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So I Am Supposed to Say Something...
One of the ways in which I tend to feel most remiss as a parent is that I am not so good at maintaining strict protocol that isn't of a kind of disciplinary policy. I'm not too consistent about schedule. I don't read to my kid at the same time every day. Our routines are pretty casual and I always always forget to do the daily repetition of things that supposedly forges learning. It is very difficult for me to remember the things I need to do in every other patch of life... especially in this moment when I am distracted by the fact that it is hard for me to reach behind and under things anymore. (It's terrifying how savagely quickly one's physique changes in the third trimester, and how inconvenient that is.)
The latest is that I am actually supposed to tell my kid about the baby (according to the pediatrician) and point out other babies and say that one is showing up and that sort of thing. I have remembered to do this about three times in two weeks. It's just so stilted - more stilted than conversations with toddlers are as a matter of course.
I thought I'd try the book route, but the only thing I managed to find that wasn't really hideously annoying was this one by Madeline L'Engle: The Other Dog. But it isn't really entirely to the point, even though it is good without being cloying.
On other fronts, my inclination to believe everything is a lie and an old wife's tale has just been blown out of the water. Apparently heartburn in pregnancy IS a (possible) sign that the baby will be hairy. (Though I should say the Felix wasn't unduly hirsute and I was popping Zantac and Tums as if I had stock in the company.)
posted by Elise at 7:52 AM
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