Harry and Meghan Are Expecting, Baby Due Spring 2019


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The only thing I remember is that Meghan stated long ago that she did not intend to hire a Nanny and would be a hands-on mother. Admittedly that was said pre-royal, but reality would lead one to expect continuity. Is it Norland Nannies that are both minder and bodyguard?

If the Sussexes are going to continue as they did before Harry's marriage, working closely and socialising together not to mention living in the same palace, continuity of childcare standards would definitely be an asset.
 
So, when Harry was walking along at the first event yesterday someone shouted to him "I hope its a girl" and he answers "So do I" then he laughs. :D
 
The choice of nanny for Harry and Meghan is interesting (I know it's the Fail) but there is going to be problems. One, no formal training in Early Childhood Development or degree or going to nanny school. Two, people are not going to be impressed with Hollywood clients. Right or wrong the impression is Hollywood parents let their kids run wild and overindulge them. Finally Nanny Connie is going to get scrubbed by the media. Anything wrong comes back in her past the press will drag her for being unfit to have a hand in raising a successor to the throne.
 
MARG said:
The only thing I remember is that Meghan stated long ago that she did not intend to hire a Nanny and would be a hands-on mother. Admittedly that was said pre-royal, but reality would lead one to expect continuity. Is it Norland Nannies that are both minder and bodyguard?

If the Sussexes are going to continue as they did before Harry's marriage, working closely and socialising together not to mention living in the same palace, continuity of childcare standards would definitely be an asset.
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How is she going to be a "hands on" Mother and do royal duties...
 
MARG said:
The only thing I remember is that Meghan stated long ago that she did not intend to hire a Nanny and would be a hands-on mother. Admittedly that was said pre-royal
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There is no conceivable way that Meghan and Harry are going to be able to do without a nanny, no matter how hands-on they intend to be. Even if Meghan was still making her living as an actor, she'd still need trusted live-in help. I think it's safe to say that a nanny is in their future.
 
Ista said:
There is no conceivable way that Meghan and Harry are going to be able to do without a nanny, no matter how hands-on they intend to be. Even if Meghan was still making her living as an actor, she'd still need trusted live-in help. I think it's safe to say that a nanny is in their future.
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of course not. Unless she had intended to give up acting, when she was in her previous career and have someone to support her, she would have to have some kind of child care assistance.. In her present life, since I think the RF have decided that she's going to be a full time royal worker from the first year, unlike some other royal wives who were able to play into the role, ther'es no way she can have a child without a full time nanny...
 
All royals, no matter how hands in they are, have help. Plain and simple. It's the reality of their work and schedule. They may try to limit their work when kids are young like Kate, or be home for school holidays like wessexes try, but help is still a reality. A senior royal is never going to be a stay at home parent.

Meghan would have been the same as an actress. She was so dedicated to her charity work and career I don't see her having ever been a stay at home mom.
 
well apparently she did state that she intended to be a hands on mother and not have a nanny...
 
Denville said:
well apparently she did state that she intended to be a hands on mother and not have a nanny...
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I remember reading about one actress, I am not sure, who it was (probably it was Megan Fox? I don't remember, sorry), she was planning to not have any nannies for her child, she was very optimistic about it, how she will not need any nannies and all, but after several weeks she just had to hire a nanny, poor thing tried to stick to her earlier decision, thinking hiring a nanny will make her failure as a mother, but she just couldn't make it.

So yes, Meghan could be optimistic (or naive) too, but once a baby is here, she would run to hiring agency, no matter of her plans. (I don't have kids, but I helped my mom and dad to raise my baby sister who is 15 years younger than me - holy hell, I swore I will work extra hard to be able to hire a nanny when my time will come).
 
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well apparently she did state that she intended to be a hands on mother and not have a nanny...
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I don’t see how that’s realistically possible, not with the schedule royals keep.

I’m sure she will be hands on, but she’s going to need some help.
 
Denville said:
well apparently she did state that she intended to be a hands on mother and not have a nanny...
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I want receipts. I’m sure she has said she wants to be a hands on mom, but I don’t recall she has said she won’t have a nanny. Meghan has enough working mothers around her to know the two are not mutually exclusive.
 
I agree with the sentiment that it'll be impossible for Harry and Meghan to be total hands on parents without a nanny. If anything, they'll be able to model themselves after William and Kate and be hands on parents along with having a trusted "Nanny Maria in" the wings when needed.

William has joked that he'd like to apply for a space mission in order to get a full night's sleep. The Cambridges have, at times, arranged their schedules so that at least one parent is always home with the kids but there's been many times where Nanny Maria was a necessity and we've seen her with the kids. They're definitely hands on parents with a nanny.

