Gender

During my last post, I realised that I have not put up Baby's picture for some time now. Well here it is.

This was taken on the day that the Mrs was spotting in the morning and then went to see Dr N immediately that very same day.

Dr N actually commented that Baby looks like a little teddy bear in this picture with its arms and legs. What do you think?

Baby was 9 weeks 1 day old when this picture was taken.

Speaking of age, I was completing a form the other day and one of the questions was 'Do you have any children?' and trying to be funny I answered "One on the way!" The next question was 'If yes, how many and how old are they?' I answered "By the time you read this, about 12 weeks old". Then the Mrs rightfully pointed out that whoever is reading will think that Baby is already born and only 12 weeks old. So I added "oh ya - in the tummy".

So should babies be classified as 9 months and so many days old when born? Why shouldn't the age be calculated starting from the fertilised stage? Wouldn't that be something?

Ignore me, just thinking rubbish aloud.

I have to remind myself to tell Dr N when we next visit him that I do not want to know the gender of Baby if possible. By then Baby will be slightly more than 4 months old so can tell already right?

I know technology allow us to know way in advance now but I honestly prefer to wait till delivery. I would like to retain the element of surprise unless of course Junior here is rather well hung then we will have another thing to celebrate. I was watching a show over the weekend and the way the mother put it was "it's like trying to sneak a peak of your Christmas present before Boxing Day" I thought it expressed what I feel totally.

Luckily for me the Mrs was alright and supportive of the idea. I told her that we can buy whatever colour clothes and stuffs for Baby so long as we avoid Pink and Blue generally associated with baby Girl and Boy respectively. So for the pram, I am already eyeing the red one but it's hard to find one now as most places do not carry it in red anymore.

I personally feel that Baby can wear whatever colour he / she wants. Boys can wear pink, red, yellow, orange just like girls can wear blue, black, green, brown, grey etc. You get the picture.

To me the only inconvenience of not knowing if Baby is a boy or a girl is finding a name. We will have to think of names for both genders for now. I will have another post on names in the future, I'm sure. Hey! Why don't I start a drive here for suggestions. The only condition is the Mrs wants it in a single syllable and oh, it must be an actual name. Not one of those that are merely made up of some English alphabets and are so unique that no one has ever heard of before.

Names, anyone?