I’ll tell you about a wonderful Firefox plug-in that Brad has had for quite some time and I just recently got: the StumbleUpon plug-in! Basically you click the Stumble button in your toolbar and It takes you to a random site depending on the catagories you pick when you first install the plug-in. I think It’s great! Provides for entertainment when I just want to relax and look at random sites! Check it out and download it! 🙂
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/138
Nicole in my last posts comments brought up the consideration of reptiles around babies and the chance of salmonella. We probably won’t have most of the animals here soon… we keep them in our extra room which will turn into the babys nursery and really, I have nowhere else to put them. I’m thinking of only keeping 2 pets. I think It’s for the best. As far as our iguana, we’ve had him for over 2 years but If there’s too big of a risk, there’s no way I’m gonna take it as far as my baby goes. I really only want to keep my chinchilla and my guinea pig. The 6 birds are noisy and really messy and take up a bit of space. Our iguana needs a bigger tank right NOW and we don’t have one for him plus It would take up a good portion of the room If we did that. I might consider keeping our dwarf bunny but I’m not as attached to her as I am the guinea pig or ESPICALLY my chinchilla. We will probably try to sell them… I hate to do it but I think It’s the right thing to do. Baby comes first. If we had a 3 bedroom then I might reconsider but next year with a new baby I’m not really gonna have time to take care of 10 animals and a newborn. 2 animals would be easy. I love my animals with all my heart and I’ve had most of them for 2 years or more but I have to think of our baby and It’s well-being and health first and foremost.
Speaking of baby! My MIL bought me the famous book, What to Expect When You’re Expecting! Now I know most people say DO NOT buy this book, It will scare you, etc etc. No worries, I know about most of the “scary” parts. She bought Brad, The Expectant Father! 😀 😀
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Congrats! Im so jealous, I want to be pregnant, but it will come in time.
I was once in the same position you were in with a large number of animals early on in my pregnancy. We managed to whittle our way from 14 down to 2, not counting our cats. Now we have a box turtle and a snapping turtle. They’re relatively low maintenance . It’s a good idea to just keep the ones that require the least amount of attention. Motherhood is exhausting.