Clearly it is impossible to beat my wife's psychic powers, but here goes....
I'll go for April 7th (tactical) at 3pm
I've no idea how much a baby weighs - I'll go for 7.1 pounds
I think she'll have brown hair and brown eyes
I think it will be windy and snowing - when we went to Chicago (the windy city) in May the weather was nice, but they said it had been snowing just a couple of weeks earlier
For the birth, I'm not a massive fan of hospitals or blood, so to start with I'll be just trying to not think about that, and hopefully the excitement/worry will distract me!
I'm sure the 1st night we'll spend most of the time just looking at her and trying to work out what we are supposed to do when we are let out on our own!
Tuesday, 10 September 2013
Remembering 9/11.......
It's September 11th 2013 tomorrow , 12 years after those vile creatures called terrorists attacked the USA.
I remember that day very clearly M was sailing and I was siting in the back of his boat in a very big puddle, when the towers fell. As we arrived on shore our friend Dave told us that someone had been assassinated in NYC, we assumed at first a celebrity (Im not sure why) We rushed back to the house and turned on the TV, there was about 8 of us, and what we saw was not what we expected, scenes of unimaginable horror. I remember feeling that it was like watching an action movie like" Diehard" or something that should have had Bruce Willis in, shouting a lot and saving people...We watched the towers fall again and again, the planes smashing into them again and again, people jumping, the ash and debris cloud over Manhattan....I felt so drained just from watching the TV... God only knows how the poor people dealing with it all felt, that night M and I hugged each other VERY tight.
M had flown back over the towers 2 days earlier from NYC, I don't think I could have coped with the worry if he had been in NYC that day.
Over the last 12 years more and more stories emerge of bravery and courage, they NEVER fail to move me to tears. The firefighters, The police, The rescue teams, The air traffic controllers, The families, The forensic teams....The survivors.
We actually visited NYC about 6 weeks after the attacks and found a very sombre yet defiant city. We took a respect "trip" down as close as we could get to ground zero. We got about a block away and could make out the twisted remnants of the WTC. I remember EVERYTHING covered in ash, and a horrid pungent smell, a sweet sickly smell of what could only be decaying human remains that I will NEVER forget. It was incredibly moving being down there, Firefighters at work looking for lost "brothers", the atmosphere was as you would imagine very emotionally charged, some japanese tourists where filming on their hand held video cameras and being a bit too obvious and overexcite-able in their filming, not being very quiet and reflective like most people standing around... and suddenly a burly and filthy dirty firefighter came hurtling out of the wreckage over to them and yelled "DONT'CHA HAVE NO RESPECT? WE GOT FAMILY IN HERE". I will NEVER forget those words either. I too felt embarrassed and almost ashamed to be down there but we had come to pay our respects, we felt we needed too as we were in the city. And so many people lost their lives from all countries.
There were small memorials and candles and "missing" posters all around, again that night M and I held on tight to each other....I remember shuddering inside at the thought of having to ever make a memorial or a missing poster like that for M or someone else I loved.
I have literally just watched a documentary on "Ladder 10" the closest firehouse to the WTC, where they were often teased as they missed out on all the major fires- having it "easy" down by the WTC, One of the firefighters from this house remarked to a friend in another "ladder" that he would " See him at the big one". The big one came on 9/11. These men were some of the first in and a fair few amongst the many who perished trying to save others. The house still stands today when MANY other surrounding buildings didn't survive and is a working station yet also a living memorial to those brave men.
We all often laugh at or criticise the "yanks" for their chants of "USA" "USA" at almost anything, but Im certain that American "thing" got the city through those dark days.
In May whilst "creating" Baby CJ we stopped off in NYC again, and decided to head down to the memorial at ground zero. It was so beautiful and peaceful, a COMPLETELY different place to 12 years ago. I honestly don't think a better memorial could have been designed. The infinity waterfalls in the footprints of the towers, with all those names etched on in gold...The new trees planted intended in years to come to be a peaceful haven. Also the "Survivor tree" which somehow against all odds made it through all the carnage around it.
