Needing a smile?

For MawB.......when someone rains on your parade, what you need is an umbrella friend.

"Have a nice day" ???

MawB just thought I would let you know it was not an aaw moment for me. Have a nice day.

MawB I thought that could be the case, that his mother rejected him and that they will be reunited at some point.

In the meantime, he does look so cute cuddling his teddy - apparently this is better than having a human as a surrogate.
At least he has survived, in the wild he would probably have perished.

Because oldandverygrey an animal or a child with a teddy makes me smile. Anthropomorphic, I know.
My own fault for a stupid caption, I could just as easily have called it “everybody needs a teddy”
I unwisely introduced the idea of a “surrogate mother” - that was entirely made up, there was no such back story except that this monkey is to be reunited with its mum who it seems rejected it at birth.
So that is why oldandverygrey although frankly I can’t think what would make you smile if that is the mood you are in. ?

Ignore all the nayes MawB, he`s cute, and cuteness always brings forth a smile.

A sad picture MawB, why would you think it would make anyone smile?

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Yes, I apologise, my baby IS beautiful and it was the first thing I said as he was born and I've never changed my mind.
It just seemd a bit arrogant of me to say so!

He's now 6ft 7, lifts weights - and is still beautiful inside and out. I could not be more proud of him for who he is, a gorgeous man.

My first son (see picture), totally different from his dark brother, with his white-blond hair and big, blue eyes, won a baby competition for his looks.

In those days, such foolish things seemed important.

Perhaps his mother rejected him so that is sad, but if they are reintroduced slowly she may accept him eventually.

I think the picture is sweet; it shows that, even if his mother rejected him, someone cares enough about his survival to find him a surrogate mum to cuddle.

Sweet photo maw and it’s lovely to know that someone somewhere wants to cheer us up. Your baby IS beautiful Bradford

Lovely picture. It reminds me of an experiment done in the 1970s with baby chimps. They were offered a substitute mother made of chicken wire but with milk on demand, or a cloth “mother”, and they tended to choose the cuddly one over the hard one with food. The researchers concluded that physical contact is paramount.

Oh my son was the same, Resurgam123.

But he liked old babygrow's labels. Whilst still attached to the clothing.

He'd stagger around sucking his labels and dragging manky old babygrows with him

I would try to wash them but it caused major outrage. I'd extricate them from him when he was asleep but in the morning when he detected fresh smell he was not happy!

Both my children had cuddly pieces of cloth and teddy bears for quite a long time. No names no packdrill.

The times one or other had mislaid their blankets and mum or dad had to retrieve the object and all would be calm.

Cuddling children, teddy bears and other things
Smelly precious blanket teddie bears are very important for children and Dogs etc.

(There is a large labrador next to us who has a teddy bear. )

I find it rather sweet, Maw.

And he's a lovely baby, BradfordLass72!

All babies are gorgeous BL - both human and animal (except maybe a baby parrot) Your little boy picture is very cute - I bet he looks a little different now!

MawB the baby gibbon with his teddy is lovely - we all need something to cuddle!

All babies are beautiful BradfordLass72 x

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Maybe it's just personal taste and a lot of mother-love but I think this picture of my one-week old son it quite cute.

He's not, I admit, a beautiful baby but his expression make me smile.

As does this little 'dog' made from flowers.

Lovely pic Maw I agree with Beechnut we all need a teddy sometimes.

I had a lovely teddy bear I bought in a charity shop. He was quite big with a lovely smart outfit. Then I got all tidy-up-ish and sent him back to the charity shop. I miss him so much.

Sweet pic Maw

I like it, MawB!
Yes, it's sad that he can't be with his mother, but at least he's got something warm and cosy to snuggle up to.

It's good to know that the baby had some comfort, even if there was a sad reason behind the story.

It is a cute picture Maw.
I hope the reuniting with his Mum works. They will have had sound reasons for separating them, I'm sure.

Don't stop trying MawB, we all need something to smile at on a cold, wet, miserable, 1st November morning.

Very cute pic. Sad reason, but cute.

So lovely.