I have not updated lately because not a lot has been going on new on the baby front (well, aside from baby consuming our whole lives, of course). He is kicking and he swishes around a lot. In fact, he kicked for the very first time in New York in the JFK airport as I was about to board my plane to return to Italy. Well, I'm sure it wasn't his first kick but it was the first kick I actually felt. Cristiano's interpretation - he already hates and dreads flying. My interpretation - he didn't want to leave the U.S.!I have not exactly been in the most positive frame of mind, which is another reason I haven't written a lot. Being pregnant in a foreign country is quite difficult. More difficult than I had imagined. I really don't want to get into it because I'm trying to focus on the positive, but it's been challenging.
Above is a very non-exciting picture of my first load of baby laundry! I am washing everything now because Baby Cugini will be born in January and since we don't have a clothes dryer (actually nobody really does in Italy), I want things washed and dried while it's still warm enough outside to get them dried quickly. In the winter, you have to hang things in the house and it can take several days for things to dry and they can take on a musty smell. It felt bizarre to do laundry for someone who isn't technically here yet. But then he already has two whole drawers in the dresser so I guess he's already begun to make his impact in the house.
Update: below is the second load of baby laundry. The first load was easy because it was mainly all towels. This load took me about 30 minutes to hang because of all of the tiny things (like socks and little hats) that can't be hung without a clothes pin. I've survived without a clothes dryer for seven years. I fear life with a baby and without a clothes dryer is not going to be easy. At least the sun came out. Dry little socks, dry! I hope baby clothes don't get too wrinkly because I really don't see me ironing receiving blankets and tiny caps.
2 comments:
Ugh! The major inconvenience of never having just-out-of-the-dryer-soft towels or the ability to shrink jeans back to normal size after a wearing has just become a MAJOR inconvenience! I will be sending you lots of dry thoughts!
Do they have dehumidifiers in Italy?
No, no dryer! Our electricity allotment from the government doesn't even allow us to run one. They have started to sell low energy ones here but I heard they don't work as well as the big industrial American ones and even leave your clothes wrinkly! Then what's the point? Send me lots of dried-with-Bounce-sheets thoughts.
We had a dehumidifier once. I don't know what we did with it.
Do you have a blog now? Yeah!
M
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