Here I am on Saturday, helping Brian at the lab.
Monday, October 6, 2008
More baby stuff [32w1d]
On Saturday morning, we had our breastfeeding class. I did learn some new things, especially about pumps and other equipment, and Brian learned a lot. I did not enjoy having to use a baby doll to pretend to breastfeed. Seriously people....a plastic doll..... ugh.
After the class, we decided to not try and drive back to the West side a half hour before the start of the Purdue-Penn State game - that traffic would have been icky - so we stayed in Lafayette. I had wanted to go to the mall, but then remembered that we were near Once Upon a Child. So we stopped there to check out the used goods, and...success! We found a perfectly new looking pack n play for $40 and a lamaze play mat for $12! Yay! Two more big items off my list! Now we need mostly little things like side-snap t-shirts, receiving blankets, more burp cloths, and medications plus some way to store his clothes. Still working on that last one. I'm considering a range of items from shelves with baskets to a hanging organizers, to a dresser.
I've been working on a little blanket recently which will include snowp's first initial when it is complete. I had gotten to the point of needing to include the initial, so I told Brian we needed to decide on his name. We talked very briefly and then he went off to watch a football game with Ron. When he came back, I had completed the initial, and he said, "Oh, so I guess his name is ______?" (That's right, I'm not telling you!!) So, our snowpea has a name (not officially of course, that's not until a birth certificate is made). I've been leaning toward the name for a long time but just couldn't kick out the poor other names that I liked. But I think this has really been his name for a long time now. We just have to discuss the middle name situation, but I am leaning toward one over the other already, so I pretty much have his full name in my mind.
I'm starting to think that we need to get this baby room put together soon as we are now at 32 WEEKS! Yikes! Weeks are seriously passing without my noticing and I can't believe we're getting so close already. Just over a month, and he could technically be done cooking. I think about that and then let him know that he is free to stay for quite a while longer if he'd like, as long as he doesn't lodge any body parts in my ribs for extended periods of time. There are a few times when I swear he must be standing up straight (and sideways in my belly) because all of a sudden, my belly will have sharp parts showing on either side. He's getting to be a strong little bugger and when he moves around, it's a strange mix between "ow!" and "weird!"
Well, that's all for now. The next doctor appointment is on Friday, Brian has fall break Sat-Tues, and all is still going well (besides me needing a nap often).
After the class, we decided to not try and drive back to the West side a half hour before the start of the Purdue-Penn State game - that traffic would have been icky - so we stayed in Lafayette. I had wanted to go to the mall, but then remembered that we were near Once Upon a Child. So we stopped there to check out the used goods, and...success! We found a perfectly new looking pack n play for $40 and a lamaze play mat for $12! Yay! Two more big items off my list! Now we need mostly little things like side-snap t-shirts, receiving blankets, more burp cloths, and medications plus some way to store his clothes. Still working on that last one. I'm considering a range of items from shelves with baskets to a hanging organizers, to a dresser.
I've been working on a little blanket recently which will include snowp's first initial when it is complete. I had gotten to the point of needing to include the initial, so I told Brian we needed to decide on his name. We talked very briefly and then he went off to watch a football game with Ron. When he came back, I had completed the initial, and he said, "Oh, so I guess his name is ______?" (That's right, I'm not telling you!!) So, our snowpea has a name (not officially of course, that's not until a birth certificate is made). I've been leaning toward the name for a long time but just couldn't kick out the poor other names that I liked. But I think this has really been his name for a long time now. We just have to discuss the middle name situation, but I am leaning toward one over the other already, so I pretty much have his full name in my mind.
I'm starting to think that we need to get this baby room put together soon as we are now at 32 WEEKS! Yikes! Weeks are seriously passing without my noticing and I can't believe we're getting so close already. Just over a month, and he could technically be done cooking. I think about that and then let him know that he is free to stay for quite a while longer if he'd like, as long as he doesn't lodge any body parts in my ribs for extended periods of time. There are a few times when I swear he must be standing up straight (and sideways in my belly) because all of a sudden, my belly will have sharp parts showing on either side. He's getting to be a strong little bugger and when he moves around, it's a strange mix between "ow!" and "weird!"
