I had a prenatal massage this afternoon, and towards the middle of my treatment, the therapist commented about the baby, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153She\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s going to be mommy\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s little girl for sure.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d I immediately wondered whether she was basing this on some sort of scientific evidence (she had, after all, just asked if the baby\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s head tended to rest on my left side; maybe it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s been proven that babies who have a preference for the left have a preference for their mothers – ?) but then figured she just made that comment to be nice. It certainly made me think, though. Would Sesame be \u00e2\u20ac\u0153mommy\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s little girl?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Would she show a preference for\u00c2\u00a0me or for Q? And would her personality be more like Q\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s or mine?<\/p>\n
I had similar thoughts last night, at the movies. Q played the pregnancy card to get us better seats at a sneak-preview (\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Look, she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 9 months pregnant \u00e2\u20ac\u201c it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not good for her to stand in line\u00e2\u20ac\u009d), and I was marveling at the way he worked the security guy – who ultimately let us jump in at the middle of the line. (Thanks to him, we got great seats.) Not to mention the way he bargained over a major trade with someone in our Fantasy Football league as we stood in line. I couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t help but wonder if Sesame someday, too, will be a wheeler-and-dealer \u00e2\u20ac\u201c a talker who can negotiate with anyone and get herself out of almost anything. Or maybe she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll be more like me: someone who tends to follow the rules and not ruffle others\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 feathers. (What can I say? It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the Midwesterner in me.) I guess time will tell\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n
On a non-baby note, I did some shopping downtown after my massage. Although I was on a holiday-gift hunt, I wound up getting only stuff for me \u00e2\u20ac\u201c including a pair of comfy brown sneakers and a cute make-up bag. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s an awful time for me to buy clothes for myself, but I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m already looking forward to a nice, post-baby shopping spree. I need to catch up with Sesame, whose wardrobe is already spilling from the drawers!<\/p>\n
-M<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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