to do before baby

RFKD82909

What do you wish that you would have done in the few weeks prior to the baby coming? What things did you do beforehand that helped and what would you recommend doing that I might not think of?

JLPT830

My due date with DD was 01-06.  My plan was to make that my last day of work and have 1 or 2 days where DS stayed with my mom and I spent the day just me....reading, lunch, movie,etc.  Well DD came along on 01-04 and I never got my "me" day.  Take some time for yourself and try to relax (easier said than done!!)  Good luck with the last few weeks!!!

teacherjess

I wish I had made frozen meals. I was a horrible cook at the time and made nothing ahead of time. I also wish I had take a "me" day as well, and gone shopping, read, cleaned on my own time, watched a movie, etc.... I was so consumed with getting ready to leave work that I never calmed down enough to take some time for myself, and I haven't had any since I had DD .

KYmama9286

I was on strict hospital bed rest for the last 10 weeks of my pregnancy and there were a lot of things I wish I could have done. I would have gone on weekly if not more regular date nights w/ DH. It is SO NICE to be able to go out to dinner w/o having a kid around and see a movie or go for an evening stroll or whatever without having to schlep baby stuff everywhere you go.

I also would have frozen some meals, it was on my to-do list before I was put in the hospital. 

Me time- spa day, just relaxing at home, etc. 

Those are the big things that I "miss" being able to do. Also spend as much time as possible with my friends that dont have kids. While I still hang out with those friends I do feel like some of those relationships have fallen to the wayside slightly and it stinks :-( I think your friends that have kids too understand that you pretty much disappear off the face of the earth for the first 6 weeks but friends without kids often get left behind IMO and that kinda stinks.

hannah&ben

Take naps and go to bed early, stock your pantry and freezer with lots of easy meals and snacks you like, spend alone time with DH, spend alone time with yourself, get your hair done (I was so happy I did that since people take so many pictures, I had originally scheduled an appointment for a few weeks after baby was supposed to come but decided at the last minute to do it, excellent idea), get the house nice and clean, go out to and have a really nice dinner (it will be a while before you want to/can do that again and spend some time with your belly - you'll miss it when it's gone - take some last belly pics, watch the baby move, etc.

That's all I've got!  Good luck!

linzpinz14

Ditto everyone else - rest, spend time with DH and friends, and do some things for yourself.  Life is about to be pretty sucky for the month after the baby arrives.  Worth it, but really different and exhausting.

I also second the freezer meals.  I really wish I would have made a few things that were really easy to put together for dinner.  DH and I ate out A LOT after C was born, which was expensive and really unhealthy. 

I made sure my whole house was super clean.  I'm really glad I did that, because I swear I did not scrub down the bathtub again until she had her first bath-bath in the tub at 8 months.  JK. jk.  But it was really hard to find the time to deep clean again.

Superchicy

Pretty much what everyone else said.  I wish I had  really cleaned and organized house, stocked up on foods in the freezer that were not pasta and not all dinner food (friends brought us lots of food, but it was all pasta, I was very grateful but got sick of pasta pretty quickly).  Me-time too, I miss having time for myself where I'm not watching a clock because I only have an hour or less to do whatever it is I'm doing.  Get lots of sleep, sleep in, be lazy, take time off a few days before your due and get your hair done, nails, whatever.