This is the 20-week belly, and in theory marks the halfway point in this little adventure. Suddenly, there's no escaping the fact that I look pretty damned pregnant. For comparison, here's 14 weeks, same shot, same clothes, etc. Fun, huh?
I'd also like to thank everyone for their responses to that last post. If you haven't gone back and read through the responses, you should. There have been so many fantastic ideas and fun stories. I'm almost caught up responding to these, though I still have a few to go, but there have been many wonderful conversations spawned, and I thank you all for taking the time to throw out your own widely varied experiences and thoughts. Also, several people here and elsewhere have mentioned signing with their youngsters and I'm completely intrigued. I've been astonished by just how much has been written about this, so I'll throw out another question for y'all. If anyone out there who's been signing with their little ones has a favorite book/resource, I'd love to hear about it.
Meanwhile, here's the most recent project in the weebeastie knitting:
You know the bee booties are next, right? Right after I finish The Great Swatch Project of 2007.
Look at that baby belly!! I can't wait to see the bee booties, those are the cutest.
Posted by: Martha | February 06, 2007 at 02:10 PM
You are looking so great! I love those little bee booties too.
Posted by: Cheryl | February 06, 2007 at 04:00 PM
Oh, those booties are cute!
FWIW, I just ordered 2 copies of the Complete Idiot's Guide to Baby Signs (one for me, one for the parents) after reviewing a bunch of different resources from the library...
Posted by: Chris | February 06, 2007 at 04:28 PM
We signed with our kids too and it was great. We mostly stuck to the really basic ones but they definitely were able to do that before they talked.
I'm worried I scared you away with my enthusiastic email!! lol
Posted by: scout | February 06, 2007 at 06:11 PM
You look great! I'll have to post what I'm looking like at 19 weeks as it is really interesting to see how differently women carry babies! I look totally different at just one week different than you. :-)
Posted by: sarah b. | February 06, 2007 at 07:16 PM
Oh god. The bee shoes. Be still my beating heart.
Posted by: Stephanie | February 06, 2007 at 07:24 PM
I think signing sounds amazing - and another way to see & treat your baby as an individual.
How can it be 20 weeks already?
Posted by: Juno | February 07, 2007 at 09:10 AM
That is a big difference in size! Time flies for us, probably for you too.
Posted by: Laurie | February 08, 2007 at 04:11 PM
Surfacing . . .
Girl, I can tell you all of it at the baby shower. ther is going to be a baby shower isn't there? And sneaking this in: the Boy is intact. If he wants to convert, that's up to him and his anaethesiologist.
Posted by: julia fc | February 10, 2007 at 07:51 PM
half way?!!? Crap. I've really got to write you back. Tadpole and I do sign language. We used "Baby Talk" (I think) which is nice because it's stories, but it's not easy to see what the signs are because of the drawings. Here are some good links:
http://www.handspeak.com/tour/kids/
http://www.masterstech-home.com/ASLDict.html
I'm not sure a book is really that useful, honestly. We also have "Baby Sign Language Basics" but we really only do "milk" and "finished" so...
Posted by: kate | February 12, 2007 at 10:07 AM