Well, that's all for now. The next doctor appointment is on Friday, Brian has fall break Sat-Tues, and all is still going well (besides me needing a nap often).
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Just me, feeling giant [31w3d]
No pictures or anything (because of course, I'm at work again), just me here, feeling giant. Maybe it's the outfit today, but I looked at myself in the mirror after one of my million bathroom trips per day, and went "geesh!" I have a feeling snowp was going through a growth spurt recently because I have been utterly pooped (don't know if there is actually a medical correlation between him growing and me being tired, but hey, I'm going with it.) and now I look like a condo/small house. I've also noticed that my belly button appears to be sprouting a bruise. Probably not really a bruise, but the skin around it is a darker color than the rest of my skin. I think all of my abdominal skin is now reaching the "freak out" point, wondering how much more I plan to put it through. Ha ha, just you wait, skin, just you wait...
Shopping news: after registering for, and receiving, the wrong size sling, I returned it to amazon for credit. Well, I found out that it would be cheaper to buy it directly from the maker (with a 15% discount because I'm addicted to celebrity baby blog) than getting it on amazon, so I bought it from the maker and decided to spend the refund on other useful stuff. Interesting choice, seeing as it then took me about a month to decide what to buy off amazon. I finally settled on: Oprah's newest book club pick (shut up!), an additional boppy cover with ocean friends and stripes, a swaddle-me wrap (so cool! Olivia didn't think so though....couldn't even keep her in it long enough to get a picture), a nursing tank top, and nursing bra. I've now received everything but the clothing and am quite pleased. I look forward to starting on the book this evening while Bri does his swim workout. I'll have to take some pics soon.
Well, that's all for now. I promise an updated picture will show up sometime in the near future.
Shopping news: after registering for, and receiving, the wrong size sling, I returned it to amazon for credit. Well, I found out that it would be cheaper to buy it directly from the maker (with a 15% discount because I'm addicted to celebrity baby blog) than getting it on amazon, so I bought it from the maker and decided to spend the refund on other useful stuff. Interesting choice, seeing as it then took me about a month to decide what to buy off amazon. I finally settled on: Oprah's newest book club pick (shut up!), an additional boppy cover with ocean friends and stripes, a swaddle-me wrap (so cool! Olivia didn't think so though....couldn't even keep her in it long enough to get a picture), a nursing tank top, and nursing bra. I've now received everything but the clothing and am quite pleased. I look forward to starting on the book this evening while Bri does his swim workout. I'll have to take some pics soon.
Well, that's all for now. I promise an updated picture will show up sometime in the near future.
Monday, September 29, 2008
Changing Table [31w1d]
We found a changing table! Yay! We went to a garage sale on Saturday morning and found this ancient changing table (that is still very sturdy and adorable) for $25. Seeing as the changing table that would match our crib retails for about $250, we figured this was a nice deal. It doesn't match the crib at all, but oh well. We'll have a hodge podge of furniture in there. Once I get stuff a little more organized, I'll take some pictures of the room.
We also went to Target and picked up some necessary baby stuff (maybe not necessary, but stuff I've been wanting to buy): some soothie pacifiers, newborn size diapers, wipes, bedtime baby bath, and a curtain rod to hang a valence we found at a garage sale a while back.
We had a dr. appt on Friday. We waited for about an hour in the lobby before going in for a five minute appointment. How fun for us. Nothing new, nothing exciting. The new hospital opens in three weeks, so I am psyched about that. No way would I be happy to deliver in the icky old hospital.
