Okay, it is no big secret I am not a sensitive person. Of course, once people find out Aya is pregnant, everyone tells me, "You have to be nice to her." Be nice. Uh-huh, sure. Now, ‘nice’ is all relative. I might not be as ‘nice’ as other people, but I am as ‘nice’ as I can be. I am a lot nicer than I was 8 years ago when I first met Ayako.
So I might have gotten freaked out about having a kid. Hence, my 161 point project plan that I created for tasks to do before the baby is born. Of course I need to allocate resources on MS project. I did assign most most tasks to myself, followed by my dad and then Aya.
Well, for the past 12 weeks I have been working around the house trying to accomplish the 161 tasks that I have assigned to this ‘project’ called, ‘being parents’. It is like a second job. I come home and work for a 4-5 hours a night. Of course I still have other 'chores' not in project plan like, clean up and try to help out around the house.
Aya has been nauseas and tired a lot since getting pregnant. Now the farting (hers and not mine) has kicked in. I don’t know where pregnant equals fart like Walter the Farting Dog. (You need to read that book). It seems as though Aya thinks this pregnancy gives her ‘carte blanche’ to do nothing. I mean zero. C’mon, I am trying to be nice, but heck you can do something. Aya leaves the TV on, lights on, plucks and tweezes and leaves the hair. ARGH!! Is it that difficult to pitch in to hit the power button to turn the tv off, flick the switch to off when you leave a room, and just wash your pluckings down the drain??
I am willing to let some things slide, but no way can you get away with everything!! I am nice but no doormate and I gotta get the baby used to feeling my wrath!
5 days ago
7 comments:
Miles,
I've heard people say that if the mother has a pleasant pregnacy, it translates to a happy, healthy and well adjusted baby. More likely to succeed later in life. On the other hand, if the mother has a crappy pregnacy and is on an emotional roller coaster with an unsympathetic husband, the baby will come out sickly, unemotional, will develop motor functions later than their peers, and be more likely to have anti-social character traits later in life which could lead to a life of crime. If I were you, I'd wait on Aya hand and foot and let her lounge around for the next 9 months.
Miles, during my first trimester and a little into the second, just climbing one flight of stairs was hard. Don't underestimate how tired Aya feels.
There is book that you should read- What's going on in there? by Lise Eliot. In a readable format it's a compilation of scientific studies about brain development during pregnancy and early childhood and how to make your kid smarter.
Some studies have found a correlation between high emotional stress during pregnancy and homosexuality in boys and masculinity in girls. You better be nice to Aya!
melissa / tom-
crapsters...you had to play the gay card. well we can't have that, so maybe i will try to be nice...or at least for the time being.
tom, a life of crime, huh? well at least that means no college fund. just means i can retire earlier, right?
Miles,
Bail, legal fees, rehab treatments, crashed cars, insurance nightmares, doctor bills, civil lawsuits. I'd rather pay the 4-year college tuition to Harvard! Ask Aya if she'd like a shrimp cocktail appetizer with her filet mignon tonight. And you may want to make a chocolate cake for dessert.
Tom
And there was a study that showed a correlation between chocolate consumption during pregnancy and happier babies. Chocolate cake is a good idea.
tom-
i am hoping one of your 3 kids will be an attorney that i can hire for FREE to bail my kid outta jail. =)
melissa-
funny thing is aya just had a craving for chocolate cake. saldy, i ate half of it!
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