Marc got to try on the “empathy” belly at baby class last week. It looked pretty good on him too. Some days I wish I really could give him my belly just for an hour or so. But, since that’s not going to happen, the “empathy” belly is the closest he’ll get to “experiencing” pregnancy. Underneath his cute little denim baby doll dress is a white velcro belt that’s strapped around his chest to simulate what it’s like to breath. Then, there’s the 30 pound belly over that. For fun, I would throw stuff on the floor and watch him try to bend over to pick it up. He wore the belly for about 30 minutes. In the end, I think he was a little uncomfortable but he didn’t sound nearly miserable enough for me to think it was anything like the real thing.
We’re now the proud parents to three babies! No wonder I’ve been so uncomfortable - you can see from the photo that they were all a pretty good size. I’m happy to report that all three babies are doing fine except that they wish we’d stop calling them One, Two, and Three.
