Love: 4 Months

Age: 4 months

Weight: 14 pounds 2 ounces (25^th percentile)

Length: 24 inches (10^th percentile and the doctor thinks a growth spurt is near)

Clothing Size: 3-6 months           

Likes: Connor loves to watch Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, and there are shows that he does not like to watch.  He also likes to watch the Poppin’ Giraffe. He loves being talked to, and is full of smiles and giggles. He also loves baths, he can go from crying to completely happy for his bath. 

 

Dislikes: Connor does not care for being left alone. He likes be in the kitchen while I’m cooking, so often times he sits in his bumbo while I am cooking or doing dishes.

In his bumbo in the kitchen while I cook.

Sleeping: At the beginning of the month he was doing a lot better, sleeping from about 9:15 pm until 3 or 4 am every night. However, I think he has started teething and he may only make it until 2 am before waking up. There have been many times that he woke up and didn’t eat, just wanted to snuggle. We have also gotten bad about putting him in our bed again.

 

 

Eating: Connor eats about 7 times a day. He knows when it is time for his bedtime feeding, even if he just ate an hour ago. At his 4 month doctor appointment she suggested starting cereal at dinner time to help with his bedtime feeding, he is sometimes very aggressive at that feeding.

Playing: Connor got in the jumper for the very first time. He is still figuring it out, but when he is in it, he seems to like it. Not very often is he content while just playing by himself, he likes for someone to be there with him. However, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse allows for us to get a lot done, including showers. He is also becoming more interested in his play mat. He will sit under it and swat at the toys and look in the mirror. He also likes to try and sit up, whether in his boppy or pulling up in his bouncer.

 

 

What we did this Month: We celebrated mommy’s very fist Mother’s Day by going to Patti’s 1800s Settlement. It was a great dinner date. Then mommy took Connor home for the very first time by herself, leaving daddy at home for 2 whole days. It was a long weekend for daddy without us. Mommy finished the school year, and is finally home with Connor every day. Before she finished school I made a trip there to meet all the kids. They were really excited. After school got out we took a trip to grandma and grandpa’s, again leaving daddy at home because he had to work. This time it was for 6 days though. Daddy didn’t like us being gone, but he was very busy with work.

 

Love: Two Months

Age: 2 months

Weight:  11 pounds 4 ounces (25-50% percentile)

Length: 22 ¾ inches (25-50% percentile)

Clothing Size: 0-3 months

Likes: Connor loves to be able to look around. He gets frustrated after much time on his belly because he can’t see, when you flip him over he is content as can be. He still loves to be on daddy’s chest. He is also becoming very fond of baths.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dislikes: Can’t  really think of anything he doesn’t really like.

Sleeping: For the most part Connor is successfully sleeping in his own bed. He goes down for the night after his 8:30 feeding. We are getting into a great bedtime routine, with a bath, feeding, reading a book, and rocking for a little while. I do not have to rock him all the way to sleep, he is beginning to be able to lay him down and just fall asleep. This does not mean he can be awake and lay in his crib, he has to be sleepy. Then he will sleep until sometime between 2 and 3, to eat, then again between 6 and 6:30. During the day he will stay awake for about 2 hours from the time he starts feeding, then nap for an hour, and most days he will take a long nap in the afternoon.

Eating: We started parent directed feedings (Baby Wise) to help get us on a schedule and be able to allow him to just sleep at night. I wake him up every 3 hours starting at 8:30 am (5:30 am when I go back to work, which is just about an hour earlier than he wakes up to eat). I consider myself blessed with the breastfeeding, it has been going well, but he also takes a bottle well. It gives me a break, allows daddy to feed him some, and allows us to go out and do things without worrying about breastfeeding. I also want to continue breast feeding so we have been training him to take the bottle for when I go back to work. When he started taking the bottle it took him about 45 minutes to drink 4 ounces, now he’s down to about 30 minutes. He is still a little messy with a bottle, so a bib is a must.

Playing: He is spending more and more time on his play mat, although he doesn’t care much for being on his stomach. I think he prefers to be able to look around. He has become fascinated with a moving ceiling fan and lights. He is holding his head up very good, and I don’t think it will be long before we get out his jumper, which I think he will really enjoy. He loves to be where he can see things.