We also went to the 9/11 workshop, I can heartily recommend this to anyone in NYC. It was created by the only official photographer allowed into ground zero. He has made a small "museum" from his work and artefacts from the sites. It was all tastefully and respectfully done and is approved by the families. Sometimes it is closed specifically for family members to remember loved ones. We held pieces of glass from windows, Steel that was carved into crosses and Stars of David for family members, You could photograph what you liked but we just didn't feel the need or want too. The only thing they asked you not to photo or touch was a piece of one of the planes that flew in to the towers. They told us a tiny piece had been cut off for a man who had lost his wife on that plane, and that he had hugged and held this large chunk of bashed up metal as he wept, as it was all he had left of his wife. SO very sad.
http://www.groundzeromuseumworkshop.com/
http://www.fdnytenhouse.com/
THE MEMORIAL AT GROUND ZERO
THE "SURVIVOR" TREE AND ME
I remember that day very clearly M was sailing and I was siting in the back of his boat in a very big puddle, when the towers fell. As we arrived on shore our friend Dave told us that someone had been assassinated in NYC, we assumed at first a celebrity (Im not sure why) We rushed back to the house and turned on the TV, there was about 8 of us, and what we saw was not what we expected, scenes of unimaginable horror. I remember feeling that it was like watching an action movie like" Diehard" or something that should have had Bruce Willis in, shouting a lot and saving people...We watched the towers fall again and again, the planes smashing into them again and again, people jumping, the ash and debris cloud over Manhattan....I felt so drained just from watching the TV... God only knows how the poor people dealing with it all felt, that night M and I hugged each other VERY tight.
M had flown back over the towers 2 days earlier from NYC, I don't think I could have coped with the worry if he had been in NYC that day.
Over the last 12 years more and more stories emerge of bravery and courage, they NEVER fail to move me to tears. The firefighters, The police, The rescue teams, The air traffic controllers, The families, The forensic teams....The survivors.
We actually visited NYC about 6 weeks after the attacks and found a very sombre yet defiant city. We took a respect "trip" down as close as we could get to ground zero. We got about a block away and could make out the twisted remnants of the WTC. I remember EVERYTHING covered in ash, and a horrid pungent smell, a sweet sickly smell of what could only be decaying human remains that I will NEVER forget. It was incredibly moving being down there, Firefighters at work looking for lost "brothers", the atmosphere was as you would imagine very emotionally charged, some japanese tourists where filming on their hand held video cameras and being a bit too obvious and overexcite-able in their filming, not being very quiet and reflective like most people standing around... and suddenly a burly and filthy dirty firefighter came hurtling out of the wreckage over to them and yelled "DONT'CHA HAVE NO RESPECT? WE GOT FAMILY IN HERE". I will NEVER forget those words either. I too felt embarrassed and almost ashamed to be down there but we had come to pay our respects, we felt we needed too as we were in the city. And so many people lost their lives from all countries.
There were small memorials and candles and "missing" posters all around, again that night M and I held on tight to each other....I remember shuddering inside at the thought of having to ever make a memorial or a missing poster like that for M or someone else I loved.
I have literally just watched a documentary on "Ladder 10" the closest firehouse to the WTC, where they were often teased as they missed out on all the major fires- having it "easy" down by the WTC, One of the firefighters from this house remarked to a friend in another "ladder" that he would " See him at the big one". The big one came on 9/11. These men were some of the first in and a fair few amongst the many who perished trying to save others. The house still stands today when MANY other surrounding buildings didn't survive and is a working station yet also a living memorial to those brave men.
We all often laugh at or criticise the "yanks" for their chants of "USA" "USA" at almost anything, but Im certain that American "thing" got the city through those dark days.
In May whilst "creating" Baby CJ we stopped off in NYC again, and decided to head down to the memorial at ground zero. It was so beautiful and peaceful, a COMPLETELY different place to 12 years ago. I honestly don't think a better memorial could have been designed. The infinity waterfalls in the footprints of the towers, with all those names etched on in gold...The new trees planted intended in years to come to be a peaceful haven. Also the "Survivor tree" which somehow against all odds made it through all the carnage around it.
We also went to the 9/11 workshop, I can heartily recommend this to anyone in NYC. It was created by the only official photographer allowed into ground zero. He has made a small "museum" from his work and artefacts from the sites. It was all tastefully and respectfully done and is approved by the families. Sometimes it is closed specifically for family members to remember loved ones. We held pieces of glass from windows, Steel that was carved into crosses and Stars of David for family members, You could photograph what you liked but we just didn't feel the need or want too. The only thing they asked you not to photo or touch was a piece of one of the planes that flew in to the towers. They told us a tiny piece had been cut off for a man who had lost his wife on that plane, and that he had hugged and held this large chunk of bashed up metal as he wept, as it was all he had left of his wife. SO very sad.
http://www.groundzeromuseumworkshop.com/
http://www.fdnytenhouse.com/
THE MEMORIAL AT GROUND ZERO
THE "SURVIVOR" TREE AND ME
What I think Baby CJ will look like/ be like...my psychic predictions if you will.....
We will do the same for Mr CJ later....It will be fun to look back and see who was right...
I think....Baby CJ will be born on the 8th of april about 11am. I think it will be raining that day.
She will have quite a full head of dark hair and be about 71bs. I think she will come out screaming :)
I think mummy will cry and daddy will say he's going to faint about 3-4 times but not actually do it.
