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June 2011 Moms
LoveOfMikesLife
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What do you have left on your to do list?
LoveOfMikesLife
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I do much better with list then by just walking around the house looking at what needs to be done! So what do you still need to do before LO arrives?
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Re: What do you have left on your to do list?
Install carseat
Get ceiling light/fan installed in nursery
Pack hospital bag
Finish L&D playlist
Clean, clean clean
Install car seat
Pack hospital bag
Wash clothes/sheets (in progress as I type...)
Install and inspect car seat
get curtins, blinds, hamper and trash can (tonight)
order cloth diapers, they should be back in stock next week
pack bag
maybe make a birth plan
Not directly related to baby but to prepare:
dust the house
wash the blinds
take everything out of the fridge and cabinets, wipe down and reorganize
I just made a list a few minutes ago....... We have lots to do since we are moving within 6 weeks of LO arriving. Ugghhh. Just thinking about it is stressing me out.
List:
1. Going to BRU today to make some returns & get the rest of the essentials we think we need (bassinet waterproof changing pad, disposable changing pads, breast milk storage bags, diaper pail), & a few other odds/ends.
2. Install carseat in SO car (today)
3. Pack Hospital bag (today or tomorrow)
4. Pack up more of the house for the move. Things we don't use (coat closets, purses, shoes, kitchenware we aren't using).
Doesn't seem like much but sure feels like it.
We have freezer meals done and all of Liam's laundry dine.
Finish putting the crib and room together.
Pack hospital bag
Install car seat
I'd like to have the carpets professionally cleaned.
Wash/fold baby's newborn & 0-3 months clothing
Finish packing hospital bag
Purchase a few last-minute items (e.g., breast cream, car window shade, breastmilk storage containers/bags, more booties/socks)
Declutter more!
Hospital tour (changed medical providers late)
Finish Hypnobabies home study course
Clean house
Finish organizing work files for transition to colleagues
Complete packing hospital bag
Washing more baby items (from straggler gift-givers! lol)
Return bottle sanitizer, in exchange for a bottle rack
Some people say I should get a small can of formula "just in case" my milk doesn't come in for a while.
Finish the nursery (hang pictures on the wall, organize changing table etc.)
Install car seat
Pack hospital bag
Clean the house as much as possible
Finish prepping all my cases that are set for trial after I leave so whoever takes over on them doesn't have too much work to do!
Wash crib sheet and baby clothes
Sanitize bottles and pacifers
Pack hospital bag
Install car seat
Sand down and refinish glider
Make new glider cushions
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My list feels overwhelming...
1. Sew cloth wipes (I already have all the material & supplies for this project)
2. Sew burp cloths (I already have all the material & supplies for this project)
3. Wash/prep remaining 1/3 of newborn CDs
4. Wash remaining NB clothes/linens (most are washed and put away)
5. Finish thank you notes from showers/gifts (hopefully this will be done in the next couple of days)
6. Finish organizing baby's room
7. Hang items on wall/finish decorating
8. Pack hospital bag
9. Buy remaining necessities with registry completion discount
10. Install car seat (I really don't expect this to take longer than 10 min though, so I'm not too worried about it)
I'd also like to give my house a good deep-cleaning but I don't know that it'll happen. I'm hopeful I can get all of the list done! I work FT and help my husband w/his business plus I'm starting work for another business this week. EEK!!!! I'm sure everything will get done that really needs to be done.
Clean!
Have the car detailed and steam cleaned, then install car seat.
Set up birthing pool & finish gathering birthing kit supplies.
Make freezer meals
Make birthing playlist
Get the yard ready for spring
Finish prepping diapers
Clean more!
*Install car seat
*Finish packing hospital bag
*Assemble swing
*Figure out how to operate new video camera, and show DH!!
*CLEAN CLEAN CLEAN (still waiting for this whole nesting thing to kick in!)
Installing car seat
Complete nursery: buying frames/hanging pictures, washing bedding, painting dresser white, hanging curtain rod/curtains, organize nursery closet
Washing coming home outfit
Packing hospital bag
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Oh you know, just set up the entire nursery. A contractor is at my house now while I'm at work, finishing the updates to LO's closet. Once my DH paints the trim (hopefully tonight), I can move her in and start decorating. I also need to:
I'll be lucky if I get this all done before she arrives since I continue to work full time. Oh well, we'd be fine if she arrived tomorrow - we have the important stuff done.
Install car seat bases in both cars.
Finish packing hospital bag
CLEAN!!!
*Install Car seat (have to get it first, but a friend is buying and shipping it soon)
*Assemble stroller (it should be coming any day now), and order the car seat adapter
*Clean the inside of my car
*Finish sewing bedding (I have until 11:00 to bump, then it's time to sew!)
*Finish decorating the nursery- little things
*Shampoo our carpets
*Clean out the fridge/ freezer and maybe make some freezer meals
*Ideally, I would like to get my little dog neutered, but it may have to wait until July or August depending on budgeting.
I can't believe I haven't actually made a list yet. I mean I have a few lists going, but it's all so overwhelming! Anyway, here's what I think I have left.
Put crib skirt, mattress pad and sheet on crib.
Get changing pad and cover for dresser.
Buy bookshelf for nursery.
Wash baby's clothes and organize in closet/dresser.
