Weekly re-cap of pregnancy #2: Week 12
Week 12
(Oct. 15 to Oct. 21)
Symptoms: Boobs are definitely bigger — not awesome-big, but better than those sad-looking, flat, post-breastfeeding disasters.
Body changes: I keep reading stuff in pregnancy guides about how “your regular jeans might be getting snug.” Bite me, pregnancy guides! Now where are those stretchy-paneled jeans? …
Baby movement: Started! Yay! It’s very, very slight, but sometimes I can feel it when I’m lying down and very still.
Cravings: Appppppppples!
Aversions: Almost completely gone (minus the cat-food gross-outs).
High point: Putting the news on Facebook (always makes everything seem real, doesn’t it?) and CLOSING on our new house!
Low point: Packing. Working. Chaos. Exhaustion.
How does this week compare to Week 12 during pregnancy #1? Apparently I only bought my maternity jeans at this point last year. Whereas this time around? Um, been wearin’ ’em for quite a while. Damn stretched-out stomach muscles or muscle memory or … something.
Muffin Tin Monday
Thanks to Michelle — the original Muffin Tin Mom — for inspiring me. I want to do this every week! So fun!
Not Me Monday: Migraine edition
- While suffering at home alone with Toddler of Terror yesterday, I cheerfully “bucked up” and cooked a three-couse meal that included a salad course. I would never hand my toddler a cup of juice and the bag of Teddy Grahams and collapse back onto the couch.
- When the
four-course mealTeddy Grahams got crushed into the couch cushions and sprinkled across the hardwood floors, and failed to satisfy the toddler, I jumped up and whipped together a second healthy meal. I would never resort to feeding my child a dinner of milk, a buttered roll, and a bowl of blackberries and raspberries. - When the toddler got fussy, I certainly didn’t take the lazy route and just pop a soother in his mouth and cuddle him on the couch with me while watching Legally Blonde 2.
- I kept my darling boy up with me until the last minute, savouring every minute with him. I definitely didn’t put him to bed 25 minutes early, just because my head COULDN’T TAKE IT ANYMORE. Oh no.
A warning to new homeowners
When you are preparing to purchase a house, and you are carefully figuring out how much to save for closing costs, legal fees, deed transfer tax, etc., there is another BIG thing you have to remember:
Budget for the ninety-million shopping trips you will take to Wal-Mart in first month after you take possession. Because TRUST ME — even if you have owned a home before, you will find there are eleventy-billion things you need to buy. At Wal-Mart.
Things like drawer organizers. And hangers. And mats and shelves and shoe racks and screws and hooks and toilet brushes and soap dispensers and shower caddies. And strange glues and caulks and sealants that your husband keeps insisting you need.
Budget for approximately 30,000 trips to Wal-Mart, at around $100 or $150 a pop. It is painful, I know. But can you really enjoy your new home without the right shoe rack? No, you cannot.
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