Boobs and Houses

So, last night I went to "Infant Feeding" class.

It really should have been titled "Breastfeeding 101". It was just about the only thing that the instructor talked about. I'd say a total of about 3 minutes was spent talking about bottle feeding.

Okay, okay. I know that breastfeeding is the preferred method of feeding. Not only does it have extensive health benefits for baby, it also speeds along my recovery after delivery. But, what about those ladies that just can't breastfeed? What about the ladies that have to go back to work and just don't have the time to pump? What about the ladies that want to get their hubby's involved in the feeding process? There have to be some tips on mixing and warming formula, what formula to give, tips for feeding babies bottles. I don't know. Maybe my inexperience is showing here. Maybe bottles are just so easy to use that there really is nothing to learn.

Anyways, I DID end up learning a lot about breastfeeding. The instructor was a really nice lady that used to be a nurse. She demonstrated techniques at the front of the class using a stuffed toy boob and a baby doll. It was kinda funny. Everytime she would manipulate the stuffed boob, I wanted to laugh. I just couldn't help it. The boob looked like it had a pull-string on it. Like the pull string on one of those toys for kids that teaches them farm animal sounds, "The cow says MOOOOOOO." I wonder what the string on the boob did? Alas, I will never know. The instructor dropped the stuffed boob on the floor once and said "Oh no! There goes my breast!", as it bounced along the floor. BWA-HAHAHAHAHAHA. Sorry.

It's all well and good talking about the breastfeeding stuff, but about actually doing it.....we'll see. It seems that it's really hard to get started. Both you and the baby are learning at the same time and it seems like it takes a bit of practice at the beginning. Sounds like I just have to make it through those first days. At the end of the class, the instructor had a woman come in with her 3 month old. NO, she did not breastfeed in front of the class. She answered questions from the class. Huzbend asked that very same question. Shame on all of you.

I came home armed with all sorts of knowledge, which I immediately began to share with huzbend. He immediately told me to stop because I was freaking him out with all the nipple talk. I wonder what's gonna happen to him when within an hour of delivery I'm whipping out my boob for babies first feeding time? I can hear it now, in front of the whole delivery team, "Whoa! Dude! You're totally creepin' me out here!"

I got a call yesterday from the escrow company handling the purchase of our house out here. I guess they do house closings a lot differently than back east. There is no "sit down" with the sellers to sign paperwork, distribute funds and get the keys. You never even see the people. We had an appointment today to sign all the house and mortgage paperwork. The escrow people act as a nuetral third party in this case. The escrow people then send the paperwork to the lenders, who review to make sure all is in order. Then the papers go to the local courthouse to be recorded and after that they pass the keys to our real estate agent. Totally weird.

All this is supposed to happen by sometime tomorrow. Seems like a lot to get done in one day. We hope that we'll get a call from our real estate agent tomorrow afternoon to say, "I got the keys! Come on down."

Oh yeah, I also recently got set up to work remotely for my old company. I started today with a good 3 hours of work. It's nice to be making some mula again. I hope that I can keep up with it.

We've got a lot to do in the next week and a half:

Tomorrow: Hopefully we'll own a new home. Then we can start to get tv, internet and other stuff set up.

Friday: I have an OB/GYN appointment. I'll be 36 weeks. Maybe move some of our stuff from temp. housing to the new house. We have to buy a refrigerator and have it delivered to the new house by Monday. The sellers took their fridge.

Saturday: Huzbend and I attend our "Fast Track Birth" class. He thought he was creeped out by breastfeeding. I might have to stop and buy some smelling salts before class.

Sunday: We have to move the rest of our stuff from temp. housing to the new place. We'll also have to find that refrigerator if we don't get time for it on Friday.

Monday: We will be officially kicked out of temp. housing, so we have to be sure we've got everything out.

For the rest of next week: We'll have the movers dropping off our stuff and I have a lady coming in to clean the house for me. We can begin to unpack. We have to have our services set up. Then comes shopping for baby.

Hmmmm. The books say to stay busy during your last month of pregnancy to keep your mind off of what's to come. I think we are taking this to a new ridiculous level.....