Well it has started. My soon to be 4 year old DD decided to bring up the discussion.
"Mommy, who's belly did you grow up in?" My response "I grew in grammie's belly".
"Whos belly did daddy grow up in?" My response "Daddy grew in Nana's belly".
Then she looked at me and askd..
"who grew in grandpa's belly?" Both DH and I calmly stated "No one. Only Mommies, and grandmas have the chance to have babies grow in their bellies". She seemed fine with that answer, but then the next one came.
"Well, how do they get out? Do they dig and dig and pop out?" At which point DH and I had to stifle a laugh (because if we laugh, she is in that delicate girl stage where she will start to cry and tell us to stop laughing at her, like we just crushed her.... btw when does that end?) and DH responded, "Mommy will tell you about that much later, ok."
That lead into Lies to Children. "Well you know how Santa clause can fit down the chimney? How it is magic, well it is magic how babies are born!". That seemed to appease her curiosity for now, and then she was off onto another subject.
Phew.... I am just not prepared for these types of conversations!
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Monday, June 15, 2009
Monday, January 26, 2009
26Jan09, waiting day 22
Still waiting. Still no sign this will come to an end..
I am now 9 weeks 5 days pregnant... And waiting... Waiting for my body to finally realize that what I have within me is non-viable..
Sometimes the emotion of this is overwhelming. Making me want to crawl into a hole and cover my head.. But no such option...
Other times I have protected myself in a skeleton of numbness. For instance we went to the children's museum on Sunday, and DD loved it. She had a blast. We were in one section where there were tons of little kids, under 1 year. I was staring off into space thinking about DD when DH grabs my arm and states "I know, it will be ok, we will have one soon". I was not even thinking about the fact that I did not have a new baby, or planning for one.
But he was. Sometimes I forget about how hard this is on him. How much of an emotional toll this takes on him. He was thinking about it. He was mourning the fact that we have not had another child, that we will not have one anytime soon. It was my time to comfort him.
Most days I am numb to the idea. Somehow pushing it into the back of my mind so I do not go insane. Other moments I am a train wreck.
I am now 9 weeks 5 days pregnant... And waiting... Waiting for my body to finally realize that what I have within me is non-viable..
Sometimes the emotion of this is overwhelming. Making me want to crawl into a hole and cover my head.. But no such option...
Other times I have protected myself in a skeleton of numbness. For instance we went to the children's museum on Sunday, and DD loved it. She had a blast. We were in one section where there were tons of little kids, under 1 year. I was staring off into space thinking about DD when DH grabs my arm and states "I know, it will be ok, we will have one soon". I was not even thinking about the fact that I did not have a new baby, or planning for one.
But he was. Sometimes I forget about how hard this is on him. How much of an emotional toll this takes on him. He was thinking about it. He was mourning the fact that we have not had another child, that we will not have one anytime soon. It was my time to comfort him.
Most days I am numb to the idea. Somehow pushing it into the back of my mind so I do not go insane. Other moments I am a train wreck.
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