Getting Our Learn On

The hubster and I attended one of our first baby classes.  Last night's agenda was breastfeeding.  I don't think I've heard the words "nipple" and "breast" said so many times in a short period of time (3 hours).


Lessons I learned:

1. There are a lot of grumpy looking pregnant women.
2. Only I like to sit on the floor with bolsters.
3. The animation of a baby breastfeeding is terrifying.
4. My body is not my own.
5. Breastfeeding and pumping are not intuitive.
6. Sitting for 3 hours is a non-starter.

Next up is childbirth preparation class.  Joy!

Red is my practice baby

Feeding Red a 'human food' snack is the closest thing I have to feeding a baby. Here's how it usually goes:

I call out to Red.
She ignores me.
I call out the word and say the magic word, 'snack'.
She comes running.
I hold out snack in my hand. In this example, it's cantaloupe.
She takes cantaloupe for my hand and immediately spits it out.
I'm prepared for this and catch said cantaloupe in my hand.
I hold cantaloupe in front of her mouth and follow her mouth as she turns away several times.
Red finally accepts cantaloupe and tosses it around in her mouth a few times.
I follow her mouth with my hand in case she spits it out again.

Isn't this what kids do?

Because I'm pregnant, duh!

Here's my stupid story for the day:


I've laid on my stomach on my bed.  The bump just settles into the pillowtop and so it's like I'm not really pregnant at all.


I was cleaning up in the guest bedroom/baby room and had to lay on the floor to look under the bed.  I didn't quite make it and it was the oddest feeling.  This may sound weird and gross, but it felt like what I imagine laying on top of a giant blister.  Something filled with water or fluid.  Took me a second to attribute it to the bump.


LOL, silly me.

Not in the Know

So I've been getting baby advice left and right this week and I just have one question.  Well. I have more than one question, but here is the most pressing one:


I've heard from several sources that they would shower with their babies in the bathroom.  But why?


I can't figure it out.  I think it's because I'm not a mom yet and I don't have a newborn, but hear me out.


Scenario:


You feed baby or baby is napping or there is a window (albeit short) for a shower.
Turn on shower, warms up, hop in, and shower.  It takes 10 minutes, maybe 15 minutes.


In those 15 minutes, if the baby wakes up and starts crying, is it necessary to immediately jump out of the shower with shampoo in your hair to attend to baby?  Is there harm for the baby to cry it out for a few minutes?   Is there a study that shows that sudden baby injuries or god forbid. baby mortality higher when moms are in the shower?


Someone please explain to me why it seems common sense has been tossed out the window or is my brain no longer logical?


Thanks!

Morning routine

Every morning is a battle with Red. I wake up and let the dogs out. When I invariably let them back in, the battle begins.

Red ALWAYS races back into the bedroom while body slamming her sister into the wall and hops into bed and settles into my spot on the bed. She waits of me to walk back to the bedroom and just stares me down the entire time!

I continue with brushing my teeth and other hygienic tasks, but we both know I will want to come back to bed where a furball is now occupying that spot.

Ok good days, she moves on her own and cedes to me what is rightfully mine. Not today. Today, she flips on her back and says "Belly rub".

I have to move her over so I can squeeze in into my own bed. She allows it for a few minutes, then sneezes in my face and leaps off the bed to snooze underneath the bed.

Well played, Red!