Since they fell pregnant some nine over months ago, people around decided it was their right to weigh in on how she should manage her pregnancy, her delivery, her confinement and how they’d raise their child. “Get a maid.” “Do it yourself.” “Move into a bigger house.” “Move back with parents.” “Eat this, drink that.” [...]
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Pregnancy issue: Everyone has something to say
Posted in 3rd Trimester, pregnancy, Pregnancy issues, pregnancy lessons, stuff for baby, tagged baby, baby whisperer, gina ford, on demand, pregnancy, pregnant, raising baby on March 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Pregnancy week 35: crossing the 100cm mark
Posted in 3rd Trimester, Life in the Town House, pregnancy, pregnancy weekly, stuff for baby on March 2, 2010 | 1 Comment »
This girl crossed the 35 week mark yesterday and are into our 36th week. Their next OBGYN visit will coincide with their entering the 37th week and full term benchmark and they are keeping their fingers crossed that baby waits till then to make an appearance seeing as their OBGYN is out of town on [...]
Baby shopping: finding space
Posted in Life in the Town House, new things, pregnancy, stuff for baby, the boy, tagged baby room, kids wall stickers, wall stickers, wee gallery on January 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Boy and This girl have been pretty bad at getting our physical space ready for the baby. Sure, there’s been discussions of what family values are important to us, which parenting styles they hope to adopt, what sort of education they aspire to impart. You know, the “important” intangible stuff. Also, these things only [...]
baby shopping: Stokke Sleepi Crib
Posted in 2nd Trimester, pregnancy, projects, sock stuff, stuff for baby, the boy, tagged baby purchase, baby stuff, crib, newborn, stokee sleepi crib, stokke, what to buy baby on January 2, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Standing at the threshold of the last trimester, This girl and The Boy realize that they are considerably behind on their Baby Stuff shopping. Most of their friends due after or about the same time as them have already made sizable headway where baby stuff shopping is concerned: car seats, pram, changing tables…etc… They originally [...]
Pregnancy week 25: beached whale coming through
Posted in 2nd Trimester, pregnancy, pregnancy weekly, sock stuff, stuff for baby, the boy, tagged 2nd trimester, body image pregnancy, pregnancy on December 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Maybe its the time in her life, but many of This Girl’s friends find themselves mothers and soon-to-be-mothers. And as she sat for coffee with a three month old mom, invariably they got to the topic of pregnancy and, for some odd reason, the body image issues that comes with the baby bump turf. Comparatively, [...]
Melbourne 2009: Buying baby stuff
Posted in 2nd Trimester, funnies, life learnings, new things, pregnancy, stuff for baby, the boy, travel, tagged australia, baby clothes, bonds baby, clothes, cotton on, pregnancy, pumpkin patch, shopping on November 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
People have asked This Girl and The Boy if they know if they are expecting a girl or a boy. And when they say they have no idea and wish to be surprised at the end of the pregnancy journey people think they’re nuts. But seriously, there’s a certain fun-ness with not knowing. And, truth [...]