 

 

 

What we did this Month: Connor took his first trip to the mall to go shopping. He was great, very alert and looking around. We also went to church for the first time, and several more after that. We started with a Wednesday night, then our first Sunday as a family of 3. Over all he was good, a little fussy with his belly. We also made the trip home again for Easter. Thankfully daddy got off for the whole weekend and got to enjoy it with us. He also had more family in to meet him. So far he has been great in the car while we make the 3 hour drive.

Love: 1 Month

Age: 1 Month

Weight:  8 pounds 6 ounces (at his 2 weeks check-up, I think 9 pounds now)

Length:  21 inches (at his 2 week check-up)

Clothing Size: 0-3 months. I decided before he was born that I was not going to buy a lot of newborn sized clothes because I didn’t know how big he was going to be. I originally had 2 outfits and 3 sleepers. I took back one of the outfits right away because he was 8 pounds when he was born. Good thing I didn’t buy much (2 of the sleepers were gifts) because he wore them for less than 2 weeks.

Favorites: His absolute favorite place to be is on Daddy’s chest. I really feel like he could lie there all day long. He also loves his swing.

 

Sleeping: There are many nights that he will sleep for 4 to 6 hours straight, although that may come after being wide awake for 2 hours. He goes back and forth about where he will sleep. There are times that he will sleep in his bed for the first block of time at night, and then he may or may not go back into his bed. There have been many nights that he has spelt on one of our chests, or in the bed beside us (trust me I know this is bad, but when you need sleep you do what you have to). He has had two full nights of sleeping in his own bed.

 

Eating: It took us about 2 weeks to figure out the whole breastfeeding thing, but we finally have it down pat. The key for us was to not try to wake him up to eat, but rather wait for him to want to eat. If I tried to wake him up it was a fight to get him to latch on, sometimes 30 or 45 minutes. Now that he is waking up to eat he latches right on. There is no consistent schedule for eating yet, he eats about every 3 hours (end to start). He has had some bottles, especially in the morning after I have gone 6 hours, I just want to pump. Although he is slow when eating from a bottle, I consider it a blessing, because it doesn’t seem easy to him, which I think makes it better going between breast and bottle.

 

Breast Feeding Must Haves:

1. Medela Pump in Style Advanced Breast Pump: I didn't think I would need a pump this early on, but it has been great. When he sleeps for 4-6 hours I wake up and have to pump. It was also helpful during our trip home when there were people over I could pump so everyone could still visit with Connor instead of me taking him away.

2. Boppy: Or any breast feeding pillow to help support baby.

3. Lansinoh Breast Therapy: Relief is only 15 seconds away, just stick them in the microwave.

4. Nursing Tanks: I have preferred tank tops over the bras just because I am cold natured so I like for my stomach to covered while nursing.

 

Playing: After 2 and ½ weeks we were finally able to start tummy time. We lay on the floor several times a day for as long as he will lay there. When he is in his bouncy seat does watch the waterfall feature on it, and sometimes I think he does hit the animals to make it come back on when it goes off.

 

What we did this Month: Connor has hardly been out of the house. We did make the trip to my parent’s house. He was great for the 3 hour car ride, slept there and back. He had many visitors while there, and we were exhausted when we got home. At 2 ½ weeks old we did venture out of the house, Cracker Barrel for lunch then Kroger to go grocery shopping. The great thing was just like the ride home he got in the car seat and fell asleep. He slept the whole time we were out, so we kept the car seat covered. He hasn’t been anywhere where people will want to see him or hold him or anything.

 My Must Haves:

1. Fisher Price Zen Collection Swing: He loves to swing, and what I love about this swing is that it has a built in blanket and the seat comes off, which he has slept in many nights in our bedroom.
2. Bloomin' Bath: I really like that this tub will be good as he grows, it also dries quickly, travels easily, and fits in any sink (I am not looking forward to leaning over the bath tub).
3. Car Seat Canopy: You can just about always find a promo code to get one for free, just pay the $12 for shipping, and it's worth it. Being a winter baby anytime we go out I want him covered. Also it has allowed us to keep him covered while grocery shopping.

Love: A Gift for the New Dad



I would like to say that I have done my fair share of reading on things about pregnancy, labor and delivery, and bringing a new baby home. It is obviously a huge change to your marriage, which makes me nervous. My husband and I work opposite schedules, and sometimes it seems like we go days without a real conversation. With that being said, bringing a newborn home, it is said the husband can often be neglected not given as much attention. One article I read suggested making him a hospital survival kit. I finally decided I would do it.

