The Hunger Games: The Second Trimester Review (Week 27)

Yeah so I like the Hunger Games so sue me.  But this title is a perfect description of how I have seen the second trimester (weeks 13-27) go.  We are coming to a close this week of the second trimester and I wanted to give some of you (esp. future fathers) some reviews.

1.  The Hunger Games
I thought the first trimester was bad, whoa buddy I was wrong.  See there have been several times where I've had to clean up after my wife.  Meaning I ate the food off her plate cause she couldn't finish. Those times have disappeared my friend.  Now if I making food for myself (after feeding my wife!!!), her head will pop around the corner and say "what are you making?"  I have learned that this is code for "I'm going to eat that!"  I now try to cook and eat in undisclosed locations just so that I can survive the winter.  Don't judge me.  

2.  My hip. Is. Dying
"Round ligament pain sucks!"  This is a direct quote from my wife and I can attest to her wailing, it hurts. The body has to adjust to the fact that your woman is having a baby!  So when people say it becomes all about the baby, they mean this mentally and physically.  Just be prepared to comfort her/ care for her and if your wife is lucky enough not to get this, then be super thankful. 

3.  Belly touching
Ever rub your stomach after a really good Thanksgiving type meal?  That is how I interpret women touching their bellies.  Not a bad thing just reminds me of good food.  Anyway it isn't just your wife who begins to do more belly rubbing.  I have found that the creepy people to touching your belly ratio goes up dramatically during the second trimester (Pew Research I'm sure did this testing).    Reason---- coincides with #7 (see below).  

4.  Intense Pregnancy dreams
So my wife has had more realistic dreams.  I've been lucky that she has only had a couple super intense dreams where she will cry in the middle of the night or yell and I get up and revert to all the Bruce Lee/Kung Fu movies I've watched.  Again just be patient, care for her, comfort her, tell her everything is going to be okay and try not to karate chop her in the neck.  

5.  Old man bladder control 
Okay so I make the running joke a couple days ago that I am the only person in our house with a strong bladder, for now (pride before the fall).  This is true.  The bladder gets smushed (medical term) as it has to make room for your incoming baby.  Plus if this is your first kid your wife is trying to drink lots of water to be healthy or some garbage, which makes it worse.  I always said my wife had the bladder size of a tear drop, but now it more true than ever.  Don't worry she will get me back in about 35-40 years.  

6.  Anything baby related gets cuter

Now your woman may have always thought that baby stuff was super cute, but with my wife that was never the case.  If you need to go back then please do, but in short my wife and I were not totally interested in having children.  So when we saw baby stuff or clothes we weren't ooohhing or awing over any of it.  To us it was just really small clothing and toys.   Now I can count on my wife to cry over an outfit and I will even admit there are some cute baby things out there.  Now I am going to go grab my man card and go blow something up while wearing sports gear.

7.  You are now obviously pregnant

Trying to hide that bump.  Well sorry, not going to happen anymore.  Your wife will feel like a whale and looked like she beat you in a pizza eating contest.  You can't get around it, you can tell she is having your baby.

8.  You can feel and see your kid doing Kung Fu moves
I'm convinced that our baby girl is going to be a soccer star, Kung Fu master or she is doing a 1980's kick punch dance out her rage moves.  She kicks the day lights out of my wife's stomach.  This actually is one of the coolest parts as you get to feel your kid and watch them move.  It becomes so real and it is quite amazing.  It reminds you that there is a person growing in there that is a mix of you and the person you love.  And we can't wait to meet our baby girl.

Merry Christmas
The End~

Home for the Holidays (Week 23)

So just like everyone else in Amurica (I said it just like that) we celebrated stuffing your face then feeling guilty and trying to figure out when you can work out next holiday of Thanksgiving!  Or the stuffing your face, watching football and laughing at all those people that want to work out holiday. Either one is fine.
Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays and usually I go down to see my family and then we switch with my wife's family.  This was an important holiday season because this will be the last time I will celebrate these holidays with just my wife (as you haven't figured out I'm having a kid).  As much as I love the holidays I learned a couple things while thinking about Thanksgiving and Christmas.

1.  I would lose or break my kid during the holidays

Now my wife and I have been blessed with ADD, we forget many things.  This isn't indicating that we WILL lose our kid, but whenever I think of the holidays, there is always a sense of pandimonium that is worrying.  I understand that there are somethings I won't be able to do.  I can't sit in front of a TV watching football all day and not because my wife hates it, but I need to show my kid attention.  The problem is that my attention is all over the place.  Thankfully we have other relatives to keep track of this baby so there are several eyes on her.

2.  Sleeping after food comas will be a thing of the past.

Thanksgiving is a great time to stuff your face!  The other awesome thing is to take a nice food coma nap or sleep.  Sleeping in is one of God's wonderful gifts to human kind, which usually disappears when you have a kid.  I just realized since my wife is getting farther along and our baby girl loves to kick and be SUPER active between 9pm-3am that I probably won't be able to have my post food coma or sleep in for that matter.  I've decided one of my best bets ia that when she naps, I nap or do like a WWF wrestling match and tag in.                                                                                                                              

3.  My wife and I have both lost our luster.

Okay so this may sound selfish, but I realized that my wife and I have lost our luster when it come to holiday gifts.  All I heard this past week was: I can't wait to buy this for the baby, I have the perfect gift for your baby, what do you think the baby will want, baby....baby......baby!  Have I mentioned that our baby isn't even born yet???!!   I get it, babies are cute, adorable and I will love my baby girl like no tomorrow, but really??  I guess I will have to deal with this for the next 10-15 years.   

Seriously fellas when you are having a kid one of the best things is to come to an understanding that life will not be the same.  But this isn't anything new: leaving high school, going to college, getting married: all of those moments provided the same opportunity for growth.  This is no different.....except it comes with a poopy diaper. 

Well 3.5 months to go....

The End~