Wednesday, March 05, 2014

Poo

So, a few weeks ago a friend was telling me how her 10 month old pooed in the bath when her husband was in charge and how big of a mess it was. Needless to say, I laughed. A lot.

Well, as a consequence of that laugh... this week it was my turn.

In Japan, Touma and I do bath time together. And these days since I'm huge, it feels so nice to have some of the weight off due to buoyancy and all that. Goofing around in the bath with Touma is pretty fun. However, it was getting to be close to the end of bath time when I noticed a "floaty." Thank goodness I realized what it was and got toys, Touma, and myself out of the tub pretty quickly. If I hadn't noticed right away, things could have been much worse!

Luckily, I got the tub drained and cleaned and all toys washed and disinfected. I re-washed Touma and I as well. In general, the "poo in the tub" incident wasn't so bad. Just wish it had happened to Shimon and not to me! :-)

Monday, March 03, 2014

The Final Stretch

I've entered the 38th week of pregnancy and we're down to the home stretch. Baby could, in theory, come any time. Though the reality is that for the past two doctor's appointments the doctor has checked to see what's going on and came back with the same answer: nothing's changed. :-)

This time around I am more ready for this whole pregnancy thing to be over. Does that really mean I'm prepared for the long nights and the newborn cries? Not necessarily. What I do know is that I am ready to have a slimmer, lighter body again. I have seemingly forgotten how "fun" the end of pregnancy can be. Instead, I just feel heavy and irritable. All. The. Time. Poor Touma... I am much too short with him and don't really mean to be.

The best time of day for me is bath time. In Japan, generally parents and kids actually sit in the bath together and enjoy the bathing experience. SO... I take full advantage of sitting in a large tub full of warm water, Water is magic. It's the only time I feel fairly normal and my heavy body doesn't seem so heavy. Or course bath time doesn't last forever, which means that I have to come back to the reality of my heavy body at some point.

Today, I did some major "getting ready for baby" nesting. I washed a bunch of baby clothes and rearranged storage so that now there's more than enough storage for the new baby clothes and for cloth diapers for both kids. I still have to get drawer "locks" so that Touma can't make a big mess when he wakes up in the middle of the night, but I think that can be remedied tomorrow.

We are officially less than 2 weeks from my due date. I wouldn't mind being one day late (my due date is March 16th), but any later than that and I'll be annoyed. Touma was three days late, but who knows what will happen this time around. The doctors at my clinic keep saying that I need to get out and walk, but my main excuse is,.. how am I supposed to walk around a bunch (I walked for 2-3 hours sometimes when I was pregnant with Touma) with an active toddler? I do chase Touma a lot, so at this point that will have to be enough. :-)

Saturday, March 01, 2014