STM's- What are you doing to get ready for baby?

Mrs Babs · November 2012

I feel like I have nothing done but at the same time I am not sure what I have to do. I already have all the furniture and big ticket items.

Are you taking things out of storage and getting them ready or are you waiting until the due date gets closer? My LO's will be sharing a room and we left the crib in there after we transitioned DD to her toddler bed. They will share a dresser and the closet and the changing table is still in there.

Eventually I will have to get rid of all girl clothes and buy boy clothes but I am waiting for another ultrasound to absolutely confirm that LO is a boy.

Am I missing something? I guess I could stock up on diapers slowly but I don't want to buy too many in case LO has an allergy.

shibby00 · November 2012

I've been buying boy clothes, blankets, and crib sheets like a crazy person. It's seriously getting nuts, lol. We will have to do some major stuff to his new room, move all the furniture out, move the spare bed into DD's room, convert the crib back to being a crib, rip up the carpet, paint. We will have to buy a couple dressers for baby boy, but we have the crib and changing table already. I feel utterly unprepared and it's driving me insane.

SarahRae85 · November 2012

I've been WANTING to do something, but.. no, nothing. Also waiting to confirm this LO is a boy (next week! can't wait!) before I pull out my box of smallest clothes and sort through it for gender neutral stuff.

We won't be getting a crib right away, since LO will be in a co-sleeper for the first few months. We'll pick up the crib we want when it's time to make the transition.

I do have a carseat, but that's only because I found a great deal for it half-off. I dared buy it from craigslist, opened, but after chatting with the mom selling it (she got it new as a gift, didn't like it and just pulled out her old bucket seat after a week), I had a good feeling about it and agreed to the purchase.

We honestly don't have a lot in storage. We were apartment dwellers and moved halfway across the country, so we purged a lot and big ticket baby items were the first to go. All we kept are a few boxes of clothes and a box of items (like my breast pump and breathable bumpers).

I promised DH I wouldn't start buying stuff until after Christmas. Have to buy the co-sleeper, a dresser, and a swing. Plus clothes. Honestly, not sure what to do for clothes. I was flooded with donations with my first and just kept them with my second. Don't expect a similar flood this time around, so might actually have to buy the wardrobe myself!

mommajewels87 · November 2012

Everything has been purchased except the full size swing, pack n play, and car seat. We will be getting all that after Christmas.

One of my biggest concerns was getting our 2y/o DD transitioned into her own bedroom in her big girl bed so she doesn't feel replaced when the baby gets here because we bed share. We accomplished that without any issues.

We need to paint our room, hang the crown, and lay new carpet. Then just get everything set up. So mostly "labor" type stuff which Dh intends to do this winter when work is slow.

meglew · November 2012

We are leaving the paint color (a neutral tan) and just need pink curtains (already have a blackout shade). The room is our office currently, so we need to clean all of that stuff out. We bought the crib and it is in a box, waiting to be assembled. The rocker/recliner is already in there as well, as we used it for DD. I need to order the dresser, get a new monitor and a new infant seat. Other than that, it will just be accessories.

We are re-using DD's crib bedding/sheeting. Just need to wash that. I am chomping at the bit to get her bins of baby clothes out of the attic, but the Christmas tree is in front of them and DH said I have to wait until we get the tree out in a few weeks! Darn it! My overall plan is to try and get the room cleaned out in the next few weeks and then wait to really put the nursery together until after the holidays.

ebp913 · November 2012

Oh man I haven't done anything. Like literally nothing. Wait, I did one thing I ordered a rug. It's still terrible. Our DD is getting a new room and this baby will have what is now her nursery so that's already totally complete. However, Olivia's new room hasn't been started. All I have so far is a Houzz ideabook with all the stuff I like. We are out of town the next 3 weekends and then it is December. I need to get on the ball fast.

Annabelle7 · November 2012

I haven't done anything yet and I'm having 2! We also need to buy a new car to fit all the kids. Oh boy. lol.

mrs.birdie · November 2012

I need to buy boy clothes and such. I'll probably stock up on some diapers too. Other than painting the room and removing the rest of the carpet, I'm waiting to set up the furniture since baby will be in our room for a few months.

Bee112309 · November 2012

I've bought a few new outfits, just so this DD will have a couple of non-hand me down clothes, and an Ergo. That's it so far. We need to move DD1 into her "big girl room" first; I am hoping to have that accomplished by the end of the year. We're making a few changes to the nursery, but not too many, so the big projects will be organizing the room in my basement that all of our old baby stuff was just kind of thrown into. Not looking forward to that.

Mrs Babs · November 2012

OK I don't feel so bad for not getting anything accomplished.

Next on my to do list:

- Go through DD's clothes and pull out gender neutral stuff; donate the rest

- Unpack baby stuff and make sure everything is ready for new baby

- Choose the name!

- Finish potty training (Almost there!)

- Get a few packs of diapers and some boy items (blankets, clothes, etc)

candreco · November 2012

I'm where you are- a friend is coming this weekend to go through our girl clothes, and once we've got the four years of girl clothes out of the way, we'll paint the room and then start pulling stuff out of storage and hang some decor stuff up. We've already got most of the furniture and big ticket stuff we need. We've got boy clothes coming from another friend whose son didn't fit the clothes in the right season, so I don't want to buy a ton until I know what's in that load.