This weekend, Bri and I watched the documentary, "The Business of Being Born." It was produced by Ricki Lake and it is all about home births and midwives. Very cool flick. Although I was already a very crunchy granola person when it came to my opinions about childbirth, I think this movie may have shown Brian why I have those opinions. We're also getting into some reading about natural childbirth (Bri's actually ahead of me and stole my borrowed copy of "Husband Coached Childbirth" before I could read it!) I'm waiting for another book to be available at the library, "Ina May's Guide to Childbirth." For those who haven't heard my rantings and ravings, this does not mean that I want to go out into the woods and have a baby in the river. We're not even talking about a home birth here (not this time at least!). Right now our main focus is just to try and avoid any interventions - things like pitocin, epidurals, other IV pain meds, and definitely C-sections. We'll see how things go. I am definitely not going to refuse some pain assistance if things get to be too much, but I would really love to be able to avoid all that artificial yuckiness. I'm really glad that Brian sees my side of the whole deal and he is supporting me 110%. He even commented last night that we might agree about this issue more than anything we've ever agreed on before!
Brian has also now taken to using baking analogies when referring to the growth of Snowp. I believe at this point, he is "done rising and ready to go into the oven to become nicely toasted and golden brown." The bread comparison doesn't quite work for me because I'm pretty sure loaves of bread don't have pointy elbows and knees, and stinking strong arms and legs to beat me up from the inside out. He has found his favorite place to kick me (my right side) and boy is that the strangest sensation ever! Snowp and I also volunteered at our first triathlon yesterday. We got people registered, helped out elsewhere, and then drove the sag wagon behind the bikes. Fun fun. At least we got to listen to Beatles-o-rama on the classic hits radio station for the whole drive.
Well, that's all for now seeing as I'm at work.....and obviously not working.
We also went to Target and picked up some necessary baby stuff (maybe not necessary, but stuff I've been wanting to buy): some soothie pacifiers, newborn size diapers, wipes, bedtime baby bath, and a curtain rod to hang a valence we found at a garage sale a while back.
We had a dr. appt on Friday. We waited for about an hour in the lobby before going in for a five minute appointment. How fun for us. Nothing new, nothing exciting. The new hospital opens in three weeks, so I am psyched about that. No way would I be happy to deliver in the icky old hospital.
This weekend, Bri and I watched the documentary, "The Business of Being Born." It was produced by Ricki Lake and it is all about home births and midwives. Very cool flick. Although I was already a very crunchy granola person when it came to my opinions about childbirth, I think this movie may have shown Brian why I have those opinions. We're also getting into some reading about natural childbirth (Bri's actually ahead of me and stole my borrowed copy of "Husband Coached Childbirth" before I could read it!) I'm waiting for another book to be available at the library, "Ina May's Guide to Childbirth." For those who haven't heard my rantings and ravings, this does not mean that I want to go out into the woods and have a baby in the river. We're not even talking about a home birth here (not this time at least!). Right now our main focus is just to try and avoid any interventions - things like pitocin, epidurals, other IV pain meds, and definitely C-sections. We'll see how things go. I am definitely not going to refuse some pain assistance if things get to be too much, but I would really love to be able to avoid all that artificial yuckiness. I'm really glad that Brian sees my side of the whole deal and he is supporting me 110%. He even commented last night that we might agree about this issue more than anything we've ever agreed on before!
Brian has also now taken to using baking analogies when referring to the growth of Snowp. I believe at this point, he is "done rising and ready to go into the oven to become nicely toasted and golden brown." The bread comparison doesn't quite work for me because I'm pretty sure loaves of bread don't have pointy elbows and knees, and stinking strong arms and legs to beat me up from the inside out. He has found his favorite place to kick me (my right side) and boy is that the strangest sensation ever! Snowp and I also volunteered at our first triathlon yesterday. We got people registered, helped out elsewhere, and then drove the sag wagon behind the bikes. Fun fun. At least we got to listen to Beatles-o-rama on the classic hits radio station for the whole drive.
Well, that's all for now seeing as I'm at work.....and obviously not working.
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