What do you have left on your todo list?

momawof4 · January 2012

So it seems like I started getting ready for baby rather late, 34 weeks and yet I still have a todo list.... I feel kind of unprepared, but I think that might be the normal lol. I have pretty much have everything expect organizations of baskets/storage bins (waiting for my shower next week), still no matteress, no diaper bag, have not packed the hospital bag, and a couple of other things.... Anyone else?

Karley0212 · January 2012

I still need a changing pad. I need to set up a pediatrician. I need to set up a calling list and do my hospital bag. My Man needs to learn how to instal the carseat. We have pre-natal classes on January 21. Because the hospital is 40 mins away in good weather, we need to set up a back up plan. This is possibly my last weekend at work so I feel like I have time to set these things up.

Happy Bun Baking!

SeptemberBride'08 · January 2012

Biggest thing is to get my hospital bag this weekend.

ChristinaL27 · January 2012

I have a lot- My shower isn't until next weekend but I have the furniture set up... no mattress or bedding. My aunt is coming over to help me finish the nursery design today but I'm not buying anything until after my shower... No bags packed, no clothes washed, but after my shower I'll have a ton of help from family since I'm a mild risk right now and can't do much on my own!

Sept1799 · January 2012

This is left on my to do list:

Pack for the hospital (This should be done but I am lazy)

Take down the napper and changer pieces for the PNP from the attic and put it all together in the family room

I want to buy a boyish diaper bag but I am so many from dd, if I don't its not a big deal

Clean our home (which dh will do next weekend), I like to deep clean before the baby comes becuase I know we will NOT have time to really clean clean after (it will be more maintance)

Clean the car, its pretty dusty and dirty, again dh will do this

Put the base for the car seat in the car

I have to buy those interlocking play mat pieces (the ones with the numbers and letters on them) for tummy time (we have tile flooring and need something between that and the tummy time mat

HappyToBe2012 · January 2012

We still need to get the mattress, diaper pail, and a few odds and ends. I'm having a shower at work in three weeks, so we will probably wait until after that to get anything else we need. I need to pack hospital bags, install car seat bases in cars, and put away rest of baby clothes/sheets/towels/etc.

jeannej86 · January 2012

Child care, pediatrician, hospital bag, breast feeding necessities, install car seat, random items for nursery, diaper bag, birthing plan, birthing class, some house maintanence.... We have a lot

nonoemily · January 2012

I have the car seat installed (although I want to move it, and tighten it down some more) and I have enough clothes for at least the beginning phases.

I have a cloth diapering class this next week; a childbirth education class, and a breastfeeding class next week. I need a few things for my bag and I need to pack my bag and get it in the car.

I need to decide if I'm getting a sidecar crib or if I'm just gonna wait for a while and see what we really need. I know I do want a bounce chair. I'd also like a rocking chair, but I haven't see one that I really like yet. I think my mom has one in her basement.... Hmmm...

Breast pump and nursing bra and shields... Bottles and freezer bags.

I'm trying really hard not to buy new stuff, and get everything second hand if possible. There are SO MANY second hand children's store in my city (5 within walking distance!) and it just seems like a waste to bring more plastic and packing materials into my life.

But it also means it's more work for me.... Confused

sparks2987 · January 2012

I need to pack my bag

charge camera

install carseats and get them checked

buy changing pad, diaper pail and things I need after birth ( giant pads and granny panties, nursing pads and nipple cream)

set up PNP in my room, move lamp next to my side of the bed

set up swing in living room

wash bottles and passifiers

wash LO's going home outfit

This is it on my baby list, however my "nesting" list is 3 times this size....lol!

lvrunningirlie · January 2012

I'm still 6 weeks out and have soo much to do. I have all my nursery stuff, but nothing is set up yet. Need to have the house deep cleaned. I have my pediatrician and child care taken care off. But car seats, hospital bag, and washing clothes still need to be done. I can't think about it in mass quantity or it stresses me out haha

Mrs.MillerJune2008 · January 2012

I'm sure I'll make ya'll feel MUCH better Smile

today I have to move adult stuff out of the nursery

next weekend we're painting the nursery

I need to finish the mobile

make 3-d butterflies for her wall

figure out daycare that fell through

arrange nursery next weekend after paint dries

shower is weekend after that, so probably a BRU run that weekend

order the mattress (I did get our RNP where she'll sleep to start)

pack hospital bag

buy nursing camis

wash clothing

finishing washing/prepping diapers

wash car

install car seat bases

pick out going home outfit

make iPod playlist for hospital

make her baby blanket etc.

