Baby Bump on the Beach
Number of days in Amsterdam – 77
Number of days without a bike theft – 73
Days since it last rained – 1 0
We are making efforts to talk to the baby, to read to her and to get her accustomed to our voices, so that when she arrives, she’s not all like, “where am I, and who are these incompetent people who have no idea how to raise a baby? Get me out of here!”
Instead, we’re shooting for, “I’m not sure where I am, and while these people may be pretty clueless about what they’re doing, they’re the only people I recognize right now, so I better cut them some slack.”
There are a lot of differing ideas about when a baby in the womb can hear. Some say as early as eight weeks, but they’re not the most reliable source. If we go with the folks at the Mayo Clinic, who seem decent at their jobs, it’s 25 weeks when the baby responds to your voice. No matter the case, this morning we got a solid indication that the baby has an inkling of the sounds going on outside the womb.
After a long day of going to the beach and walking around town (the Kitten seemed to like riding on the train the best, it lulled and relaxed her), mom and baby were tired, and slept soundly.
As is the case with these things, morning and the alarm came way too soon.
But when it went off, it was the Kitten who was most startled by it.
She must have been in a sound sleep, because when the alarm went off, she jumped! Like she would have been jerked fully upright, had she not been confined in a space that prevented her from doing so.
And after the alarm was turned off, she didn’t settle down. She was quivering and wouldn’t calm down.
I have a solid belief that, had she been on the outside, we would have been dealing with a very angry crying baby.
It’s amazing that, still on the inside, she is showing signs of nurture presiding over nature, and learning to hate the alarm clock as much as mom and dad do.
I’ll do my best to keep the alarm clock out of her life for the first few months she’s around. Nobody should have to deal with that until it’s absolutely necessary, and she’ll have enough to deal with, what with dad trying to figure out how to properly apply nappies and all.
I can concur with this! I had numerous “Non-Stress” tests when I was Prego with Noah, they did not warn us of the “Zapper” or as I prefer to call it, “Baby – Taser”. Poor kid, liked to sleep (a lot) and when they could not wake him up, (to quantify movements and make sure he was basically not relaxed at all) by me drinking copious amounts of sugar or caffeine, they zapped my belly with a device much like a really hardcore vibrator for want of a better description, to wake him up. The first time it happened, he and I both jumped out of our skins, but after the umpteenth time, it was not so scary, although definitely still a violation. Still, he survived and seems to be none the worse because of it. Nicole, you look fabulous by the way