My favorite Baby Things

So I was over at small obsessions and reading Isa's post on planning and how she has begun "pretend" shopping to get through the tww and it started me thinking about all the fun baby things that I would love to have. It also got me thinking about all the crazy ridiculous looking baby things that are out there. This is my ode to the most ridiculous baby items a parent could own.

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The Zanky Infant Pillow...oh hey creepy hand pillows that look like thing from the Addams Family. Why yes, go ahead and caress my newborn.

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The Snot Sucker...what a wonderful name! Yes, please can I add this to my baby registry?

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Hello Sigourney Weaver...is that your alien baby popping out? No it's just the Peekaru...

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Oh, your baby is bald? Well now you dont have to wait for nature to take it's course. Instead you can put the dead hair of someone else on your baby's head. Of course! Why didnt I think of that! And it is only $29.95 here at the official Baby Bangs Site

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Not that babies have been crawling on unprotected knees since, oh I dont know, the first baby came along?!?!? But yes, can I have some baby knee pads please?

And last but not least...

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In case you dont want to figure out on your own why your baby is crying, here is a gps for the road of newborns...bleh I say to the baby Crying Analyzer...if you buy it now you can get if for $40 instead of $100...

Dumb dumb dumb...dont new parents have to buy enough stuff for their baby without having to think they have to buy even more?

Interesting Article from NYT

I found an article that was posted via facebook from one of my former students...who is now all fancy and stuff, since he works for the Kinsey Institute. Anyway, he shared this article from the NYT:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/19/us/19gays.html?_r=4&pagewanted=1&hp

Here are some of the things that peaked my interest:

• Black or Latino gay couples are twice as likely as whites to be raising children
• Gay couples in Southern states like Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas are more likely to be raising children than their counterparts on the West Coast, in New York and in New England.
• About a third of lesbians are parents
• Jacksonville, FL is home to one of the biggest populations of gay parents in the country.

Take a read, give me your thoughts.

One week down, another to go

So halfway through my 2ww I can't help but hope and wish and pray that I am pregnant. In addition to all the hoping and wishing and praying, here are some reasons why I think I am pregnant:

I have been sleeping...a lot. On Monday I woke up at 10am, went shopping, came home had lunch and then at 2pm I had this sudden wave of fatigue...so I decided to take a nap. Next thing I knew CS woke me up at 9pm!!! I had no idea that I had been asleep for 7 hours. And after sleeping for 7 hours I still was able to get to bed around 1am. In addition, every day since Monday I have been desperately wanting to nap, even though I have gotten a full nights sleep each night.

I have been having every pregnant person I know rub/bless/share their good baby making luck.

I started having lower back pain today and when I got home from work I discovered the tiniest amount of blood...maybe this is implantation spotting?

My lower abdomen feels like it is stretching out majorly! I was just laying on the couch and felt all types of dull cramps..but it is way too early for AF

I also could be making some of this up and reading into all kinds of nonsense...but a girl can dream right!