I've got a wishlist of some stuff we didn't get the first time around that I'd like to have this time, but we'll wait on buying any of that since we've had several relatives tell us that they want to buy something for this baby.

Ash&Vic · November 2012

I haven't done a single thing and I'm getting really antsy about it. DH won't let me buy anything until after christmas...which means that I can't even empty out our office (LO's future nursery) yet.

On my to do list:

Purchase new/smaller desk.
Empty out office and try to fit everything into play room where new/smaller desk will be
Purchase crib, crib bedding and dresser
Paint room - decorate...rugs, curtains, etc.
Get everything else I need...double stroller...extra camera for monitor, etc.
Wash and organize DD's old clothes to see what I can use, what I should toss, and what I can give away. (Probably should have done this before I stored them lol, but I kind of just threw everything in a rubbermaid box without thinking too much about it.)

I'm an over planner so it's really driving me nuts that I can't even at least move the office to the playroom already.

Corey-chick · November 2012

I will replace some bottles and all nipples. I'm going to replace all pacifiers. I still have to go through all of DD's old newborn clothes and seperate whats neutral from the girl stuff (we are team green). I won't actually wash the clothes until due date is closer.

I think the most time consuming task will be cleaning/sanitizing all the old baby toys and swings/jumpers/pnp/ high chair etc.

Not a whole lot to do. Preparing is so much easier the second time around when you have everything already.

onlymeggan · November 2012

The big boy room is done and my DS1 is living in his new room now. Nursery is good to go for when DS2 gets here. Just gotta get new nipples, pacis, and a coming home outfit. Already got the 0-3 mos stuff out and I'm removing anything that needs donated probably this weekend. At this point we are ready to rock n roll we just need the boy here.

lkm2006 · November 2012

We are moving in January so not lots to do until then. I have bought the baby bedding and ill most likely have all the decorations ready to set up for when we do move.

Even though this one is another boy, I'm already guilty of buying more clothes. It's my guilty pleasure.

I'm sure we will have a list of little things we need but I will get those closer to time and definitely after we are in the new house.

keg · November 2012

I've pretty much done nothing. I need to order DDs a new bed (think I've picked one out, just have to do it). This LO is going into our current office/junk room which needs a ton of work. I've thought about where I'll move some of the stuff, but haven't done anything. I'm not planning to paint it since I like the color (it's blue, and the LO is looking like a girl, but who cares). We don't really need to buy much stuff, so I'm not worried about that. I do need to figure out where everything is though (mainly in the attic).

5dogs · November 2012

I went through all of DD's clothing after our elective u/s at 16w (it's a boy!) and sorted through what I wanted to keep for her memory box, GN, donate, and consign. I've held onto it to make sure he was still a boy at our anatomy scan (done on Tuesday, still a boy), so now I'll actually start shifting through it and getting rid of stuff.

We will be transitioning DD to a different room (her current room is next to ours and smaller) including an either full or queen size bed, depending on what DH & I decide on since it will also double as our guest room for our rare times we have OOT guests. We are building her bedframe (https://ana-white.com/2012/01/plans/hailey-platform-bed) and possibly her new dresser, so that has to be factored in. We're also replacing some diaper covers (cloth) and new pocket diapers.

ebp913 · November 2012

Y'all are thankfully reminding me that I have a lot more crap to do. Buy diapers, wash gender neutral clothes, sanitize toys, buy bottles nipples, clean pump, etc. I'm probably going to put that all off until at least January because I am huge procrastinator.

Ash&Vic · November 2012

Oh yea! Almost forgot...choose a name. Lol

drewiekc · November 2012

I've hardly done anything. I still need to do DD's big girl room before I get started on the new nursery, and there really isnt that much taht I NEED to buy.

Vespah · November 2012

We have done absolutely nothing so far, and I can't see anything even being started until after Christmas. For sure need to sort clothes and find gender neutral stuff in case we have a boy (team green, not by choice) but that's about all we can do in advance.

We are planning on moving in the spring, as we don't actually have a room for the new baby. They'll be bunking with us in a PNP until we move, and DD will just stay in her room and upgrade her to a big girl bed with the move.

MSW_721 · November 2012

I have done absolutely nothing yet. I felt so on top of stuff during my first pregnancy but now that I have a toddler I feel like not a lot will get done, lol. DH has a Christmas break so hopefully he'll be able to do the nursery then.

jgoetz1 · November 2012

DD is only 13 months old, so we still have all of her infant stuff out. We don't really need to buy anything for DS except for diapers and boy clothes. DD had a lot of gender neatral clothes though since we weren't planning to find out her gender, so we will reuse those. We are also making a big girl room for DD and giving DS her nursery, so we will need to buy a toddler bed for DD a dresser.

jgoetz1 · November 2012

We haven't started any of this yet either, and don't expect to until after Christmas since we're going away for the holidays. I figure 2 months is plenty of time to get it all set up. I just hope DD likes her new big girl bed!

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