Lol, clearly everything is unlikely to get done since I also have to use personal time to catch up on work stuff. ugh

lvrunningirlie · January 2012

To PP.. yay! You're just about as bad as me haha. I thought I was the only one without pretty much everything done Big Smile

telatovich · January 2012

Not too terribly much, honestly...
- Steam clean the carpets in her room, dust again, clean off the ceiling fan.
- Get car seat inspected by state police.
- Pack the hospital bags
- Finish laundry/put the bedding in the crib.

Wiscisbliss · January 2012

I have only assembled the crib. I have 6 outfits. And that is all.

I am waiting for my shower next week and then I will get my act together.

nakianichole · January 2012

All we've got are a handful of outfits and gifts that DH's coworkers have given to us. I've been expressly told not to buy anything - I recently found out that I've got two surprise showers coming up.

As far as furniture, I've already got a rocker and I'm using a crib that has been passed down through our family. I'm making the bedding and nursery decorations myself.

It is kind of hard, though, to not freak out when you step back and realize that you really haven't gotten that much "stuff" yet, isn't it? I just keep trying to remind myself that we're less than a mile away from Babies R Us and I'm not planning on hightailing it to the hospital until I'm positive this baby is ready to come out. If I'm last minute shopping through intense labor contractions, so be it.

MollySm · January 2012

I have a ton left to do! If Lucia was born today, she'd have a ton of clean clothes to wear(thank you friends with hand me downs!), but that's pretty much it. I can't list it all or I start to freak out! I've had to work all weekdays, and then with the holidays on weekends we haven't had those either. My shower is tomorrow, so that should help us start to focus in on what else we need, and what we need to do.

PhysChic7685 · January 2012

Wow, so I didn't think I had all that much left to do, but after reading everyone else's lists, here's what I've got left:

- Install car seat bases in both cars (planning on doing this while DD naps today)

- Wash/sanitize bottles

- Finish packing hospital bag (DH has to get my suitcase out)

- Make iPod playlists for hospital

- Finish organizing kitchen cabinets (poor DH has had to deal with stuff sitting out on all the counters while I "ponder" how I want things reorganized)

- Organize and pack diaper bag

- Finalize logistics of going into labor and what happens with DD

Feathah · January 2012

I'm too embarrassed to post all the things I have left to do, But you ladies are making me feel a lot better.

Let's just say I have a lot to do!

sapphirebride06 · January 2012

I have a few loads of laundry to do - the changing pads, burp rags, etc. that I got at my shower. And I need to finish my hospital bag since I will likely start carrying it with me since I have to have weekly NSTs and have GD I would rather just have it ready to go - at least packed and in the car for my weekly appointments, then take it out if all goes well.

I need to finish packing the diaper bag, although I will not take it to the hospital with us since they provide everything we need. And I won't need it on the way home from the hospital. I want to put the base in the cars this week and get the crib ready and possibly set up the swing and the bouncer. I have the baby bathtub, but since we can't bathe them until the belly button falls off, I don't know I will unpack it yet. I don't really have anywhere to put it that it isn't in the way so that might just stay in the corner of the boys room.

I need to finish writing in the baby book and get that little stuff finalized, the pictures of me, etc. but otherwise I feel pretty prepared. The pack and play won't get set up until we come home probably, or we might set it up in DSs room and keep it in there the time being - just like with the swing, etc. just to get it ready but otherwise I don't have a list of much.

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