We have a new crop of cabbage patch kids growing in the Chaos and Roadies world! I’m so excited for all the brand-new parents and the parents adding multiples to their clan. I am a big believer in giving a pregnant woman whatever she wants. Dad’s if she is craving pumpkin pie in the middle of summer, get a recipe and bake it for her. Co-workers if she want’s Chipotle chips, Chick-fil-A nuggets and an Arby’s Jamocha shake, make it happen captain. It’s hard work growing a human.
It’s been 26 years since I had my baby. So much has changed as far as what pregnant women can or can’t do or shouldn’t eat. Don’t surround yourself with harsh chemicals. How was I supposed to nest without Pine Sol? I also permed my hair while pregnant. I did ask the doctor prior to getting it done if it would harm my baby, and I was just advised that the curl may not hold, but that it was fine as long as I was in a well ventilated area. I’m so happy that I was so clueless back in the day. I ate whatever I wanted. Now, I probably shouldn’t have eaten as much as I did, but I didn’t cut anything out of my diet. Pizza and DQ Pecan Cluster Blizzards – yes please! Now to be fair, my palate was pretty basic at the time and I don’t eat seafood, so I didn’t have to worry about mercury poisoning. But I ate peanut butter, cheese and eggs during my pregnancy.
I have a theory that what women eat when pregnant transfers to the baby. Now, this is only my opinion because of what happened with me and my baby, so let me know if you experienced the same thing. I craved lemons when I was pregnant. In fact, that’s how I knew I was pregnant. I remember having this incredible urge to eat a lemon. My cousin used to eat lemons all the time, I mean I liked them, but it wasn’t my thing. I had a sweet tooth. Cakes, ice cream, candy, you name it. One day I thought, “Man, a lemon sounds good right now”. I kept thinking about how juicy it would be and my mouth started to water. I couldn’t fight the urge, so I cut a lemon in half and grabbed some salt and took a huge bite peel and all. My roommate walked by and gave me this weird look. I offered her a bite and she said “Girl, it’s eight in the morning”. I took a pregnancy test that day. I was eating two lemons a day. I eventually cut back after the doctor said it may ruin the enamel on my teeth. So, when my baby was about a year old. I gave him a lemon slice, to watch him make a funny face. The boy just ate it like an orange. No puckered face, no watery eyes, nothing. It had to be the lemons I ate.
There are so many old wives’ tales out there and I guess that could be one of them. I did have heart burn throughout the pregnancy which means the baby will have a lot of hair, and he did. If you carry high it means a girl and if you carry low it means a boy. I just remember being big, so I couldn’t tell. I also heard something to the effect of being angry at someone or not liking them while pregnant would cause your baby to act just like them when they got older. What are some of the old wives’ tales you have heard or experienced?
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