1. clean out freezers (eat all the ish) 2. fill the freezers with new ish 3. install new mailbox 4. aerate/reseed the lawn (which can't be done until Sept/Oct) 5. decor in the nursery 6. install new car seats 7. finish scrapbooking 8. sell all the baby ish we are not planning on using. 9. potty train DD2 10. clean all the baby ish and put into place.
Clean out the guest room (which will become the nursery) and office (which will become office/guest room)
A bunch of small home improvement projects that we've been putting off
Set up the nursery
Meet with a financial planner
Meet with a lawyer to put together our wills
Finish planning and go on the babymoon (just a long weekend, but it still counts!)
Sign up for and go to the pregnancy classes my insurance offers
Choose the last few items for our registry (car seat, which version of the RNP, diaper bag...)
Arrange for maternity and newborn photos
Make a list of things my parents can help with or do when they are here after baby is born in case they start driving me nuts and I need them out of the house
Perfect timing because I was just thinking about this! This is my list for the rest of pregnancy:
1. Nursery (there's a lot to this, but mostly decor) 2. Go through all of the baby clothes we saved from DD, figure out what I'll use for this LO and get rid of the rest 3. Go through other things (bottles, wash cloths, towels, blankets, etc.) left over from DD and repeat above, buy new whatever is necessary 4. Check old infant car seats, make sure they're still good, and install into our cars 5. Buy new car for me, switch DH to my old one 6. Few bigger purchases: sit/stand stroller, new sling wrap, Moses basket, video monitor 7. DH's "honey-do" list for the house: refinish hardwood floors (just a small area where we recently ripped up carpet), paint our bedroom dresser, install fence 8. Plan and prep freezer meals for when LO arrives 9. Pack diaper bag and hospital bag
I'm sure there's more but this is what I have currently!
October 2017 June Siggy Challenge -- "You Had One Job!"
1. Wean DS off bottles 2. Buy second carseat 3. Buy crib & mattress 4. Stock up on diapers 5. Settle on names 6. Tell boss I'm pregnant - I'm so scared to do this. It gives me serious anxiety.
1. Create DS's toddler room 2. Move DS into said toddler room (ie: transition from crib to bed... eeekkksss) 3. Touch up, clean, reorganize nursery and get new closet system (we half-assed the nursery when we moved into our new house) 4. Turn DS's carseat forward facing 5. Arrange for birthing unit tour 6. Go through all the infant stuff - see what I want to buy new vs. reuse vs. get rid of 7. Start walking on the treadmill nightly (or if I wake up early) - started last night during The Bachelorette 8. Really make an effort at freezer meals 9. Create an on-call schedule to watch DS when I go into labor (brilliant idea @carries2018) 10. Talk about planning wills 11. Talk about godparents again 12. Find prenatal massage places 13. Consider prenatal yoga classes 14. Create a play space for DS's stuff since I don't want infant stuff and DS stuff everywhere like it is now
Thanks for helping me organize my thoughts!
TTC x 1.5 years.
Acupuncture, Femera x3 cyles, and HSG. BFP in September 2014, DS born June 2015. TTC x2 months. BFP January 2017.
@ForwardnBackward I love that you have "consider prenatal yoga" but not "go to prenatal yoga". I've been considering it for the past few months but actually going... probably not gonna happen.
*Purge the storage room and under stairwell. *Buy the most necessary essentials for baby- still need pack n play, bath tub, and baby wearing device *officially get rid of the girls clothing that DD2 outgrew and is outgrowing- no need to save for baby boy. *get ready for Dance Nationals *plan our July trip a little better. Still unsure if we're doing poconos or down south ( North Carolina) * deep clean all the things!!!
@ForwardnBackward I love that you have "consider prenatal yoga" but not "go to prenatal yoga". I've been considering it for the past few months but actually going... probably not gonna happen.
Yup. The reality is I can't make the time to go to a class. But I might make time for a home video!
TTC x 1.5 years.
Acupuncture, Femera x3 cyles, and HSG. BFP in September 2014, DS born June 2015. TTC x2 months. BFP January 2017.
I looooove lists! My desk at school is littered with them.
