When I was pregnant, Josh and I talked endlessly on how we'd raise our child. We decided what things we did like from our parents and what things we didn't want to copy at all. And when I say we, it was mostly me. I'm pretty sure he wasn't listening half the time, just nodding at the appropriate times since pregnancy made me a rambler. In retrospect, I should have stopped planning and worrying about all the details since you'll never know how you're going to react to a situation until you've experienced it. duh!
things I planned:
natural birth, no drugs
cloth diapers
breastfeeding for at least 9 months
homemade baby food
plant a garden so I could can enough produce to last us most of the winter
no TV for our precious baby
only educational toys
sleep train right away
lose baby weight pronto
teach our baby sign language so she would be smarter than the other babies
and lots more, but I won't bore you any more than necessary
What actually has happened:
INDUCED, epidural
epidural headache
another epidural to reverse the damage the first one did
gave birth a month and a day early
Pampers
breastfeed 2 months, then had to bottle feed
no garden, harvested the bounty my landlords planted (Thank you!)
I DID make my own baby food, but then we moved and I couldn't take it with me..stupid CA laws
TV some mornings
toilet paper rolls are toys, right?
at 11 months of age, finally getting a full nights rest
still losing baby weight
still trying the whole sign language thing, but she's not really interested.
I'm pretty sure the only thing that I planned that actually happened was this:
Do not give birth to an ugly child
And I definitely did not have ANY say over that one!
(I am quite ashamed of how shallow I was/am)
It all goes to show that I really should stop planning so much and just go with the flow. It all will happen and we should survive. If not, I'm sure there are many therapists who are still paying off student loans and would greatly appreciate the extra cash flow.
Digging around in her toy chest, after demolishing her shelf of books
Who needs clothes? Not this girlie!
hahaha love this Leslie! Its so true how we have it all figured out when we're pregnant but then half the stuff just doesn't happen. Like I said I'd cloth diaper to..then once the diapers started leaking and i was peed and pooped on twice I changed my mind. Also, Dominic's favorite toy right now is a shiny chocolate wrapper...everytime he plays with it Todd and I look at each other and say "Are we bad parents?"
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