Is Alfie the grumpiest toddler in Britain?
IT’S tough being a baby. No one seems to understand what you want and by the time they do, there’s another problem.
Some take it better than others, however. Little Alfie Clucas has made his constant displeasure known from the moment he was born. Whether cradled in his mother’s arms, playing or even sleeping, the 18-month-old has perfected the miserable look – a pouting lower lip, furrowed brow and accusing glare.
He even bears an uncanny resemblance to the main character in recent hit film The Boss Baby. Alfie’s mother Cheryl Priestley, 21, said: ‘He’s always been grumpy. It’s mainly when he’s tired or hungry. When he was just two days old I spotted when he was asleep he had a bit of a grumpy face. I just burst out laughing. He’s like a little old man in a baby’s body.’
Her photographs include a newborn Alfie glowering at the camera in a white babygrow and hat, grimacing at the fairground and pouting even after eating chocolate and getting it all over his face.
Miss Priestley, from Lincoln, said: ‘It looks like he’s saying “Mum, I really don’t like this, can we do something different?”.
‘When he’s having a good day his smile lights up the room. It’s absolutely beautiful. He’s either one of two extremes – he’s either grumpy or a little monkey.
‘You never know what you’re going to get but he’s a lovely boy and I wouldn’t change him for the world.’