Mummy will not sleep all the first night as she will be staring at baby in wonder, Daddy will tell mummy to go to sleep around 1am but she won't be able too...He will also be saying" go to sleep" but also be staring at baby, I think it will be 5 more minutes then we will put her down...5 more...5 more!
I think she will eventually have blue eyes like mummy but lovely long eyelashes like daddy....and curly-ish thick brown hair. Be quite short maybe 5.5/5.6 and slim build with medium skin tone.
I think she will love the water and the sea.
I think....Baby CJ will be born on the 8th of april about 11am. I think it will be raining that day.
She will have quite a full head of dark hair and be about 71bs. I think she will come out screaming :)
I think mummy will cry and daddy will say he's going to faint about 3-4 times but not actually do it.
Mummy will not sleep all the first night as she will be staring at baby in wonder, Daddy will tell mummy to go to sleep around 1am but she won't be able too...He will also be saying" go to sleep" but also be staring at baby, I think it will be 5 more minutes then we will put her down...5 more...5 more!
I think she will eventually have blue eyes like mummy but lovely long eyelashes like daddy....and curly-ish thick brown hair. Be quite short maybe 5.5/5.6 and slim build with medium skin tone.
I think she will love the water and the sea.
9 weeks- whats going on in there? OFFICIALLY a FETUS
There wont be a scan this week as R dr is away...but next week on M's birthday the 18th at 10 +1 weeks we will see baby CJ again. HOPEFULLY she will be doing great as ever and the bleed will be gone, or ALOT smaller...
Anyways, this week.... This week the baby looks like a green olive- well that size. She now has eyelids completely covering her eyes but they are fused and wont open till week 26. She now has teeny tiny earlobes....which I cant wait to stroke when I read her a bedtime story... In fact she now is getting much more of a human face....ALL the essential body parts are now accounted for though they all need MUCH fine tuning of course. Fingers and toes are now clear to see. The placenta has formed enough now to give nutrients and start to get rid of waste. The brain is now 4x the size it was at 6 weeks :) According to my ticker hair is about to start...Will she get the crazy curls?! I think a little girl with a 'fro could be kinda cute :)
Our little Embie is now no longer an embryo, she is officially today now a fetus :) SO 9 weeks is a crucial milestone to have made.
Anyways, this week.... This week the baby looks like a green olive- well that size. She now has eyelids completely covering her eyes but they are fused and wont open till week 26. She now has teeny tiny earlobes....which I cant wait to stroke when I read her a bedtime story... In fact she now is getting much more of a human face....ALL the essential body parts are now accounted for though they all need MUCH fine tuning of course. Fingers and toes are now clear to see. The placenta has formed enough now to give nutrients and start to get rid of waste. The brain is now 4x the size it was at 6 weeks :) According to my ticker hair is about to start...Will she get the crazy curls?! I think a little girl with a 'fro could be kinda cute :)
Our little Embie is now no longer an embryo, she is officially today now a fetus :) SO 9 weeks is a crucial milestone to have made.
Monday, 9 September 2013
Bought a doppler :)
Ordered a doppler for R to use so she can hear baby CJ after 10 wks (next week!!) also so WE can hear it!! It has 2 CD's so you can record babies heartbeat which would be cool for R to send us and also WE can record MY heartbeat on to play to BABY CJ so she knows who we are!!!
Pretty cheap tool for peace of mind... Although sometimes before 16 wks you can pick up the carrier HB by accident....hmmm. Im also going to send some pregnancy recipe books I had to R incase she fancies something new to try that might make her feel good and baby grow even stronger and Zita West's alternative therapy book for any ailments R might have...Also some treats just for her...
Im sleeping REALLY badly at the moment, horrible nightmares and night sweats which Is not ideal to say the least. Im trying to keep super busy, which is not too hard as the dogs have some skin thing so I seem to be living at the vet surgery and washing everything they touch. Which means Im not doing my own washing which means its piling up...oh the whines of the housewife.
Had a really snuggly day with Hubby yesterday as was feeling pretty tired and down in the dumps (worrying about baby CJ and dogs and my stupid knee) Mr CJ suggested monopoly (I think because I normally beat him) to cheer me up but I lost horrendously after some really dumb moves and letting him buy all the stations!!! The score is now 5-2, So I am still winning, for those that think monopoly is boring we think its ACE as we have added some of our own rules. It's no holds barred when we play, We have played a game for 3.5 hrs once and to 1.30am ...and on a SCHOOL NIGHT!!!! Rock and Roll lifestyle people...Rock and Roll.....
