Week 20 Day 3

   Pregnancy game #3!  Paddy-cake with the baby. 

   Now we not only feel the little slugger, but we can see the movement when my wife is lying still.  When this happens we both giggle hysterically.  And since the baby can now hear this reaction from us, we are probably already conditioning it to continue moving more persistently to get a reaction.

   The only time we are able to notice this, of course, is at night when we are about to go to bed.  Not the best time for the baby to wake up since we are trying to go to sleep.  And since there’s still 4 ½ months to go, I imagine this will get very old very quickly.  Well… At least for my partner it will get old.  I think it could entertain me for hours.

  Which led her to respond with “You might call it paddy-cake with the baby, I call it being double-teamed.”  I could blame the baby but that would make me an ass.

   

Week 20 Day 1

   Halfway check-in point.

   I had another “what the heck are we doing moment” yesterday.  In 20 weeks we’re going to have a little one.  Yikes.

   So I’m going to probably ramble here a bit.

   I’ve started going back to work so the summer is over (for me).  I finished all the projects I set out to do for the summer.  The nursery is pretty much set up.  We’re feeling a bit impatient, now, but I know we will value the next few months since they will be our last months to ourselves.  Without the new addition, that is.

   I would say that I’ve hit a bit of a wall when it comes to not being an ass during this momentous event.  I haven’t been reading or posting as much.  It is more difficult to muster up the energy to stay positive and cheery.  That could be because I’m starting up work again, but I have a gut feeling there is something going on in addition to that.

   Then again, it could just be the natural ebbs and flows of emotions that we all feel accentuated by the hormones of my partner (and probably myself).  The chemical/physical changes that male partners experience during pregnancies are still largely unknown.  I will use this as an excuse.

   But due to my wonderful partner’s urging, I’ve been reading The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding.  Lots of good information here.  But I would caution you to wait until after breakfast before reading any section on bowel movements and meconium consistencies.

   Things are looking great and here’s to another flawless 20 weeks.

   Come on, second wind!  Don’t fail me now!