Trying to be resourceful, I used a gift bag I already had, I mean I was buying enough junk for him. Literally junk food. This is completely against everything I believe. The only one of these things you may find in my house is the Chex Mix. I do not buy snack food, junk food, or soda to keep at the house. Why? Simple, it will get eaten. However, if he had the chance to buy junk food these are a few things he would buy.  

 Mt. Dew (I opted for diet)

Beef Jerky

Oreos

Chex Mix

Doritos

Reese's

Salty and Sweet snack mix (with peanut M&Ms)

 

They will at least be good things for him to munch on in the hospital.

 

Now, had I been really good I would have taken it to the next level. However, after mush deliberation about what else I could include I couldn't come up with anything cute. Why? We received them as gifts.  

So here are somethings I would include for the new dad to be, if we didn't already have them:

1. a new shirt to wear at the hospital (honestly I could still find one for him if I had anywhere good to shop, I thought a Life is Good shirt would be very fitting)

2. a new book or 2 for daddy to read to baby (I picked out Little Critters "Just Me and My Dad" and a "Police Critter" board book since my husband is a Trooper)

3. the greatest bib ever to give a guy "these fools put my cape on backwards"

4. pee pee teepee's

5. a onesie or two that fit the dad's personality (I have a motorcycle themed one, football, and Boston Red Sox)

 

 

Now for a sweet little card:

 

 Simple yet sweet, bugs me that it doesn't match the bag, but I literally had no baby blue scrapbook paper. So, this is what I found instead. I drew out the onesie, carefully wrote "just like my daddy" and hung it on a make shift clothes line. I don't feel like it is my best inside, but the verse was cute so I had to include a picture.

Love: 38 Weeks

How far along? 38 Weeks

Weight Gain: 28 pounds, ready for this to slow down…

Morning Sickness: None.

Maternity Clothes: All the time, and even 2 pairs of my maternity pants are starting to get a little uncomfortable. I am trying to wear my more comfortable stuff.

Stretch Marks: None. I have used Palmer’s Cocoa Butter lotion religiously throughout my pregnancy. Think what you want, and it may just be moisture or genetics, but I consider myself pretty lucky.

Sleep: I am exhausted when I get home from work, and ready for bed quite early. Throughout the night I generally wake up about once, sometime around when my husband is getting into bed. I will normally go to the bathroom when I am awake. I am also generally thirsty at this point. I drink about 8 ounces of water a night.

Baby Movement: He is still moving very often. The movements have gotten a little more painful, he jabs out on my right side especially, little knees I think, also something by my ribs that bugs me.

Food Cravings:

Labor Signs: No contractions or anything, but at I doctor’s appointment this week I found out I am 1 cm dilated and 70% effaced.

Belly Button In or Out? I still consider it to be pretty flat, but I have had more people the last week tell me it has popped out. I still think it’s the top edge of it.

Wedding Rings On or Off? On.

Thoughts and Feelings: There are a few things that I think people are crazy for saying.

1.      The baby is an internal heater- I have not experienced this. One of the ladies I work with said she didn’t even need a coat in the dead of winter. This is definitely not the case for me. There are times that I am still cold. At night I get warm, but when our bedroom door is closed its gets warm very fast. It’s not a burning up warm either.
2.      Nesting… I keep hoping this will come, but so far nothing. I need to clean my house badly. Not that it is dirty, but it does need a good cleaning. I am trying to go for one room at a time, and just clean it. This works fine in the rooms we don’t use, the others not so much.

A few things I have been working on:

1.      Prepping meals, with the help of my dad. I have cooked and frozen 8 pounds of hamburger meat to make dinners easier. My dad has also been cooking me different meals and freezing them, so thankful for this. I have tried to stock up on some different can goods we generally use a lot of, tomato sauce, vegetables, cream of chicken, and mushroom. I have also tried to have a grocery list of possible things we will need when we get home if someone else is going to the grocery for us, like my dad.
2.      Filling out his baby book. I was way late on buying a baby book to begin with. It only came in about a week ago. I was thinking I would make it at first, and then I just wasn’t happy with the outcome of some pages. Not to mention it was a bit overwhelming. I was able to find a sports themed baby book on Amazon, and then also ordered 2 matching photo albums.
3.   Designing his birth announcement. I found a birth announcement I loved and knew I could make it myself. I started it in Publisher, have a sample picture plugged in for size, name, fake information. This gave me a pretty good idea about spacing so that when he arrives I just have to change some numbers and send it to print. A lot easier than trying to sit down and design it after he is born. I also contacted my photographer to make sure I could get one of his newborn pictures quickly to use on the announcement. I have a pretty good list of who we will be sending announcements too, and just need to go by the post office to get stamps. I have the envelopes set out, and will print labels in advance too.

