Eleanor Sluyter was born at 10.13 on 6th June 2004. The same day that Ronald Reagan died. We'd like to think that a little bit of Ronnie's spirit has been passed on to her, but when she is asked if she wants to bomb Moscow she just gurgles a bit and then falls asleep. So it's open to interpretation, I guess.
She is born startlingly purple, by forceps, after the longest 12 hours of Audrey's life. The entire labour thing was pretty hideous really, but amazingly, just a few seconds after Eleanor arrives all is right with the world. She even stops looking quite so purple.
The very first photo is taken when she is just 40 minutes old. Looking back, it's an amazing picture. We don't see her eyes open very often.
We always used to be amused by how every parent thinks their child is beautiful - but dammit, there's some pretty manipulative design work gone into these baby things. If something's just going to sleep eat and cry all the time it's going to need something else going for it, and she does. We think she's gorgeous. We are now slaves to her evil plans...
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