My Predictions

These are my predictions for Not Nooboo. For the record, I am writing this on the 10th of October, but won't publish until around the 1st of November. I am making this disclaimer in case Not Nooboo arrives before that time, that these predictions were actually made first. But I'm holding off on publishing them until other people have had a chance to comment on my previous post with their own guesses.

GENDER - I don't really want to have a guess on this one. My gut feeling is a girl, but I am hedging my bets so that I don't get a shock in the delivery room. Peter is confident that she will be a girl, so if he turns out to be a boy then Peter is in for a big shock.

Either way I don't mind. A girl would probably be easier, i.e. we already have the clothes, books, toys, etc. But to have one of each would be nice too.

BIRTH WEIGHT - Kathleen weighed 3.135kg at 41 weeks. I'm guessing that if Not Nooboo goes to term or longer that s/he will weigh a little more than that. If s/he is early then I'm not sure. My guess is 3.3kg.

BIRTH DAY - As I said in my previous post, I do everything on the 22nd. So I really wouldn't be surprised if Not Nooboo shows up on either October 22nd or November 22nd. I know second babies often come early but somehow I don't think this one will. S/he is due on Nov 10th so I'm going to guess Nov 16th. We'll see.....

OTHER - The biggest thing I'm expecting is for Not Nooboo to be the complete opposite of Kathleen. While she takes after Peter with blonde curly hair, I'd like to think Not Nooboo will look more like me with straight brown hair. But more than looks, I'm expecting their personalities to be completely different.

Kathleen is a night owl. She's happy to stay up late each night and sleep in in the mornings. Not that I really mind that too much, although by the time she goes to bed I'm usually knackered. I predict Not Nooboo will be a morning lark and that I'll be getting up early with him/her and going to bed late with Kat, unless I can somehow change their schedules.

Also, despite the loud voice and outgoing personality, Kathleen is actually a quiet girl. She loves to sit and read books. She loves to get her toys and pretend they're cuddling or eating or sleeping. The beginnings of imaginative play. She doesn't really run around, and isn't one of these toddlers that's always on the go. She still has lots of energy and loves jumping, but she's not always going at a million miles an hour. But I think Not Nooboo will be. Have to wait another 18 months to find that out though.

Whatever s/he is like, s/he will have a lot to live up to with Kathleen. Which is why I think they'll be so different. Kat started sitting up at 4 months and crawling at 6 months, but didn't walk till 15 months. I think Not Nooboo won't crawl until much later but will walk sooner, maybe around the 12 month mark. Once again, we'll have to wait a year to find out.

I'm also hoping against hope that because Kat was such a high maintenance, social baby, that Not Nooboo will be a placid baby. Yeah right!

So, there's my predictions. We'll just have to wait and see how it all turns out.

-Megz