{"id":1289,"date":"2017-01-05T23:03:47","date_gmt":"2017-01-05T23:03:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=1289"},"modified":"2017-01-16T22:25:35","modified_gmt":"2017-01-16T22:25:35","slug":"just-another-baby-i-dont-think-so","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/just-another-baby-i-dont-think-so\/","title":{"rendered":"Just another baby? … I don’t think so!"},"content":{"rendered":"

We are as well programmed as the relationship between a motion sensor and an alarm, a light switch and a bulb and a remote for a TV.<\/p>\n

It’s an assured thing .. you flick the switch and know that the light will turn on or the TV Channel will change when you use the remote.<\/p>\n

But the emotions we acquire over time through interaction, sentimental value or a simple connection work in the same way.. the switch is on and the connection is made.<\/p>\n

When my daughter was born almost 30 years ago, that emotional trigger was switched on … and nothing has deminished that feeling… if anything it gets more intense.<\/p>\n

But to be a grandparent .. surely that is different? Surely the bond between grandchild and grandparent can’t be as strong?<\/p>\n

At 1:57pm on Tuesday 3rd January 2017, my little girl, gave birth to a little boy.<\/p>\n

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My emotions were stretched over concern for my daughter and for the welfare of a new life arriving in this world, for this family.<\/p>\n

The bonding, sense of belonging, being a part of and even a contributor to this childs genetic makeup, makes me feel partially responsible for this new life and immense pride.<\/p>\n

He’s a lucky little fellow too.. he’s not alone in this world. Already surrounded by overwhelming love from a mother and father who are taken by surprise … despite the nine months of maternity .. nothing prepares my daughter for the pain and elation, or my son-in-laws unexpected emotional bond at the moment of birth.<\/p>\n

Our new grandson benefits too from new Uncles and Aunts.. some time served and others awarded the title for the first time.. giving even them a sense of responsibility, belonging, and an overwhelming love to a child yet to utter its first words or see this world clearly for the first time.<\/p>\n

But this little chap is blessed with four grandparents .. each eager to share in our urge to be great grandparents to a child yet to discover humanity.<\/p>\n

There is a moment where you consider those that are sadly no longer here to share in this moment, but everyone from friends to Great Grandparents all feel connected.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We are as well programmed as the relationship between a motion sensor and an alarm, a light switch and a bulb and a remote for a TV. It’s an assured thing .. you flick the switch and know that the light will turn on or the TV Channel will change when you use the remote….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1311,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[161,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-grandson","category-personal-family-events"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_4023-e1484605491202.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7ZU0a-kN","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1289"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1289\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1312,"href":"https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1289\/revisions\/1312"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}