Love: 36 Weeks

How far along? 36 Weeks

Weight Gain: 25 pounds

Morning Sickness:  None.

Maternity Clothes:  All the time. This week was warm so I did get to wear some capris that are non-maternity but knit and very comfy. I have always worn a small adult t-shirt, and even some of my mediums are getting tight.

Stretch Marks:  None!

Sleep: Sleep had been fine, but the past week or so has been a different story. I had several nights in a row that I would wake up and then lay awake for 2 or 3 hours. I could connect it to 2 things, my husband getting in bed when he gets home from work and sleeping with a pillow between my legs which was awkward to roll over with. The past few nights I have tried sleeping without the pillow. Although I did wake up I did not stay awake. Who knows.   

Baby Movement: Connor moves all the time. Due to how he is positioned in my belly I do not necessarily feel or see feet kicking, more of his butt and back moving across, which can make my belly look pretty strange at times. A knee or something occasionally comes out on my right side. He doesn’t tend to be on the left side very often. 

Food Cravings:  None, can you believe it?! I think it was something my husband was anticipating, but I haven’t had anything that is an oh my goodness I have to have that right now.

Labor Signs: None. My husband thinks he is going to come about a week early. I am just waiting. Not anxious yet which helps.

Belly Button In or Out? You can definitely see the top of my belly button, but it’s not poking out.

Wedding Rings On or Off? On.

Thoughts and Feelings:  The nursery is ready, the car seat base is in my car, our bags are packed, however, this momma is not quite ready. I am still feeling extremely nervous about bringing him home. I’m not even that worried about labor at this point like I should be, I’m terrified about getting an epidural, but the idea of labor has not made me nervous yet. My husband is excited for him to get here, and I am thankful that he will be off for a couple of weeks after Connor is born.

Love: 34 Weeks

(A few days late, but better late than never.)

How far along? 34 Weeks

Weight Gain: 20-22 pounds, depends on when I weigh myself.

Morning Sickness: No morning sickness per say, but I was prescribed an iron pill, and if I take it without a good breakfast, and mean meat and carbs, then in about an hour I am ready to pass out if I don’t eat again.

Maternity Clothes: All the time, and yoga pants from Old Navy.

Stretch Marks: So far so good!

Sleep: I slept really good last week at my parents’ house for the holidays, but at home I tend to wake up more, sometimes when my husband gets home from work and other times when he gets in bed. Regardless I am for the most part sleeping fine related to the pregnancy, although occasionally Mr. Connor has an opinion about what side I sleep on. I am also getting tired earlier in the day.

Baby Movement: Connor is still moving a lot, but because of the way he is positioned it is not feet or hands sticking out, it is his butt moving across my stomach. He is getting up by my ribs more. Most of the time I can push him down, but sometimes he won’t budge which makes it uncomfortable to sit.

Food Cravings: None.

Labor Signs:  None.

Belly Button In or Out? Not quite the right question, although you can see the top of my belly button, it is not in or out, it is more flat.

Wedding Rings On or Off? On.

Thoughts and Feelings: Just in the past week or so I have gotten to where I am more uncomfortable. It’s not all the time, but if I am doing any one thing sitting or standing for an extended period of time. It was a busy week last week with Christmas and it wore me out. I felt exhausted every day early in the evening. I also tried to do some shopping with my mom and I definitely couldn’t go for as long as I could before.

            I have a few more days before I go back to school and the plan is to install the car seat in my car and to pack the hospital bags the best we can before I go back to school. I am also planning on trying to double some recipes to freeze and pre-cook some hamburger meat to make meals a little easier when he arrives.

Love: Pregnancy 32

(Sorry for the shadow.)

 

 

How far along? 32 weeks

Weight Gain: About 20 pounds.

Morning Sickness: None.

Maternity Clothes:  Always.

Stretch Marks: So far, none, hoping that continues.

Sleep: I love sleep! I am ready for bed about 9:00, but depending on what I’m doing stay up until about 9:30-9:45. The weekends aren’t much different. I really have to be busy to not just fall asleep after 10:00 For a while I was feeling like I was waking up more during the night, but the past few nights that has not been the case, I have been out. I haven’t had any Charlie Horses in the past week, I did however, wake up twice extremely thirsty. I’ve been keeping something on my nightstand for when that happens.

