Baby #2 is the size of a pineapple this week! Wowsa.
Probably weighs around 4 lbs, which is kind of scary since we still have about
7 weeks to go and just taking a wild guess here…I think both of us are going to
grow substantially in that period of time. On the note of pineapples, did you know that pineapple is supposed to help induce labor? At least according to this article. Overdue mamas get pretty desperate, so I guess it's worth a try.
“Honey, I don’t know how to say this, but…I think that skirt
is too tight.”
Result: purchase of additional maternity clothes from
gap.com – thank goodness they are having a Fall sale with 35% off! Thought process: two new pairs of pants and two new shirts are definitely cheaper than actual therapy for the pregnant mama who is feeling F-A-T!
(This needs some additional detail:
Jack loves to watch videos of himself (as a baby) on our iPhones and now knows
how to tell us that he would like to do so. “I WATCH!!!”)
Result: we now have to hide our phones unless it is a time/place
where it is appropriate for him to sit and watch a few videos. Thought process: originally I loved this “video watching” activity (because I love seeing how much he has grown/changed, and I thought that watching videos of himself was better than watching the junk on TV). Now that he drains my phone battery on a daily basis and throws a tantrum if he can’t watch…not loving the activity as much as I was before.
“Really glad my brain just turned back on and I gave him the
pacifier!”
(Requires additional detail as well: due to an “I WATCH!!!” fit in
the car on the way home last night, Jack was screaming his head off for 5 minutes…I
mean really screaming and crying…and John (via Bluetooth) was trying to reason
with him. Suddenly Jack was silent. Ol’ Johnny boy thought his magical words
had done the trick. Wrong. I remembered that not only did I have a pacifier
within arms’ reach, but that my son still really likes them.)
Result: with the onset of third-trimester pregnancy brain, I
now plan to keep a pacifier in my sight so I don’t forget what a magical mommy
tool it can be.Thought process: for us, pacifiers have been a saving grace! At 16 months old, Jack is certainly not addicted to them (i.e. he doesn’t “need” one…goes all day at school without it and really just uses it to fall asleep or if he is extra fussy, but then spits it out), and it never affected our nursing relationship (huge fear of mine since breastfeeding was so important to me! But after his first 3 days of life, when I realized it was not really going to work for mama to be a human pacifier…we popped one of those bad boys in and have enjoyed the results ever since. Baby #2 will be a paci baby or a thumb sucker if desired as well!).
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