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Cheer Cheer, a new edition is near!Posted Monday, December 1, 2008, at 3:37 PM
Hello, it has been a very long time since I last blogged. I guess I have not had too much to say lately. But now, I do.
I am expecting! Expecting what, you might ask? I am expecting a joyous New Year of course, Peace on Earth, A very Merry Christmas...oh yeah, and my very first, well planned, very much wanted BABY!! My partner and I are so excited! I am 8 1/2 weeks today! Any advice for for the second month of pregnancy? I am seeing very little changes.. no sickness, just alittle more hungry and tired than I used to be. Comments Showing comments in chronological order [Show most recent comments first] |
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No advice, but congrats!
Congrats..The changes will come soon enough. Not all that bad, you can just remember the end goal.
Only a couple of pieces of advice
1) start saving for college tomorrow.
2) Drugs are your friend, never let anybody tell you the pain isn't so bad. No need to endure pain if you don't have to.
3) Independence is a key word..we push children to talk and walk and read early but when they become teenagers it all changes. The hardest thing I ever done was watching mine get into a car to drive for the first time yet I had pushed them to grow up their entire lives then I was ready for them to be little again all of a sudden.
I wouldn't take a million dollars for my children but of course I wouldn't give a nickel for another one either :>)
Good Luck and The Best of Best Wishes
Sleep now -- as much as possible. Once they are born, you will never get a good night's rest again. If you aren't getting up at 2 a.m. to feed infants, you're staying up until 2 a.m., wondering where the heck your teen drivers are.
But prepare yourself -- for a life of love and laughter. Nothing makes me laugh more than my kids.
Congratulations! You are in for some exciting times. Your 2nd month nothing really happens except for being tired. Just wait for your 2nd trimester you will get your energy back. And maternity clothes are so cute these days. Oh and the best book ever is "What to Expect When Expecting", it pretty much answered all my questions. Enjoy this time, as miserable as I got toward the end of my pregnancy (with twins), I'd still do it all over again!
Congratulations! As I only have one child, and was nine-eleven weeks along before I found out, (duh?)I kinda skipped that part. I'm glad you're not having sickness. Will you be finding if boy or girl and will you share with us?
Being a mother is the richest blessing of life. Savor everyday like it is the last and when they are grown you will have no regrets knowing you did the best you could. From bath time to graduation time, it's a journey like no other!
Thank you so much for your comments! Of course I will share if it is a boy or a girl! Mark, my partner (I hate the term boyfriend, we are way past that stage) really would like a boy, but what man doesn't. I Just want a healthy baby, with all its fingers and toes!
Congratulations! Children are wonderful! And if your baby is anything like mine was, you will get sleep! My little boy slept pretty much all night when he was born. I was up maybe 2 times a night with him, sometimes not even that. I have a baby name book if you would like to have it! We aren't having anymore kids. Better to let someone get some use out of it! And the best thing to get for your car is a baby rear view mirror. They are perfect for when you and baby are traveling by yourselves. And they work great for when they get bigger too.
Congrats! I am a proud mother of 3 of the greatest lil boys ever. They r now 2, 6, & 8. All of my pregancies were very difficult, but worth every minute of it. My first son was born 6 weeks early, was hospitalized @ 5 months & put on bed rest til my 2nd son was born 3 weeks early, & my 3rd child was 11 days overdue. So, every pregnancy is different. Your relationship may be strained during your prenancy because you will not be able to do all that you could before & he still can. When your child comes into this world though you & Mark will have a whole new love for each other as well as the baby. Good luck & I look forward to reading about your lil one over the next few months.
I do not have any advice for your pregnancy, except to remind you that your partner has to live through it as well. I could give him some advice about that though.
I do have some things that I was never told that I wish I knew beforehand, and could have anticipated. I am not sure if any of it will be relative to you as I am a male, and I think a lot of being a parent is subjective and dependant upon our own experiences and perceptions, so I doubt what I have experienced will be universal.
The first thing is guilt. There are no words to describe just how involved you will become in attempting to meet the needs of this fresh new person. Every aspect of their live is now your responsibility and no matter what you do, in retrospective contemplation, it will be too much, too little, too late, too early or some other traumatic mistake you have made. It is far too easy to second guess yourself and attempt to find out where you went wrong, and to forget that this small individual has some nativistic tendencies that we do not control, no matter how hard we try.
The second thing is how we can relive our own childhoods vicariously through our children. That may sound like fun, but we are now adults who have suppressed so many memories and so much pain that is invariably associated with growing up, that we have almost idealized the state of being a child. I do not know if I am alone in this, but I believe I have relived every single shortcoming, inadequacy and feeling of helplessness and emotional pain that I ever experienced as a child while watching my children suffer through the pains of growing up. There is no way to prevent it from happening, or to protect them from it, and I guess that is the most troubling part.
I do not mean to be pessimistic or make parenthood sound like punishment. It is just that there really are times that are wholly bittersweet and melancholy and can penetrate to your very core. The good part is that these times are vastly outnumbered by the months of just getting through the day, and of course, the occasional times when everything seems to fall precisely into place and make it all worthwhile.
candasons07 I would love to have your baby name book, if you want, I can return it back to you if you need it back!
memyselfi- I, too, am very pessimistic. I always expect the worse, but when it does all turn out ok, I am like YEAH!! (But normally, I do not share those feelings to anyone except Mark, who is always so positive) and therefore, people think I am a very positive and out going person. Anyways, sorry to get off the subject.... Thank you for your male insight.
Amanda, you can keep it! I can't have anymore anyway! It's been sitting for 5 years without being used! Just let me know where to send it. I can drop it off at the Times Gazette office if you would like! Just let me know!
candasons07- That would be great if you could drop if off at the Times-Gazette office. My name is Mandy and I work in Display Advertising. THANK YOU SO MUCH, IT WILL BE WELL USED!