Sunday, September 8, 2013

Week 35

Hey Baby~

The best thing about week 2 of back to school?? It was only four days long because of Labor Day! we spent last weekend up at the cabin with Josh and Sam and Cole and Jackson. We all had a nice time. Your Dad and Josh even got a little golfing in.......check out how handsome they are:




This is us watching the first BSU football game of the season.......they lost miserably, but hey, can't win 'em all!



Here's a little more about me and you...yes I have been getting a little panicky about packing our bags and getting the car seat ready....

Growing, growing, growing. Yup, baby and you. You’ve reached 35 weeks, and your uterus has grown about 1,000 times its original size, a number that might sound exaggerated to everyone else -- but to you it probably feels more like a million. You can expect to gain about a half-pound a week before birth, and baby’s beefing up, too. At 35 weeks, some moms-to-be feel like they have a ton of stuff left to do before baby’s arrival. Others can barely wait for baby to make his debut. Either way, try not to stress. Baby will show up when he’s ready, and he won’t care if you haven’t checked every little detail off your list.

This is from our friend over at the pregnant chicken.....probably wise advice given the experience we had last weekend.......

Okay, throughout this whole pregnancy you’ve probably been thinking about how you’re going to raise your child (at least I hope you have). Well, here’s my advice: if you can, try to keep it to yourself.

The reason I say that is two fold:

One, people will disagree with you and the dumber they are, the more you’ll hear from them. The same people that tell you that they don’t like the baby name you’ve chosen are the same people that will tell you that breastfeeding is ridiculous and that “crying it out”  or co-sleeping is child abuse.

Two, and more importantly, you will change your mind. I remember before I had kids I swore that I would and wouldn’t do certain things – some vocally some not – and not only did I not do what I said I would, I did the exact opposite.

What I failed to account for was the constant grey areas that come with parenthood – rarely are things black and white. Sure I said I would never let my baby sleep with us because it’s a bad habit and I love my sleep. What I didn’t account for was how tired I would be, or how much my baby’s crying would break my heart (like really break my heart), or how good it make me feel to know he was right there, or how much easier it would be to breastfeed.

I told everyone that would listen before I had my baby that “the one thing he’s going to do is sleep in his crib, dammit” and he slept in it once. Once. I had to back pedal and I’m sure people thought, “Oh ho, how did that sleeping in your crib work out for you, dummy?” but were too kind to say anything or I was too tired to hear.

Absolutely, try to figure out how you’re going to do things, but be totally prepared to toss them out the window and go with flow and just say, “We’re going to try X but we’ll play it by ear.”


Love you to pieces baby ~ MOM
 

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