1. My back hurts. Not that that is an uncommon occurrence during pregnancy, but it's starting to remind me of that stage of labor where the baby is about to come and your back is KILLING you because the baby's head is resting on the bottom of your spinal cord. It hasn't been that bad, but yesterday it was that consistent sort of pain. It wasn't my favorite.
2. On a happier note, I've finally got a cleaning schedule for the house. Each day do a something, and usually, by the end of the week 90% of the house has been cleaned. I feel good about this, in part because Evie likes to "help."
3. This pregnancy has been SO DIFFERENT from my first one. Despite the "new" inconveniences, it has been a breath of fresh air, so to speak. I can actually drink water, which I couldn't with Evie. I feel like I can work out more, and I don't just have to lie on the couch all day b/c I feel like death. I don't, or didn't, want sweets; that one was kind of sad. But it's coming back to me :-) And I definitely haven't been eating as much. Woot!
4. My daughter thinks she doesn't need naps anymore.
I strongly disagree.
Something about the way she gets bipolar around 7:00, is asleep by 8:00, and then wakes up at 4:00 the next morning isn't working for me. This has happened twice this week. I really don't want to resort to this, but I may have to lay down with her until she falls asleep. That way I can monitor the "getting out of bed and playing with toys" situation. On the one hand, I'm glad that she can stay in her room for 2+ hours and just play by herself, on the other hand, she needs a nap. On the third hand, I really can enjoy her happy mood from 4:00 am to 6:00 pm. On the fourth hand, if she's going to go to sleep at 8:00, she should at least be sleeping until 7:00 the next morning, which she isn't. Maybe I just need to wear her out more during the morning so she's tired enough for a nap come afternoon?
5. I am TERRIFIED about our sleeping arrangement once the baby comes. Mostly because I don't know what kind of sleeper this baby will be. Should we put the baby in Evie's room, so that we can hear her when she wakes up, but don't wake up every time she moves? Should we keep her in our room so that Evie's sleep will be as peaceful as possible? Should one of us sleep on the couch with the baby downstairs, and have one parent attend to Evie at night, and one attend to the baby? I just don't know, and it has always been the lack of sleep that scares me the most about having this baby. I know that after the first few months it will all be behind us, I just hope I don't completely lose it before then.
6. Lastly, I recently acquired a bread machine. I don't have the manual, so I searched online for general bread machine operating. I thought I had it all figured out, Evie helped me put all the ingredients in the machine, and we were set! Or so I thought. After 3+ hours of rumbling and normal bread machine noises, I expectantly opened my machine to find some delicious homemade bread...and was sorely disappointed. The first thing I saw was the flour and yeast...unmixed and dry. Needless to say, we did not have homemade bread for dinner. I feel like an idiot, but question: Do I have to do the bread making in two parts? Do the dough setting first, and when that's finished, do I do the baking setting? I could have sworn that I had my pan all locked in with the kneading blade set, but maybe I didn't? I don't know. But I will be investigating this matter further.
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