We are pregnant! Our baby is due on the Summer Solstice, June 21, 2022. We learned we were pregnant in September and have been quietly and anxiously awaiting the results of every test offered to come back clean and healthy. Yesterday was our 20-week anatomy scan, and lil’ babe passed with flying colors, even measuring a week ahead. We have the cutest photo of our little one sucking their thumb.
So far Matt has been a stellar dad-to-be; he’s been reading his assigned baby books, learning about baby care (how to stuff cloth diapers!) and doing an amazing job taking care of me. I, luckily, never had any morning sickness, but I was very tired in my first trimester. Lately, I’ve been struggling with sciatic pain and broken sleep. I feel like the broken sleep might not be so much a symptom as it is preparation. Either way though, it’s not fun.
We’ve got the crib all set up in our room and have started an impressive collection of gender-neutral ocean-themed baby clothes. To honor Matt’s scuba diving hobby, which he hasn’t been able to do much as of late, we picked an under the sea theme for babe; fishies and sharks and whales and turtles galore! While this isn’t what it looks like in real life, I still very much enjoy playing Sims so I set up our perfect dream undersea nursery. We are using this image as our social media pregnancy announcement.
We plan on having our baby shower in late April. Here’s a link to our registry should you want it. Thanks!! We intend to do our gender reveal at our baby shower. We also plan on cloth diapering, and have started a stash. Another ‘controversial’ thing we are doing is we are going to try to avoid as many plastic toys as possible (we know this will eventually be a losing battle!). To this end though, we are planning on signing up for the Montessori-style subscription Lovevery Play kits, and have it as our #1 item on our registry. Every box of wooden and cloth toys is backed by (included!) research and is developmentally appropriate for the age of the child. All their toys are also built to last through multiple kids (also our intent!).
