My First Christmas - and the doudou

This is me with my French grandad - aged 12 and a half weeks (me that is, not grandad).

What you need to know about having a baby in France - especially for birth presents and Christmas presents, is about the doudou... or comforter... or lovey in English. They come in all shapes and sizes and in dozens.....

An example: from http://www.doudou-shop.com/

There are even sites if you lose yours..... http://www.misterdoudou.fr/ so you can buy the exact same one again.... anyway, just to say, we are not short of doudous!