It’s So Close!
I’m a member of an online group of women who are all due in March. There’s about 30 of us or so, and we all have similar goals for our childbirth experience, how we want to raise or kids, and lead similar lifestyles. We live all over the country, but we talk every day. It’s been the most amazing support group ever. Over the course of our pregnancies, our due dates have been moved around, we’ve learned about minor health complications, and we’ve even lost a couple babies. We honestly consider each other to be very close and dear friends. The first of the group’s babies was born yesterday. I’m eager to read the birth story as soon as Mama recovers enough to share, but in the mean time, we’re getting labor updates from a second mama who went into labor last night. We have established a phone chain to
Big Brother is Jealous of Baby Sister
My son has been having a really hard time adjusting to his little sister. He shows her love by hugging and kissing her and I know that he genuinely loves her so that has never been a problem. There are moments when he wants to be the center of attention and gets mad when his baby sister is getting all the attention. Every other night he wakes up in the middle of the night. Sometimes he is crying and sometimes he roams around the house looking sad. It breaks my heart to see him this way. I usually wake up and go check on him. Sometimes he is already awake and gets up and heads into the living room. He looks so sad so I scoop him up into my arms and hug him tight. I give him a few sips of juice or water and then let him climb
Will Ben Be Jealous?
One thing I worry about a lot with this pregnancy is the potential jealousy issue. Benjamin is a total momma’s boy. He is used to having me all to himself, every day, all the time. Occasionally he goes to daycare, of course, and he loves being around other kids. He especially loves older kids – he will just watch them and talk and laugh and be utterly captivated. My concern is, though, that he has no concept of pregnancy. I can’t really prepare him for another baby coming. I can’t tell him that he’ll have a little brother soon. One day, we’re going to come home from the hospital and suddenly, there’s going to be another person there who is going to need a lot of my attention. And how will Ben handle that? Is he going to be jealous? Or will another baby be exciting for him? It’s really
Dogs and Babies
At first I was a little worried about how my dog, Thomas, would react to the baby coming home. It was bad enough that my son was still getting used to to her, but now my dog had to adjust to another child in the household. His place in the hierarchy of our household has moved down one more notch. The first time we brought little Daiyana home, Thomas’s ears and eyes perked up. He immediately smelled something new in the house and could feel her presence. I let him out of his kennel cage and allowed him to roam around the house sniffing. I then sat down on the couch with her and let him take a look at her. Thomas loves her! Wow! I really thought he was going to be upset and throw a doggie tantrum. Thomas has been around in my life since before I met my
I Failed?
I just had my one hour glucose test and I failed. I do not like to fail things; the word itself is harsh to me. It all took me by surprise when the timer went off, the nurse took my blood, and then just said in a very abrupt way – you failed. Apparently your “number” has to come back less than 135 and mine was 147. The one hour glucose screening test is standard procedure for all non-diabetic pregnant women between 24 and 28 weeks of pregnancy. I had to take the same test when I was pregnant with Elli, but I passed that time. In case you haven’t had to take your glucose test yet, let me warn you – it is not fun! You have to drink a very sugary drink, wait one hour, and then have your blood drawn. I do not do well with lots of sugar so I
