Comments on: Prego Diary #1 http://happymortal.com/2009/03/prego-diary-1/ This life, well-lived. Thu, 27 May 2010 00:04:07 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Heather http://happymortal.com/2009/03/prego-diary-1/comment-page-1/#comment-535 Heather Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:32:15 +0000 http://happymortal.com/?p=660#comment-535 And so it begins. As a veteran parent, I have a sincere appreciation for the ways in which your pregnancy is a foreshadowing of your life-with-child. Gathering from your essay, it seems that instinct to protect and nurture has already kicked in. How wonderful! My own experience as a parent has been a balancing act: taking care of others, and taking care of myself. It is a difficult balance, not to be made light of, but one that I strive for excellence in. I have a tendency to take care of the little ones fairly well, and do a shabby job of caring for myself. However- if we parents don't take care of ourselves, how well can we take care of anyone else? I used to think it was crazy that the airplane oxygen mask instructions told parents that they should put the mask on before assisting kids with theirs. I totally get it now. And so it begins.

As a veteran parent, I have a sincere appreciation for the ways in which your pregnancy is a foreshadowing of your life-with-child. Gathering from your essay, it seems that instinct to protect and nurture has already kicked in. How wonderful!

My own experience as a parent has been a balancing act: taking care of others, and taking care of myself. It is a difficult balance, not to be made light of, but one that I strive for excellence in. I have a tendency to take care of the little ones fairly well, and do a shabby job of caring for myself. However- if we parents don’t take care of ourselves, how well can we take care of anyone else? I used to think it was crazy that the airplane oxygen mask instructions told parents that they should put the mask on before assisting kids with theirs. I totally get it now.

]]> By: popupstorybook http://happymortal.com/2009/03/prego-diary-1/comment-page-1/#comment-477 popupstorybook Wed, 01 Apr 2009 01:17:44 +0000 http://happymortal.com/?p=660#comment-477 Nice pic by the way. Nice pic by the way.

]]> By: levitation http://happymortal.com/2009/03/prego-diary-1/comment-page-1/#comment-476 levitation Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:10:41 +0000 http://happymortal.com/?p=660#comment-476 Best pregnancy blog post I've ever read, and I bet that would be true even if it wasn't the first pregnancy blog post that I've ever read. I hope each 1/3 is better than the last. Best pregnancy blog post I’ve ever read, and I bet that would be true even if it wasn’t the first pregnancy blog post that I’ve ever read.

I hope each 1/3 is better than the last.

]]> By: ekriega http://happymortal.com/2009/03/prego-diary-1/comment-page-1/#comment-475 ekriega Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:49:50 +0000 http://happymortal.com/?p=660#comment-475 awesome! i'm very excited for you!!!! awesome! i’m very excited for you!!!!

]]> By: popupstorybook http://happymortal.com/2009/03/prego-diary-1/comment-page-1/#comment-474 popupstorybook Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:31:16 +0000 http://happymortal.com/?p=660#comment-474 Wow! That sounds pretty wild. It blows my mind is that someday you'll be able to have a conversation with whoever is IN YOUR BELLY right now. Maybe he/she will even be taller than you (that's so weird). I have no doubt that whoever you are currently creating will be terribly interesting. Wow! That sounds pretty wild. It blows my mind is that someday you’ll be able to have a conversation with whoever is IN YOUR BELLY right now. Maybe he/she will even be taller than you (that’s so weird). I have no doubt that whoever you are currently creating will be terribly interesting.

]]> By: willwindow http://happymortal.com/2009/03/prego-diary-1/comment-page-1/#comment-473 willwindow Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:35:19 +0000 http://happymortal.com/?p=660#comment-473 Sorry, I totally spaced and just replied to the preview of your blog without reading the post! Let's blame it on jet lag. Pregnancy sounds crazy! I am sure that the person you are creating will be amazing, and it is lucky to have someone who thinks of it so often. Congrats on completing your first trimester. I wonder how the next two will be different/similar. Sorry, I totally spaced and just replied to the preview of your blog without reading the post! Let’s blame it on jet lag.

Pregnancy sounds crazy! I am sure that the person you are creating will be amazing, and it is lucky to have someone who thinks of it so often. Congrats on completing your first trimester. I wonder how the next two will be different/similar.

]]> By: willwindow http://happymortal.com/2009/03/prego-diary-1/comment-page-1/#comment-472 willwindow Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:31:03 +0000 http://happymortal.com/?p=660#comment-472 Congrats! What is that like? Congrats! What is that like?

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