Today I had a premonition about baby #3. For the ease of referring to baby #3, shall we call her, say, Lily? [Shhh. Don’t tell Mark.] Granted, I would have bet, and lost money, on my last premonition, that little Lily was a boy. This time, I think I have even better proof to back up my intuition. And remember what they say about mother’s intuition?
So here’s my hypothesis: I think that little Lily has a[n idiomatic] sweet tooth. How do I know? All day long, my tummy calls for sweets. In the morning, my former routine of raisin bran isn’t good enough. Lily wants Cinnamon Toast Crunch (or, Cereal Crunchies, as Eliza calls it).
After lunch, when I’m ready to settle down with a nice fresh peach, Lily wants ice cream with it. For a snack, Lily wants hot fudge sauce (no ice cream, since we’ve already had ice cream today and it’s only 2pm). The nerve. I convince her we should slice some bananas into it, and add some nice, healthy milk. I’ll take the calcium and potassium and she can have all the fat and calories from the chocolate sauce When I contemplate what to do with the seven zucchinis I brought back from my Provo garden, Lily thinks we should make chocolate zucchini cake. I could definitely be persuaded on that one.
Good thing I’M in control here, though. Lily would have me rewrite the pregnancy food pyramid to include the five basic groups of glucose, sucrose, fructose, high-fructose corn syrup, and chocolate (constituting the base—approximately 35% of daily caloric consumption). Maybe she’s related to Buddy the Elf?
Should I let the doctor know? Just in case he’s wondering why I’m gaining so much weight. Yeah, that’s a good idea. I’ll just contemplate exactly how I’ll break the news to him over a chocolate chip cookie…AND milk, of course.
13 comments:
I think at least Eliza's related to Buddy the Elf. Remember the "pit" eating everyone's Halloween candy in sight? I wish the calories worked that way, just going straight to the baby.
Hilarious! The hard thing is when you hit the 6 week post partum point and the pounds you gained over the past 11 months are no longer falling off and you can't just blame the cravings on a baby anymore. . . Dallin is 6 weeks old today, if you were wondering. :(
Chocolate zucchini cake has zucchini in it, therefore it's a vegetable (right?)
Lily sounds like a gir after my own heart. Does she ever crave Dove dark chocolate?
The fifth food group...I LOVE the idea! Such a fun read. --Mom
I think I'll be having a baby soon too. All I do these days is binge on the awesome food that Mom makes. No one else can make a choco chip cookie that good in another country...and there's no one else to dispose of the extra so I just have to comply... :)
I loved the reference to Buddy the Elf. This post was very funny. Eat up!
at least you don't put mnms and syrup on pasta yet... :)
Hey, it's Becca R. reading from Connecticut! Glad to read your blog. So funny. Thanks for the public confession. At least YOU have a valid excuse for the sweet-tooth! I like to think it's genetics :)
I think Isaac has a sweet tooth too--can I blame it on him since he's still nursing?
Janel, You need to join the united states board of dieticians (if such a thing exists) and get this passed as law...I'll even go around and lobby for you and eat lots of chocolate with you too! We'll have to keep our strength up right?
Hah! What can you do? If you have to feel miserable when you are pregnant, you might as well enjoy the food that sounds good!
I relate! I told Mike that this pregnancy is going to turn me into a diabetic.
Hey Janel,
Thanks for the wonderful music on your blog!! It is very uplifting! Hope you are well and that somehow you will be able to see how beautiful, and how much an influence for good that you are!!
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