This one isn't going to be a long rambling post (I hear you all cheer). This is supposed to be a series of short random thoughts I've had over the last 5 months. i.e. things that don't constitute rambling but worth mentioning. I'll list them but the order is not significant in any way - just how my memory works.
1. It is weirdly exciting when you hear your babies name mentioned anywhere. This one is more for my mum. She is now obsessive about Poppy's. Apparently wherever she goes she hears the name Poppy, reads the name Poppy and sees things with pictures of Poppy's on - she bought me egg cups with Poppies on. I don't like boiled eggs. I heard someone call to their Poppy moniker ed toddler the other day and was very jealous. I want my Poppy to be the only one!!
2. I talk about poo a lot more than any human should talk about poo. All the people I talk about poo to also talk about poo more than any human should. I'm pretty sure I said everything there was to say about poo roughly 4 months ago, yet I persist. I can't stop. I did it today. I also took a sneaky peek at my friends, sons poo to do a comparison with The Popsters. I can't help it. Poo has become important in my life.
3. I have become addicted to Deal Or No Deal. Beyond the huge smile and excitement I get when I get The Popster up in the morning, it is the highlight of my day. I know, that's sad.
4. The Popster attracts adoring glances and comments from old women, but when she is with Jon it is young women. She gets so many comments I end up disappointed if we go out and no one says anything. Mostly the old ladies chant some kind of variation on "Aren't you beautiful". I end up saying thank you - as though I had planned it that way and worked to make sure she was. She is by the way.
5. I've lost contact with the world. I used to be up on all things celebrity - even all the news I had no interest in. This was mostly due to the work subscription to Heat and Closer, (my job isn't all bad). I also read the Evening Standard every day for real news. I have managed to retain some kind of contact with the real world but have completely lost touch with the "celeb" world. Heat, Closer and Digital Spy used to leave me in the position where I knew exactly how people like Kerry Katona was feeling. Now I have no clue. I knew about Victoria Beckham's pregnancy long after everyone else - in fact shouldn't she have had the baby by now? I'm not sure if this is a good thing or a bad thing? Where it is bad, is I'm not on top of new TV series and what I should be watching. Must try harder.
6. We get a lot more cold callers/salesman knocking at our door than I was aware of. Although to be fair, we haven't had any for a couple of months now, so it is not that bad.
7. It isn't just poo I talk too much about. Never have I spoken about my boobs as much as I do now - apart from perhaps that holiday I took after graduation with big breasted friends. At the time I was very small breasted and for some reason it was a talking point. The conversations about my breasts are definitely very different now!
8. My bank statements look extremely different now. If you compare statements from the last few months with a few years ago you will find considerably fewer bars and restaurants on there and a lot more shops like Mothercare.
9. Time passes amazingly fast, yet The Popsters first couple of months feels like a lifetime away. I guess they were though really - her lifetime that is! I remember creeping into our bedroom at night and avoiding turning the lights on scared in case we woke her!
10. I love The Popster but I do spend a ridiculous amount of time wishing she was asleep. The Popster having a nap is a very happy time. You spend 9 months waiting to meet this wonderful new person that is a part of you and then you spend all your time trying to get her to sleep. It's a;l about the sleep!
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