You think YOU are HOT… Day 185
This is my first summer pregnancy. I am literally MELTING… It is nothing short of a superhuman effort to get dressed and leave the house… just to enter a car with no working a/c. We are talking 100 degrees outside, and the air inside the house cannot even compete with that kind of heat.
Whoever is able to get pregnant with ease, and wants to plan a pregnancy… here is a little advice. Aim to get pregnant in August/Early September. The advantages:
1) Your wardrobe is much cheaper, since you can get away with wearing sweatshirts, sweaters, etc throughout the winter months.
2) Your belly will keep you warmer in the winter 
3) Your baby is born in the spring, just in time for the warm summer, and his/her wardrobe can be a onesie for about 4-5 months. There is no dressing a baby in the summer (other than showing it off of course)
4) Your electricity bills will be lower, since you cant be blasting the air on the baby, but you wont be forced to put the heat up for their warmth.
5) Mostly overlooked at this stage, but very relevant - your child will be in the normal cut off times for the school year. Parents of children born in the fall/winter usually have to choose to have their child be the youngest or oldest in a class.
Is there one I missed? Let me know…
My only advantage to being EXTRA HOT this Summer… my husband and I finally agree on the temperature of the a/c! No arguing - “Raise the air” “lower the air”… “Its cool outside” “yes honey but we are inside”
Any tips on staying cool for what is likely to be an even longer summer….?
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August 23rd, 2007 at 10:53 pm
[…] Did you ever notice how when you do things accidently, it is a lot easier to accomplish, than doing so on purpose? I know I was not the ‘inspiration’, yet I linked to Joanna, reminding her of what she calls thematic link posting, which inspired Liz to issue a challenge to weave blogs together with a theme. Wow. The whole world is out there for my picking, and now I dont know where to go. I am going to tell you something shocking, and hard to believe. There are people, in their mid-youth (as in not our grandparents), who dont own computers, and may even be scared of them. That means they only rely on their friends, family, neighbors, and random outings for experiences and life content. That is so 1860’s! I shudder at the thought! I am rapidly yanked out of my blog vortex and brought back to reality with the slamming of the door. It is my daughters last day of ‘day camp’ and I am invited to watch her perform. All the mommies are sitting against the wall of a cramped building lobby and watching our girls doing a few silly skits and I cant help but think.. this was all these girls have been talking about, thinking about, and working towards for the last 2 days straight. How small can someones’ life be? Is this new blog environment I am spending so much time in… the one that has me itching for her show to end, social or anti social? I use to crave leaving the computer for a few hours at the park with the children. That was before WE met! You (and there are many of YOU), have replaced my need to yap about the best sippy cups, which park do we prefer, and whats for dinner. Yet you dont know who I am. I think I have become a blog addict. I say I havent watched TV in a year, but that doesnt mean all my time is well spent! So as I am in the middle of the ‘bigness’ of it all - I am simultaneously smiling at my baby, watching him crawl around and making sure nothing enters his mouth, so I am constantly reminded of the ’smallness’ of it all. Perhaps the smallness of it all is what I share with YOU, but the bigness is the smile my baby reserves JUST FOR ME. I surf around some and realize that there really are no rules.. and realize that the lines are blurred for largesse and smallesse - see I can even make up my own words - I witness a sampling: the smallness of a diary of a childs health / eating habits the middle size countdown for a pregnancy the bigger and put to better use education blog the eggs over easy too much information our paths would never cross if it werent for the web Blog […]
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