Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Always a Student

The beginning of the week brought some changes and realizations in the Smith household.  Do you realize that in 4 months, we'll have a baby?  HOLY COW!  I know I'm pregnant, but that means A BABY!  You'd think we'd realize this, and maybe T has.  But there have been so many other things on my mind for the first 5 months, like say keeping food down or the horrible pains in my side.  


So on Monday, we went to visit a daycare option.  When I found out I was pregnant, I called and stopped in a couple of places and got on lists right away but really didn't do a lot of research.  I was just happy to be on a list and frankly, overwhelmed by being pregnant.  

But while checking out a daycare option, it's not just about the facility.  I'm supposed to ask questions.  Really?  Questions?  What kind of questions?  I know there are Mom's reading this and just laughing at me.  And that's ok.

I've been reading since Monday - lots of reading.  And honestly, experiences like the tornadoes yesterday are put in a new perspective while considering a baby.  What is the emergency storm policy?  Tucking your head between your legs and kissing your ass goodbye just isn't an option with my kid.  I'd like it to be a little more thought out than that.

I'll admit that I have not done a lot of reading about being pregnant cause frankly those books freak me out.  It's 10,000 pages of all the stuff that goes wrong and a paragraph intro about good stuff.  If I am uncomfortable or worried about an odd feeling, I ask someone.   

But I guess it's time to start reading about parenting.... 

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