A Royal Baby..........and that blue polka dot dress

Prince George Alexander Louis
Born 22 July
8lbs 6oz

 

I have been annoying Mr H all week with this.  I've been feeding him with up to the minute news feeds.  The fact he is home this week on holiday makes him an easy target.

 

I am a Kate and William fan you see.  I stayed up to the wee hours watching their wedding unfold.  Champagne and chocolate to hand.  And a Royal Baby is just the icing on the cake.

 

From the minute I read that The Duchess was in labour I was checking regularly for updates.  Then to read a baby boy was born.  Lovely.   And that they named him George, perfect.

 

Don't they look like proud parents?  I can't help wonder if once they get back to the "palace" if Kate will be in trackie bottoms and milk stained t-shirts while she gets the hang of their new parenting gig?

 

Will she get all over tired and shouty?  She can't exactly put Prince George in his pram and pop down to Mothercare for fresh air and breast pads can she?!

 

Anyway I purchased my Commemorative Magazine today, to add to my Kate and William stash.......yes I am a geek.

 

It is so nice to have news reports filled with baby newborn joy, compared to the usual (usually awful) media reports.

 

And no it does not make me clucky.  But it does make me want to buy a blue a white polka dot dress!

 

Happy weekending!

 

xo

 

Our Prince George!

 

 

 

The Placenta tree

"Traditionally, the whenua (placenta) and pito (umbilical cord) of newborn babies are buried in a significant place. The placenta is placed in a specially prepared receptacle and buried in a particular location. This practice reinforces the relationship between the newborn child and the land of their birth."

 

On our Summer road trip we made a special visit to our family land.  It is where my dad grew up.  It is now divided up between his brothers and sisters.  My Dad has given my sisters, brothers and I a little over 2 acres.  It sits on a secluded peninsula in the Far North.

My brother planted a Pohutukawa tree there and this is where we bury our babies placentas.  I have had the Tom and George's ones in the freezer and was really happy to finally be able to make the trip North to bury them.  So on a very hot day in December Mr H along with our family around us, we put our babies placenta's into the earth where my dad grew up and where we, along with our children (and one day our grandchildren) will have this special piece of land to enjoy.  Bell's placenta was buried in the garden of the house where I grew up......almost thirteen years ago now.

When our babies are born the placenta's are wrapped, placed in a labelled brown paper bag and taken home.  I have never thought of doing anything other than this with them.  To me it is an important thing to do with something that nurtured and grew my babies.

Take a look at this website www.birthtoearth.com it details what other cultures around the world do with their babies placenta's. 

Did you do anything with your babies placentas?