Mama Thoughts

Oi! 4 weeks(ish) left.  Pregnancy status report:  all things are going well.  I'm finally getting regular yoga in and massages and those are helping me.  I feel better now than I did during 2nd trimester.  I'm not sitting on crappy chairs anymore, bringing my sciatica cushion with me to meetings (I have no shame) and have finally almost fixed myself to a functional human being.  I feel like I can get through labor.  I have a doula lined up if Yan doesn't get better by then.  I have life-lines in place and I feel as though this kid and labor is something that I can handle, and I'm as ready as I'll ever be.  I'm realistic and understand that the next 3 months of my life are going to rock me like something I've never experienced... but it is what it is. I've accepted. Lilah is becoming quite the little person.  The other day we were singing to her in bed after Yan turned off the lights and closed the door and she said "oi! papa! I can't see an

3 days of shutting our bedroom door at night turned Lilah back into a human.  :) She sleeps through the night again! Also... Yan installed a camel back pouch above her crib, so she doesn't have the water excuse any more.  She has a constant stream of water... and I'm moving past the point of caring that we're treating our kid like a hamster.  :) 3/4 of our parents have been gone for a week and I will say that her behavior has become a lot more regulated.  I do think that the switching her from house to house does mess with her sense of routine and stability.  At the end of the day it's always going to be the struggle of our needs vs. her needs and where the balance can be found.  At some point we need to take a break for ourselves, but that little lady does need us around constantly in order to feel secure falling asleep and taking direction. 6 weeks (ish) left.  We're more or less ready to go.  Yan is nursing his shoulder and getting over the longest cough kno