be using quite a lot.

― Archel (Archel), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 12:20 (nineteen years ago)

The first time I went to the supermarket with tiny Ava in the Baby Bjorn, I felt flippin' great! I think there'll be a lot of Quinny/Bjorn combinations this winter before we get the Mutsy sorted out.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 12:29 (nineteen years ago)

why doesn't my daughter have teeth yet, anyway?

She's way ahead of her brothers in everything else. They got teeth at eight months. She's nearly ten months with none in sight.

― don weiner (don weiner), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 12:45 (nineteen years ago)

She's way ahead of her brothers in everything else.

There's your answer.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 12:59 (nineteen years ago)

xpost even at 12months is ok! don't worry. :-)

― Nathalie (stevie nixed), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 13:16 (nineteen years ago)

yeah, the question was rhetorical. I'd just like to move up to better table food.

it's funny. I can remember everything about our first child and basically nothing about the second. that's the punishment from having Irish twins I guess.

― don weiner (don weiner), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 13:17 (nineteen years ago)

Our "big" Gracco is good, Archel, but quite heavy for steps. We chose it because some random customers in Mothercare told us it was good. Perhaps they were part of the Gracco street team.

Mrs Sister Disco is very keen on a Quinny. We are on our second "small" pushchair, and neither have been very satisfactory. One is now in Spain.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 13:42 (nineteen years ago)

Graco seem to be the most reasonably priced of the posh travel system etc brands, no? Maclarens always seem quite pricy for what they are but Matt fell in love with the Ryder after pushing it round Toys R Us and nipping in between precarious displays/toddlers with the greatest of ease. And I like it because it's chocolate coloured and will go lovely with the lambs fleece mum is giving me :)

― Archel (Archel), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 13:53 (nineteen years ago)

oh man there's a load of cuteness!

finger food is so much fun!
http://static.flickr.com/80/241786719_79074ace83_m.jpg

― teeny (teeny), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 14:22 (nineteen years ago)

Shall I be the first one to wish the Onimos good luck for tomorrow then?

Good luck with the whole "OMG a baby totally didn't come out of my vagina" thing :-)

― ailsa (ailsa), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 14:38 (nineteen years ago)

Aye, hurrah for slicing yer wife in half! Best of luck.

― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 14:40 (nineteen years ago)

Oh yeah! Will be thinking of you two tomorrow (although not in TOO much detail iykwim).

― Archel (Archel), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 14:47 (nineteen years ago)

I was going to send him encouraging text msgs ("OMG they're totally chopping your wife up WTF" etc) except he won't be able to read them since you aren't allowed phones in hospitals :-(

― ailsa (ailsa), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 14:58 (nineteen years ago)

Um, even if you were I doubt I'd be like "hang on a second dear, I have a txt msg - can someone else hold this hand?"

Thanks for good wishes etc, I'll pass them on to Mrs O and I'll let you know how everything goes.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 15:05 (nineteen years ago)

you don't need two hands to check yr msgs, unless you're some sort of idiot :-)

(Mrs O's not actually reading this thread, is she, where we're all like "ha, you're getting hacked open, roffle"?)

― ailsa (ailsa), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 15:06 (nineteen years ago)

I've been hacked open twice. I wish the wife speedy recovery. Wait on her and tell her she's brave and strong. Rub her feet.

― Maria :D (Maria D.), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 15:08 (nineteen years ago)

Ach, Mrs O's been hacked open twice as well. Can't be that big a deal, huh*?

* for the benefit of the hard of thinking, this is A JOKE.

― ailsa (ailsa), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 15:09 (nineteen years ago)

Congrats & good wishes to Mr & Mrs O, and general OMGCUTENESS at this thread lately. Teeny, your boy has Popeye forearms!

― Danny Aioli (Rock Hardy), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 15:16 (nineteen years ago)

Best of luck, the Watts.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 15:18 (nineteen years ago)

I cannot believe there is a pushchair called a quinny. Good luck Mrs Onimo!

