Last night I forgot about my belly, which has grown rapidly in the last few weeks, and laid on my stomach. I didn’t just roll over onto my stomach, I let myself fall onto my stomach. It was really bouncey. And it hurt. I was pretty much just surprised by how bouncey it was.

And then I dreamt of having a flat stomach again and wondering where my baby went.

Now that Conor and I done our childbirth class, we’ve been telling Holly that it’s okay to come out now. We’re hoping verbal coaxing will get her here soon. A little impatient and excited? You bet we are.

This just in…

Holly weighs a hefty 5 pounds, which puts her in the 37th percentile. During the growth scan, she was being a good girl and practicing her breathing. It’s only a matter of time now…

Sorry, no photos. 

I’ve been reading, okay I starting reading and ended up skimming, The Baby Whisperer by Tracy Hogg. Interesting ideas. I don’t agree with all of them; the biggest disagreement I have is pacifiers. She says to let the baby suck on her fingers or thumb and that her baby did it and has perfect teeth and didn’t develop any dependence however a child will develop dependence on a pacifier. Folks, I was a thumb sucker. It took a lot of work on my Mom’s part to break me of that habit and let me tell you, my teeth were bad. Definite buck teeth. I wince every time I see a baby with it’s thumb in it’s mouth.

Holly was sucking away at her thumb when we had our 20 week ultrasound. I plan on doing every thing I can to prevent thumb or finger sucking and if that means a pacifier, fine. I’d like to get breast feeding established first and then I’ll feel okay with handing a pacifier over to my babe.

I can see where Tracy was coming from, the whole self-soothing thing, the fingers and thumb are part of the baby’s self. Ya, still disagree. I’m going to try my darndest to keep Holly from being a thumb sucker!

Anyone else have a pacifier vs. thumb/finger sucking opinion?

I finished my diaper bag and it’s HUGE. Conor and I have been referring to it as a monstrosity. I do not want to be the mom that carries every thing but the kitchen sink. This sucker came out big, much bigger than what the picture led me to believe. I guess we have a new beach bag/overnight bag… good thing I love the fabric and the bag overall. I’m now on the serious prowl for a suitable diaper bag although I’m thinking of just designing one the way I want it and sewing it up. Can I do it? We’ll see… 

PS: this is the modern diaper bag from Amy Butler’s Little Stitches book.

Baby seems to be getting bigger since I am. She gets the hiccups 2-3 times a day and I still get lots of contractions that are starting to get a little crampy… only 6 more weeks!

On an exciting note, my SIL Elizabeth gave birth to Felix yesterday. He’s a super cutie, go check him out on Liz’s blog.