Comments on: Comes with instructions

By: Iota

Iota — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 00:42:43 +0000

What? You thought “limit tv” was an instruction to parents? Oh my. Just how long have you lived in the US?

It was an advertisement for the new parenting channel “Limit TV”. Watch out for the offers coming through the mail.

By: Brooklyn

Brooklyn — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 05:40:17 +0000

Dylan:

The remote control may be operated by less physical effort than Mr. Potarto’s finger poke:
You should be able to work the remote control by feigning unconsciousness when crying wakes you in the middle of the night.

It worked for me back in the day.

By: Mr Potarto

Mr Potarto — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 22:16:19 +0000

I find the remote control is lying next to me in bed. When I hear crying, I jab at the remote control with my finger and after a bit of groaning it goes off and quietens the child.

Re. “birth canal” – I always imagine an old colourfully painted narrow boat being pulled along the birth canal by a shire horse. I’m sure I’m not the only one…

By: Brooklyn

Brooklyn — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:24:52 +0000

“Lisa – we keep our milk in The Special One, so that doesn’t help…!”

Dylan,

“our milk”? In that case, if I come over to your house for tea or coffee, serve it black, please.

By: Kate

Kate — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:55:18 +0000

Dylan – maybe we just have parallel lives! I don’t know which part of BK you live in, but if it’s around the Carroll Grdns/Cobble Hill/Boerum Hill area, The Special One might be interested in a new moms (mums) group that meets up a couple of times a week. Would be nice to have a fellow Brit to commiserate with.

By: Dylan

Dylan — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:28:57 +0000

I agree about the smoke-filled homes, Paul, but I’m not convinced that a small pamphlet is going to make those people change their behavior!

Oh, and Brooklyn, our pediatrician would know better than to give The Special One the book, for fear of being beaten around the head with it…!

By: EiNY

EiNY — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:18:13 +0000

At Beth Israel, last month, we had to sign a form stating that we had declined to watch a video about the dangers of shaking a baby before we could leave the hospital!

It’s a sad but, I assume, all too common fact, that plenty of NY babies go home to smoke-filled environments where they are not well cared for.

Speaking of smoking: What the bloody hell are we meant to do when we go on our annual Christmas pilgrimage to visit the in-laws in Denmark in years to come? Christmas Day would not be Christmas Day without being forced to sit around a large table with a dozen Danes chain-smoking in front of their grandkids. It’s one area where the Danes, sad to say, are woefully behind the times.

By: Dylan

Dylan — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:55:12 +0000

Thanks Kate – glad you’ve found the blog…and congratulations! We have to get a mistake changed on our two month old daughter’s birth certificate too, and then get a passport…in fact, are you my wife?!

Trixie – better than ‘runt river’ surely??

By: Trixie Trouble

Trixie Trouble — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:49:55 +0000

“birth canal” .. .. . .. Eurgh!

By: Kate

Kate — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:37:17 +0000

Just had to say that I’m enjoying your posts immensely. I’m a Brit living in Brookyln, who just gave birth to a baby girl 2 months ago. It’s a all so true, but be grateful that they spelled your name right on the birth certificate. You would have thought that they would re-issue a new birth certificate. Oh no – they cross out the mistake and write over it, but you also get a letter that accompanies the certificate saying what they have done. We have the joys of the passport office later this week to get a rush passport to get us back to England next week. I’m sure that will be a lot of fun!