Vernix caseosa, a greasy white substance made of lanugo, oil and dead skin cells (yum) now coats baby's skin, shielding it from the amniotic fluid. (Picture yourself after a nine-month bath, and the need for protection makes sense.) You might actually get to see the vernix at birth, especially if baby is premature.Today I am 19 weeks! My little mango is growing and growing and loves to start kicking right about the time I lay down. Although the little kicks and punches still only feel like little air bubbles or stomach gurgling. I know it won't be too much longer until I'll really be able to feel them. We find out in 1 week what peanut is and I absolutely can't wait. So far it's mixed reviews on what it's going to be. I say boy because so far that's been the trend at work...that's what the Chinese Gender Calendar says...and the old pencil test. However, everyone at work says Girl, along with Rich and several of our friends. So in the end who really knows.
So far we haven't bought any bedding yet or anything else major. We're waiting to find out what it is. However, we have been looking at strollers and pack-n-plays. I've decided if you want to a millionaire you need to come up with a stroller design that actually works when you try and fold it up! Rich and I along with my parents have been testing out strollers everywhere we go. More than once we have been defeated by these suv's for kids. I mean really... who needs a stroller that has GPS, a strollometer, MP3 hook up and 14 cup holders???? really??? and of course you can't function without having it all. I mean 24 years ago when I was an infant what did my mother do...push me around in a "regular" stroller??? OF COURSE SHE DID!! I find it so hard to believe that strollers really need to cost $300. Then I realized they trick you. You find a cheap stroller with no bells and whistles, at a good price, but when you go to fold the stupid thing up you almost lose your religion because it just doesn't work. You have to push this button pull this lever while standing on this pedal.... really? What do you do with the kid in the mean time? Oh you just put it on the ground...because you need all 4 appendages to close the stupid stroller. So then when you finally find a stroller that doesn't take you and 4 other people to fold it you realize you are looking at the super dooper suv of strollers... ugh it's exhausting! And in the mean time don't even get me started on the pack-n-plays!! They are ten times worse when it comes to folding them up too!
OK so other than strollers and pack-n-plays I'm looking forward to picking out everything else!
