Our Fart in the Tub

One of the most amazing things about being in my second trimester is the start of the flutters in my belly.  They are so subtle and soft.  I often hear of parents fretting about the lack of attachment they feel for their second child. Truth be told, I was one of them when I was first pregnant, because I remember when I found out about Narina I was ecstatic.  Nearly two years later I am exhausted.  I don't really get ecstatic about anything anymore.  Then I started to quiet my mind and realize that it is a soft elation, one that comes at the perfect moments, to realize our next baby is on the way.  It may be a quick glimpse of my reflection and my growing belly, a kick, or even Narina saying hello to "the baby in mummy's tummy" in the supermarket.  It fills me with light and a very recognizable love.  So for all the kicks that shoot light through my body, I offer this Kimya Dawson song.

Hey Papa, make Mama a smoothie

make mamma a smoothie right now

Hey Papa, make Mama a smoothie

coz when Mama drinks a smoothie little baby goes WILD

And it starts splashing and a-splishn like a school of little fishes

If a school of little fish was in me

Then glub glub glub like a fart in the tub

like a fart in the tub inside of me

and then the head and butt start rollin

like two balls bowling, perfect games on the lanes inside me

then a great big kick up under my ribs

that feels like nothing else

but assures me of the health and the length and the strength of my little baby

Because when baby is feelin lazy

Mama goes crazy thinkin something’s wrong

And then Mama runs to Papa and she sings him this little song

Hey Papa, make Mama a smoothie

make mamma a smoothie right now

Hey Papa, make Mama a smoothie

coz when Mama drinks a smoothie little baby goes WILD

And it starts splashing and a-splishn like a school of little fishes

If a school of little fish was in me

Then glub glub glub like a fart in the tub

like a fart in the tub inside of me

and then the head and butt start rollin

like two balls bowling, perfect games on the lanes inside me

then a great big kick up under my ribs

that feels like nothing else

but assures me of the health and the length and the strength of my little baby

Hey Papa, make Mama a smoothie

make mamma a smoothie right now

Hey Papa, make Mama a smoothiecoz when Mama drinks a smoothie little baby goes WILD