11 Days and Counting

In 11 days or less Baby Toepfer #2 will be born. I will go in for an induction on February 15th, 2008. Unless this little boy decides to arrive early, which would be fine with mom. We have been trying to get Jacob ready for his little brother. I think he will do fine, I think the hardest will be to share daddy. Jacob is a daddy's boy. They wrestle, chase each other around the house, play football and cars. Who wouldn't love a dad as fun as Josh can be.

This afternoon we go to the chiropractor, we started taking Jacob because he had quite a few ear infections and the pediatrician was talking about putting tubes in his ears. Josh and I were not real crazy about the idea of tubes. A friend of ours mentioned the possibility of going to a chiropractor. So after researching on-line about it and e-mailing one of Josh's cousin's husbands who is a chiropractor in Union Grove, we decided to take him. Since he has been going, he has not had any ear infections. Praise the Lord!! I also started going. Supposedly it is good for pregnant women also. The main reason I went, was because Baby Toepfer #2 was breech at about 32 weeks still and they said if he doesn't turn, they would have me come into the hospital to turn him. I was not really looking forward to that, I have heard it is very painful. So, I went in and the chiropractor did the Webster technique which is basically aligning your hips and loosing tendons and the baby turned. It doesn't always work, but it is worth the try. It also allows the baby to turn on its own.

Tomorrow I have a non-stress test and another one on Friday. I also have a doctor appointment and ultrasound on Friday. They will measure the baby to see about how big he is. Jacob was born at 37 weeks and was 6lbs 12 1/2 oz. and 20 3/4" long. On Friday I will be 38 weeks, so we will see how big this little one is.

Jacob had his 18 month check-up on January 25th. He was 35 3/4" long and 33 lbs. 12 oz. My how he has grown. Jacob will be 19 months when his little brother arrives.