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Feeling Pregnant
February 12, 2007
I have had a horrible cold for the last week and a half, and was surprised that my nausea went away. But now that the cold is over, the nausea is back! I guess this is one of the drawbacks of being able to smell.
Daisy had another stomach virus (I assume I passed it back to her, since I got the virus she had in January). So far Griffin has been spared, which is great.
The reason why it's so good is that when children are insulin dependent, if they throw up after a meal it can be very dangerous (their blood sugar will plummet from the insulin in their system with no sugar to go in their cells with it, and they can pass out). Think if every time your kid upchucked you had to call the hospital. So we are really trying to keep Griffin from getting these kinds of viruses. Griffin has been having evening/bedtime blood sugar highs for the last couple of weeks. We think this is because he's growing. He outgrew most of his pants, which were mostly a boys' size 4, in the last two weeks. He is proud of this because he has really been on the low side of the height percentile since he was one or so. So now he's in 6-7, which is pretty normal for a 6 year old kid. But his blood sugar is all over the place.
I have a great Daisy story for this week. We rented "Cinderella" on video from the library, and she watched it about three times (we don't really watch TV, just videos. I managed to keep Saturday morning cartoons a secret until this year). Anyway, we were all downstairs playing in the basement, when suddenly Daisy disappeared upstairs. I went to check on her, and she was in her room. I opened the door, and she was on her hands and knees in there with a sponge and a bowl of water, scrubbing the floor until it shone! I said "What are you doing?" and she said "I'm just being Cinderella, mommy!" She scrubbed the whole thing. What a kid. I am actually glad that she's getting something out of the princess rage besides how to dress up.
She is kind of a remarkable person. She studies inside herself for the right way to do things. In her own words "I've been thinking a lot of thoughts about how to be safe, like how to cross the street without getting hit by a car. I know how to do this the right way. I just think a lot about it." Richard likes this about her and says that it is Platonic of her (he is such a history professor!). Well, it is. For her, it's the ideas that make the person. We were driving by the cemetery and she saw a stone angel, and she said "I see an angel of Jesus. It's not a living angel. Angels aren't forever, mommy. Angels aren't like God." I said that was an interesting point of view. She was worried that I didn't believe her. I just said that I think that some people think angels can be around for a very long time. It was an interesting conversation to have with a four year old.
I had a little light spotting last week, so I am on pelvic rest. I hope Peanut is doing well. I have taken to calling the baby Peanut. If I had a hunch about boy or girl, I'd say boy. We are going to find out because that's what the kids want to do. I don't know if we'll tell right away though.
In many ways it would be handy if it's a boy, because four boys have been born to our siblings in the past year--each about three months apart. So there would likely be a lot of hand-me-downs. We'll see. We still have some baby clothes but we have mailed a lot to family over the years, so hopefully we will get some back. I may end up sending everyone a check who will loan me clothes so that they don't have to pay for postage. I don't think we need to buy a lot for this baby--we have the crib, the bassinet/moses basket ( a little tip on moses baskets--buy them from Mothercare in England--they are much cheaper that way), blankets, clothes, a breast pump, a boppy pillow, a baby bjorn carrier, high chair, most of the toys we could ever want or need, tons of board books. We need a new single jogging stroller and regular stroller, bath tub, car seat/carrier, and I would like a bouncy seat or swing from Fisher Price--I really like their waterfall/jungle themed stuff. I would also like a nursing rocker/ottoman--nothing really fancy, but definitely soft.
And then there's the minivan issue . . . I think we may try to hold off on that until we can pay cash. One thing I don't like about minivans is that these days they seem to be so bucket-seat oriented that you still don't get more than six seats, and you can't pull a boat, which is my main reason for wanting a larger vehicle. Maybe if we get an 8 seater SUV with towing capacity that doesn't have horrible fuel efficiency??? Does such a thing exist?
Richard's parents were hippies, in a way, and had four kids before they bought a car. I don't think I could ever do that--but it does set a precedent to live up to.
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