Just a Steel-Town Girl on a Saturday Night
D is out of town for the weekend and I am indulging my Secret Single Behaviour. I am eating cake batter in the kitchen naked and madly bidding on eBay items in the buff. I took a nap in the middle of the day (okay, not so secret behaviour) and am leaving all the dishes in the sink.
I seem to have hit a slightly manic part of my pregnancy. I slept only 3 hours last night. That is incredibly rare for me as normally I can sleep well over 9 hours if left to my own devices. I lay in bed for hours last night - when I lay on my left, I could hear my heart beating so loudly it kept me awake. When I lay on my right, D's breathing was too close to my face. When I was on my back the baby kicked and kicked at me. Stomach is understandably out of the question, though I never sleep that way anyway. After two hours, I got up and ran a hot bath, but even after that I was still wired. A nice hot beverage would normally do the trick, but I have to avoid drinking anything at least an hour before bedtime or I'm up 10 minutes after I've dozed off. Instead, I went online and ordered 7 cloth diapers from a local store.
I thought for sure I'd crash today as I had to be out the door by 9 (thankfully later than usual) and had only slept from 3 to 6. Well I haven't crashed yet. I'm madly putting together a baby budget to figure out how much we've spent so far. Answer - a lot more than I thought when I factor in each and every baby-related purchase over the past few months, despite the fact that they have been no big-ticket items and most everything was consignment or eBay (except diapers, I draw the line at used diapers.) I've really tried to be good and have only bought one item that was really frivolous (a fancy bouncy chair) and even that I got a sort of deal on by having it shipped to my brother in the U.S. D and I have agreed that we shouldn't spend more than a certain amount, but I'm already 1/4 of the way through it - hopefully my mother will help out with a big ticket item like a stroller or crib.
I had a cup of coffee yesterday because I was so tired in the a.m. I only had it around 11 a.m., so I assumed it couldn't have possibly kept me awake. But I had another today - a complete anomaly as I don't think I've had coffee since I got pregnant - and it suddenly occurs to me that this may be reason for my mania. Seems strange though because I've continued to drink the occasional black or green tea so I'm shouldn't be completely caffeine sensitive.
Anyway I'm off to bathe and read and hopefully get a nice round number of hours of sleep - there's a baby sample sale on tomorrow that I just found out about, so I need to have energy to shove elbows with some other big-bellied women!
I seem to have hit a slightly manic part of my pregnancy. I slept only 3 hours last night. That is incredibly rare for me as normally I can sleep well over 9 hours if left to my own devices. I lay in bed for hours last night - when I lay on my left, I could hear my heart beating so loudly it kept me awake. When I lay on my right, D's breathing was too close to my face. When I was on my back the baby kicked and kicked at me. Stomach is understandably out of the question, though I never sleep that way anyway. After two hours, I got up and ran a hot bath, but even after that I was still wired. A nice hot beverage would normally do the trick, but I have to avoid drinking anything at least an hour before bedtime or I'm up 10 minutes after I've dozed off. Instead, I went online and ordered 7 cloth diapers from a local store.
I thought for sure I'd crash today as I had to be out the door by 9 (thankfully later than usual) and had only slept from 3 to 6. Well I haven't crashed yet. I'm madly putting together a baby budget to figure out how much we've spent so far. Answer - a lot more than I thought when I factor in each and every baby-related purchase over the past few months, despite the fact that they have been no big-ticket items and most everything was consignment or eBay (except diapers, I draw the line at used diapers.) I've really tried to be good and have only bought one item that was really frivolous (a fancy bouncy chair) and even that I got a sort of deal on by having it shipped to my brother in the U.S. D and I have agreed that we shouldn't spend more than a certain amount, but I'm already 1/4 of the way through it - hopefully my mother will help out with a big ticket item like a stroller or crib.
I had a cup of coffee yesterday because I was so tired in the a.m. I only had it around 11 a.m., so I assumed it couldn't have possibly kept me awake. But I had another today - a complete anomaly as I don't think I've had coffee since I got pregnant - and it suddenly occurs to me that this may be reason for my mania. Seems strange though because I've continued to drink the occasional black or green tea so I'm shouldn't be completely caffeine sensitive.
Anyway I'm off to bathe and read and hopefully get a nice round number of hours of sleep - there's a baby sample sale on tomorrow that I just found out about, so I need to have energy to shove elbows with some other big-bellied women!
Labels: pregnancy
posted by grass @ 8:02 PM
1 Comments:
At 8:57 AM ,
linds said...
I am totally laughing at your secret of eating cake batter in the kitchen. Scandalous! Haha. I love it. :) I am glad to hear that things are going so wel, minus the not being able to sleep well. That is really frustrating! Maybe it is the caffeine? Who knows? I bet you are having so much fun buying baby things. I can't wait to do that. Good for you for trying to buy mostly used items because babies never wear items of clothing for too long because they outgrow things so quickly! How close are you to your due date now? I bet it is going to be hear before you guys know it!
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