Nothing too interesting, of course. I always knew this baby would not come early, and even though I don’t want to call it “late”, that’s really what we’re dealing with here. I’m not surprised, Styx was nowhere near ready at 39 weeks. This being a man-child, I figured he’d take even longer to cook.
Also, all four of my mom’s babies were 1.5-2.5 weeks late.
Nothing happened yesterday except contractions every 15 minutes or so. They never got more exciting and they never went away, they’re still around actually. It’s a little annoying but at this point I’ve tuned them out. I guess I did also have an inexplicable need to go shopping for the “last time”. We bought a few last minute things (sexy postpartum underwear, except for the sexy part, earplugs (a newborn necessity for when the father works at 5:30am), fruit for snacking during labor, etc) and my husband stressed the importance of being born on the right day (Saturday) loudly, so the baby would hear.
I worked on Styx’s new dress for about an hour and made some mini-quiches to have in the freezer. I realized late last night that I don’t intend to leave the house again until this baby has been born. Apparently. It wasn’t a conscious decision but I really was kind of packing nuts for winter.
And today I splurged and bought my baby a diaper! It was expensive ($23) I know, I have lots already, but this one was adorable and… it can be his Christmas present! Yes!
David is pushing for the purchase of an infant car seat and I’m resisting. I did find one that I’m OK with, but it costs as much as we paid for the convertible, and I can get four years of use out of that one. On the other hand, I can see the benefit of infant carriers during the winter. On yet another hand, what if I have a beast baby this time and he outgrows the thing in six months and then I end up spending three times as much money on car seats just like we did with Styx? Anybody met my brother? He’s a beast. I’m not exactly a waif myself. There’s lots of beastly potential in my gene pool. On a fourth hand, if you spread the cost over two children it might be worth it. And we do intend on a third in a couple of years, have I mentioned that?
I don’t know why car seat purchase decisions are so agonizing in this house.
We tried almond milk. I like it, Styx says she does but takes forever to drink it. I still prefer rice.
Car seats…. Geez.