Today I had a pre-natal checkup. The kind where they weight you, take your BP, listen to the baby, measure the bump and ask if you are ok and if the baby is kicking. Pretty simple easy and straightforward…well, except for the peeing in a cup. C’mon…it’s hard enough to do without a 40lb bump [...]

Recently my son started preschool. He’s 3 1/2 and was insistent that he wanted to go, so he goes 3 days a week for 2 1/2 hours to a preschool at the local Methodist Church. We’re not Methodists, but they have a nice program and since the public school essentially only has a preschool program [...]

I’d like to take a moment to gripe about something. Now, I know how shocking it would be for anyone who knows me to picture me – me – actually complaining about something (that was sarcasm, by the way) but it must be said. The people who design maternity clothes are demented. Anyone who would [...]

Today I got my weekly pregnancy email from Americanbaby.com. This week is supposedly week 33 of 40 for me, and I enjoy reading their little updates on where the baby is currently as far a development goes. They also have a blurb about “your body” and the changes it is likely going through for this [...]

My son asked me that question today at dinner. Why is it September? How in the heck do I answer that one? He’s quite prone to “why, this” and “why, that” and we try not to use “because I said so” and actually explain to him the answer to his question. He’s not even four [...]