Top 5 Most Obnoxious Things To Say To A Pregnant Chick In Her Last Weeks of Pregnancy
1) “Sleep now while you still can!”
I GET IT ALREADY. Even if you mean that I should enjoy uninterrupted sleep now whenever I want, and sleep til noon, and nap whenever, because OMGI’MNEVERGOINGTOBEABLETODOTHATAGAININMYLIFE, please, just keep it to yourself. I don’t get uninterrupted sleep now, I’m not one to sleep til noon, and I have a hard time napping. So really, although I understand the sentiment and I GET WHAT YOU ARE SAYING, you’re not being helpful. Or nice.
2) “You just wait.”
Congratulations, you are already a parent and so you feel the need to tell all preggos/parents-to-be that “they’ll see.” Y’all, I know! I know we will see, and I will look back at this post and laugh. I KNOW. But I don’t need you to spitefully point it out to me every chance you get.
3) “He’ll come when he wants to.”
Or, he’ll just stay inside forever, clinging for dear life to the walls of my uterus. Ok, I know he really won’t, but your apparent knowledge of my womb (really, you know more than me about what’s going on in there?! DOUBTFUL.) is annoying.
4) “That’s a big baby in there!”
Do I even need to explain this one? I know I am huge right now, but HEY! Thanks for pointing that out to me again, in case I hadn’t looked in a mirror lately.
5) “Have you had that baby yet?”
Just click on the link, you won’t be disappointed.
Happy Friday! Yes, I’m still pregnant, and yes, I am in a fantastic mood about it. Haha! Being patient sucks. Come on out, little man!
Yes! To all this! Even though I’m sure I’ve given you LOTS of unsolicited advice, LOL
The last one is the absolute worst though. As I was sitting in my office, ON my due date, I remember just wanting to smack everyone that asked me why I hadn’t had the baby yet. Fury!
(Come out baby!) <- sprinkling labor dust your way
This is such a double standard but I feel like it’s ok when my mom friends (like you!) give me unsolicited advice. It’s all the other people that I want to shut up, haha!
Thanks, friend!
You hit the nail right on the head, Amy. I remember being so furious every time someone told me that I’d never do [insert favorite activity] ever again once the baby was born. Well, he’s here, and he’s been here for 5 weeks now. I can honestly tell you that I a) sleep, b) read books, c) develop recipes and work on my blog, d) clean the house, e) read other people’s blogs and write comments f) shower. Can I do these things at my own pace and on my own time schedule? No, but I expected that. Can I still do them, though? OF COURSE!!
My life didn’t end when Caleb was born, it was just altered. I have to fit things around an every-two-hour feeding schedule, and I also spend a lot of time talking to and playing with him, but I find it completely workable. For those people who say, “Just wait… it will change once he gets older,” I tell this wacky story: My neighbor has two kids, ages 2 and 4. I knocked on her door today, and she was (gasp!) READING A MAGAZINE while her kids were coloring at the kitchen table. I was told by numerous people to cancel my subscriptions because I’d never have time to read a magazine again in my life until all of my children were 27. I think I’ll wait on that.
Good luck with labor and delivery – I hope it’s quick and easy!
I LOVE THIS COMMENT! Thank you, Carrie Jo!
Hi Amy!
As the mother of 4 adult children, I would never try to advise you on what lies ahead for you with your little boy! For one thing, I had my children MANY years ago (they are 36, 34, 32 and 28 now) and MANY things have changed since then! I was also lucky enough back then to be able to take of for the 13 years that my kids were growing up, going back to work when my youngest went to kindergarten! Having children nowadays is totally foreign to me, and for that reason, I really have no advice to offer you except to just enjoy him and spend whatever time you and B can with him because yes, he will grow up quickly. You’re an intelligent adult and you WILL figure out when you can sleep and read and shower and clean and even do your crafts and keep up with your blog! Best Wishes to you on a healthy birth and give that little boy a little hug for me (oh OK, you can give B a little hug for me too!) Keep us in the loop…I’ll look for your blog posts!
Haha, THIS.
YES.
I actually sleep more now that I have kids than I did before. LOL. Seriously. I started prioritizing better after the bambinos , so the things I find important in life still fit in quite nicely around my kids. I read books (my typical passtime when they are playing in the bathtub), I watch all my regular TV shows (even if it’s not when they are airing), and I have kept up my blog (even while the kids were babies). I even blog when they are awake (similar to the comment above about the woman reading a magazine while her 2 and 4 year olds were coloring). And I have sex (gasp) on a regular basis (tmi… lol), but seriously, I don’t feel like my kids “stopped” my life at all. They make it worth living!!
PS – Sorry you are feeling crabby. Hang in there, my dear!!!
UGh people are ridiculous. If/when I’m pregnant I am going to be such an ass. I don’t put up with BS like this. PS… congrats on your beeeeeebeeeeeeeee!
Seriously, I feel you! And, sadly it doesn’t stop after you have the kid, there is always some new milestone. “just wait until they can crawl/walk/talk, etc” OK! Shut up! The slap with a dirty diaper comment was hilarious though.