Weird dream last night. Dreamt I gave birth to a baby doll with the understanding that once we proved we loved it enough, it would become "real", just like the velveteen rabbit. Fortunately, we proved ourselves pretty quickly, and the doll turned into a sweet little baby girl after only a couple of days with us.
I've been thinking lately about the differences in prenatal bonding with this pregnancy as opposed to the others, and I think that may be the source of this dream. With Lincoln, our first, all I could ever think about was The Baby and how excited I was to meet him. With Daniel I didn't think about The Baby all of the time, but I still found plenty of time to imagine him and wonder about what kind of little person he'd show up being. This time around, I'm so busy taking care of the boys and getting our house whipped in to shape that I find myself with very little time to sit around and just dwell on The Baby.
I figure I'll have plenty of time for that after the little one arrives. I plan on doing nothing but laying in bed or on the couch cuddling, snuggling, nursing, and generally just absorbing the babiness of #3 for the first few weeks. I'm seriouly looking forward to it. No guilt involved here, I guess my subconcious just realized that I'm saving up all my love and emotional energy for this little one when s/he arrives.
Speaking of dreams, I had one last week that the baby, a girl we ended up naming Maggie, weighed in at a little over 11 lbs., and in spite of that we had a piece of cake labor and birth. Heck, as long as I could be guaranteed a short labor, I wouldn't care if I had a 15 pounder, but it's probably more likely that this'un will be in the 9-10 lb. range like his/her brothers. I guess I've got a topic for my next poll...
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Vivid, crazy dreams are one of my favorite things about being pregnant.
I'm lucky enough to have a 3 year old that will cuddle up in the chair with me anytime I want. LOVE it! He doesn't have that nice baby smell anymore though. I will tell you though, you're scaring us all with the baby's weight. If you are having dreams about eleven pounds, Snikeees! The HB wouldn't make us near as nervous if you had regular sized babies. However, your babies are enormous! Love you!
Did no one tell you that I had a 2 hour labor with 10 lb 2 oz Daniel, Julie?
And if it makes you feel any better, I think this one will probably be smaller than he was. (I've only gained 25 lbs so far this time compared to the 45 that I'd gained by this point with Daniel)
No need to worry about us-- we know exactly what we're getting into.
Read this aloud to my mom. She said, "Oh, she's going to be so disappointed if it's a boy." You ARE pretty girl-obsessed. ;) S/he will be pretty darn loved and adorable either way.
And woo-hoo with the 25 pounds! That's totally impressive!!!
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