I finally Snoogled, unfortunately it was with much delay and hesitation. I never thought that this weird oversized snake like pillow would make sleeping so much easier.
I say with much delay and hesitation because I was over 5 months pregnant when I finally decided to invest in this crazy pillow. I heard from almost every pregnant lady that this was what I needed for a great nights sleep but I have to admit I was being VERY cheap because I looked this pillow up online and saw that it was $70 bucks. Good grief, no thank you…I’ll manage. And then, let’s talk about the size of this thing…IT’S HUGE! It takes up our whole bed! Well, after many months of tossing and turning, I finally decided to do it. I was going to LOOK at it. Telling myself even as I was walking into Baby’s R Us that I probably wouldn’t buy it. Matter of fact, I did everything on my way there to avoid even going in the store…stopped at Jamba Juice got a yummy cold something…then very slowly walked into the store. There it was, the monsterous pillow thing that was super expensive that probably wouldn’t even work.
But wait! What’s this…it’s on sale! No way! It was almost 40% off! Ok, I picked it up. Then I noticed they only had 4 of them left. This really nice pregnant lady looked at me and said, “you think that thing really works?”, I was like, “I sure do hope so”. She said she was 7 months pregnant and didn’t see any reason to invest in it now. I thought great, how dumb do I look buying this thing? haha!
Well, I’m happy to report…IT WORKS! It was still more than I wanted to spend on a pillow and it is super huge but I sleep so much better! The other morning Kev said, “So, you’re sleeping better”, I was like, “Huh?” and he said, “you were snoring all night”. haha!!!
The Snoogle
The best part of the Snoogle was walking into the room and seeing Kev snuggled up next to it.
Other than the Snoogle, can’t say I have found many pregnant/maternity products that I want to write about. I would like to say that maternity clothes are hideous! Someone needs to start making some cute stuff. And why is the really cute maternity stuff so expensive??? No fair! Boo! So, I took some old jeans to a seamstress and asked her to turn them into maternity pants. I can’t wait to get them back!
Baby info: Thomas Guillermo Marsden is getting big and so am I! He’s 9in and 1.7lbs. The size of an eggplant. We are 25 weeks on Friday. He is kicking so much harder now, it’s bizarre! Today I got a really great jab that took my breath away. Had no idea that was possible?! I am hopeful that he will arrive in this world sleeping through the night. I noticed that he is super mellow when I’m falling asleep. I mean, he tosses and turns with me to get comfy but then he’s off to dreamland with me. When I tell this to people, especially other mothers, they look at me funny and say, “ya right, keep wishing”. Like I said, I’m hopeful.
Me and Thomas
Wedding Pictures!
Loops! I missed your blog! I have enver ever seen a snoogle before. Bizarro! I can’t believe it’s that long. It Lois like a snake, haha. I love your pregnant belly; so beautiful with that little precious package in there.
About the maternity clothes. Trust me, these days they are cute compared to the dark ages when I was pregnant. Haha. But yeah. Just wait till june. Ugh. Hey get old for sure.
And the sleeping…… Haha. Maybe. I’ll hope with you! Maya was my least active in-utero and slept for 2 months straight after being born…really! But then she turned into my wildest!
. Funny how things work. I wish I could be your nanny!
You are the most adorable pregant woman EVER.
The snoogle looks divine.
Lupe, the pillow looks great, wish they had this when I was pregnant with my kids. As for the clothes, my Mom made most of mine because it was hard enough trying to find decent looking maternity clothes and then add being short on top of it, yikes!
Hope you are blessed with a son who will give you at least 3 hours of uninterrupted sleep in the beginning, it does make a difference. I remember Ron being so in favor of my nursing, it was after the children were born that I figured out why he thought it was such a good idea. It didn’t take me long to fill a bottle or two with breast milk so Ron could enjoy the night feeding also!
John was born in September so he was the only baby I was in the final months of pregnancy with through the summer. My suggestion is to not be a martyr and keep the air turned down and become best friends with the pool, it’s great for taking the pressure off your joints and keeping you cool.
You look adorable!!!!
Mary
Tara, I wish you and I lived closer. I’m going to have a ton of questions!! I’ll need you to come stay with us for about 5 weeks…can you ask the girls and Jesse if that’s ok?
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Thank you Sarah!
Mary, you’re right about the pool. I plan on visit the local pool called, The Plunge a lot this summer! I actually can’t wait for it to start warming up! I am really sick of the cold weather. Oh, and I love your story about the bottles and having Ron partake of the fun feeding times early in the morning.
Kev said he is super excited to feed the baby, he’s looking into particular bottles and such. We plan on breast feeding and pumping so that he can get up and have his special time with Thomas.