Comments on: Welcome to week 35

By: Rachael

Rachael — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 14:18:19 +0000

Less of the old, he’s younger than me you scoundrel! (He looks older though.)

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 15:47:33 +0000

By golly! Hello Rachael.

I’ll have to make sure I don’t make any derogatory comments about old Fishface now

By: Rachael

Rachael — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 15:27:20 +0000

If you are anything like Neil and I were when Lydia arrived as a little sister for Joseph, you will feel less ‘run over with a truck’ than first time around. You’ll still be knackered but the big difference is that you know the day will come when your baby will sleep through and you’ll feel a bit like your normal self again! We’re at 33 weeks(ish) now and have no new travel system, no moses basket and Neil just started this week sorting out the nursery (thankfully it’s Lidsy’s old room so doesn’t need too much doing to it). But compared to when I was expecting Joseph, when I had his cot made up by 30 weeks, then I am in a state of deep disarray. Best of luck!

By: bon bon

bon bon — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 14:57:01 +0000

here’s an additional bonus! your second child need never learn to speak until they enter school because your first will have an uncany ability to decipher every incomprehendable syllable coming from their little drooling mouth.

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 05:51:30 +0000

I like the “much easier” bit, not so sure about the “much more challenging” part though.

By: Deb

Deb — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 02:54:43 +0000

You have a wonderful adventure of you, Dan. It’ll be both much easier and much more challenging than last time. And even though you know this child will be different (well, duh, since it’s a boy), you’ll be surprised just how much a second baby can be different than your first.

I think the biggest adjustment for us was that we didn’t realize until Julia came along that not all babies upchuck all over you about every day. That was Allie’s trademark.