Glitter is about as active as can be, jumping and rolling around every day, especially at night. I know 28 weeks is the peak of movement, so I did a kick card – 10 kicks in 19 minutes, although this is a pretty arbitrary exercise. I’ve started to feel some bigger kicks, but a lot of quivers and rolls still. The other night I watched my stomach move around for twenty minutes straight. She must have been dancing or kickboxing!
We painted an old dresser to match the crib and saved hundreds of dollars. We also bought a rug for the nursery and my father, who is visiting, brought us the co-sleeper my sister’s baby slept in. Hand-me-downs are the best! My boss brought me a bottle sanitizer, bouncer and more baby clothes. Things are starting to come together.
I’m reading Bringing Up Bebe, a book about an American woman bringing her child up in Paris. My sister highly recommended it. Some of it conflicts with my beloved attachment parenting, but it makes so much sense. I’ll try to keep up with posting and describe it.
Cute dresser, did you take a before pic? I love hand me downs too!! You should video your tummy movement and post it.
Darn I actually didn’t take a before pic of the dresser! It was a puke green and we were about to give it away. It works perfectly though and we saved some money we definitely need for other things. I’ve been thinking about trying to make a video of the belly dancing but I don’t know if I can catch it. I’ll try!
The dresser looks awesome!!
Thank you!
I love hand me downs. We’ve been storing boxes of baby clothes from my BIL and SIL for years now, and I can’t wait to bring them out and wash them for Dumplin’. It’s great that there’s so much stuff that you can borrow from your sister… Especially since it’s stuff that you don’t generally need for very long. I love the dresser colour. I can’t wait to see the rest of the room once it’s all set up!
How wonderful to feel so many kicks! It must be reassuring to know that Glitter is doing well in there. Lots of love to you, J, and your active baby girl.
Thank you so much! I can’t wait for you to feel your baby, it’s amazing. I’m thinking about Dumplin a lot. It sounds like you guys already have tons of clothes and stuff for her. Sending hope and love.
I think I’ve been feeling the quickening a little bit here and there, but nothing regular. Yup, we’ve got some stuff for Dumplin already, and probably won’t buy a lot because we’re kind of minimalists.
I can’t believe how close we are to the 30-week mark. The dresser looks great! Are you guys mostly settled in the new place now? I’m kind of jealous of your belly action. I was just talking to my OB yesterday about how calm our little one is. I do feel her consistently, but I’ll only get 10 kicks within an hour maybe once or twice a day tops. Mostly, she’s totally mellow. I have no crazy belly action at all! My OB told me I should be grateful, but it’s kind of making me feel like I’m missing out!
I know, soon we’re going to be 8 months and marveling at that! So crazy. Yes the belly action is amazing and so fun and thank goodness I have it because I haven’t had an ultrasound in almost two months. I hope your little girl starts moving more and if she doesn’t, I’m sure she’s fine. Maybe she’ll be a mellow baby and I’ll have a fidgety screamer on my hands! Who knows… 🙂
Hand me downs (with the exception of maybe 20 outfits from the shower) make up about 90% of the kids ( all 3 of them!) wardrobe. And pretty much eveything Mary’s room has been handed down to us as well. Callie is obsessed with consignment sales and joining “mom’s” groups on FB…we have gotten a bike, 2 highchairs, carrier, and tons and tons of baby food for baiscally free! The dresser looks great like that! And baby moving is the thing I look forward to the most about pregnancy. Glad you are feeling her tons!
Thanks! Yes new baby stuff seems like a waste in a lot of cases! Good for you guys!
LOVE that dresser!
Oh thank you ! It was an ugly pea green before. To think we almost spent $400 on a new one!