More baby kicks......

It is so funny. Nicholas and I have these “talks”. I put my hand on Nikki’s tummy and he taps it (high five). I push gently on her tummy and he pushes back. That is so awesome. And when he hears my voice he starts moving around. I even put the remote on her tummy and watch him rock it back and forth. But on one occasion he moved so forcefully that I heard Nikki yell “ouch” he moved so hard that it hurt her for a bit.

So, I had a talk with him and told him to knock it off.

He didn’t listen though. Hope that is not indicative of things to come.

Baby pics and belly shot update

So yesterday Nikki had an appointment and she told me that Nicholas would not keep still when the tech was doing the exam and sonogram. Turns out that she had eaten breakfast (and some righteous coconut drops) before going so he was quite active. And sure enough she made the tech verify again that the baby was in fact a boy! (Only the good LORD knows what I would do if she had said Uhmm remember we said it was a boy? Well make that 2 boys! Okay that is not even funny.)

At one point, Nikki said Nicholas was kicking so hard the Doppler thing fell off her stomach. Wish I was there to have seen it. But I got a glimpse of it last night as was indicated by Nikki’s post. Of course we didn’t get a good sonogram pic to post on here which sucks.

Speaking of pics, Nikki won't let me post the belly shot we took a few nights ago. We have a pic of her at 5 weeks and now at 25 weeks. Angeline’s comment was that she looked like there is big kickball in her stomach at which point I told her she was not helping. So no sonogram pic and no belly shot.

Mommy's post to Daddy's blog

Last night, something extraordinary happened. The thought of it is even still so surreal. Here I was lying comfortably on the bed watching some “law and order” when suddenly without warning I felt Nicholas strolling around in my womb. That in and of itself is customary, the extraordinary part was when I glanced down at my stomach and saw my belly moving around in sync with his movements. I absolutely froze. My heart started racing and I was completely immobilized. Feeling him is one thing – seeing it is completely another. I wanted to run downstairs to show Mario or to scream out for him to come up, but I just couldn’t move – and I didn’t want to move. I wanted to tell someone but the phone was out of my reach; I just needed some other pair of eyes to witness this amazing event. My emotions were somewhere between apprehension and anxiety. I wanted it to stop but then I didn’t want it to stop, so I just laid there and watched as my belly mimicked the movements of a Polynesian dancer.

Finally, Mario came upstairs and I wanted to scream “Honey, quick! Look at my belly!” And I tried, but of course I opened my mouth and the words were stuck somewhere inside. But, thankfully, as I glanced up at him, he seemed to have read my mind, since immediately his eyes moved down to my belly and he saw, what I believe to be the most amazing event in the world – he saw my belly dance to our son’s beat!

Daddy's Joy

Nikki just came back from Jamaica after spending the weekend there. Of course she took Nicholas with her and thus deprived me of my boy for the weekend. (Put another way, “she tek mi pickney an gaan whey a farrin fi de weekend yuh nuh seet!)

Anyways while there she said Nicholas wouldn’t move. She wanted her Mom and Aunt to feel him move but nothing. And even though she was eating all the good food (mango, ackee and saltfish an' breadfruit wid fried dumpling, yeah mon she call an’ a showoff de whole time she dung deh) he wasn’t moving an inch. Of course, she came back and once back in familiar surroundings he starting traipsing all over Mommy’s uterus. Last night as we huggles (that’s a cross between hugs and snuggling), he started moving. Again, Nikki thought that he was moving at the sound of my voice (or because we were talking about him!).

It seems he is developing his own personality but really he was just adding to his daddy’s joy!

More baby kicks.........

An Anonymous poster under Baby Kicks mentioned about the baby moving and kicking. I wondered about that a few nights ago. I asked Nikki if it hurts or feels weird or anything like that. I imagine that as he grows and pushes stuff out of the way the uterus will be growing and stretching to accommodate. Truthfully, thinking about it makes me cringe just a little since I just can’t wrap my mind around it. Truly a miracle this whole child birth pregnancy thing. And why women have the babies I guess……….

Finally Angeline felt the unmistakable movement from Nicholas. Nikki was eating, ice cream I think, and he was just all over the place. That kid would not settle down probably going “Gimme more gimme more!” And all that movement meant there was no way Anga couldn’t feel him. She had this huge smile on her face.

But interesting for me is that Nikki said most times at night as we get ready for bed, she notices that when I speak he moves. Probably in response to hearing daddy. Whether that is true or not, that is what I believe and I am holding on to it. So now we know that Nicholas moves when Mommy eats sweet stuff, ice cream in particular and when he hears Daddy’s voice! So I think every night I will go “Nicholas” in my deep baritone voice……………. (Awright, even I know I don’t have a deep baritone voice but just let me have this one!)

Baby kicks

Feeling the baby move is quite exciting. The other night I felt him move for a while to the point I was wondering if it would prevent Mommy from falling asleep (more on that conversation later). I also think it is funny how when Nicole is eating there is a reaction from the baby. I imagine when there is something sweet involved it moves a little bit more. And I find it interesting that when you put your hand there it moves as if it can sense that there is something there. I would like to think that it knows that it is daddy and needs to move. Of course if there is no movement then the explanation is simple: he is asleep! Nikki told me the other day that he seems to be a little predictable in his movements. Like at certain times of the day he is more likely to move than at other times. I think she said that he moves later in the night and also later in the day while she is at work.

Angeline actually likes to feel the baby move though I suspect she likes the idea of feeling it move. Nicole and I are not 100% convinced that she is actually feeling the baby move but if she says she is then that is fine by me. It keeps her excited and involved in the process. And, most of the times when the baby moves seems to be when Nikki is at work or at night when Angeline is already asleep in bed. But hopefully one day Nicholas will give a nice kick for her to unmistakably say she felt it.

And of course there are times we want to feel it move but it doesn’t cooperate. So from time to time we would apply gentle pressure to Mommy’s stomach to see if we can get a reaction. Sometimes nothing and other times there is what I think is a fierce kick to say “Hey knock it off!” Of course you can’t blame Nicholas now can you?? Imagine there you are sleeping in your warm bed and for no reason you are being poked and prodded just so some idiot can see if you are awake and move around. Actually now that I think about it Nicole might be able to relate but that is another story. Stay on point please! Anyway usually there is a kick from Nicholas and then he settles and goes quiet. (Well, like mother like son!)