This past Monday Nonny and I had our "Caring For Newborn" class and it was actually not as lame as I was expecting it to be. I learned a lot and won a bag of goodies for being the fastest swaddler! I also learned some things that made me nervous. I can totally picture myself obsessively taking Maddie's temperature, worrying whether she's over-dressed or under-dressed...even the thought of letting anyone other than myself so much as touch her worries me. I worry about her getting a cold or flu, so I'm considering keeping her home for the first, oh, TWO years or so. I feel a bout of OCD coming on. How do people raise children without going absolutely out of their minds??
Nonny and I were also 'showered' with a zillion gifts over the last few days. His office threw him a surprise baby shower (complete with a bunch of pink "It's A Girl!" balloons, which he unfortunately had to drive around with for the rest of the day) and both of us were pretty amazed at the generosity his company displayed. My office threw a party over our lunch hour. One of the gifts was my breast pump, which was kinda weird opening in front of my boss. I think we've received everything on our registry and had enough money in gift cards to get some of the odds and ends that we'll need. This weekend will be spent writing out 'Thank You' cards and putting the baby's room back together ~ it looks like a tornado went through it! Nonny's half-sister is also coming down from Lubbock this weekend to a town about three hours from us, so I think we'll be heading out that way for an early Thanksgiving dinner with her side of the family. I am excited for turkey and potatoes! I wish Gramma K was here to make her cheesy onions and oyster dressing (no one makes them like you do, Gramma) and I would like Gramma Opal to be here to make some chicken and dumplings and some banana pudding (it's the best in the world). Sadly, I would only be able to eat a bite of each and be not only ridiculously full, but have crazy heartburn, as well. I got heartburn from a TUMS and some water the other evening. Heartburn. From TUMS. Pregnancy is nuts. It's funny, the things that happen that NO ONE ever tells you about. The internet is full of sites quoting anonymous mommy woes. Some of my favorites include:
1. Crapping on the delivery table.
2. Crapping on the delivery room floor while walking during a particularly grueling contraction.
3. Peeing on yourself in the middle of a crowded shopping area because you sneezed.
4. Farting like a big, burly truck driver. A lot.
5. Constipation, as in NOTHING for DAYS. Apparently, this is reversed during delivery (*see #1 and #2).
Thankfully, #5 is my only specialty...and that needs no further elaboration.
XOXO
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