Adjectives

While pregnant, I spent a lot of time thinking about names. I poured through baby name books and spent hours searching online. Even after Jim's birth, my mind kept mulling over various names, origins, and meanings.

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Then one night, while running on fumes and nursing my baby, I had the funniest thought. I thought I should change my name to fit my moods. Like the Smurfs and Dwarfs had done before me, I would change my name to an Adjective! Unlike those fictional characters, my moods are more dynamic and change over time. That meant that I would need to change my name at least once a day, probably more!

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Here are some names that would have been appropriate for me during the last two months:

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Sleepy ~ five hours of sleep doesn't cut it, especially the five hours is broken into two or three segments. Sure...2 + 2 + 1 = 5, but it's just not as restorative as a solid five.

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Grumpy ~ sleep deprivation following a drastic weight loss can wreak havoc on one's patience

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Weepy ~ sleep deprivation following a drastic weight loss can also wreak havoc on one's emotions

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Happy ~ my Baby Boy is a smiling maniac! he has been smiling since day one and started laughing at two weeks. it's hard to stay grumpy or weepy with the dear boy smiling at me.

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Dopey ~ sleep deprivation turns my brain to mush and renders my speech incomprehensible. luckily Hubby understood my mixed up vocabulary and weird hand gestures.

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PigPen ~ there were many days wherein I used my allotted shower time to take a nap instead. my soft bed was so tempting. I decided sleep was more important than general cleanliness. (this name is from Peanuts)

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Sneezy ~ a change in the weather kicked my allergies into high gear. nursing prevented me from taking certain medications.

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Hefty ~ this one totally applies! honest, it does! it requires a lot of muscle to take care of a newborn plus parent my four children plus two foster kids. I used both physical strength and mental strength.

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Clumsy ~ fortunately, I only bonked my toes and elbows and never the baby. Phew!

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Greedy ~ I was starving after giving birth and starving for eight weeks afterwards. I have been eating anything and everything. whatever I can get my hands on. food, glorious food!

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Slouchy ~ nine months of pregnancy bending my spine caused me to lose an inch off my height. sheesh! between visits to a chiropractor and massages from Hubby after birth I regained the inch, but an quickly losing it again due to my hunched stance while rocking, nursing, and holding the Baby Boy.