Adult Beverages and Post-31 Days

Yesterday, I talked about how important it is to enjoy traveling before getting pregnant and having kids. I mentioned that Paul and I are going to travel to Napa Valley on our pre-pregnancy-moon. This brings me to the second thing I want to enjoy before getting pregnant: adult beverages. And not just alcohol.

When you’re pregnant, you’re not supposed to consume more than 200 mg of coffee. That is the equivalent of one, measly, tiny12-ounce cup of coffee. One. That’s it. *Sigh* This means that my 2-3 cup a day habit has to go. Or go decaf at the very least.

And, of course, I want to enjoy the regular kinds of adult beverages, too. It seems like I just acquired a taste for wine, and now I’m talking about giving it up! So, before I have to trade in my wine glass for a water glass, I’m going to enjoy my wine, and other adult beverages, as fully as possible.

Now, today’s post and yesterday’s post both stemmed from a lesson that I learned from 31 Days: Enjoy not being pregnant. However, I also learned another lesson: Discipline and habit are important in blogging. So, I’m going to start some regular features for post-31 days. You can expect:

 Sweet Shot Tuesdays – On Tuesdays, I’ll post my favorite photos from the previous weekend and discuss any photography techniques that I learned that weekend.

Thanksgiving Thursdays – With less than a month (gasp!) until Thanksgiving, I need to start practicing my recipes! So, each Thursday, I’ll post a recipe that I experimented with that week. You can expect things like this:

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And you can also expect that I will post at least three posts each week.

Thanks for joining me for 31 days!

Travel: Near and Far

One important thing that I want to enjoy before I get pregnant is travel. My sister-in-law recently took her 4-month-old to China. Let’s just say a jet-lagged baby is not something I want to deal with. However, it’s not just far-away vacations that can be difficult with a baby or while pregnant, sometimes ones nearby can become difficult too.

My husband and I recently went camping in the Ocala National Forest. We stayed at the Clearwater campgrounds. It was beautiful! But not somewhere I would want to be while pregnant. Why? Well, first my eating habits while camping are horrible. Canned soup, pancakes from a bottle, you name it. Second, going to the bathroom at night involves what seems like a dangerous trek through dark woods in what is usually (with our luck) freezing or rainy weather. But, camping is still something that I want to be able to thoroughly enjoy. I understand that I probably won’t want to bring my pregnant self or a small baby out into the wilderness, so before I get pregnant, I want a chance to enjoy camping! And I think we were pretty successful:

Of course, the far trips can be difficult too. I once babysat for a couple who loved to go to football games. One weekend, they had a friend visiting from Hawaii. They had a 6-month-old who cried. All. The. Time. Unless you were holding her. And she was the biggest 6-month-old baby I have ever encountered. Or at least it seemed that way after holding her for 4 hours straight. Not only is the jet-lag awful (both coming and going), but the plane ride itself can be trying. No one likes a screaming baby on an airplane and I bet I wouldn’t like being the person with the screaming baby on an airplane.

So, Paul and I are going to take a pre-pregnancy-moon. We’re going to go somewhere far from us that I wouldn’t want to visit while pregnant: Napa Valley.

What were some trips you wish you had taken before getting pregnant and having kids?