Baby Movement: It seems pretty constant. His head is between my pelvic bones, so I often can feel his little hands very low. His butt is in the area of my belly button and I can fell that move from one side to another. He is not getting under my ribs at this point, but getting up by them.

Food Cravings: None. My husband was expecting me to crave pickles and ice cream so I think it has been a disappointment for him.

Labor Signs: None.

Belly Button In or Out? Flat, and depending on what I am wearing you can see the top edge of it. (Totally weird!)

Wedding Rings On or Off? On, and still pretty loose.

Thoughts and Feelings: I can’t help but think how fortunate I have been throughout this pregnancy. I had no morning sickness, only a few cases of borderline dehydration which caused 1, nearly 2 blackouts. But generally speaking I have had energy, felt great, and have no complaints. I can only hope that delivery is like this too (I’m extremely nervous about that). I am excited to have Connor’s nursery done, but I am in no way anxious for him to get here. I am still at, “This is crazy he will be here in about 8 weeks!” My husband on the other hand is completely ready for him to get here.

Although the nursery is ready, many other things are not. I still need to pack my hospital bag packed, and I can’t really do it yet either. I think I’m going to say it’s on my agenda for the weekend I get home after Christmas. We have also not put his car seat in the car yet, again waiting until after Christmas, not to mention I’m not really sure when that should go in. I think really I’m at, “Let’s get through Christmas.” We did meet with the lactation consultant at the hospital, but I need to call back about classes. We have to wait until January, because my husband will have to ask off from work since the classes are only on Monday nights, and he works every Monday night. I also need to be making a list of questions to ask my doctor about labor. Things that some may consider simple, like at what point should I go to the hospital (we only live 7 minutes away so it’s not a big deal, but also pain relief options, and just general questions about what this hospital offers. We do however have a pediatrician picked out.

I have been learning how to sew and have successfully added fabric to the cloth diapers to use an burp cloths, made from scratch 2 burp cloths with a cut out so that it fits around my neck, and 1 bib. (I will post on that later.)

Love: Baby Connor's Nursery Reveal

I did a sneak peak a while ago on the ideas I was pulling together for Connor's Nursery. After receiving my Uppercase Living shipment I had everything I needed to complete the nursery. We have avoided at all cost any thing baby blue, baby animals, and just pastel in general. His nursery is no different. My husband is a huge sports fan, and played many sports in high school, so we decided to do a sports themed nursery. The best part is it can grow with him, it's not just a baby room. The hard part was finding a sports bedding we really liked. I had success at Babies R Us.

(Sydney already love to play in there.) You can barely see our new carpet in this picture, but I did cover part of it up with a rug. I found the rug ar Pottery Barn for Kids. The room is fairly small about 10x11 feet, so I only ordered a 3x5 foot rug, not to mention it was about $130. You can see one of the baseball stiches in the top left corner, there is also another on the bottom right of the wall. That was a time consuming task, but worth it. I made my own compass with a pencil and twine. I used that to make my quarter circle, then used a darker tan color to create the seam where the leather comes together. Being the perfectionist that I am I made a template for the red stitches, so that that were all exactly the same. I traced with a pencil and then went over with the red paint. The wall turned out so great! (Don't you love Pinterest for ideas!)

The crib (gracious given to us by my husband's parents) is from Babies R Us. The "Little MVP" sign was what I ordered from Uppercase Living, I did put it on a cavas so that we could move it if we wanted. The bedding set came with 3 "wall hangings" (the pendants). I didn't have anywhere to hang them ,but decided they would look nice on a piece of brown ribbon on the from of the crib. I cut the ribbon, tied it on to the crib  and then hot glued the pendants to the ribbon.

The comforter, again from Babies R Us (given to us by my Grandma).

The bumper and fitted sheet.

A little more of the bumper, and the perfect Boppy pillow for our theme.

 

 The changing table and dresser. I didn't want to buy a changing table that was so limited on function for later. I found this dresser at a furniture store in the scratch and dent section. It was steal at $100 considering it is Ashley Furniture. It is also made really well, which is very important to me. I want something that is going to last. I found the bins inside at Target. (The dresser is actually a media center for a bedroom and that is the spot for the DVD player or cable/satellite box.) The boxes are great for storage at the changing table. One has diapers in it, and the other holds a box of wipes, diaper rash cream, etc. for needs while diapering.

