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Sean Taro Ono Lennon was born by caesarean section, and weighed 8 pounds and 10 ounces.

Yoko Ono had been admitted to hospital some days prior to the birth, and was encouraged to have the c-section due to her age and three previous miscarriages.

Although the pair had met backstage after his performance with Elton John at Madison Square Garden on 28 November 1974, it was more than two months before he moved back into the Dakota.

Shortly after the birth, John Lennon was quoted as saying: I feel higher than the Empire State Building Elton John was invited to become the babys godfather.

The birth of Sean marked the beginning of Lennons five-year retirement from public life, during which he dedicated his time to bringing up his son.

The release of the Shaved Fish compilation in November 1975 left him without recording obligations, and when Ono became pregnant he abandoned plans for an album called Between The Lines, to have been recorded with black musicians recruited by Carlos Alomar.

Lennon established a routine of rising at 6am to plan and prepare meals and activities for Sean, while Ono took care of business matters elsewhere in the Dakota.

It is such a tremendous responsibility to see that the baby has the right amount of food and doesnt overeat and gets the right amount of sleep.

If I, as a housemother, had not put him to sleep and made sure that he was in the bath by 7.30, no one else would have.

Now I understand the frustration of those women because of all the work.

And theres no gold watch at the end of the day The joy is still there when I see Sean.

He didnt come out of my belly but, by God, I made his bones, because Ive attended to every meal, and to how he sleeps, and to the fact that he swims like a fish.

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