Monday, July 07, 2008

little squishy

We've had a week of glorious weather, and Zack's ball-skills continue to improve. He just loves going outside to kick the ball, as it's too easy to do alot of damage in the lounge/kitchen. We continue to hunt for a house with a garden - we spent Saturday down in Dulwich (south of us and east of Wimbledon). A desirable suburb with lots of good schools and heaps of green space. There were some lovely homes, but we didn't see "the one" I'm afraid.
We watched Finding Nemo with Zack late last week, and over the weekend he said something out of the blue : "my little squishy", which I laughed and laughed at. He tells me that all big fish are sharks – even poor old Jonah is getting eaten by a shark in his story book – understanding the differences will come with time.
Overall his behavior's been a bit out of sorts lately – he gets miserable and wingy and won't come out of it. I thought he might be coming down with chicken pox (doing the 'rounds), but nothing there. Maybe he's teething. He's probably aware that something's afoot with the baby coming – I'm not sure.

Pregnancy update (29 weeks now)
I'm an emotional wreck these days – I want to burst into tears over small things, and just the way someone speaks to me can make me start to snivel. I'm well and truly pregnant !
The lead weight of the enlarging belly is ever before me. Funnily enough, running around kicking a ball with Zack I find quite liberating, but walking somewhere in a hurry, and climbing stairs takes it out of me. I'm more and more tired, so sleep as much as I can, whenever the opportunity arises. Heartburn and reflux are close companions these days – sometimes I wish I could take Gaviscon intravenously ! Went for blood tests (too many) last week and check-up with GP – all is well. This is one busy baby... he kicks and hiccups his way through days and nights. The shape of my tummy is also different from Zack, which puts pay to any speculation on gender-related bump-shapes. It's a boy, whatever shape it is. Do we have a name yet ? (The most frequently asked question). No. Have started thinking about it, but nothing yet.

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