I don’t know if it’s that whole “biological clock” thing that everyone talks about, but lately I have wanted to have a baby. (GASP) I know that is the most shocking and disturbing thing I have said in the past ten years. I kind of want to wash my own mouth out with soap….and then violently cut out my tongue with bolt cutters.One reason is that they smell good. And they are cuddly. I have a constant battle with my sons about the finer points of deodorant and Stridex pads. With babies, you still have everything to experience with them: The First Day of School, getting to see what their personalities are going to be like. My kids are boring! I already know them, and let me tell you…they are NOT all that fascinating right now. They don’t believe in Santa anymore…they don’t even play with toys anymore. It’s all about video games, skateboarding and giving me looks of disgust. Telling me how I need to stop living their lives for them now that I am 31 because mine is over. (Yeah, they kind of got me on that one, for right now anyway.)
I keep waiting for my sisters to have babies so I can smother them with kisses and give them sugar, and laugh hysterically when their kids fill the cat’s ears with ketchup. No, but seriously, I want to have my nieces and nephews every summer for a week. I want all my kids cousins to be close to them, just like I was with my cousins. Unfortunately, the only way this is going to happen is if they come stay with us. The good thing, is that we live far away so they can’t just drop in for babysitting.
So why don’t I have another baby? There are a few reasons, one being that Andy can’t. I forced him to be the one to get fixed after I had pretty much two pregnancies, back to back. Evidently birth control was not one of my strong suits, so left to my own devices, I would probably have 12 kids by now and live in a shoe, undoubtedly, a Birkenstock, not a Jimmy Choo. Secondly, my kids are 10 and almost 12. I would be a complete moron to start over, just when the finish line is in sight. I guess I will just have to continue admiring from afar until my clock breaks completely.
Or until my children continue on the pattern of teen pregnancy in our families, and make me a grandmother before I turn 40, which is more likely the story.
Sigh. I know how you feel because I used to feel the same way. I acted on those feelings when I turned 35, twice. I have two little ones, 4 and 2. I have two older ones, 21 and 17. No, your eyes are not decieving you and you didn't just misread this shit. Lol.
ReplyDeleteIn other news, I love this blog and you are sooo funny!
Keri - I am right there with you, my sis just had a baby which makes me want one even more... and I am seriously considering this as a viable option. Trey is now ten and yes I am crazy, but what can I say...I never claimed not to be!
ReplyDeletePam, You are batshit crazy! LOL! I don't know how you are old enough to have kids that old, because you don't look it!!
ReplyDeleteChris, You are nuts too, but we knew this. lol. ADOPT A CHILD...one that's in school already. My sister is fostering 3 kids..she's had them the past 9 months. I love you though.
It’s definitely your biological clock otherwise I’d slap a crazy sticker across your forehead. I think about babies all the time and it’s not just because I want to have sibling for Cale. I think we’re entering that age where our bodies are telling us to get busy because things are going to start shriveling up in the next 8 years. Jon always makes the comment that “my ovaries are hurting” whenever I see a baby.
ReplyDeleteHAHA. I had it lucky though and my kids were really easy babies, so I wasn't scarred by the experience. I keep waiting for my sexual peak to happen, but it seems to have actually subsided.
ReplyDeleteJon is also waiting for my sexual peak :)
ReplyDeleteWe are like boys, are sexual peak was when we were young. Michelle is asexual w/ no peak.
ReplyDeleteI like how it's "tradition" of teen pregnancy, yet it started w/ you and no one else has followed in your footsteps.
Overall, I'm shocked and astonished. Maybe we should have a Pregnancy Pact (ala Lifetime movie)?!
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ReplyDeleteLady, march yourself to the bathroom right now and wash your mouth out. No more of this trash talkin!
ReplyDeleteI just turned 30 and my daughter is almost 11, so I know what you mean. Pretty soon, she'll be off on her own and I'll still be in my mid-30's! I think about having another one sometimes and then I pinch myself...=)
Glad to find something that relates.
p.s. saw that you were on babble's nominated list so i voted for you too!
ReplyDeleteGreat blog! Saw it on Babble. Voted for you!
ReplyDeleteVal, Andy and I are the SECOND generation to have teen pregnancies. Now maybe I have had the most, but...lol.
ReplyDeleteElizabeth, We will be the lucky ones when we are in our late 30's and our children can deal with their own issues. We will be free to travel!
AND THANK YOU TO ELIZABETH AND CHRISTINA FOR VOTING FOR ME ON BABBLE!!!!!
I want a second baby...but my hubby is against it...our first is 3 and I am 31...surely I can have one more!!!!
ReplyDeleteI'm new to the baby fever. I'm 33 with no kids yet...can you say "ticking clock!!"? Also, my sister and I are 10 years apart...it's never too late!
ReplyDeleteThank you for your sacrifice and your husband's service to our country. Because of men like that, we have security!
ReplyDeleteI hate to say this - but your boys are going to change even more. You think you know them, but there's more. It's kind of like using flour in cake and then one day the flour is gravy! I think what you are saying is you so miss those stinkin' days when you were the rockstar mom. I so miss those days, too!
i love baby's smell too. so adorable.thinking about having a baby? that is a good thing. good luck.
ReplyDeleteI don't think I would be too old to have a baby...it's more the fact that I am so close to being able to do what I want and not having to make arrangements for children. The thing is...I don't know if I even remember what to do without them!
ReplyDeleteI am 57 and still have not gone through "the change." (You heard it right - 45 years of "the curse" and still counting.)My husband and I threaten our daughters (ahem, Michelle and Val!) that if we don't get to see our grandchildren enough, we will just have to have our own baby. If hell freezes over, you will know that this happened.
ReplyDeleteDear Anonymous:
ReplyDelete"HAHAHA!"
To Michelle and Val:
Better get on it.