The all day sickness has arrived. It creeped up slowly but its full force now. I even had to ask my husband to make me our family remedy of boiled bay leaf water. Oh how I felt better after the first sip. But unless I can figure out how to pump it into an IV there is no cure for this and I love it!
Its like my very own mommy doppler. Reminds me things are moving along. Hormones are increasing and hopefully the baby is growing and there will be a heart beat this Thursday.
My son has been mimicking me puking. He thinks its hysterical, lol. Hes growing up so quickly. In one month he will be 2 years old and he is officially completely potty trained. I dont even remember the last time I used a diaper on him. He even wears his underwear to bed at night. Its really sweet because he wants to copy his dad, so now he doesnt want any pjs to bed. Just a t-shirt and his underwear. We were playing the other day and he walked away from me, stood in front of his potty and peed. STANDING up!!!?? I didnt even think he would be old enough to do that. Public bathrooms gross me out. I hover so far from the bowl when I have to go its almost like peeing standing up. When it came time for Adrian to pee in public it took me a good 5min to make a nice pillow of toilet paper. 1st time was a success. 2nd time he asked for "Elmo!!" which is the toilet seat insert that makes him 'fit' on a grown up toilet. Well there is no way I am walking around with that. So I did the next best thing, I brought a cup in my diaper bag. I dont know how it didnt dawn on me right from the beginning. He isnt a girl!! He doesnt 'have to' sit for #1!!! He loved the idea and now when we are out and about I bring him in the stall just for privacy because he pees right in the cup. He is pretty good at doing #2 in the house and I guess we will cross that path sooner or later.
When I was pregnant with him I wondered so much what it was like to be pregnant while raising another child. I used to put my dogs paws on my belly when he kicked and always wondered what my daughter would have done if it was her hand on the belly. Tonight before bed he turned to me and said "Mommy's baby?" Lifted my shirt and kissed my belly button!!! I asked if he loved the baby and he said "yes!!" I dont know how he knows...I dont know what he knows...My heart just hopes he gets to love this baby on the outside. He knows about his sister. He pointed to a family portrait I created of us and he refers to her as "sitah". He knows of her but I dont think he knows how important her life is in this family. She has saved his life already. She has saved mine and other family members in my family. Normal circumstances have the parents protecting the children. In this story of mine, she protected all of us....I hope this new baby gets to understand how important she is to him/her too.
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