I finally did something right. Exchanged the Small (55 cm) excercise ball for the Medium (65 cm) one. Works great. Actually works well for me, too — sitting on it as I write this. My mom even did sit-ups on it this afternoon and sang its praises. Everyone loves the Ball!
Monthly Archive for September, 2006
Today was my second weekly visit to the OBGYN here in the homestretch. I’m due two weeks from Sunday, and today I got some exciting news. I am 50% effaced and the baby is at what they call the zero station–any lower and I’d be in active labor. So Baby Whozit is ready to go […]
This is just getting ridiculous. Last night we did the tour at the Maternity Ward at Norton Suburban Hospital, and again we were quoted the “four out of five infant car seats are installed incorrectly” speech and told to arrange an inspection. We were handed a flier that had the exact same list of places […]
Every book about pregnancy that I’ve read has described the period of “nesting” that typically comes at the end of pregnancy. They say you know you are on the home stretch when you suddenly feel an urge to redesign your garden, repaint your nursery, organize 10 years of loose photos, or scrub your entire house […]
This is just hilarious. And cool. Hilariously cool. Baby Rock Records has released Rockabye Baby: Lullabye Renditions of Radiohead, a CD featuring 11 Radiohead songs arranged as instrumentals featuring all the kinds of clunky and bonky instruments that one imagines babies would love (just think glockenspiel). The lullabye treatment actually works remarkably well for Radiohead […]
Jessica and I picked up an excercise ball a few days back for use as a “birthing ball” when she goes into labor. Our Lamaze instructor had reminded us repeatedly to get the correct size ball for the mom’s height, so we purchased the Small size, which is for people 5’0″ – 5’5″ tall. Great, […]
So I installed the car seat today — job 1 of at least 46 that I need to get done in the next two or three weeks. Or at least I think I installed it. See, infant car seats are interesting. All the baby-on-the-way literature suggests that you couldn’t possibly be smart enough to install […]
So tonight was our last Lamaze class, the highlight of which was receiving a pamphlet called “To the Grandmother of the Breastfed Baby”. A title that better reflects its content would be something like “We know you bottle-fed you kids and they all turned out just fine, but please shut up and try to be […]
In what now appears to be a boldly unoriginal move, Jessica and I have decided to join the baby bandwagon and are expecting our first child this October. The current due date is October 15, and so far all is going swimmingly. The prenatal tests have gone well, and the pregnancy itself has been very […]