tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11018008.post115577950857822804..comments2023-10-23T14:00:31.203-07:00Comments on sandblower: Ship-shapeElizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16787498640703254539noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11018008.post-1156361585532954382006-08-23T12:33:00.000-07:002006-08-23T12:33:00.000-07:00Because we wanted her to stick.Because we wanted her to stick.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16787498640703254539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11018008.post-1156361370561262312006-08-23T12:29:00.000-07:002006-08-23T12:29:00.000-07:00I have to ask... how exactly did the name Sticky ...I have to ask... how exactly did the name Sticky come about?<BR/><BR/>-BroverAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11018008.post-1155833145297901992006-08-17T09:45:00.000-07:002006-08-17T09:45:00.000-07:00Andy, the maternity clothes are wonderful, but the...Andy, the maternity clothes are wonderful, but there is no escaping the fact that they are MATERNITY CLOTHES. They have lots of elastic and are comfy, but they are MATERNITY CLOTHES. They are not normal clothes, although as many women who had children in the nineteen-seventies and -eighties have pointed out to me, I should thank my lucky starts that I'm not wearing flowered tents decorated with enormous clothes.<BR/><BR/>I think the point I was trying to make last night (which didn't come out quite the way I'd planned, as a result of posting what was basically a free-write and not really read over or revised before posting) was not that I'm totally hating the changes in my body. It was that I never understood the ambivalence pregnant women felt about weight gain until now. And I always thought I was pretty well-adjusted in terms of accepting my body and not comparing myself to women on the covers of fashion magazines (although I do purposely avoid those because I feel my self esteem crashing as I look at their waists that are as big around as my thigh and their legs that are as long as I am tall), but for some reason now that I'm pregnant and totally completely obviously not going to look like that, I'm finding myself concerned anyhow.<BR/><BR/>The Sister: (Ha! That makes you sound like a nun.) Gestational diabetes scares me! I need my sweets to maintain my mental health. At least it's summer and there is lots of good fresh fruit. If I'm teaching Sticky food habits right now, poor kid's going to want nothing but corn and nectarines. (Which are very healthy and tasty. It's just that my midwives have this nutty idea about "protein" and "calcium.")Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16787498640703254539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11018008.post-1155832457238571062006-08-17T09:34:00.000-07:002006-08-17T09:34:00.000-07:00A note from Andy, that I accidentally deleted as I...A note from Andy, that I accidentally deleted as I was diligently cleaning up some nasty comments this morning:<BR/><BR/>"okay, so isn't that why mother-in-law sent you some mad money, so Sticky would look good in utero... but maybe you decided to secretly save it for a TV instead?"Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16787498640703254539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11018008.post-1155832128820197502006-08-17T09:28:00.000-07:002006-08-17T09:28:00.000-07:00Weight gain is to be expected. But I think it's go...Weight gain is to be expected. But I think it's good that you are conscious of it. Melissa ended up with gestational diabetes and had to really watch what she ate while she was pregnant. After all was said and done she had only gained 20 pounds at the end of her pregnancy (and 8 of those pounds were baby Wyatt). Jennee didn't diet during her pregnancy and now, a year and a half later, she's finally trying to diet and not losing any weight. Also, baby Paige has been in the 90th percentile for her weight since she was about 5 months old. Just keep in mind, you are teaching Sticky his/her eating habits even now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com