Preparing for Parenthood- week 4

Last Tuesday Chris and I went to our 4th and final Preparing for Parenthood class. It was all about Newborn Care and we had a great time at this class! It felt much more relaxed and the only video we watched was of how to sponge bathe your baby. Chris learned how to swaddle a baby and change a diaper. He was even the first one up to volunteer to do a "mystery exercise" that the instructor had planned. I was very proud of him! Once he was up in front of the class the instructor pulled out the "empathy belly". It is a 30 pound pregnancy simulator for daddy's to wear so they can "understand" what it feels like for Moms-to-Be to lug around the extra weight. Wow... I bet Chris wishes he hadn't stood up so fast;-) I think Chris was surprised by the sheer weight of the contraption and now he has a better idea of how your center of gravity shifts during pregnancy.

We made some friends in our class that are due about 2 weeks after we are with a little boy, Brandy and Chris. She is able to work from home and hopefully we will get our little ones together for some play dates, also known as "sanity time", after our little ones make their big debut! She was kind enough to take some pictures of Chris wearing the pregnancy belly and email them to share with you all. Thanks Brandy!!

As you can see, Chris was far from thrilled about carrying around his "baby" but he was such a good sport! His expression is priceless and we all had a good laugh!!!