I gained 5 pounds over the past month. My frontal height is 30 cm, which is actually 2 cm smaller than we would expect at this point. His heart is strong in the 140 bpm range. He has stopped flipping back and forth it seems and my doctor also thinks he is now presenting head first. He stretches alittle from time to time. But in general he is a giant cuddle bug.
There are now videos posted on the Shutterfly account. See Laine walk with confidence. See Laine wiggle her butt as she dances to music on the tv. See Laine play with her food.
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Friday, July 23, 2010
A month in review
Laine is now walking on her own with confidence. This began last week. Last weekend was filled with chasing a walking and screaming baby going, "Ma! Ma! Ma!" or "Da! Da! Da!" or just plain "AAAAAAA!"
Let's see what else. Some random lady with only 5 or so teeth stopped me on the street outside my work 2 weeks ago and offered me a very wrinkled, dirty, and stained maternity shirt. It was actually quite touching. This lady had very little. Her church gave her the shirt even though she certainly is not going to have a baby (she was too old to have a child). She didn't even ask for money for the shirt. It was just a shirt she knew that she couldn't use and that I might need. I let her know that I was all set despite her touching gesture.
Last week I paid her nice gesture forward. On my way into the train station from work I found a $20 bill on the ground. (There are so many people around that station that it was obvious that it had only been on the ground for less than 60 seconds.) Once in the station there was a woman my age digging through her pocket with a look of concern. I asked her if she lost some money. She said yes. I held out the 20 and asked, "Was it a 20?" After I said that I came in the station behind her and found it on the ground, she took it. I didn't get a thank you out of her, but I did get several shocked looks from people around us. On the way through the gates a guy looked at me and said that the woman was extremely lucky that it was a person like me who found it.
Oh wait... this is a blog about the kids, not me... sorry about that aside there.
Mr. Unborn Baby now knows that he can go upside down. Then back to right side up. Then back. And forth. Etc. Lucky me! He isn't exactly small anymore and the feeling of a baby flipping inside you is NOT comfortable.
I am getting up 2-3 times in the middle of the night to pee. Thank you little one for putting all that pressure on my bladder even when I am laying down.
When he is awake and active, it looks like I have bombs going off in my abdomen. It is rather funny to see my tummy dance around. In general he is a pretty good baby (when he is not stretching and stabbing me with his feet and toes) and we have begun to play the "chase the knee/foot around game." He sticks his knee or foot out and I draw circles around it with my fingers. He moves it and I move along with him. We continue this game until he gets frustrated and retracts his knee or foot.
When Laine sees my naked belly she is compelled to put her index finger in my belly button. I hope to get a picture of this later since it is rather funny.
We are down to two names for Mr. Unborn Baby. Actually we have been down to two for awhile now. We are just keeping our baby's name hush-hush this time around. You'll find out when he is born. It'll be a surprise! So if you do know, don't go blasting it around. Here is a hint though: his first or middle name will be after a very special relative of mine that had a very positive impact on me and my life.
I am sure there is more to say but I am tired and not thinking straight.
Let's see what else. Some random lady with only 5 or so teeth stopped me on the street outside my work 2 weeks ago and offered me a very wrinkled, dirty, and stained maternity shirt. It was actually quite touching. This lady had very little. Her church gave her the shirt even though she certainly is not going to have a baby (she was too old to have a child). She didn't even ask for money for the shirt. It was just a shirt she knew that she couldn't use and that I might need. I let her know that I was all set despite her touching gesture.
Last week I paid her nice gesture forward. On my way into the train station from work I found a $20 bill on the ground. (There are so many people around that station that it was obvious that it had only been on the ground for less than 60 seconds.) Once in the station there was a woman my age digging through her pocket with a look of concern. I asked her if she lost some money. She said yes. I held out the 20 and asked, "Was it a 20?" After I said that I came in the station behind her and found it on the ground, she took it. I didn't get a thank you out of her, but I did get several shocked looks from people around us. On the way through the gates a guy looked at me and said that the woman was extremely lucky that it was a person like me who found it.
Oh wait... this is a blog about the kids, not me... sorry about that aside there.
Mr. Unborn Baby now knows that he can go upside down. Then back to right side up. Then back. And forth. Etc. Lucky me! He isn't exactly small anymore and the feeling of a baby flipping inside you is NOT comfortable.
I am getting up 2-3 times in the middle of the night to pee. Thank you little one for putting all that pressure on my bladder even when I am laying down.
When he is awake and active, it looks like I have bombs going off in my abdomen. It is rather funny to see my tummy dance around. In general he is a pretty good baby (when he is not stretching and stabbing me with his feet and toes) and we have begun to play the "chase the knee/foot around game." He sticks his knee or foot out and I draw circles around it with my fingers. He moves it and I move along with him. We continue this game until he gets frustrated and retracts his knee or foot.
When Laine sees my naked belly she is compelled to put her index finger in my belly button. I hope to get a picture of this later since it is rather funny.
