tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7456461102167226695.post8878583941345085465..comments2023-09-28T13:56:17.927+01:00Comments on burble: 30 weeksBarbarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01484695553612265127noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7456461102167226695.post-30337247022457605262012-05-19T18:22:14.120+01:002012-05-19T18:22:14.120+01:00Sounds like you might have enough baby stuff! You ...Sounds like you might have enough baby stuff! You really need so little, even though it has become so commercial. If you are up (or due to that fibroid, down) for a bit of reading, might I suggest a book on elimination communication or EC or Infant Potty Training. <br /><br />You will likely receive more clothes and blankets than the poor kid can wear.<br /><br />So, a sling, some diapers, two breasts, and that'll do! Since we did EC, we only used diaper cream once - we did use jojoba oil all over Beanie for any skin issue (from cradle cap to dry or irritated)Ya Chunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08816837461370619194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7456461102167226695.post-48371783092391955802012-05-04T19:34:21.365+01:002012-05-04T19:34:21.365+01:00I too love your "wow, can you believe it post...I too love your "wow, can you believe it posts?!?!?" It's what I want to see every week :-)<br /><br />I can remember when I started buying things for my son (second pregnancy, first live baby). In those days we couldn't find out the sex of the baby before birth, but I started buying cute little outfits in charity shops, and how I loved taking them out of the drawer and looking at them, imagining the baby in them. If you can, enjoy that part of it, it's a time you will never have again - a sort of calm before the "storm" of caring for the baby once he has arrived.<br /><br />Coincidence - as soon as I read your post I thought of the name Harry. Enjoy choosing his name, at least you can do that lying in bed!<br />ElaineAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7456461102167226695.post-63958940406390348022012-05-04T12:14:39.980+01:002012-05-04T12:14:39.980+01:00Yay 30 weeks!
We felt the same way. Each week bel...Yay 30 weeks! <br />We felt the same way. Each week believing a bit more. Allowing ourselves to prepare a little more. I mean, eventually you HAVE to get baby supplies right? It is scary and exciting all the same time. Let yourself prepare as you feel ready.<br />Our little guy came out and is fussy as can be ... but he is here and alive and we love him so much! After hours each day of soothing him, listening to his sad wailing, I'm exhausted and at the same time thankful to be so exhausted. Frustrated and yet amazed I'm actually doing this. Parenting is HARD ... espeically having spent 4 years romanticizing how it would be. Allow yourself to cry and know it's hard. I'm having a hard time not feeling guilty around this very thing, so it's easier said then done. It's ok to feel overwhelmed and tired and grumpy and frustrated at the same time as feeling thankful, amazed, grateful. <br />Anyway, I'm so happy for you. <br /><br />And hopefully it's not the case for you, but if you plan to breastfeed ... that too is HARD!!! OMG that has been one huge emotional and physcial struggle for us. Good luck!<br />Names ... well, here is one we thought of but did not use.<br />Eben<br /><br />Much love to you and Marmaduke!Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03740847681453723883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7456461102167226695.post-45249743118116997482012-05-04T03:54:24.913+01:002012-05-04T03:54:24.913+01:00Look, you totally, totally, TOTALLY do not have to...Look, you totally, totally, TOTALLY do not have to worry about the repetition! I LOVE IT!!! LOVE IT! Keep it up and know I look forward to it. Now, I see someone above has said it, and I don't know how you feel about that, but seriously, the first thought I had was, "Henry." I love that. I really like a lot of the Biblical names mentioned too (and obviously, am very, very partial to Matthew!) but am going to throw another at you. I again don't know how you feel about it, and don't want to overstep bounds, but with our last littlest one, we had NO boy names. Matthew was always Matthew, Luke was always Luke, and frankly, I never dreamed of any children past Matthew, so aNOTHER boy name was evading us. John said, "How about Trey?" It means "Third" I felt sort of bad...two brothers with strong, meaningful names and then this one would have gotten, "Ah...you were third."<br /><br />But honestly, the more I think about it, the more I like it because it's SO true. It's a cool name that honors the fact that there ARE THREE babies who have lived and had heartbeats within the same womb...and though the other two aren't and won't ever be with us on this earth, their places in our family are not gone or lost. To me, Trey symbolizing third just cements that sweet little soul's place even more on your mother's heart.<br /><br />So...my two cents. I have no doubt that you could continue to call this wee one Marmaduke until he was 103 and STILL, he could not be more loved or anticipated, regardless of name!!! So excited for you, friend. Truly. Just so happy for you.<br />xoxoLorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01828552745708177768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7456461102167226695.post-85500834285892995492012-05-03T21:49:42.422+01:002012-05-03T21:49:42.422+01:00I think it's absolutely, positively fine to do...I think it's absolutely, positively fine to do the "Can you believe I'm ** weeks". It's so exciting for you.<br /><br />No idea on names. Emma would have been George (I love it) if she'd been a boy and the other boys' names we have considered or used are: Benjamin (Ben), Joel, Thomas, Caleb, Asher, Joseph, Nathaniel, Tobias (Toby) and Matthew. Hmm - not so hip, unless you think bearded old testament prophet is cool (which I actually do!!!)Fireflyforeverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15290560217994184778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7456461102167226695.post-81916843726047991672012-05-03T19:18:37.707+01:002012-05-03T19:18:37.707+01:00Congrats on 30 weeks - I'm there too. I think ...Congrats on 30 weeks - I'm there too. I think our due dates are the same. I'm stuck for names too (a boy as well) - Norm and I just can't seem to agree on anything. We're tossing around Henry and it is what I call him most of the time, so maybe it'll stick.Moniquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04188684792415196300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7456461102167226695.post-32789439979795773902012-05-03T13:39:16.341+01:002012-05-03T13:39:16.341+01:00So glad for the big 3-0!!!So glad for the big 3-0!!!Michelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17681333723382119281noreply@blogger.com