I've had numerous inquiries as to how my students are reacting to the news (and sight) of me being pregnant. When I left for summer vacation, I wasn't showing and I had only told a few of my co-workers. Now that we're back at school I've heard or experienced the following from former and new students:
-Numerous suggestions for names (of course, all of their own).
-A couple offers for babysitting, "once it comes out."
-Only one student has touched my belly.
-A couple of really odd glances towards my belly and even some pointing (as if I didn't know what was going on!).
-One student asked, "Who is your baby's daddy?" (when I responded with Husband Joe, the student said, "who's that?". I said, "auh, my husband.")
-A couple of, "what happened to you?" (auh, pretty sure you know what happened to me--do I really need to explain?)
-Many, many students were really upset by the fact that I didn't tell them I was pregnant last year. One student even said, "we would've been nicer to you if we would've known."
-One student shared with me his experience of becoming a father (twice) and informed me how much labor is going to hurt.
-A couple of comments like "oh, so that's why you had to eat that crazy gluten-free diet" (auh, no that's called Celiac and I'm still eating that crazy diet).
-A few kids have sworn and then apologized for "swearing in front of your baby".
-A couple of comments like, "I thought you weren't going to have kids!"
Overall, the students have been really respectful and excited about lil' buddy being with us at school everyday. At least they were nice to me for this first week. We'll see how long that lasts!
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