July 2019 Moms
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10 Things Tuesday...
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Since this is our first 10 Things Tuesday, why don't we start with the 10 things we're most looking forward to about BABY?
Re: 10 Things Tuesday...
1. I'm looking forward to DS having a sibling close in age.
2. I'm looking forward to being due around the beginning of a hot, hot summer ahead.
3. I'm looking forward to seeing how 2 children changes things! (From what I've heard 1 is 1 and 2 is 10, so I'm slightly nervous.)
4. Announcing to my DH's mother's side at Thanksgiving
5. Getting to swaddle a little newborn again
6. A second, more successful attempt at BF! I'm not going to give up as easily this time.
7. Looking forward to DH actually agreeing on a name with me
8. Looking forward to my mom getting to meet him/her. She's the BEST mother and Mimi I could ever ask for.
9. Looking forward to FINALLY going through all of those baby clothes I've been saving and either putting them away for #2 or finally purging them!
10. And of course, I'm looking forward to that sweet first moment when they lay baby on my chest and I finally get to see that precious face I've been waiting so long to see
baby snuggles
breastfeeding
decorating the nursery
tiny hands/feet
first smile
new baby smell (is that a thing)
first ultrasound
tiny baby clothes
who would they mostly favor
picking a name
2. Baby snuggles
3. First baby born since we got our farm
4. Pictures
5. Watching my H swoon
6. Watching big brothers swoon
7. Baby wearing
8. Watching a new little one develops its personality
9. Experiencing all the firsts again (smile, laugh, sit up, rolling over, etc)
10. Baby snuggles! This one deserves to be on the list twice!
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I love this thread.
I'm looking forward to:
1. hearing baby's little heart on Nov 27th
2. Finding out if it's a baby boy or baby girl
3. all the cute baby clothes
4. Picking out a baby name and settling on it
5. Announcing to our friends and extended family
6. Preparing nursery
7. Giving birth
8. baby's first moments on my chest
9. Seeing hubby as a dad
10. breastfeeding
H and I still sit back and are amazed by how similar and different they all are.
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2. Telling my paternal grandpa he's going to get his tenth great-grandchild
3. Giving my parents their first grandchild
4. Watching DH become a dad
5. Finally getting the home renovations done because we have an incentive now
6. Watching baby experience things for the first time, like snowflakes, Christmas music, fall leaves, flowers in bloom...
7. Figuring out who baby looks like
8. Breastfeeding (I really hope I can!)
9. Holding baby for the first time
10. Introducing baby to our cat
There's plenty more, but those are the first ten I can think of
1) Hearing baby's heart beat hopefully soon!
2) Seeing the baby on ultrasound for the first time (at 20 weeks)
3) Finding out the sex and picking a name
4) Setting up the nursery and going through my son's baby items for the new baby
5) Feeling the baby move
6) Having an easier labor and delivery the second time around (fingers crossed)
7) Meeting my baby
8) Seeing my husband and son with the new baby
9) Nursing/Bonding
10) Maternity Leave.
2. Feeling the baby move for the first time
3. Telling my boys, especially the 4 year old that we're having a baby!
4. Sharing with our family and friends
5. Finding out the sex of the baby
6. Picking a name out
7. All of the baby snuggles, and that sweet newborn smell
8. Getting an epidural (DS2 came too fast for one!)
9. Nursing
10. Doing skin to skin as soon as LO is born
2. Feeling empowered about birth
3. Giving BFing another try (if anyone wants to talk IGT/hypoplasia, I'm here!)
4. DS having a sibling to dote over, play with and experience life with.
5. Holidays as a family of four!
6. Coming up with a new name.
7. Maternity clothes (I want all the onesies and cozy leggins and cute dresses)
8. Commemorating my bump somehow.
9. Waking up in the middle of the night to feed/snuggle with a newborn (I loved this, as hard as it was).
10. The first giggle.
2. Holding him/her for the first time.
3. Baby clothes
4. Seeing the heartbeat and quieting the crazy part of myself that still has some irrational doubt about whether I’m for really pregnant despite the embarrassing number of pee sticks, nausea, and bloating confirming that I am
5. Maternity leave
6. My first postpartum glass of wine (is that bad?)
7. Picking a name
8. My baby meeting my parents
9. Seeing what he/she looks like
10. Seeing his/her personality
-Picking a name
-Sharing a new human to love with family!
-Designing and decorating the nursery
-The first sight of our baby after birth
-Baby smell!!
-The added beautiful complexity of daily life
-Breastfeeding, although I won't shame myself if it doesn't work for some reason. In my opinion, fed is best.
-Experiencing all the firsts
-Having the honor to navigate and encourage this soul through life
1. Becoming a mom to three
2. The look on DH face when he sees our sweet
baby for the first time.
3. My boys meeting their new sibling
4. Holding my baby on my chest for the first
time.
5. Baby snugs
6. Hearing that first sweet cry
7. Hearing whether we have another boy or if we finally have our girl(honestly will be over the moon with either.)
8. Being able to eat without nausea medication
9. Bringing babe home
10. Becoming a family of 5
2. Telling my son he’s going to be a big brother because he prayed to God for a sibling three days before I got my BFP
3. Seeing who my baby looks like and acts like (me be DH or DS)
4 Telling friends and family
5. Kissing, holding and cuddling my baby!
6. Watch DH start over as a dad of a newborn, cause I’m sure it’ll be hilarious.
7. Enjoying each moment and special occasion as a family of 4.
8. Attempting BF again
9. Taking 1 million pics a day of every yawn, grin, sleep position
10. Decorating nursery