Saturday.
Hard to believe that little #Bertie is already 20 weeks old. The weeks have flown.

He's now got a couple of teeth, has just gone up a size in nappies and enjoys pretending he can walk by being stomped across the carpet, supported under the arms.

he likes warm milk, falling asleep to BBC Radio 3 Unwind Or a Debbie Wiseman album when I'm in charge or being hummed-at by his mother when she is, and owns a small but growing collection of hairs from my beard, which he plucks with great force and seemingly all signs of enjoyment.

He's started to giggle vocally and is almost too big for his baby bath.

he has, as of yet, not provided any verbal feedback on life, other than to demand "ning!" routinely, which we assume is his request to be fed.

He's also, as pictured, literally, if not quite figuratively, found his feet.

I've hashtagged his name from this point forward because not everyone wants to see the #BabyPhotos.

if fear is their factor, try this...

"awwwwh look at the angry wittle babies in their cute lil unyforms!!! awww is okay little baby, we are upset2."

and take LOTS of #babyphotos 4later! awwwwh

My inaugural lecture is now online 🥰

https://media.ed.ac.uk/media/Professor+Lauren+Hall-Lew+Inaugural+Lecture/1_upsi58yk

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#babyphotos

This photo has been making the rounds on various "Historic Photos" groups on ad-based social media, and countless people are jumping to the incorrect assumption that the baby "must be dead."

As a matter of fact, she was merely sleeping, and was very much alive.

The baby's name is Anna Gibson Adams. She was born in August 1845 and lived until 1884 (age 39 years). Anna Gibson Adams is ID# KZVS-XLS on #FamilySearch, if you would like to learn more about her.

#PostMortemPhotos did exist, yes. Families did sometimes take photos of people after death, and this was often used for memorializing dead children.

But Post-Mortems were unusual. Napping babies were actually very common. Don't be too quick to make exotic assumptions when the simple explanations are the more likely.

"When you hear hoofbeats, think of horses and not zebras."

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