I have a million things to do at work, but am waiting for some responses from people…so while I wait, why not be “productive” and blog! :)
I have been looking into a ton of different baby-related things this week: birthing books, birthing courses, baby books, diapers (holy mother of pearl are there a lot of different options out there…stupid environment...making me choose to do cloth diapers!), lists of “what you need for baby’s first year”, SIDS (scared the bejeebus out of myself…won’t look into that again any time soon!)…etc…it has all been quite daunting, to be honest.
The more I read, the more I realize I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I’M DOING!!! Does some sort of maternal instinct kick at some point? Am I supposed to have to get all this information from books?
I’m feeling quite overwhelmed at this point. On top of that, one of the birthing classes I was thinking about enrolling in has now booked up. Just when I think I’ve finally made a decision, turns out I made the decision a little too late! Whoops! There’s still one other session that I could take, but it doesn’t end until mid-October…which makes me a little nervous (what if Baby-Bean arrives early – I know that’s rare for first babies, but it’s still completely within the realm of possibility!).
I realize that I still have 20 weeks…but I really wanted to get a bunch of this stuff dealt with early so that I could relax later on (when I get bigger and more exhausted).
Did I mention that I’m feeling overwhelmed!? Writing about it has actually made it worse…so I think I had better stop now!
I had also wanted to start cooking some meals to freeze, but now that we’re staying in our townhouse (with no deep freeze), that plan is looking less and less likely…which is unfortunate. I guess that’s one less thing on my “to do” list…but cooking is something that I enjoy right now (and I’d like to make use of that enjoyment while I still have so much “me” time!). I'm still thinking about hunting for a miniature deep freeze to keep in our pantry...not sure if that exists though (and if it does, whether it would be worth it).
I think that what I really need is a little retail therapy…but Prof-Man has been too busy this week…and I’m not sure that he would get as much satisfaction from buying cute little girl things as I would. We’ll see…I’m going to try to get out for a little shopping this weekend.
I'm up for shopping! We could go look at cribs at baby world. You overwhelmed me with the no blankets in crib thing. I told the girls at work I have to get a book so I'm not a bad grannie and cover up the baby. Too many changes to keep up with. Is there a grannie book?
ReplyDeleteAh ha ha...you changed your name to "Grannie"? I guess I better start getting used to the name now!
ReplyDeleteOnce I've read my books, I'll tell you all about them (or you can read them as well if you'd like!). The only rules they really say are: sleep on back, don't over-dress, no loose objects in the crib.
Oh, and don't touch, breathe near, smile at or look in the general direction of the baby. ;)
Don't worry, once the baby arrives you will find there are hoards of people (some who you don't even know) telling you how to take care of and raise your darling little girl. I'll try very hard not to be one of them :)
ReplyDeleteYes, Thyiela is very right! I am happy to help out with any questions, as I have pretty much read every book and website out there. It's sad really.
ReplyDeleteI remember how dissappointed I was about the bedding thing. Why do they sell that stuff if you aren't supposed to use it? And I was sad that I couldn't really coordinate much with just a fitted sheet. But, alas, then they have reflux and vomit nightly on said sheets, and you realize that in the end, it was probably for the better :P