― Mï¿½dchen (Madchen), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 20:18 (nineteen years ago)

On our boat trip down the Thames on Sunday, I was holding Ava up and, after months of enduring slapping, poking and grabbing from this position (or maybe a smile and a hug if I'm lucky), I said the usual "gentle now", expecting a joyful thump. But she stroked my face in the softest, most affectionate way imaginable with both hands. She did it again later, saying, "Awww". I felt this was the most extraordinary breakthrough and thought I'd share it with you. You can stop barfing now.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 20:19 (nineteen years ago)

Michael, no way, you're making me all teary eyed. Yeah, I'm a big crybaby since having a baby. :-)

Good luck Onimo!

― Nathalie (stevie nixed), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 21:00 (nineteen years ago)

Good old Ava. Perhaps it is related to having the stair carpet down at last.

Good luck Mrs Onimo.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Thursday, 14 September 2006 06:15 (nineteen years ago)

If Mrs O has been hacked open twice before already, they ought to have fitted her with a zip fastener to make it easier this time around.

Hope all goes well today!

― C J (C J), Thursday, 14 September 2006 06:51 (nineteen years ago)

Congratulations to Mr & Mrs Onimo!

Megan was born at 11.33 this morning, weighing 6lb 12 oz. Mother and baby both fine, father probably in need of a pint :-)

I shall probably be visiting early next week, so if Daddy is too busy to look at teh interwebs by then, I shall pass on all your best wishes.

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 14 September 2006 14:34 (nineteen years ago)

Congratulations to all the Onimos! A baby sister for those two lovely Onimo lads :)

― Jaq (Jaq), Thursday, 14 September 2006 14:42 (nineteen years ago)

Woo for Megan and her parents!!!!!!!! Aw new babies in the thread, how lovely.

― Archel (Archel), Thursday, 14 September 2006 14:43 (nineteen years ago)

Congratulations!

― Maria :D (Maria D.), Thursday, 14 September 2006 15:11 (nineteen years ago)

Congratulations Mr & Mrs Onimo! Happy birthday Megan!

Maria, I'm glad you're all okay - what a horrible time y'all have been having!

Teeny, Nath, PJ and Michael, I want to smooch all of your children. What gorgeous babies we have on Ilx!

― luna (luna.c), Thursday, 14 September 2006 15:27 (nineteen years ago)

Congrats to Onimo et famille!

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Thursday, 14 September 2006 15:59 (nineteen years ago)

yay!

― teeny (teeny), Thursday, 14 September 2006 16:13 (nineteen years ago)

I am happy that there is another Onimo!

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Thursday, 14 September 2006 16:15 (nineteen years ago)

here's our boy
http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7497/3333/400/ot%20-%2009-05-06%20smile.jpg

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Thursday, 14 September 2006 18:02 (nineteen years ago)

Megan is an absolutely beautiful name! Welcome to ILX Megan, and congratulations to Mr and Mrs Onimo (though I am disappointed that you did not name your new baby "Ger".

― C J (C J), Thursday, 14 September 2006 18:08 (nineteen years ago)

oh Fritz, yr baby's smiling! :-D

― Nathalie (stevie nixed), Thursday, 14 September 2006 18:10 (nineteen years ago)

I like that she's nearly called Mega Watt. I wonder if they've thought this through?

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 14 September 2006 18:26 (nineteen years ago)

Haha somebody in the pub (who vaguely knows G3rry) came out with MegaWatt not half an hour ago.

― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Thursday, 14 September 2006 19:19 (nineteen years ago)

http://static.flickr.com/88/243225788_191a4723d3.jpg

Thanks for the kind words everyone. I'm off to bed to sleep like a baby.

(please to stop posting my real name in threads kthx)

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Thursday, 14 September 2006 19:22 (nineteen years ago)

My initial reaction (and my immediate text back to him) was "you're naming her after your CAR?!?!?!?").

xpost AAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWW :-)

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 14 September 2006 19:23 (nineteen years ago)

Ginger hair! Told you!

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 14 September 2006 19:24 (nineteen years ago)

Actually, did I tell you? I have a vague recollection of a pub conversation last Friday about ginger-haired babies.

(do you want this thread de-indexed/googleproofed?)

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 14 September 2006 19:27 (nineteen years ago)

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