From 5 Minutes for Parenting By Kelly I’m halfway there. No. Sorry. Let me rephrase. I’M HALFWAY THERE! WOO-HOO! Twenty weeks (almost 21) is a milestone for most of us preggos. We are amazed we’ve made it this far, and simultaneously freaked out that we only have 20 weeks (or less) to go. “Do I…
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Pregnancy Journal: What’s Coming
From 5 Minutes for Parenting By Kelly Today, I’m 19 weeks pregnant. I think. Hang on. Let me check my online pregnancy calendar. (Insert cheesy hold music here.) OK. I’m back. And it’s true – the calendar says 19 weeks. But dang if I can remember it without help. I’m not sure if it’s because…
Pregnancy Journal: Need to Know
From 5 Minutes for Parenting By Kelly I haven’t confirmed this scientifically, but I’m convinced there are two kinds of people in this world: Those who can wait until the birth of their baby to find out the sex, and those who must know the minute it’s physically possible. I’m squarely in the second group….
Pregnancy Journal: The Box
From 5 Minutes for Parenting By Kelly I was sitting in my toddler’s room last night, surfing the Internet and waiting for her to go to sleep, when I heard the faint toot of a horn. “Beep, beep, beep.” Then an over-enthusiastic voice added, “Let’s go!” At first, I chalked it up to one of…
Pregnancy Journal: Movement
From 5 Minutes for Parenting By Kelly I felt the baby move last week. I was laying in the dark, waiting for sleep to descend, when I felt little flutters way, way, WAY down in my abdomen. I was tempted to chalk it up to gas, and truthfully, I’m never sure about those first baby…
Because Sometimes The Small Things ARE the Big Things
By Kelly There are days, as a SAHM, when I’m tempted to be less than thankful. I look around at the mess in the living room and the spilled pasta in the kitchen and the bad attitudes on the sofa (also known as my children), and I feel itchy and grouchy. My jeans chafe on…
Pregnancy Journal: The Spinach Can Wait
From 5 Minutes for Parenting By Kelly I remember my first pregnancy so vividly. I remember being snarly and sick and wanting to die, TO DIE, during the first trimester. (Note: Some things don’t change.) (Another note, and yes, I realize this is my second, but I’m pregnant so I think I’m entitled: During that…
Pregnancy Journal: Milestone
By Kelly I’m 13 weeks pregnant today. Depending on which pregnancy book you read, I’m either at the tail end of the first trimester or on the cusp of the blessed second. It doesn’t matter greatly to me. More important is that I’ve passed the 12-week mark, because that’s how far along I was in…
Pregnancy Journal: The Heartbeat
By Kelly I still remember the first time I heard my baby’s heartbeat. It was January 5, 2001. I was sick and miserable. I had never been sure I even wanted children. Now, deep in the throes of first trimester yuck, I was even less sure. My husband accompanied me to my first OB appointment….
Pregnancy Journal: Baby Bump
By Kelly So I’m finally hitting the 12 week mark with this pregnancy, and the first trimester fog is starting to lift, thanks in part to the miracle combo of Unisom-B6. And I’m already showing. Hello baby bump, hello awkward glances from strangers who wonder if I’m truly expecting another baby or just dipping into…