We need to... -Clean out baby's room and closet -Move furniture around in the house -Put together baby furniture -Finish the registry -Clean out freezer to make space for freezer meals and breastmilk -Hospital Tour -Find a Pediatrician -Birth class thing that OB offers -Convince DH to take me somewhere for the weekend this summer -Replace gross carpet in living area with wood laminate (because that's a necessary thing to do right before we have a baby!)
I this thread!! I need to make separate lists so I know what I want to accomplish now vs later this summer...but here is what's on my radar
1- visit Day cares (ugh) 2- get rid of stuff in the garage/re-organize 3- move dh's office into other room so nursery can be set up 4- finish registry 5- take classes at the hospital
I've only had a mental list this far, so this thread is awesome for making me write something down! Here's my to-do list (supplemented with additional ideas from your lists). It's kind of in order, and focused on the rest of the pregnancy:
1. Maintain exercise routine so I don't gain too much more weight 2.Get a cheap dresser for the nursery and paint it to match 3. Decorate the nursery 4. Figure out the daycare situation 5. Research birthing methods and different pain medications 6. Scrapbook our honeymoon (2+ years ago) so I can be ready to scrapbook LO's first year 7. Carseat and stroller (but waiting until after the shower to get these because gift cards) 8. Tour the hospital and take the free classes that go with it 9. Pre-wash baby clothes 10. Make freezer meals 11. Install car seats 12. Pack hospital bag 13. Deep clean the house
@ForwardnBackward Your whole list tired and stressed me out except for #12. I could definitely book a prenatal massage and I already have a day spa that I frequent because Alexandrina that works there has hands of an angel.
Too many things to count right now it seems, -Husband to finish the floor in baby room -purchase furniture for baby room and decor -plan out baby shower -finish school year on a good note. -organize house better clothes, closets, etc
- sell our rental property in July (which includes any repairs from renting it out) which will enable us to do a lot of home renovations and updates - buy a new used car!!! Hoping for a chevy traverse or GMC Acadia. - build shelving in the basement and move all storage to one area so the other area can become a guest room - move furniture from nursery to new guest room in basement - finish half of the basement for a family room and guest room. The other half will remain unfinished as storage and laundry room - new carpet throughout house - get new windows in the living room - buy new living room & dining room furniture - paint nursery & decorate of course! - change DS's room to be more toddler-friendly - redo kitchen? Am I dreaming? Hoping this can get done before baby arrives but we'll see lol. - slowly buy things for baby and build cloth diaper stash
@roo_baby I completely appreciated your pretty bullets!!
@bluejeanbabi05 I'll be stalking this thread for your brilliant list, kthanx!
-Meet with a financial planner
-Update our wills
-Figure out if we'll do a nursery at all since we'll likely move cross-country when baby is ~6mo and if not, how to set up baby space in our room.
-Research and prep freezer meals
-Finish all of the handmade items I want to make as Christmas gifts (and thought I'd have done by June....) and mayyybe finish Christmas shopping before baby arrives
-Purge and organize in the garage
-Sign up for birth & BF classes at my hospital
me . early 30's | h . mid 30's | < 3 . 2013
ntnp #2 . summer 2018
*siggy warning*
ttc#1 . jul 2015
mmc . mar 2016 | 6w2d
dx PCOS (non-IR) / subclinical hypothyroidism . summer 2016
tx metformin, levothyroxine, LP progesterone, femara + trigger + ti . fall/winter 2016 BFP! . jan 2017 DD . oct 2017
Re: What's on your "TO-DO" list?
2. fill the freezers with new ish
3. install new mailbox
4. aerate/reseed the lawn (which can't be done until Sept/Oct)
5. decor in the nursery
6. install new car seats
7. finish scrapbooking
8. sell all the baby ish we are not planning on using.
9. potty train DD2
10. clean all the baby ish and put into place.
stretch/dream
new deck and hot tub.
May Siggy Challenge: Parenting Fails
2. Pick nursery furniture
3. Pick a carseat and stroller
4. Settle on a name
- Clean out the guest room (which will become the nursery) and office (which will become office/guest room)
- A bunch of small home improvement projects that we've been putting off
- Set up the nursery
- Meet with a financial planner
- Meet with a lawyer to put together our wills
- Finish planning and go on the babymoon (just a long weekend, but it still counts!)
