Toast.......

And then there was toast….

I have heard of cravings and I’m sure all of you out there know of some weird and wonderful cravings. So far we have been through a number – tiny teddies, oranges, honey sandwiches and hot chips…. But there has been one constant – Toast.

I don’t think I’ve ever made so much toast in my life and more often than not it is in the wee hours of the morning when the only person excited to see me out of bed is cupcake thinking she might get an early morning snack.

Now that winter is upon us, it is even worse getting out of bed at some random hour opening the freezer, finding the bread and then standing in the cold watching the toaster with it’s warm red glow, so inviting "oh I could just hop in there" and trying to remember the order. Was it for butter or butter and raspberry jam or butter and vegemite or butter and apricot jam or like this morning just plain toast and all the while that warm snugly spot under the doona, that you spent the last 5 hours creating, has escaped into a distant memory.

I think our baby is going to come out with a jar of raspberry jam and a knife in hand ready to go nuts on a few fresh loaves. Better remember to take a toaster to the birth.

The other weird thing happening at the moment is that suddenly everything in life seems to be about babies. Everywhere I turn there is something about them or one of them. Even the TV is turning on me. For anyone who saw Packed the the Rafters on Tuesday night. OMG – I want to send it back!!!! All that crying, not attaching, not sleeping and the worst part – did anyone see how crazy Mrs Rafter went?? Arghhh I don’t want my wife turning into some crazed emotional feeding machine…

And if all the baby stuff on Packed to the Rafters was not enough, the ads during the show were all about babies.. well perhaps that is a slight exaggeration but the one that sticks in mind is about “Baby Love Pull up pants”. The scariest part is that normally these kind of ads drift past my eyes with little attention, but on Tuesday night I actually started to think “oh they look good – they will be very useful, I must remember about those”. Normally only ads about food and music are of the slightest interest.

In all seriousness today was our 12 week scan and all looks wonderful and healthy with good strong heart, hands and brain. We even saw thumb sucking, feet rubbing and hands in the air. I said to my wife – Does it feel weird knowing all that is going on down there when you can’t feel it? I think from the response it was weirding me out more than her.

Jamie