Finish washing blankets and towels and organize.
Get first aid/medicines together for baby.
Install car seat.
Put together PNP, swing, and bouncer.
Pack hospital bag.
BFP#1: 01/10, M/C 6w
BFP#2: 06/10, M/C 5w
BFP#3: 09/10, DS born June 1, 2011
BFP#4: 07/12, M/C 5w3d
BFP#5: 12/12, EDD 08/18/13
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OMG so much! At least it feels that way. In practicality, we could bring baby home today and get by, but the place is a disaster. I can barely walk around my living room for all the baby stuff. And more is arriving every day!
Finish baby's room - put baseboards back up, move furniture into place, rebuild closet, put clothes and diapers away, buy chair and ottoman, find curtains, install blinds when they arrive, decorate
Clean the entire house - rather hire someone to clean entire house
Get electrician in to do some work in the attic so we can get the floor put back together and actually move the crap that we don't have room for up there (the stuff that used to be in the baby's room)
Pay doula
Pack hospital bag
Install car seat
Wash remaining few loads of baby clothes
Return stuff I don't need/want
Finish thank you notes for shower (really slow going - carpal tunnel let's me write about 1/2 a note at a time
- Baby shower (this Sunday)
- Fill in any holes in baby gear still remaining
- Clean/organize the house
- Buy a new car that baby will fit in (I've really been dragging my feet, but my husband's fits the carseat so we have one to use if she comes early)
At Home: hook up baby monitor, buy some more baby clothes and give the nursery a really good cleaning.
At work: a ton! Basically get my classroom organized, my IEPs written and a list made for the aides for finish when I'm out.
We have to...
Install the carseat
Finish packing my hospital bag
Buy a breast pump
Do a good once over of the house
Bring up cradle and wipe it down
Plant my flowers (hopefully this week)
Clean out my car (dust it, vacuum it, etc.)
Make some freezer meals
...this list is making me a little nervous now. I kept thinking I was way ahead of the game, but I guess not so much.
DH is installing the car seat today.
I may look into getting a nursing bra. That is about it.
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-Get a few little odds and ends (nipple creams, breast pads, ect). I will get this done this weekend.
-Go to Baby Basics class (Thursday)
-This sounds crazy, but I really want to re-wash all the sheets and blankets and curtains again so they smell "fresh"
-Figure out the best way to organize all the hair bows and bands I ordered. They should be here on Friday, so this will be my other weekend project.
have the baby! LOL
but yeah there's really nothing super important left to do. We'll do one more big cleanup of the house but aside from that most of the stuff I saw on PP lists is done...
I do have to get my shower thank-yous done though...my hands get tired so quickly from the stiffness in my joints.
Oh, man, so much left to do ...
-Install car seat bases.
-Get bouncer, swing, infant tub and Moby wrap out of the basement and cleaned.
-Finish painting baby's bookcase and (finally) get nursery finished.
-Finish art for nursery walls.
-Get pump out and check to make sure all parts are still in good working condition (it's only been six months, so they ought to be.). Re-wash bottles, nipples and rings.
-Move changing pad and recliner from DS' room into new baby's room.
-Buy and install ceiling fan in nursery.
There is other stuff I wanted to do before the baby comes that I probably won't get to -- some rooms I wanted to paint, landscaping I wanted to do, etc. I really don't know where time has gone with this pregnancy.
Put together car seat/stroller/swing
Find a pediatrician (yeah I know, really should have been done by now!)
Buy all the stuff we didn't get at the shower we still need
Pack the hospital bag
Get the house ready because my mom and brother will be staying with us
I'm going to put my foot down with DH this weekend and tell him no more house projects until the baby list is taken care of, were getting too close now to keep putting all this stuff off.
ALthough it seems long - it totally seems do-able to me in a short amt of time (minus my work-paperwork). We have had a lot going on these weeks with my surgery, flooding in basement and now the loss of Dhs grandfather...all of this seems not so bad given what's been going on to keep us busy and distracted. Thank Goodness!
- Donate a bunch of clothes
- Fold and put away a bunch of clothes (laundry isn't my strong suit. lol.)
- Install the car seat
- Pack hospital bag
- Buy a few nursing supplies
- Relax, lol.
Here I go:
*Take out everything in the nursery that can be moved so it can be painted
*Hire someone to paint nursery, master bedroom and master bath. This also requires cleaning up the master bedroom so that a stranger can be in there
*Put furniture back in nursery and secure the drop down crib with the stabilization kit that came from the manufacturer
*Buy curtain rod for the bathroom and the nursery
*clean the glider (hand me down)
*Buy and install safety gate because I have a fear I will fall down the stairs with baby in my arms (I'm crazy)
* Wash all 0-3 month clothing and put away in nursery
* write all thank you notes from shower
* Clean out cars. Get cars inspected and registered and all necessary work take care of so cars do not break down on way to hospital
*install car seat bases
*pack hospital bag and everything that goes with it (play list for labor and delivery.. buy all the nursing stuff I will need
If there is time:
*get the rest of the stuff off of registry from BBB, but nothing is crucial
* Call Diaper service a couple of weeks before due date to get ready for cloth diapers
There is so, so much more, but I just don't care anymore.. it will eventually get done, even if it is after she is here!
Think thats mostly it!