for checklist lovers

I love this book. I love this book, which I picked up by chance at the library last week, so much that I have even considered purchasing it.  It’s one of the most practical, simple books I’ve seen.

It begins with two checklists: the To Do and the To Buy or Borrow.  The following chapters use an annotated checklist style to brief you on what you will need in the weeks before and after giving birth.  Besides the practicality and accessibility of the style, what I appreciated most was Huggins’s willingness to say, “You don’t need to buy {whatever}.”  It’s so refreshing to read something (anything) that isn’t pushing a product, that takes a simpler tack to preparing.  She even suggests that you might not need a “nursery”. !

A second book I plan to keep on hand once the baby is here is The Moms On Call Guide to Basic Baby Care.  It’s got a similarly usable format, and includes a dvd.

baby kicks?

I might have felt the baby move this morning.  It was about 6:45, and I was laying on my left side, half awake.  I felt something like a tiny muscle spasm, or just a twinge, in my lower left abdomen.  And maybe that’s all it was.  But maybe it was baby.

baby chick

So last night I dreamed that I had an egg, and I was waiting for it to hatch.

Then I found the shell cracked open and out popped a cute yellow chick.  I cleaned it, fed it, and gave it a safe place to live.

I don’t need any interpretation, obviously, but I’m wondering if a chick is a more masculine or feminine animal…

sixteen weeks and two days

I’m disappointed that the second trimester hasn’t felt like a major change. Maybe it’s just because my first trimester was so easy. My appetite has slowed down now, but I still have occasional upset stomachs and fairly frequent headaches. Fatigue sets in every couple of days. Today, for just the second time, I’m wearing actual maternity clothes. Yikes.