Panic Attack!...

ValVail67

So last night I was urging DH to keep urging his mom to hurry up & buy the crib for the nursery because I'm on pins & needles waiting to have the nursery all set up. I was explaining to him that I will be 34 weeks on Friday & that I had DS at 37w2d. I told him this to make the picture as clear as possible as to just how soon we could be having this baby.

And now...

I'm freaking out! Almost as soon as I told DH how close I was I thought to myself, "Holy @#$%!!" We still have so much stuff I want to get done before he gets here, & as fast as these past months have flown by, I feel like 3- 4 weeks are going to pass in the blink of an eye. We still have to set up the nursery, get DS into his own room, rearrange our room to fit baby, & clean the house completely from ceiling to floor. It seems like so much to do in a short amount of time. I know we can do it, but still... I'm having a bit of a panic attack today.

erind0213

We have the crib and what not, but when working on the nursery DH decided he would rip out the plaster in the hallway and put sheet rock up. Well the sheet rock is up but not spackled or sanded, missing trim or no where near completion at this point.

A week ago yesterday we ordered a new sofa for livingroom, and once that comes in (6-10 weeks) we will be getting a new TV and TV stand. 

Who knows, we may have baby before the furniture even arrives. I keep trying to stress to DH, who has been home from work for 10 days now "sick" that we are running out of time, and it would be nice to have the hallway done before the furniture and baby gets here since it will generate a lot of dust. 

Who know what will happen. We will be down to the wire and then it will be more stress on him cause he waited till the last stinking minute. 

TtotheG

You're not alone. We have a few necessities, but we're not even close to being ready. My shower its 2 weeks before my due date. Everyone keeps saying, "newborns don't need much more than love and your boob." Really? Cause it doesn't feel that way.

ValVail67

erind0213:

We have the crib and what not, but when working on the nursery DH decided he would rip out the plaster in the hallway and put sheet rock up. Well the sheet rock is up but not spackled or sanded, missing trim or no where near completion at this point.

A week ago yesterday we ordered a new sofa for livingroom, and once that comes in (6-10 weeks) we will be getting a new TV and TV stand. 

Who knows, we may have baby before the furniture even arrives. I keep trying to stress to DH, who has been home from work for 10 days now "sick" that we are running out of time, and it would be nice to have the hallway done before the furniture and baby gets here since it will generate a lot of dust. 

Who know what will happen. We will be down to the wire and then it will be more stress on him cause he waited till the last stinking minute. 

Wow. I would be all up DH's butt if he wasn't even working & wasn't finishing such a HUGE home- task. I actually think I'm going to spend the next few days nagging my DH's brains out until he actually helps me rearrange DS' room to fit his bed, & helps me clean & rearrange our bedroom. I hate nagging DH, but it seems to be the only thing that effectively works when there's something really important that needs to be done & he's not getting the point of how urgent it is.

ValVail67

TtotheG:

You're not alone. We have a few necessities, but we're not even close to being ready. My shower its 2 weeks before my due date. Everyone keeps saying, "newborns don't need much more than love and your boob." Really? Cause it doesn't feel that way.

Whoa, 2 weeks is cutting it really close. & sure, your newborn may be happy & able to survive with not much more than love & boob milk, but my newborn also needs an area in our room where we can fit the PnP so he can sleep close to us, & he also needs a house that isn't a danger- zone for a newborn. So yeah, I totally understand how you feel about that.

lindseybell3

Yeah, I've been feeling this way too.  My cousin is pregnant and 5 wks behind me and she got her nursery finished 3 wks ago.

Really, though, our baby's probably going to sleep in our room for the first few months and he's not going to care what color his room is or what cartoon is on his sheets. I'm trying to remind myself that everything doesn't need to look like a magazine spread.

However, I know what you mean about feeling like the house needs to be squeaky clean.  I just NEVER feel like the house is clean enough for a baby.  I feel like I need to deep clean everything and do it now because I won't have time to do it again. But my energy levels are sooooooo low.