20 pounds!
That is how much we have been carrying around. Our little, and not so light, 6 month old son is now 20 pounds and 2 3/4oz, 27 inches long! You would think I would have muscles in my arms by now... but no... they are just flapping around! This post-pregnancy weight is very hard to lose... how do women stay so slim. Maybe I should lay off the Whopper Jr. I feel like a fat heffer every week at dance practice. Especially next to all the slim, I have tons of time on my hands to workout and do sit-ups all day,skinny girls. Okay, I know... I could easily make it out to the gym, which I am paying monthly membership fees for. But I just have a million and one excuses as to why I don't go!
Back to my son... at his healthy baby check-up he was also given another round of immunization shots. 2 in the left leg, and 2 in the right leg. It's still hard for me to watch him cry after getting poked 4 times in one sitting. But after a little whimpering and a small stroll through the Kaiser halls, he was fine... In fact he was knocked out long enough for me to get coffee and a danish for breakfast. I think I will try and schedule all my doctor appointments around 9am because after that, the parking lot is a total madhouse!
I have to go soon for my eyes, I think they have gotten worse!
Anyways, I am now working somewhat full-time (at least til June 8th), then I really need to look for a new, or second job. You know it's tough when I have been so used to unemployment and waking up at 10 am every morning.
That darn book was right.
When I was pregnant I was given the "Girlfriend's Guide to Pregnancy" by my girlfriends, of course! When I read the postpartum stuff (when I was 9months pregnant) it gave advice to the husbands/new fathers:
Do not forget that your wife who has carried and given birth to your child, is still a woman.
The fact that my body parts now have new meaning ---> breasts are now a food source, and the "you know" is now a birth canal (that everyone and their mother was poking through and checking every hour!) It's very hard to feel like a woman....especially after gaining 30 + pounds and up a couple of pant sizes!
So, remember: mothers are still women, and the more you lose sight of that, the unhappier she will be, despite the fact that she is proud as hell to have given birth to a perfect baby, and is provided for by her husband. Treat her with a little attention, like you used to when you were in your "honeymoon" stages of dating. You don't even have to spend money !! You'll be surprised how a little romance can uplift any woman (mother or not!)
That is how much we have been carrying around. Our little, and not so light, 6 month old son is now 20 pounds and 2 3/4oz, 27 inches long! You would think I would have muscles in my arms by now... but no... they are just flapping around! This post-pregnancy weight is very hard to lose... how do women stay so slim. Maybe I should lay off the Whopper Jr. I feel like a fat heffer every week at dance practice. Especially next to all the slim, I have tons of time on my hands to workout and do sit-ups all day,skinny girls. Okay, I know... I could easily make it out to the gym, which I am paying monthly membership fees for. But I just have a million and one excuses as to why I don't go!
Back to my son... at his healthy baby check-up he was also given another round of immunization shots. 2 in the left leg, and 2 in the right leg. It's still hard for me to watch him cry after getting poked 4 times in one sitting. But after a little whimpering and a small stroll through the Kaiser halls, he was fine... In fact he was knocked out long enough for me to get coffee and a danish for breakfast. I think I will try and schedule all my doctor appointments around 9am because after that, the parking lot is a total madhouse!
I have to go soon for my eyes, I think they have gotten worse!
Anyways, I am now working somewhat full-time (at least til June 8th), then I really need to look for a new, or second job. You know it's tough when I have been so used to unemployment and waking up at 10 am every morning.
That darn book was right.
When I was pregnant I was given the "Girlfriend's Guide to Pregnancy" by my girlfriends, of course! When I read the postpartum stuff (when I was 9months pregnant) it gave advice to the husbands/new fathers:
Do not forget that your wife who has carried and given birth to your child, is still a woman.
The fact that my body parts now have new meaning ---> breasts are now a food source, and the "you know" is now a birth canal (that everyone and their mother was poking through and checking every hour!) It's very hard to feel like a woman....especially after gaining 30 + pounds and up a couple of pant sizes!
So, remember: mothers are still women, and the more you lose sight of that, the unhappier she will be, despite the fact that she is proud as hell to have given birth to a perfect baby, and is provided for by her husband. Treat her with a little attention, like you used to when you were in your "honeymoon" stages of dating. You don't even have to spend money !! You'll be surprised how a little romance can uplift any woman (mother or not!)
