Preparing for Jacob

June 02, 2009

As of yesterday, i am officially 4 weeks away from bringing my son "Jacob" into the world and i am no where near ready - at least not in terms of preparations! Mentally i CANT WAIT to bring Jacob into the world - whether they cut me up for the process or i push him out!

Name of our son!
Yes Pio and I decided on Jacob for one reason - we want our son to be strong of faith. Well, at least that was his reason when i asked him what Biblical name we would choose for our son in keep ing with a baby naming pattern we had started with Esther.

Being stubborn and rebbelious, i challenged him for the sake of it. Then i came to work, got on to google and my online bible and became immediately convinced too of the appropriateness and relevance of this name that my husband had felt in his heart - to be the right name for our son.

In the Old Testament, Jacob is the son of Isaac and Rebekah, the twin brother of Esau and the father of twelve sons and a daughter. From his sons came the twelve tribes of Israel - the Israelites. God later changed Jacob's name to Israel. Other explainations of the name say that it means "may God protect" and that it means TOUGH.

All the explainations have convinced me that the name is indeed the right one! We just need to now complete the pattern and choose/ask for an appropriate Fijian name that is actually named for a close male relative so that our son has a yaca he can relate to his blood too! That though is proving to be a challenge - more later!

Preparations
Four (4) weeks from Jacobs arrival and im panicking a lot! When i had Esther, i thought people were just basking in the novelty of a female birth with all their comments of how cute girls were, how easy girls were to dress up, how much fun it would be to get them ready etc. etc.

I realise now --- 4 weeks away from delivery (have i not emphasised that enough?) - that i could be forgiven for PANICKING! Yes people, i am panicking --- boy babies are REALLY difficult to prepare for? Someone tell me again why society is gender discriminatory and prefer girls over boys? Clearly the market favours girls ---- i mean when you walk into a baby shop (not that there are any in Fiji to walk into), there are frills, laces, pink in all modes and personalities everywhere!

Wish List
So, iv shopped twice and spent close to 1000 FJD and am still not even halfway ready. In Esthers case i didnt even spend $700 and she had EVERYTHING a baby could need, everything from the necessary to the clutter!

So iv got a list of things that i still need which hopefully over the weeks i will find, borrow or buy!

I have been blessed with friends who are willing to help me get some of these things cheaply. ANd i have just been blessed PERIOD with some very very very cool relatives/inlaws who have offered to bless us with these things for free from abroad too!

Im panicking but i know panick is part and parcel of preparing for delivery. Iv been told im just too organised too and that all my documenting/spreadsheeting and blogging is running my confidence to the ground --- but here i go anyway!

Stay tuned and watch this space as i prepare to begin my two week countdown to Jacobs Day!