- Sign up for and go to the pregnancy classes my insurance offers
- Choose the last few items for our registry (car seat, which version of the RNP, diaper bag...)
- Arrange for maternity and newborn photos
- Make a list of things my parents can help with or do when they are here after baby is born in case they start driving me nuts and I need them out of the house
ETA to put in pretty bullets- Try to get a house and the complete the steps required
- Create a baby registry
- same as @carries2018, use up old foods and restock with new foods
- Take hospital tour
- Install carseat...aka buy a carseat
- Try to exercise a little bit, at least
- Read about birthing methods
- Pack to visit family
All for now that I can think of... there's so much more but that's on my radar.1. Nursery (there's a lot to this, but mostly decor)
2. Go through all of the baby clothes we saved from DD, figure out what I'll use for this LO and get rid of the rest
3. Go through other things (bottles, wash cloths, towels, blankets, etc.) left over from DD and repeat above, buy new whatever is necessary
4. Check old infant car seats, make sure they're still good, and install into our cars
5. Buy new car for me, switch DH to my old one
6. Few bigger purchases: sit/stand stroller, new sling wrap, Moses basket, video monitor
7. DH's "honey-do" list for the house: refinish hardwood floors (just a small area where we recently ripped up carpet), paint our bedroom dresser, install fence
8. Plan and prep freezer meals for when LO arrives
9. Pack diaper bag and hospital bag
I'm sure there's more but this is what I have currently!
2. Buy second carseat
3. Buy crib & mattress
4. Stock up on diapers
5. Settle on names
6. Tell boss I'm pregnant - I'm so scared to do this. It gives me serious anxiety.
2. Move DS into said toddler room (ie: transition from crib to bed... eeekkksss)
3. Touch up, clean, reorganize nursery and get new closet system (we half-assed the nursery when we moved into our new house)
4. Turn DS's carseat forward facing
5. Arrange for birthing unit tour
6. Go through all the infant stuff - see what I want to buy new vs. reuse vs. get rid of
7. Start walking on the treadmill nightly (or if I wake up early) - started last night during The Bachelorette
8. Really make an effort at freezer meals
9. Create an on-call schedule to watch DS when I go into labor (brilliant idea @carries2018)
10. Talk about planning wills
11. Talk about godparents again
12. Find prenatal massage places
13. Consider prenatal yoga classes
14. Create a play space for DS's stuff since I don't want infant stuff and DS stuff everywhere like it is now
Thanks for helping me organize my thoughts!
BFP in September 2014, DS born June 2015.
TTC x2 months.
BFP January 2017.
BFP: 10.3.16 | CP: 10.11.16
BFP: 12.14.16 | CP: 12.14.16
BFP: 1.23.17 | EDD 10.6.17 -- DS born 10.7.17
BFP: 9.9.18 | EDD 5.23.19 -- DD born 5.24.19
BFP: 9.1.21 | MC 10.1.21
currently i have one item on my to do list: have the baby
*Buy the most necessary essentials for baby- still need pack n play, bath tub, and baby wearing device
*officially get rid of the girls clothing that DD2 outgrew and is outgrowing- no need to save for baby boy.
*get ready for Dance Nationals
*plan our July trip a little better. Still unsure if we're doing poconos or down south ( North Carolina)
* deep clean all the things!!!
Oct. '17 June S.C. "You Had 1 Job"
**June Siggy Challenge: You Had ONE Job!**
LO#2 EDD October 18th
BFP in September 2014, DS born June 2015.
TTC x2 months.
BFP January 2017.
We need to...
-Clean out baby's room and closet
-Move furniture around in the house
-Put together baby furniture
-Finish the registry
-Clean out freezer to make space for freezer meals and breastmilk
-Hospital Tour
-Find a Pediatrician
-Birth class thing that OB offers
-Convince DH to take me somewhere for the weekend this summer
-Replace gross carpet in living area with wood laminate (because that's a necessary thing to do right before we have a baby!)
and most importantly...Name the child.