We are down to two names for Mr. Unborn Baby. Actually we have been down to two for awhile now. We are just keeping our baby's name hush-hush this time around. You'll find out when he is born. It'll be a surprise! So if you do know, don't go blasting it around. Here is a hint though: his first or middle name will be after a very special relative of mine that had a very positive impact on me and my life.
I am sure there is more to say but I am tired and not thinking straight.
Monday, July 5, 2010
Update
Okay, I am horrible person. I can't seem to find the time to update this thing. Here is what I have been up to instead:
1- Randomly falling asleep in the middle of the day
2- Working (furloughs have ended... for a month or so)
3- Getting beat up by my son
4- Laying in bed with insomnia at 2 AM
5- Sweating (it has been in the mid to high 90s for weeks now)
6- Getting fat
7- Trying to stay as social as possible
8- Walking Laine around the house (she insists on holding one of our hands as she strolls around the house)
9- Picking up Laine's toys
10- Going to the doctor's office
What I have NOT been up to:
1- Doing a good job of taking care of these varicous veins
2- Getting Laine's new room up to snuff (Al got mad at me the other week... I kinda decided that I should move my treddle, a couch, a chair, a desk, etc. into the office in attempts at getting the room somewhat ready. Yeah, that was a bad idea.)
3- Getting ready for the little one's arrival
4- Re-reading the natural childbirth book I have (my plan is to scream through the experience like I did before)
5- Finishing my co-worker's baby quilt. Note: The baby was born two months ago. Whoops!
6- Climbing stairs.
Our little boy is doing well. His heart was beating in the 140s during the visit last week. He heard me tell my doc that he doesn't move that much. My doc said that if he goes awhile without moving to give them a call so that they can hook him up to some monitors. He apparently did not like idea because the very next day he was active as hell. He has continued on that trend since then as well.
He is still right-side-up and having lots of fun kicking my bladder and kidneys. He has until late August to turn on his own, or else we will be doing some manual turning of him in the doc's office. I'm not worried yet but I must admit that he does not go upside down at all. Meanwhile, Laine was upside down for the entire pregnancy with the exception of when she turned right side up to kick at the band on my pants. Two very different children!
On that note, the other differences I have noted:
1- He hasn't had the hiccups yet. Laine had them all the time.
2- Laine always woke up on the train. He easily sleeps through it.
3- Laine never gave me back or butt pain. Him? Yeah, I think I already spent an entire post complaining about it. The pain continues!
4- Laine hated stuff in "her space" (she is still like that). He could care less.
5- His kicks and punches can be rythmic in nature. Laine just wiggled around.
6- He does marathon wake and sleep cycles AND he is a night owl. I do not recollect any of that about Laine.
1- Randomly falling asleep in the middle of the day
2- Working (furloughs have ended... for a month or so)
3- Getting beat up by my son
4- Laying in bed with insomnia at 2 AM
5- Sweating (it has been in the mid to high 90s for weeks now)
6- Getting fat
7- Trying to stay as social as possible
8- Walking Laine around the house (she insists on holding one of our hands as she strolls around the house)
9- Picking up Laine's toys
10- Going to the doctor's office
What I have NOT been up to:
1- Doing a good job of taking care of these varicous veins
2- Getting Laine's new room up to snuff (Al got mad at me the other week... I kinda decided that I should move my treddle, a couch, a chair, a desk, etc. into the office in attempts at getting the room somewhat ready. Yeah, that was a bad idea.)
3- Getting ready for the little one's arrival
4- Re-reading the natural childbirth book I have (my plan is to scream through the experience like I did before)
5- Finishing my co-worker's baby quilt. Note: The baby was born two months ago. Whoops!
6- Climbing stairs.
Our little boy is doing well. His heart was beating in the 140s during the visit last week. He heard me tell my doc that he doesn't move that much. My doc said that if he goes awhile without moving to give them a call so that they can hook him up to some monitors. He apparently did not like idea because the very next day he was active as hell. He has continued on that trend since then as well.
He is still right-side-up and having lots of fun kicking my bladder and kidneys. He has until late August to turn on his own, or else we will be doing some manual turning of him in the doc's office. I'm not worried yet but I must admit that he does not go upside down at all. Meanwhile, Laine was upside down for the entire pregnancy with the exception of when she turned right side up to kick at the band on my pants. Two very different children!
On that note, the other differences I have noted:
1- He hasn't had the hiccups yet. Laine had them all the time.
2- Laine always woke up on the train. He easily sleeps through it.
3- Laine never gave me back or butt pain. Him? Yeah, I think I already spent an entire post complaining about it. The pain continues!
4- Laine hated stuff in "her space" (she is still like that). He could care less.
5- His kicks and punches can be rythmic in nature. Laine just wiggled around.
6- He does marathon wake and sleep cycles AND he is a night owl. I do not recollect any of that about Laine.
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