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Pregnancy: Week 18

Posted on May 29, 2006 - Filed Under Life

Wife is doing great this week. Still looking great but we finally noticed her gaining a few pounds which is a good thing. She spent the holiday weekend shopping with her mother Pam for new baby items and they were kind enough to pick up a book for me.

The book is Be Prepared: A Practicle Handbook for New Dads by Gary Greenberg and Jeannie Haydon authors of “The Pop-Up Book of Phobias and Nightmares” and “Self-Helpless“. I’m not making that up. The cover looks like it is something right out of a 1950′s era Popular Mechanics magazine featuring chapters like:

“Why Your Partner May Not Be Functioning Properly” – Because she is a raging hormone with two legs?

“Bidding Farewell to the Breast” – I assume that means me doing the bidding farewell.

“Moms and Mood Swings” – What about dads and mood swings?

“Reading Sports Illustrated to Your Baby” – Finally one I can understand!!

“Getting Medicine into a Baby” – If this involves anything other than putting it into their mouth I am in serious trouble.

“Wrestling the Breast Pump” – I have seen the diagram and it terrifies me. It looks like a car battery with two cables that are connected to air horns. I’m supposed to attach these to my wife and extract milk?

“Rigging Emergency Diapers” – Using a towel, a sock and duct tape! Take that MacGyver!

I’ll be busy with this one for the next month or so, but plan to give a full review once I have completed it.

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