When is a Gigga not a Gigga?
Posted in Raisin' the family on November-16-2007

When it’s a Dressing Gown.
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Daddy, in his gigga with Tilly and Scott

    You know how children develop nicknames for some words or phrases they can’t pronounce? Well, one of my favourite ‘Monty’ words which replaced ‘dressing gown’ was ‘Gigga’. No idea how that came about but it was so persistently used that eventually I gave up trying to persuade him that in our house we all wore dressing gowns. I fact, it wasn’t long before we all started wearing giggas too.

      I suppose we hadn’t used the term for quite a while - maybe we just didn’t wear our giggas over the summer.

        But then a few days ago, while we were playing on the sofa after breakfast I mentioned something about my gigga. Monty asked me what a gigga was. I was stunned. I pointed at my dressing gown as if to remind him. He looked at me and, without batting an eyelid, “It’s not a gigga, it’s a dressing gown Daddy”.

          My heart sank. He didn’t even remember. Charlotte and I looked at each other sadly as we realised he really is growing up fast. I’m glad I’m blogging about some of these incidents. One day we will all have forgotten them and hopefully a scan of the archives will bring all these happy memories flooding back into our lives.

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          Eva on November 18th, 2007 at 1:59 am #

          Congratulations on the birth of your twins! They are really beautiful, and you have some great photos of them. Our early days of sleep deprivation were exhausting and crazy, but now it’s all a blur, and things, although still busy at 14 months, are much more manageable. I hope the sleep improves a bit and that you and enjoy each other tremendously.

          LukeC on November 18th, 2007 at 2:19 am #

          Hi Eva,

          Thanks very much for the message. You wrote that sleep deprivation happened in your ealry days - I can’t help noticing that you write this at nearly 2 am… Is this because you’re from overseas where the time is not “middle of the night”? Or are you still hacing the occasional late night. I’m aware that I am also writing in the middle of the night…

          But I was up writing anyhow. We’re just feeding the twins now - I know it will all get back to normal soon - whatever normal is. But despite tiredness and never having much time spare any more, I wouldn’t swap it for anything Monty and the twins are all a lot of fun.

          Thanks again for your message!

          Best wishes, Luke

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