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April 2013 Moms
Am I behind the eight ball?
I haven't started on our nursery yet and my baby shower isnt for another two months. I've seen some posts and both and wonder if I?m extremely behind in my preparations....???
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Re: Am I behind the eight ball?
Nope. I haven't done diddily either. My big accomplishment was clearing out a little floor space on the wall where all the baby stuff (crib, dresser, bla bla bla) is supposed to go. I have picked out a few of the major items I want (crib, car seat) but haven't done anything about actually procuring said items.
When winter really hits, I will be cooped up inside and have plenty of time to futz with the nursery, I figure.
Over-40 parents...what we lack in vigor, we make up for with cunning.
No, I would not say that you are behind at all. If 2 months from now you still haven't started anything then you can start feeling a little behind. There are a few early birds that are making the rest of us look bad
Eh, it just depends on what your spring looks like before the baby is born. I, for instance, am working every single weekend in February and two in March so I got my nursery done early. If I knew I had more weekends in the spring, I wouldn't have rushed it.
There's no official timeline. I didn't even really finish my son's nursery until he was a few months old. Just as long as you have a car seat and somewhere to let them sleep, you're fine.
Ginny DX 21-Hydroxylase Deficiency Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
Charlie DX Specific Antibody Deficiency & ASD
We haven't started our nursery yet either. We just completed our registry and ordered our baby furniture (which we didn't realize would take so long so I'm glad we did it now). We're hoping to start after the holidays. As for my shower, I have no idea when it will be! I think as long as you are mostly prepared by your shower, you should be fine. That way you can put away all your fun gifts!
Me too!!!
I actually really like/appreciate this value. Its so true.
Ginny DX 21-Hydroxylase Deficiency Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
Charlie DX Specific Antibody Deficiency & ASD
nah, i don't think you are. but if it makes you feel better, we won't be able to prepare our nursery until march because our lease is up around that time and we will be moving into a house.
so our baby shower won't be until late march/early April!
I'm not going to have a baby shower because I don't like the idea of celebrating something that hasn't actually happened yet. I'd rather have people just come see her once she is born, and if they choose to give her a present, they can do so without all the publicity that goes along with gift-giving at showers, especially when there is a registry so everyone knows how much everyone else spent.
Until the baby is old enough that I won't have to be stumbling half-asleep to feed her every few hours I'm planning to just put up a crib in the corner of my room so I won't have to walk as far in the middle of the night. So yeah, I'm not stressing about nursery preparations yet either.
(In case I seem way too laid back, I should admit that I'm totally freaking out about choosing a name though...)
Not really. I'm not doing a nursery since my babies stay in the same room as me until at least 6 months, so there is no point. Plus we are planning on moving in the summer hopefully. I do have a bunch of stuff already and have a registry but there isn't much on it. This is #4 and I'm not expecting people to buy a whole lot(my "baby" will be 4!). Yes my friend has told me she's going to do a baby shower but we haven't set a date or anything yet either. Probably in the early spring, march probably. Don't worry about it yet! Enjoy the holidays. (: