Baby SSG Finally Gets Some Clothes From the Parentals. Pregnant In Heels.


Up until today, Baby SSG hasn’t exactly been showered with earthly possessions from the parental units.

The first ever baby purchases of first time parents….

In fact, this was the sum total of everything in Baby SSG’s name.  Mr SSG thought a yellow duckling would help make bath time more enjoyable but in order to get the duck from the chemist he had to buy something else so he thought a bottle of Cetaphil would also come in handy for bath time.  I wasn’t quite so practical and bought a cloth book which I saw myself reading to Baby SSG in utero and then over coffee after our mother and baby yoga classes in the weeks after birth.

The reason for such restraint for the first half of Baby SSG’s gestation was that Mr SSG and I had a deal.  That we I wouldn’t start buying anything baby related until we knew Baby SSG’s gender and also that all was well at the 19 week morphology scan.

Hello, world!  Baby SSG contemplates that pesky ultrasound probe whilst I celebrate his good health with a couple of Reese’s Mini Peanut Butter Cups.

Well today was the day and the answer is yes, yes, yes to the starting of the shopping!  Baby SSG is in fact a boy and to his mother, he looks absolutely perfect on scan.  His heart, lungs, bones, brain and other organs are all in the right place and the doppler flows over each organ looked like they were going in the right direction and in the right colours.  My ultrasonographer was pretty sure that Baby SSG was a boy long before she got to the gender part of the scan.  Apparently the hyperactive 19 weekers are more often than not little boys.

Special mention at this point goes out to MaiStar and The Distressed Mother for their accurate prediction.

Never being one to knowingly go back on a deal (especially one that involves shopping), I wasted no time in hitting the shops after work tonight.

Coat – M Missoni, leggings – ASOS Maternity, long fitted top (under) – Witchery.

No one went without on this little shopping trip.  I found two belts at Witchery to go through the (redundant) loops on my maternity jeans and trousers.  Most of the ‘staying up’ in maternity bottoms seems to come from well engineered waist bands but wearing a belt as well gives me some sense of being work appropriate.  I’m sticking to my upsizing at Witchery theory that’s served me so well this winter and managed to find both a black wide and a narrow belt that should see me through the rest of the working year which is only … 3 and half months!!!!!

Oh yeah, I tried that whole Pregnant In Heels look today.  With boots and before it got too late in the piece.  I think it’s a look best left to Rosie Pope and the high maintenance mothers to be of Manhattan.

I will reveal Baby SSG’s new clothes later on in the post but first, let’s talk about dinner.

It pains me to say this but I’ve rapidly lost endurance in the shopping department.  I was thinking of a hot dinner, even hotter shower and my pyjamas after browsing only 3 stores in under half an hour.  That’s way, way down on my personal best.

My hot dinner was in the shape of a steaming bowl of beef brisket soup noodles.

With super fresh egg noodles and lots of perfectly spiced, melt in your mouth beef brisket and some fresh cut chillies on the side.

It was just what I needed to sustain me for the challenge of finding where I parked the car and how to get out of the car park and head for home.

It’s been less than 12 hours since Baby SSG’s scan and the amount of happiness and goodwill his healthiness has generated is truly humbling.  Our parents and siblings are ecstatic and my mum and dad are keen to get across from Perth as soon as they can.  Friends from all over the country and beyond have sent well wishes.

Fellow mothers of boys have imparted some serious and light hearted pearls of wisdom including:
– the importance of mastering a rapid nappy change as early as you can
– an offer of the name of a cleaner who’s a genius with ‘man caves’
– that while boys’ clothes may not be as fun as girls’, the toy shopping makes up for it
– how much fun, noise and adventure little boys tend to find for themselves.

It’s going to be a Christmas like no other for the SSGs this year.  Baby SSG is expected on Boxing Day but something tells me it’s not guaranteed he’ll make an appearance on the appointed day.

My search for Baby SSG’s clothes took me to Big W which has a pretty impressive collection of the Baby Bonds range.  Except you’d better get in quick for the smaller sizes because most of the Spring/Summer newborn sizes had already sold out.  Which goes to show that new season full price baby fashion seems to move out of the shops more quickly than the adult equivalents.

Needless to say, a pair of grey tracky pants (just like mum and dad’s) had to be part of his wardrobe.

Ditto the baby vests for all that mum and bub yoga we’ll be doing…

Then I had a bit of a dilemma about necklines.  This side button, kimono style one piece looks like it’d be (relatively) easy to dress a newborn in.

Or are boat necks a safer bet?  I had a quick glance inside the prams and arms on either side of me and saw quite a few babies wearing this style of top and their mothers didn’t look particularly traumatised from trying to dress them.  So I went with a matching T-shirt and leggings set as well.

Okay, I think that’s about 2 days’ worth of clothing so far?  I’ve read somewhere that you need 6 of everything.  My next stop is Baby GAP!  But perhaps I’ll leave that until tomorrow evening.

Take care everyone and thanks again for your well wishes today.

God bless!


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