The website has been undergoing some long overdue upgrades and maintenance over the last week, apologies for any disruption! The framework the site runs on has now been upgraded. New audio messages are also being added, with 2009 already available in the Audio section. More will be being added, as-well as some enhancements in functionality. The site should stay live from now on, but may need to taken offline for other enhancements to be made, but shouldn't be as long as this last peice of work.

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One of the memories I have of my children when they were babes involves the time when they had no teeth, their absence and their presence!  On occasions, when they were waiting for their milk, I would put the knuckle of my middle finger into their mouth; they would clamp down on it and begin to suck.  We never gave our children ‘comforters’ (dummies as they are called in the UK) and so, for a few seconds at least, their fractiousness was quieted as they chewed on my knuckle!  Whilst I quite enjoyed the sensation of their gums on my finger, it was a different story when they began to get teeth and I soon stopped the practice as you can imagine for a baby has plenty of power in their jaws!  This anecdote is a rather lightweight way of introducing the serious subject alluded to in the title of this musing.