As royal children grow up, I do think its a positive thing for them to have a nanny. It helps them, from an early age, to adapt to the idea that mummy and daddy have "work" and they're not always at the kid's beck and call. George and Charlotte seem to have a very loving and stable home life and I'm confident that it will be the same in the Sussex household.
 
jacqui24 said:
I want receipts. I’m sure she has said she wants to be a hands on mom, but I don’t recall she has said she won’t have a nanny. Meghan has enough working mothers around her to know the two are not mutually exclusive.
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If you look at earlier posts, someone here says that she said it...
 
The Grenadier Guards celebrating the royal baby news in South Sudan. Pretty funny video. :lol:

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Word has spread to South Sudan that a #RoyalBaby is on its way, The Corps of Drums are there to celebrate and let everyone know the great news!
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The Grenadier Guards celebrating the royal baby news in South Sudan. Pretty funny video. :lol:

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Word has spread to South Sudan that a #RoyalBaby is on its way, The Corps of Drums are there to celebrate and let everyone know the great news!
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Very adorable. Love the CO's (?) face.
 
MARG said:
It looks like Harry is going to be a compulsive worrier judging by the way he's clucking over Meghan which, while sweet, is going to drive her nuts pretty darned soon . . . . now it's official. I give it to the end of the tour before she 'educates' him.
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:lol: :lol::lol: So true!
 
Well I am super late to the party, but I've been keeping tabs on my favorite Duke and Duchess via twitter (we need an app for TRF you guys!).

I'm thrilled for them and just like Harry, I hope it's a girl!

I saw the rampant speculation that Meghan was pregnant after wearing that coat to the wedding and wasn't super surprised when the announcement was made (especially after the folder she held over her midsection coming from the airport in Sydney - that's an old tv trick if ever I saw one)...
 
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Another one late to the party but I am THRILLED for them!! I think they'll be wonderful parents!
 
The text below this video says Meghan is four months pregnant:

 
Now if people will just cease referencing Diana on everything about this pregnancy, especially wittering on that if they have a girl they WILL name her Diana.

I think they are a lovely couple who truly seem to be deeply in love and it is like fingernails on a chalkboard every time they 'do' anything' such as when Harry looked so strained the other night at the Invictus Games Opening ceremony even his emotions and worry about Meghan were "inherited from Diana!"

No they were not! The tension is that of a loving husband, any loving husband, who is striving to stay cool about becoming a father and mindful that his loved cousin suffered two miscarriages between her first and second child so, wrapping her in rolls of bubble wrap is his preferred option. Hers however, is "It's a condition not a disease".

Truth be told she probably is more tired than she expected and is loving enough to indulge Harry and put her feet up. But my oh my, I don't remember any pregnant woman who absolutely glows like Meghan does and her smile is pure joy.
 
MARG said:
Now if people will just cease referencing Diana on everything about this pregnancy, especially wittering on that if they have a girl they WILL name her Diana.

I think they are a lovely couple who truly seem to be deeply in love and it is like fingernails on a chalkboard every time they 'do' anything' such as when Harry looked so strained the other night at the Invictus Games Opening ceremony even his emotions and worry about Meghan were "inherited from Diana!"

No they were not! The tension is that of a loving husband, any loving husband, who is striving to stay cool about becoming a father and mindful that his loved cousin suffered two miscarriages between her first and second child so, wrapping her in rolls of bubble wrap is his preferred option. Hers however, is "It's a condition not a disease".

Truth be told she probably is more tired than she expected and is loving enough to indulge Harry and put her feet up. But my oh my, I don't remember any pregnant woman who absolutely glows like Meghan does and her smile is pure joy.
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I SO agree with all of this!!!

They are absolutely adorable and I couldn't be happier for them. You can tell they are genuinely, deeply in love and so very happy about their little one. Harry does seem like a ball of nerves at times but it's so endearing. They are refreshing to watch given the climate of the rest of the world.
 
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That doesn't make it true. I want to see which interview it was said in.
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Agree with your thoughts — timing, especially if she was in a very different stage of her life when she said that. It’s not like circumstances can’t make you adjust your plans and thoughts. They’ll need some sort of consistent, reliable childcare.
 
O-H Anglophile said:
Agree with your thoughts — timing, especially if she was in a very different stage of her life when she said that. It’s not like circumstances can’t make you adjust your plans and thoughts. They’ll need some sort of consistent, reliable childcare.
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And let’s not forget in the timeframe where she did interviews, she had several working mothers as close friends. By all accounts, they are all very much involved in their children’s life, but have nannies.
 
Why is Meghan still going to Fiji and Tonga where that Zika virus is? Now, I don't understand that all?

Why risk anything?
 
It was announced the day they released the pregnancy news that they consulted doctors about the risk.


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It was announced the day they released the pregnancy news that they consulted doctors about the risk.


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I heard that announcement, and?? She should stay in Australia and let Harry go to Fiji and Tonga.

Why a doctor encourage the risk?
 
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