h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Well, after Kaz mentioned it (hey Kaz..~waves~ ) would be nice to hear some good things about the G what makes him special on good days to me, when he is not being a out of my sight...

ok..

When we first met, I had some problems and so did he, so I had an emergency c-section. During the c-section I was barely under anesthesia and in a lot of pain so I knew vaguely what was going on, I heard someone say, 'its a boy'...and then I passed out.

When I came to, I was lying on a bed alone in a quiet ward with the curtains drawn around my bed. I looked over to my right, and there was a baby lying in a clear box type thing.

As I looked the G-force started to cry and I tried to get out of bed and couldn't because I was attached to some hospital machinery paraphernalia. So Glynn continued to cry, I spoke to him quietly and said, "hello"...and he turned his head to me and looked at me with big blue eyes and I said, "please don't cry" and he stopped. What a moment in time that was for me.

I called for the nurse and she came and I asked to hold him, because I couldn't move and she brought him over to me and left. *Sigh* rather a frightening loving moment ensued, I can try to describe those feelings to you, but until you have one, a kid that is, you won't understand the true extent of those feelings even if you understand what I'm trying to say...

It's kind of like ALL responsibility and fear of the future for your child - that tiny helpless wriggling pink being, hits you all at once throwing you mentally sideways like an anvil hitting you and of course at the same time you feel a love for this tiny creature that was amazingly nutured and grown inside of your body, that sets the gravity striaght again! Rather a weighty pivitol lesson-in-life moment..*chuckles*

Anyhow, some things I am enjoying about G-force whilst he is growing up:


- Watching him learn new things and when he is so pleased with his triumph - its wonderful to share his honest innocent excitment. (Kids have that wonderful uninhibited way of expressing themselves naturally with out adult hangups).

- Trying new foods, his facial expressions when something is yuk or something is nice is hilarious.

- The way he is in his environment, I enjoy that he takes an interest in everything and asks many questions now, some of which I am finding increasingly hard to answer - so we look it up together.

- I like the way he is with animals, altho like people, some animals are not nice and it is heartbreaking when that happens - I feel so disappointed for him and ache at times.

- The expression on his face when something awes or amazes him is delightful.

- That funny show off pride thing, of, "look mom, look what I can do".

- Heeee! I especially like to ask his opinion allot these days on why he thinks some things happen, or why stuff is there or whats its made of....I wish I could remember them all!

There are many things that make him special to me, and I am of course wonderfully and happily biased towards my child as only a mother can be when her kid is behaving himself..and not being a tyrant in school and on the bus.



*thanks Kaz*

That sounds lovely.

The moment when he stopped crying!

I love you describe him as he grows up, learning new things and tastes and stuff. It must help you be young again as well, re-discovering all these things again!

I will never have children, so it is nice hearing this, it gives me a glimpse!

heee!

Yes, your right...you do enjoy remembering your own basic childhood memories when you see your own go thro theirs.

There are some special people around that can see that in all children.

I'm afraid that before I was a mom I wasn't one of them, I thought kids were sort of cute-ish from a distance when they weren't screaming their head off or being demanding...or heaven forbid - needing a nappy/diaper change

Aw loved the recount of your first day as Mom.

You have a marvelous sense of humor and that surely helps.
Nice post Vix!

Is Vix ok to call you? Saw PC call you that, looks better than MV
*lazy typist*

Vix, I just welled up!

I can't wait to have kids! Better sort out a decent bloke first though

MV, that was a beautiful story about your first day with him. And he sounds utterly delightful now too. Too bad his schoolers don't seem to appreciate him.

*wonders what's up with FB's bloke*

Sounds a wonderful experience (apart from the pain and such)
I'm soon to become an uncle which is close enough to fatherhood for me

I became an uncle for the second time a few days ago - it's great fun, BC, you'll love it! All the fun, none of the cosmic responsibility and if anyone asks if you'd like to try changing a nappy, I'd go with "no - you bred, you change the nappies"

My new nephew pooed on his dad for the very first time two nights ago and the entire family went 'yay'!

Thanks for this Vix - I didn't fill up, but I did become all glowy and smiley. (look - there I go!)

Vix is ok Abbi, as is mv...I don't mind either

Footie..awww..

Hellie, yeh... altho my angelic monster isn't entirely innocent...

Bc...

Oh, MV, that is so beautiful! He sounds like a truly lovely kid, and that is a brilliant piece of writing... It makes me wish my boys were still young. Keep that, and re-read it when he is 17, and when he is 27. Awesome!

That's odd Trin, hootoo entered a twilight zone there...I didn't see you post until now, when Adel posted...grrrr...

Thanks Adel I was whining on Pc's thread about my son being 'difficult' *ahem* and Kaz mentioned gently that it would be nice to hear the happy stuff too...so...I did think about it, and posted it, and it was quite therapeutic cos I was quite agitated at the time

Oh happy Uncle thing Trin!

<> Families are such weirdos about that kinda stuff.. I was peed on so many times by the G-force..especially when I was learning to put nappies on. Didn't go to maternity classes cos the ex wouldn't go and I was hormonal and shy and didn't want to go by myself and thought how hard can it be to nappy change....yeh..huh...right...*chuckles*

First time I changed a diaper I made a big mess of it... thank the gods I was wearing rubber gloves!

Thanks for sharing the good bits about being a mom, it's obvious just how much you adore the G-Force, and he sounds like such a loveable, wonderful little guy. How could he avoid it, though, with such a great mum?

Whinge on my thread any time you want when you're feeling annoyed or frustrated, kids will do that to you. But feel free to make adoring posts as well, I love reading this sort of thing. It makes me feel really good to see such genuine unconditional love, it restores my faith in the fact that it *does* exist. And I bet it feels good to think about the good bits when you've been having to focus so much on his naughtiness recently.

I still think that while the G-Force sounds prococous as all get-out, it's just because he's so intelligent and inquisitive, he's just testing his boundaries and exploring all of the possibilities life has to offer in the way youngsters will. He obviously makes you proud, though, and it made me well up too to read how much so.

Jim peed on me when we were still in the hospital after his birth, and I did the same on my Dad, or so I am told... Tee hee.

My neice is expecting a little boy. She is just beginning to show.

*hehehe* Pc, you wore rubber gloves... I shoulda thought of that too...and a mask..cos boys..they are regular fountains...*arrrgh*

Prococous..yes. quite. *dry chuckles*

Yes focusing on good bits when other bits are messing with your mellor, man...help allot. As Adel said it would be nice to read when he is older, less cute and hairer...

Oh JEllen, congrats on your neice..

I was once changing the nappy of my baby brother. He was a chronic pee-er when the nappy was off - I think the fresh air set him off or something, and a eye-ful of wee was a sadly common fate awaiting those interpid enough to take him to the changing mat. But this one time, the changing mat was under a wall cabinet, and when the jet of wee invariably shot up... it hit the underside of the cabinet and he ended up weeing in his OWN eye.

Lord how I laughed.

MV- G-Force, from all you've said, is clearly a very bright, loving, and delightful child and you are a marvellous Mum. This is just a little awkward patch and it will get better.

Yeh.

Weeing in his own eye... Tee hee!