I thought that I had moved passed stroller incidents, as you may remember on our first visit to the baby store I got told off for my stroller driving style and constantly calling it a pram instead of a stroller.
Well the Saturday just passed we ventured once again into a baby store to do some more research and perhaps make a purchase. The major reason behind the trip was testing car seats and stroller to see if they fit into our car. This of course meant taking in and out of the shop numerous car seats and strollers and loading them in an out of the car.
The lady that assisted us seemed nice enough and in the end was actually lovely but the first sign of trouble was the steely glare I got when my wife said she has come previously and looked at them and now she wanted to show me. I could tell by the look that she was thinking “ useless male – makes wife do all the research and then turns up for 10 mins to have a look”...
The next steely glare I got was when I put the pram that we had just tested down on the tarmac next to the car. Apparently that might damage it which seemed a surprising thing to worry about given the shoving i had just done to try and get a monster stroller into the car!! Obviously I am a slow learner and also did it with the car seat which again was met with a comment about not damaging the seat. I still can’t see how resting it on the tarmac is going to damage it... i think i could put an egg on the tarmac and it come up without any scratches.
I think in the end though the resounding smile we got was mainly due to the large amount of money we spent on the car seat, stroller and portacot and numerous other attachments. At least we have most of the big stuff now.
Onto other matters and my wife is progressing well and things are still going very well according to the Obstetrician. We are down to visits every 3 weeks and heading towards a weekly visit. I’m thinking about setting up a tent in his waiting room though after our last appointment when our appointment was at 4pm and we didn’t get in to see him until 9.10pm. I think perhaps if we camp there we can just pop in for a weekly check up when he has a quiet moment.
It’s funny how women go through the visual phases of pregnancy. To start with there are no signs.. then, for those that know, there is a little bump that appears. I think to the outside world, who are none the wiser, they are probably thinking “hmmmm she has had a blow out lately and is piling on the pounds”.... then comes the announcement that she is pregnant which let most people into the sudden increasing bump but i think to people in the street it can just look like they have a bit of a gut for quite some time.
Well my wife is certainly into the looking pregnant to everyone stage.... we were on the train the other day and this young fella of about 18, with his headphones still in shouted down the train to my wife, at a volume which meant the driver 3 carriages away probably knows that he offered up his seat, , “excuse me did you need a seat?” Now that was the moment I thought – she looks really pregnant now. It was lovely of the fella to offer his seat although is should really have been the mega fat guy sitting in the priority seats reading a book and pretending not to see anyone.
It’s only 10 weeks to go today which is becoming increasingly confronting. The reality of little sleep, waking up every few hours, dealing with nappies and poo and a BABY!!! seems to be barrelling towards us like a freight train.
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