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Posted by Pogonip on October 29, 2006, 11:27 pm
Doug&Michelle wrote:
>>Yes, wait until she is six months or so, but have the stuff ready early.
>>For instance, I have grandbabies for whom I knitted blankies, and dh
>>wondered why I rushed to get them delivered a month before the due date.
>>Each one of them was born from 3 weeks to two weeks early, neither dd nor
>>dil went the full term.
>>
>>Olwyn Mary in New Orleans.
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> I wish, I was 3 weeks plus 1 day overdue with the 1st, two weeks plus one
> day over due with the second, and exactly one week overdue with the third.
>
> The only reason I wasn't more over due with any of them was because I was so
> miserable they induced me for the first one, then for the second one they
> induced, and by the third we all saw the pattern and my doctor only let me
> go one week over with her. He thinks I may not be able to go into labour
> myself, but didn't want to leave me pregnant too long to find out for fear
> that the placenta would dry up or not make food, or something like that, I
> can't remember exactly what he said. A girlfriend of mine heard some
> theory that the human gestational period is getting progressively longer
> since aparently women used to be pregnant for less time a long time ago
> (like middle ages). I don't know what to think of that really, but it is
> interesting to talk about.
>
> I am thinking for DSIL I would like to make a crib set (sheet, blanket,
> bumper) a diaper stacker, one of those diaper sorters maybe, a wall hanging,
> and maybe matching curtains. Also I am thinking a throw pillow for the
> nursury chair (for DSIL) and maybe some sort of wall hanging. All
> co-ordinating of course.
>
> The only problem is that no one in their family ever wants to know what the
> baby is (I myself was asking to find out from day one!) so I will have to
> think of colours that suit both boy and girl, and the parents taste. I
> don't know the father all that well since they live about 12 hours away and
> I only talk to her when I call (of course!). But I know what she likes. I
> am thinking if everything were in a cool neutral set, like dark creams,
> grays, browns, greens, maroons. The baby doesn't really have to approve, at
> first anyways! By the time it gets older they can change to lively colors,
> although since you sleep with your eyes closed you can't see the blanket
> colours. I will have to set DMIL to find out for me what they like without
> giving away the surprise. If I ask she will know what I am up to.
>
> Michelle - So Excited!
>
>
I once made an afghan for a baby using jewel colors - very intense
bright colors. That baby loved that afghan, and it remained his
favorite until he finally wore it out. Of course, it was time to give
it up - 6th graders don't carry afghans to school......
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Joanne
stitches @ singerlady.reno.nv.us.earth.milky-way.com
http://members.tripod.com/~bernardschopen/
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