Inside Out Day

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Hi, this is Amanda from Louisville, Kentucky.

Well, I was wondering, my husband and I, we like to play with words in our house. We like to make up words and make up phrases. And we’ve made up quite a few, but one of our favorites is one that is in relation to our children. And we were wondering if there’s anything like this out there, a word other than what the phrase that we made up, that is for this word. And what we call it is inside-out day. And it’s basically the day that they have been outside of the womb longer than they were inside of the womb. So we’re wondering if there’s a day like that, if there’s a name for that type of day, or if anybody else has a phrase for that. Inside Out Day.

So when they reach nine months, you do Inside Out Day.

Yeah, or for our kids, it was 38 weeks and 37 weeks and six days.

Okay, nice.

Okay, well, so Amanda, tell us. So how do you celebrate Inside Out Day?

Well, we haven’t done much because usually I’m so exhausted. We just celebrate it by hoping they’ll sleep and getting some more sleep ourselves. But we try to take pictures and just try to, you know, make it almost like, you know, people do those one-month, two-month pictures. We do inside-out day pictures.

So instead of 50 or 100 pictures a day, you do 50 or 100 more pictures that particular day, right?

That’s exactly it.

Well, with the first child, anyway, the second one got like two.

Oh!

Well, they’re only 19 months apart, so we were exhausted by then.

Oh, my goodness.

The spare doesn’t get as much love as the original. Is that what you’re saying?

Well, she gets a lot of love, just not as many pictures.

Do you do golden birthdays in your house?

That was my question. I did do my golden birthday, but my kids were, let’s see, it won’t be until they’re 5 and 20. So the 5-year-old will probably be able to celebrate, but I did mine when I was 11.

Yeah, so just for everyone who doesn’t know, the golden birthday is the day of the month that you were born. So for me, that’s the 16th. So my 16th birthday was my golden birthday.

Yeah, that’s really fun. I got a pogo stick for my golden birthday.

Nice.

That’s all I remember about it.

That’s perfect.

I think some people do celebrate Inside Out Day.

Oh, really?

Yeah, I think I’ve seen references to it on the web before.

That’s cool.

Every once in a while.

Yeah.

That’s not what they call it, is it?

Different name for it.

Unless you’ve posted something on the web about it.

No, —

Okay.

No, that’s the name that they call it, too.

That’s so interesting.

Yeah.

But I like this. I love the invented holidays that we have in our families. The little myths that we create, the folklore that develops, the language that comes about. And it all kinds of sticks. So by the time your kids are leaving home, it’s this tightly woven net of shared memories and experiences that no other family has.

Oh, yeah.

I like that better than the contrived ones, you know, that Hallmark pushes.

Hallmark holidays.

Right, right.

I think we might start wearing our, at least let the Inside Out Day kid wear their clothes inside out on that day every year.

Now, wait a minute. Would that be a diaper?

Oh, oh, oh, oh, I see. Wear the diapers inside out. That would not be fun.

But no. Maybe when they’re old enough to realize what they’re doing.

I love that.

And not when they’re infants.

Yeah, exactly. So when they reach a little more involvement and awareness of their environment.

Well, Amanda, I’m betting that we’ll hear from folks who either celebrate Inside Out Day or something similar.

Amanda, thank you so much.

Thanks, Amanda. And best of luck with those kiddos.

Thank you.

You guys are my heroes. It was wonderful to talk to you.

Oh, shucks. Well, I don’t think I’ve earned it, but thank you anyway.

Bye, Amanda.

All right.

Thank you.

Take care.

Bye.

Bye-bye.

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