Pregnant after a Loss
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I feel so overwhelmed...(vent)
goalieamy24
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I've had off work this week so I decided to start doing some online window shopping for things for the nursery/baby. I'm ready to curl in a ball! It's all way too much! I finally found a crib I like, but then I realized I have to pick a mattress too! Ugh! And trying to determine why some car seats are $80 and others are $280. And does the baby need this or that or the other thing. It's just all SO much. Unfortunately I don't live near a baby store, so it's not really an option to go into a store and get help. I've been trying to ask my mom, but she comes back with comments like "I don't know when I was pregnant with you kids, it never crossed my mind that I would be able to buy new things, I just was happy with whatever people gave me". I'm just so confused.
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Re: I feel so overwhelmed...(vent)
I feel the same way! Especially when it comes to strollers/travel systems/car seats. It all makes my head want to explode.
I've decided to take it one step at a time. Right now we're working on getting the furniture for the baby's room. After we get that ordered we'll work on the stroller and car seat.
It stinks you don't have a baby store close by, I find looking online makes it 10 x worse.
I can help answer any car seat question. I'm a certified tech.
I really found baby bargains to be helpful when I felt overwhelmed when I was pg with DD.
I know how you feel. When I was pg with DS, my first visit to the baby store ended with me leaving, almost in tears. There was so much stuff and I just had no idea what to do or what we really needed.
I second pp's suggestion to take it slow. Ask recently pg friends for recommendations. And I also found the book Baby bargains to be quite helpful, at least for most things!
I, too, used Baby Bargains when pg w/ DD. I chose one category at a time (what we'd need first: crib, carseat, stroller, etc.) and read and chose one product type at a time. So I read about, then picked the crib, then registered for it, then read about the carseats, picked one, then registered, etc.). It made it much more bearable to do it piece-meal.
GL!
That is awesome to know!! I'll def be paging you when the time comes to register!!