It has been awhile since I’ve had a chance to update my blog and so apologies to my devoted readers, if there are any? The long and the short of it is between a new job and holidays and a pregnant wife i haven’t’ found much time. But today I’m using my lunch break to update you all on becoming a Dad.
Well as you know I survived the baby expo with limbs intact and wallet empty. It seems I’m not the only one to be overwhelmed by the baby expo as I was at a meeting recently and spoke to a pregnant lady (yes there are lots out there it seems) and she said she made her husband take her home as she was about to hyperventilate. Seems like it might be a right of passage for new parents to visit a baby expo and experience the mayhem of 1000’s of baby’s, prams, pregnant ladies and baby stuff. Perhaps it makes it seem easier when you get your baby home and you only have 1 to deal with.
We have now had our 19 week scan which indicated that everything is going well and the baby is healthy. Yes we did find out the sex but we aren’t telling anyone. Saying that makes most people groan but hey it’s nice to have some secrets.
The finding out or not certainly does create some debate and comment. We have some friends who have told us the name and sex before the birth and of course others who don’t find out the sex and reveal the name until after the birth and even some friends who changed the name after a week. Maybe we could go with that but have a different name each week – there are enough on the prospective list to do that. It does seem like people want you to be in their camp though – if they found out it good you did but there is almost disappointment if they didn’t find out and you reveal you did.
Interestingly since finding out we haven’t concentrated just on one list of names but kept both going. It’s not that we don’t believe what we have been told but perhaps we just want to be prepared or if we have both lists it’s easier not to slip up.
So now we are sitting at 23 weeks, after a holiday to New Zealand which involved an earthquake and the purchasing of some gender specific baby stuff (so now we have a box of hidden stuff so no one works it out). Apparently while my wife is in hospital following the birth of our baby, I will be busting out the box to prepare all the gender specific purchases for our bundle of joys arrival home. With 17 weeks to go I’m nervous the box might turn into a few more boxes by then...
This baby is already the proud owner of several pairs of shoes from New Zealand, 6 outfits from the Prague, some Estonian mouse slippers (they look like mice not made of mice!!!) courtesy of the grandparents travels, a teddy bear, a cot, some nappies, change table, bouncer etc.. and it’s not even here for another 17 weeks!!!!
Speaking of grandparents.. Seems that Cupcake (our cat – see first blog entry) has come into a bit of fortune as the grandies prepare for grandparenthood. During our recent New Zealand trip young Cupcake had a holiday of her own to visit the grandparents. Now these are the same grandparents who keep saying to me that they can’t wait to see what happens to the cat when we have our baby as she is so spoilt that she is not going to be happy going to the bottom of the pecking order. Well I know now what she will be doing... heading down to the grandies for some love and attention. Apparently at their house you just need to meow once and you get a multitude of food options presented. Fish, chicken, Beef.. all available with a simple meow... no wonder she bite my toes this morning.. breakfast clearly wasn’t up to the grandparents standard.
We have now booked in for anti-natal classes. There were two options presented by the lady at the hospital– 5 x 2 hours sessions over 5 weeks or a whole day. I, of course inquired if the whole day was 10 hours (5 X 2 hours in a day) as that would be a long day but was informed that it was shorter than 10 hours and, didn’t need to be 10 hours, because the 2 hour sessions over 5 weeks involved a whole lot of hello’s and good byes.
So our day is only 7 hours. I must say that 3 hours we are saving is a lot of hello’s and good bye’s. That’s 24 minutes per session of salutations. I think I might have to pop along to see what a 12 minute hello and 12 minute goodbye feels like. Perhaps it includes a hug and a little massage? Intriguing...
Anyway, my lunch break is over but hopefully I will be back to more regular updates with only 17 weeks to go.
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