Greetings from babyworld1 November 2002

First a few corrections.
When I sent the "Baby news" e-mail there was a major error which confused many of you. She was actually born on October  23rd not September, as I wrote in my shell shocked state.
News: Mary is really well and seems almost to be back to her old self again. Joyce is thriving and feeding well, especially now that Mary's chest has recovered from the initial effects of suckling and that she no longer has to subsist on the Masai blood and milk mixture. From 3.8kg at birth she has gone up to 4kg. She is still very wriggley and loud and everyone says her hands are large. She seems to have developed a healthy fascination for stripes and prefers the Beach Boys as her relaxation music. Her greatest achievement so far is managing to send a jet of poo arcing about three feet across the room from the bed onto the bedroom wall and all over her dad! 
Yesterday, after her first appearance dining in public on London's Marylebone High Street in a fetching fake-leopard-lined pouch and a white woolly bobble hat, Joyce graced St Marylebone registry office, where she was fed and changed all over the waiting room couch before proceeding to be officially registered. She would like to express her deepest gratitude to everyone for the cards, presents, e-mails and flowers, but points out this does not in any way compensate for her extreme disapproval of current home facilities and the incompetence of her parents. She is therefore only too grateful for the opportunity to interview visitors or highly skilled potential applicants for position of carer  by appointment only through her current parents. Alternatively, should anybody care to inform Social Services, she would be extremely grateful.
Best regards,
Jason and Mary
pp Joyce