Comments on: Our baby is not a fruit! Enough already! A Father-To-Be Fights Back.

By: Alli

Alli — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 01:26:56 +0000

I’m sure that has to be a little frustrating, but as a mommy-t0-be I find it really interesting and comforting to know the size of my baby in comparison to something with which I’m familiar –like fruit and veggies! It’s hard to understand as a guy I guess, BUT there are some sites that compare the baby’s hand size to the size of an average hand, and I’ll bet that’s a little easier.

My boyfriend of 5 years is ecstatic about our baby but one thing that bugs HIM is the whole “weeks” thing. He thinks it’s silly when women say “weeks” for everything instead of saying months & half-months. It’s easier for women to say “weeks” because things change SO MUCH from week-to-week. I’ve heard the same from a couple of other guys, how about you?

OH! Here’s the page where they give the hand size in relation to a woman’s hand… It’s the 16 wks page because that’s my gestation right now
http://www.pregnancyquestionsandanswers.com/questions/qu_654-what-does-my-baby-look-like-in-the-second-trimester-at-about-16-weeks.html

By: Ha!

Ha! — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:51:54 +0000

By: Tarzan

Tarzan — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:55:03 +0000

Hey Ha! Thanks for stopping by. Absolutely it is! A gas cap or a shoe beats a hot dog or a chicken breast any day! Ha! Ha!

By: Ha!

Ha! — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:46:50 +0000

so a fruit is bad, but its ok to compare the “work of art” to a gas cap or a shoe?

By: Ultimate Guide To Baby Sizes Week-By-Week For Soon-To-Be Fathers | His Boys Can Swim Pregnancy Blog And Forums

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:43:45 +0000

[...] background for those of you who are new visitors: In a recent blog post, I explained how I was sick and tired of our baby always being compared to some fruit each and [...]

By: Nicola Ries Taggart

Nicola Ries Taggart — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 22:13:45 +0000

That’s so funny. This week my monthly email said our 19 week baby is as big as a bell pepper!

By: jennessa

jennessa — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 18:45:34 +0000

All I’m gonna say is “oh no”

By: Tarzan

Tarzan — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 16:58:01 +0000

@Peta… Oh yes, I am on a rampage. lol

@Jane… I can’t wait for you to see what I’m working on. It’ll be my turn to send you emails every week. he he he

@Daddy Files… Thank you! I think you’re really going to like what I’m creating. It’s something that I think all guys will greatly appreciate.

I agree with everything you said, especially about the food and gaining weight. However, knock on wood, I’ve actually lost weight since Jane has become pregnant. That must be because most nights I eat cereal for dinner. However, I am a little shocked about that still because I’ve had a slight ice cream addiction that I talked about on a previous post: http://www.hisboyscanswim.com/394/i-scream-you-scream-its-me-and-ice-cream-pregnant-father-food-cravings-what

I’ve eaten several gallons of ice cream – much more than Jane!

And as a side note, Jane think I’ve officially ‘lost it’ because of my post above… little do women know what it feels like to be on this side of the cage. It can be sad, lonely, and sometimes us father-to-be’s have a little too much time on our hands to think about and come up with crazy things like the above.

By: Daddy Files

Daddy Files — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 16:01:35 +0000

I like the blog and yes, I was annoyed with the girly comparisons when my wife was pregnant too. How about “Your baby is the size of a golf ball” or “Your baby is the size of a hockey puck?” I’d wish you luck in changing the natural order of things, but as someone who just went through this I’d suggest acclimating yourself to the fact that you play second fiddle during a woman’s pregnancy. And something else no one tells you…when you’re running out for weird take out food at all hours you’re much more apt to grab some from yourself. So even though she starts to balloon up because she’s got another human being growing inside her, all of a sudden you gain 15 lbs from all the collateral damage.

None of that stuff is ever in the pregnancy books, probably because there are about 4 total books for guys on the subject.

Keep blogging and I’ll keep reading. Glad I found you guys.

By: Jane

Jane — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 14:50:17 +0000

You sound just a little crazy. There’s no way I’m running out to buy you anything at 3am unless you suddenly have a uterus and have a baby growing inside of you! Ha, ha. Too funny. I’ll be sure to send you even more fruit compared to size of baby kind of emails, just because I know that you secretly like them.