The heating is now on, in part as I have the body temperature control of an old lady and also in part that winter has suddenly arrived- note to self- order more oil and logs and put the Aga back on...Its quite exciting to think the next time its really hot baby CJ should be here!! Speaking of dates to remember Mr CJ's b'day is soon and I must find him a gift, In case his mummy is reading this... NO....HE DOES NOT WANT ANY SHIRTS!!! He would quite like that Musto jumper!!
Also came home today from the vets from a GORGEOUS bouquet of flowers from Olly , M's best man (and his fiancee- who probably sorted it out) So thoughtful :)
Pretty cheap tool for peace of mind... Although sometimes before 16 wks you can pick up the carrier HB by accident....hmmm. Im also going to send some pregnancy recipe books I had to R incase she fancies something new to try that might make her feel good and baby grow even stronger and Zita West's alternative therapy book for any ailments R might have...Also some treats just for her...
Im sleeping REALLY badly at the moment, horrible nightmares and night sweats which Is not ideal to say the least. Im trying to keep super busy, which is not too hard as the dogs have some skin thing so I seem to be living at the vet surgery and washing everything they touch. Which means Im not doing my own washing which means its piling up...oh the whines of the housewife.
Had a really snuggly day with Hubby yesterday as was feeling pretty tired and down in the dumps (worrying about baby CJ and dogs and my stupid knee) Mr CJ suggested monopoly (I think because I normally beat him) to cheer me up but I lost horrendously after some really dumb moves and letting him buy all the stations!!! The score is now 5-2, So I am still winning, for those that think monopoly is boring we think its ACE as we have added some of our own rules. It's no holds barred when we play, We have played a game for 3.5 hrs once and to 1.30am ...and on a SCHOOL NIGHT!!!! Rock and Roll lifestyle people...Rock and Roll.....
The heating is now on, in part as I have the body temperature control of an old lady and also in part that winter has suddenly arrived- note to self- order more oil and logs and put the Aga back on...Its quite exciting to think the next time its really hot baby CJ should be here!! Speaking of dates to remember Mr CJ's b'day is soon and I must find him a gift, In case his mummy is reading this... NO....HE DOES NOT WANT ANY SHIRTS!!! He would quite like that Musto jumper!!
Also came home today from the vets from a GORGEOUS bouquet of flowers from Olly , M's best man (and his fiancee- who probably sorted it out) So thoughtful :)
Sunday, 8 September 2013
In a GRUMP :(
Im in a bad mood....Summer is over...Its pouring with rain, Im worrying about this bleed....Im taking a day off from blogging and going to snuggle the husband .
Saturday, 7 September 2013
MY HERO-TO BE? Dr Harvey Karp
This man is totally amazeballs, just watched the dvd "the happiest baby on the block" and WOW
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_64-LbhT3M
He seems to be a magician baby whisperer!! Working on the basis that life in the womb is noisy/jiggly and compact he works on the 5 S's. Swaddling, Side, Shushing, Swinging and then Sucking.
He says imagine the first 3 months of the baby's life is like the "4th trimester". They really are foetuses' for the first 3 months.
I have a confession I sleep with a fan whirring every night summer or winter and this is because its comforting, Wayne Rooney sleeps with a recording of a hoover on. Not that I really like comparing myself to him... Its comforting because thats what its like in the womb!!
Harvey is a board certified Paediatrician not some random styling themselves as a baby whisperer.
Another couple of things I will most definitely be doing is baby massage and also cranial osteopathy, In fact as soon as Baby CJ is back in the UK, she will be going for a check up at my chiropractor who does newborn baby checks free for charity. Cranial osteopathy can really help a baby when they have colic especially if you have had forceps delivery.
Oh and also "Little Dippers" My best friend is doing this with her son and they have a whale of a time!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_64-LbhT3M
He seems to be a magician baby whisperer!! Working on the basis that life in the womb is noisy/jiggly and compact he works on the 5 S's. Swaddling, Side, Shushing, Swinging and then Sucking.
He says imagine the first 3 months of the baby's life is like the "4th trimester". They really are foetuses' for the first 3 months.
I have a confession I sleep with a fan whirring every night summer or winter and this is because its comforting, Wayne Rooney sleeps with a recording of a hoover on. Not that I really like comparing myself to him... Its comforting because thats what its like in the womb!!
Harvey is a board certified Paediatrician not some random styling themselves as a baby whisperer.
Another couple of things I will most definitely be doing is baby massage and also cranial osteopathy, In fact as soon as Baby CJ is back in the UK, she will be going for a check up at my chiropractor who does newborn baby checks free for charity. Cranial osteopathy can really help a baby when they have colic especially if you have had forceps delivery.
Oh and also "Little Dippers" My best friend is doing this with her son and they have a whale of a time!
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