A checklist to prepare you for her cravings.

There are different levels of pregnancy, and the change from level to level is not always obvious. How you, as an expectant father, play your cards during these changes can be tedious. As you have read from the previous post, my wife had her first official craving. There is a chance I reacted poorly, but in my defense, it was the first one. No excuse, right? Luckily, I have a very understanding wife, and she let it slide...this time. But next time, I better be ready.

Here are five things to keep an eye out for in order to prepare for these cravings that may require a midnight run to the grocery store:

1. Your mother-to-be may start watching The Food Network for the first time that you can remember, and is enjoying it.
2. She comments about food that characters are eating in a television show that has nothing to do with food.
3. Permission is now required to share snacks or drinks, and that permission is harder to earn than usual.
4. A bag of popcorn is now considered a small snack before dinner, and after.
5. She cries at the site of someone else enjoying her current craving.

If it gets to that last one, you are in imminent danger of sleeping on the couch. Do not ask if she wants you to go to the grocery store, just ask what she wants and what flavor she wants it. Then proceed to the closest known location of said food and buy extra of whatever it is.

Do not be reckless while driving. The last thing you need is to be late because you got pulled over, but if you do get pulled over by an officer who is a mother or father, you will most likely be let off with a warning once you explain the situation.

I hope this helps any other fathers-to-be. Good luck and Godspeed.