Another Pinterest insprired project is canvas covered in fabric. It was extremely easy to do and fairly cheap. I did have to buy my canvas (12x12 inches). I was going to have my husband make a wooden frame to just staple the fabric to, but I ended up finding a pack of Canvas at Michael's, 7 canvas square for $10. It made more sense to buy them. I then bought fabric at Hobby Lobby. Listening to the blog I got the idea from I purchased 2/3 yard of each fabric, but it can easily be done with 1/2 yard.

 

I also bought a wooden C cutout and painted it the wall color to go on one of the squares. I didn't even have to hot glue it, it is on there with a strong double sided tape.

I debabted for a long time over a chair. I always wanted a big cushy glider chair, but when looking at the prices I just couldn't see spending the money. So I decided that I would just buy one of the gliders at Wal-Mart for $140. It seemed like saving the money was the wiser decision. Then my grandpa said he would buy the chair. I told him about the chairs at Wal-Mart, but when he went to look at them he felt like they were very poor quality. He ended up giving me money to buy what I wanted. After more debating, and more searching the interent for a chair with good reviews, I landed on this chair. It is still from Wal-Mart.com, but made by the furniture company Little Castle. So far it seems to be very well made, and it is very comfy. I am 5 foot 7 inches, and my head rests nicely against the back of the chair. The pillow that is in the chair is made from a piece of the valence that came with the bedding set. Because I put up solid navy panels I didn't need a valence (not to mention this was really the only part of it I liked. I simply cut off the end of the valence, put a pillow inside and sewed the end to be finished.

 Storage and Organization

If you have books then you know that hard back books stand up very nicely, and are easy to tell what book you are grabbing because the title is on the spine, however, you also know that paperback books do not stand up well. To help fix this problem I stood the hardback books up on the bottom shelf (they weigh more), and then bought 2 canvas baskets at Wal-Mart for less than $5 each to store the paperback books and tiny board books. The paperback books fit so good in the basket, and they are very easy to flip through. The other one houses the little bitty board books that I didn't know what to do with.

With my dresser only have 2 drawers for clothes I ended up feeling a little short on storage space. The solution was a ClosetMaid organizer for the bottom of the closet. I figure as he grows it can become storage for toys. Each basket has a different purpose, which can easily change, and will as we the rest of the house a little more ready for baby (one is full of bottles, and another bowls and spoons because I don't have a kitchen cabinet cleared out yet). Other baskets hold things like bath towels, lotion, baby wash, a tote with health items like diaper cream and the little care kit, and one for breastfeeding supplies. I think its going to be awesome to have.

 

I have his closet separated by the little 0-3 month, 3-6 month, etc. dividers. The 0-3 month section far exceeds the others. As you can see the top has been over taken by diapers and wipes (the Diaper Raffle idea for the baby shower was a great idea and I would suggest that to anyone!)

 



Love: 30 Weeks

How far along? 30 Weeks

Weight Gain: 17 pounds

Morning Sickness: None, but if I wait too long to eat in the morning I get to feeling like I may pass out.

Maternity Clothes: Yes.

Stretch Marks: No.

Sleep: Aside from Charlie Horses in the middle of the night I am sleeping really well. So far I have not had to wake up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom, and Connor seems to be sleeping when I am sleeping. I do feel like I get tired earlier in the day, 9:30 is really my max on week nights.

Baby Movement: Connor moves nonstop. We had a 4-D ultrasound this week and it was very challenging to get a picture of him. The technician had to record a series of movements then go back though and find a good frame for a picture. He is head down, and at the beginning of the ultrasound he was face down. His butt is around my belly button, and I can often feel him move it from side to side.

Food Cravings: None.

Labor Signs: None.

Belly Button In or Out? In, but pretty flat.

Wedding Rings On or Off? On.

Thoughts and Feelings: My back hurts more often, and I have to watch how I sit or I will pay for it later in the day. Occasionally my ribs hurt, but I can’t figure out why, I don’t think his feet are there, I guess just pressure of organs and things being pushed there. While you would think that I am getting anxious or excited, I am feeling for nervous, and the fact that we are looking at 10 weeks or so is terrifying. I have a lot of experience with babies, but I am worried about knowing what he wants, and being able to soothe him. Also, just the idea of bringing him home and being able to do it.