Baskin-Robbins is offering all pregnant moms a free 3 oz. serving of its new “Soft Serve” ice cream on Wednesday, May 21st, between 11 am and 10 pm at participating stores.  They’re calling their promotion “Bump Day” to play off Wednesday’s nickname and all the pregnant tummies they’re hoping will come by their shops. It sounds like they’re not scrutinizing the size of the mommy bumps too closely (good thing for them!). Instead, they’re inviting all moms, whether newly pregnant or 9-months along, to drop by for the free ice cream.

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I was mentioning in another thread that my son is at that point where he likes to make up words. It’s amusing and cute, but a problem can arise when he thinks he is talking gibberish and it’s just not.

We have this game we’ve been playing for what seems like forever. One of us will say “nose to nose” and we touch noses. Then the other will say “cheek to cheek” and we touch cheeks…..and so on and so forth until we’ve exhausted all of the acceptable and accessible body parts. It’s a great game. It makes my son laugh a ton and feel connected if we play after having a little tiff.

Well, we were playing this the other day and it was my son’s turn. Remember he is not yet even 3 and I know he didn’t hear this word anywhere. It was just one of his “made up” words. So out of nowhere he says with total and complete innocence, “dick to dick”. What do you say to that……other than laugh inwardly? I just blew it off and the game pretty much stopped there. We had played for a while anyway and I didn’t want to make a big deal out of it so that he’d think it was funny and keep repeating it. So far so good.

I haven’t heard him say that again. Although yesterday he told my dad “I beed a monkey” (we played dress up) and that he had a banana in his pocket (which he did), but of course my dad interpreted that as he “beat the monkey” and asked me what I’ve been teaching my son. LOL!

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I’m selling it on Ebay, along with 9 wrapped test strips, 13 instead soft cups (I used one, the rest are still wrapped and packed up!), and a digital pregnancy test. I only used the monitor for one month. It still has the bar code sticker on it and all the instruction manuals and of course it’s box. It is in great condition. I purchased it brand new for $250. The starting bid is only $25. Just thought I’d throw this out there in case anyone is interested.

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I was doing some reading the other day and came across a wonderful tip for new moms of two kids, particularly a toddler and a newborn. Since that will be me in the not-too-distant future, I decided to save it and share with all of you. It’s brilliant!

The main objective is to make things easy as possible for yourself. Do things to minimize your hassles and deterrents to get out of the house and get things done.

Get a big plastic storage bin for your car and keep it in the trunk at all times. Inside, include the following (if they apply):

• 2-4 extra pairs of clothes for each child
• an extra pair of shoes for your toddler
• 10 diapers for your toddler and 20 diapers for your baby
• a bunch of plastic grocery bags to reuse when you need somewhere to put a dirty diaper or a spit up shirt
• a couple big containers of baby wipes
• jackets for both kids in case of bad weather (and of course depending on the time of year)
• an extra baby blanket or two
• an extra sling or baby carrier if possible

In the front of the car, have a smaller container with a selection of healthy, non-perishable snacks.

Don’t make yourself restock a diaper bag every time you want to go out. Instead, restock this bin as needed once a week. Then, when you go out, bring along your bag and before going in somewhere, just grab those most essential items.

I love this tip!

So please, you moms that are already taking care of 2 (or more), please share with us some of your best tips on making life easier when you welcome a new kiddo to the family!

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Yesterday I got a lovely surprise in the mail. Quirk Books sent me the new book Margarita Mama: Mocktails for Moms-to-Be! It is so cute. It’s very compact so if you wanted to carry it around in your diaper bag, you totally can. I don’t see why you’d need to, but who knows. I love making drinks and smoothies and coming up with delicious concoctions so this book is right up my alley. It’s chock full of yummy non-alcoholic drinks.

It’s broken up into three sections: Frozen Delights; On the Rocks; and Martinis & More. Most of the recipes have quirky little names. There’s “Swollen Feet Fizz” that consists of apple juice, cranberry juice and sparkling water, and “Shake Your Booties”, made of blueberries, coconut cream, and vanilla ice cream.

I have not tried anything in here yet, but remember I literally just got it in the mail last night. You bet I will be trying these out very soon! I’ll keep you posted on anything out of this world that I come across. Meanwhile, are there any “mocktails” that you personally love? Please share!

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Thought I would share some pictures of my son and I dancing. As you can see, he looooooves my belly! This was about a week ago so I am somewhere between 20 and 21 weeks pregnant in these pictures.

BTW, this was like first thing in the morning before I ate breakfast or anything. By the end of the day, my belly is way bigger!

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Today I had my big level II ultrasound. My husband and son came with me and it was very exciting. The baby looks great and everything seems to be going perfectly. On the way there, my son was saying he wanted a baby brother and I said, “well, that is what we are going to find out today”. We tried pointing out the baby on the ultrasound to him, but he didn’t “see” a baby. I don’t think he really understands. He is still so young and the whole concept of pregnancy and bringing home a baby is obviously totally foreign to him.

The tech asked us if we wanted to find out the sex and of course we said yes. At that point, I really did not care at all what it was going to be. I was just excited to see my baby and know that it was healthy.

As many of you know, I had taken a Gender Prediction Test earlier in my pregnancy. They say that the results are over 90% accuracy. I didn’t take much stock in it. So, I’m sure you all want to know if it was right or not. Well……..they were NOT!!

I am going to be the mommy of another beautiful baby BOY!!!!!

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