1- visit Day cares (ugh)
2- get rid of stuff in the garage/re-organize
3- move dh's office into other room so nursery can be set up
4- finish registry
5- take classes at the hospital
Me.30 DH.31
BFP 2/3/17...edd 10/13/17
1. Maintain exercise routine so I don't gain too much more weight
2.Get a cheap dresser for the nursery and paint it to match
3. Decorate the nursery
4. Figure out the daycare situation
5. Research birthing methods and different pain medications
6. Scrapbook our honeymoon (2+ years ago) so I can be ready to scrapbook LO's first year
7. Carseat and stroller (but waiting until after the shower to get these because gift cards)
8. Tour the hospital and take the free classes that go with it
9. Pre-wash baby clothes
10. Make freezer meals
11. Install car seats
12. Pack hospital bag
13. Deep clean the house
- Go through/wash/organize all the stuff that was handed down.
- Make a list or registry for items that we need.
- Narrow down name list.
- Sweep/mop the nursery.
- Put together crib.
- Organize room once we sort through all the things.
- Finish baby blanket.
- Find contractor to take over clients while on maternity leave.
- Clean out fridge and freezer.
- Clean inside of car.
- Finish final touches in guest bathroom (touch-up walls, paint cabinets, put up new shower curtain).
- Self-care (mani/pedi, massage, etc).
- Continue to purge items in the house that can be donated.
- Meal plan/freezer meals for when baby is here.
- Find a pediatrician.
Geez...writing it out makes it seem waaaay longer than I thought.**June Siggy Challenge: You Had ONE Job!**
LO#2 EDD October 18th
@bluejeanbabi05 was wondering when you were gonna get in here #planninggoals
BFP in September 2014, DS born June 2015.
TTC x2 months.
BFP January 2017.
I was just thinking about how we had this thread last time and it gave me so many good ideas (plus made me realize how unorganized I really am lol)
1. Go through baby clothes and get out what we will use with this one (different sex), save for maybe a 3rd or donate
2. Go through baby things – keep, donate, buy
3. Organize baby dresser (planning on splitting DS’s so that half the drawers are for this LO)
4. Put together a diaper caddy specific for a newborn
5. Pack diaper bag and hospital bag
6. Install infant car seat bases
7. Re-read/(finish reading) Inna May books
8. Purge, purge purge – my closet, kitchen, DH’s closet, garage
9. Come up with some sort of organizing system for DS’s toys…they are out of control!
10. Find a new pediatrician
11. Get DS on a daycare waitlist
12. Continue to exercise – I’ve also been trying to find a prenatal yoga class that fits my schedule
-Husband to finish the floor in baby room
-purchase furniture for baby room and decor
-plan out baby shower
-finish school year on a good note.
-organize house better clothes, closets, etc
- sell our rental property in July (which includes any repairs from renting it out) which will enable us to do a lot of home renovations and updates
- buy a new used car!!! Hoping for a chevy traverse or GMC Acadia.
- build shelving in the basement and move all storage to one area so the other area can become a guest room
- move furniture from nursery to new guest room in basement
- finish half of the basement for a family room and guest room. The other half will remain unfinished as storage and laundry room
- new carpet throughout house
- get new windows in the living room
- buy new living room & dining room furniture
- paint nursery & decorate of course!
- change DS's room to be more toddler-friendly
- redo kitchen? Am I dreaming? Hoping this can get done before baby arrives but we'll see lol.
- slowly buy things for baby and build cloth diaper stash
@roo_baby I completely appreciated your pretty bullets!!
@bluejeanbabi05 I'll be stalking this thread for your brilliant list, kthanx!
-Meet with a financial planner
-Update our wills
-Figure out if we'll do a nursery at all since we'll likely move cross-country when baby is ~6mo and if not, how to set up baby space in our room.
-Research and prep freezer meals
-Finish all of the handmade items I want to make as Christmas gifts (and thought I'd have done by June....) and mayyybe finish Christmas shopping before baby arrives
-Purge and organize in the garage
-Sign up for birth & BF classes at my hospital
ntnp #2 . summer 2018
*siggy warning*
ttc#1 . jul 2015
mmc . mar 2016 | 6w2d
dx PCOS (non-IR) / subclinical hypothyroidism . summer 2016
tx metformin, levothyroxine, LP progesterone, femara + trigger + ti . fall/winter 2016
BFP! . jan 2017
DD . oct 2017