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Alex Day 5

I now give permission to all mothers everywhere to do whatever they want to do with their child.
I spent all afternoon and evening yesterday with my formerly happy baby with an uber pissed off baby because I thought it was evil bad to feed him more than every two hours. I thought something was WRONG […]

Alex Day 4

What I’ve learned:
All things in the living room are available for DNA sampling: Breast milk and baby boy pee are attracted to two cushions on the couch, the ottoman and the new rug. One cushion and one chair are currently still DNA free - but probably not for long. Action Step: find all towels etc […]

Alex Day 3

We survived the night - not really sure why we bought a crib though…. I’m apparently the mom who believes with all her heart that if she puts the baby in the crib and leaves the room to go upstairs and actually sleep or something that the breath bandits will come and take the baby’s […]

Alex Day 2

Whew.
I love him. : )

41 weeks 4 days

Oh thank God, I’ve had contractions for the last 2 hours. About every 8 and a half minutes or so. I’ve had them laying down, I’ve had them sitting up, I’ve had them while moving around. Seem to have passed the test of “if you change activity do they stop?” Going to go take a […]

Two drunks on a final bender

oh yeah, that’s what the trip to Target for pasta sauce and some milk and some peanut butter turned into.
Spinal Tap, Veronica Mars S2, Scrubs S2, Friends S8, two different cake mixes, muffin mix, 3 kinds of ice cream, three boxes of jalapeno poppers, more chocolate, mac n cheese, chips, Milanos …. we did get […]

41 weeks 3 days

Ah. By 145pm I’d taken two naps. Not a bad day. I missed out on the 85 degree building at school. No bad there. Scout and I have excavated his toenails in the search for healthy nail bed under what grows on his big toes under the code name of “Toenail”, but “Toenail” is […]

41 weeks 2 days

Seriously, I’m so pissed off about this that I’m convinced Alex will be born with horns.
I hate me, I hate Scout, I hate the baby, the cat has been smart enough to stay away from me so she’s safe from the hate, I hate the grandparents (all of them. Both of my parents have had […]

41 weeks 1 day

“You will enter a situation in which you have no control.”
And here I am. I keep telling Alex that he can either make the choice to come out on his own, or someone will help him. And that I’d rather he come out on his own.
I’m so cranky. Scout’s even watching Will Ferrell bloopers on […]

Interventions

I’m a pretty intervention free kind of pregnant woman.
Alex has till 840am on Tuesday before the gentlest of the medical type interventions begin.
So if you’d wanna say a prayer or whatever that this boy decides he wants out between now and then…. In the words of Bill Lumbergh - “That’d be greeeeeaaaat.”
On the flip side […]