We've now passed the 38 week mark! And I'm still amazed by this. Who would have thought we'd make it this far after all we've been through the last couple of years?
Last night was a fun night for DH & me. I asked DH if he wanted to practice swaddling. His reaction - what's swaddling? Too cute! Why practice the fine art of swaddling a newborn when I've had 2 babies, many nieces and a nephew, and 2 grandchildren? Well, it's always wonderful to see a baby calm down their fussing with a nice swaddle and to be honest I've always been a TERRIBLE swaddler. I mean horrible!! I don't know why but my swaddles are always too loose and come undone so easily. And what's funny is guys I know seem to have a real knack for swaddling babies. Both my brother and BIL are excellent swaddlers and as I found out last night, DH is right up there with them.
So after dinner, I grabbed us each a stuffed animal of Maribel's (DH had a teddy bear and I got Winnie-the-Pooh) and we each took a receiving blanket from the stack. Then we went on youtube and watched a few videos, each showing different methods of swaddling. Then it was practice time! DH & I both laid out the receiving blankets (while our dog hungrily eyed the stuffed animals) and of course, DH's swaddle was awesome on the very first try. I naturally struggled with my swaddle, watched the video again, and again struggled with my swaddle. Meanwhile DH's was perfectly holding that teddy bear in like a little sausage. What is my malfunction with this art? In the end, DH came over to help me with my swaddle and after his fine tutorial mine was almost as good as his...almost.
Next came diaper practice for DH since he hadn't diapered a baby in years. Again, perfection - though I don't think Maribel will lay as still as teddy the bear did. And I must say as DH held his swaddled little teddy bear and pretended to burp it and pretended to diaper it, it made me even more anxious for Tuesday to get here. He is seriously going to be one amazing daddy!!
Today it's off to the grocery store. My first mission is to make sure I've got enough easy fixings for DH to feed himself while I'm at the hospital. In other words, I need to stock the freezer with frozen pizzas, chicken skewers, corn dogs, and fries and make sure I've got his other favorite things to fix for himself when I'm not here - bacon & eggs, croissants, and Honey Nut Cheerios.
My second mission is to make sure I have healthy food for me when I come home from the hospital. I think my in-laws will be visiting and while I'm sure they'll bring yummy Colombian food, I better skip all of that fried yumminess and stick with my own high fiber, low fat options. As you recall from previous posts with my last 2 surgeries - me + painkillers + surgery = major constipation. So all of those fried foods and cheesy pastries would NOT be a good idea for me. I'll have DH go out and grab fresh produce for me when I get home from the hospital so I can partake in salads & lots of fruits and veggies and today I'll just grab some easy, high fiber meal options that I can cook myself or have DH cook for me those first few days home from the hospital.
So with that I'm off to Shop-Rite to complete my mission. Only 4 more days to go and I think they're going to fly by now!
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