As I am sure is the case with many of you, my LO's movements have recently evolved from straightforward kicking and bladder punching to being more like repositioning. It is just a different quality of movement.
As this is my first pregnancy, I thought this was kinda cool and I was having fun resting my hand on my stomach, feeling her stretch her legs in there. I wanted my husband to feel it, too, so I called him in. Of course, she decided to stop moving right then, so I playfully poked at my stomach to get her to move. To which my husband responded "Stop denting the baby!"
I thought he was joking, but no. He was sure I was about to cause her head to have dent. "Babies are soft!" he explained. Yup.
Re: "Stop denting the baby!"
Mine is constantly telling me that my pants are too tight on my stomach (sooooo not true) and that it's going to leave a mark on her. It would be more annoying if it weren't so endearing.
Hahahah. I do the same thing...kind of jiggle my belly or sorta prod the harder parts of my belly that are probably baby's butt or back or something...DH goes "quit pokin' him!"
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My DH also gets annoyed if I poke my belly to try to elicit movement (or even if I just poke my belly).
Wait until you have #2 (if you are going to). LO #1 will be annoyingly crawling all over your belly and abusing it this way and that. The fact that 2nd and 3rd siblings even exist at all means that simply poking a belly will not harm the baby. ;-)