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June 2015 Moms
ElRuby
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What is left to do?
ElRuby
member
As we near the end what do you all still have to do to prepare for the big arrival?
Re: What is left to do?
I need diapers! Haha probably most important thing but I do have a closet full of adorable clothes!
I need to pre-register at hospital (will do tomorrow when I go on tour)..
I need to get my bottles in order and take inventory of nursing supplies...
Oh and I need to pack for the hospital!
Then, set up the nursery. I've done all the organizing and preparing but you can only do so much.
Also pack for the hospital but I'm not too worried about that. If I forget something we live only a couple minutes away.
raising my white flag as we speak 8-}
I'd also like to do some bulk grocery shopping, like snack foods, any non perishable foods, toilet paper, dish soap, etc.
Me: 31 DH: 34
Married 11/09/2013
LO#1: LMP 09/14/2014 BFP 10/15/2014 EDD 06/24/2015 DS Born 06/14/2015
LO#2: LMP 09/18/2016 BFP 10/19/2016 EDD 06/27/2017 DD Born 06/27/2017
LO#3: LMP 05/16/2018 BFP 06/18/2018 EDD 02/20/2019
She doesn't have special clothes, I just iron everything she wears. I don't enjoy ironing, but I'm not letting my child wear wrinkled clothes. Lol
- make a to do list for my August return
- clean the house
- freeze some meals
- put stuff in the hospital bag rather than on the step stool in our bedroom
Car seat and hospital bag for me. And wash all the baby clothes, blankets, sheets, etc
Put up crib
Install car seat (and wash inserts)
Bring the rest of baby stuff out of our crawl space
Buy non slip socks at the store for hospital bag
Pack hospital bag (but will wait until the week of to actually pack it)
Hang a few pieces of decor up in the nursery.
Go get some leftover essentials on the registry(completion discount) 2 hr drive to Omaha ( secretly hoping DH makes a date out of it..... One I don't really need to dress up for) lol
Pack bag
Convince my sister to wash baby clothes when she comes before were out of the hospital
more than I would like to admit. we just finalized the house yesterday so over the next week - move and paint.
will wait until after the shower to see what supplies are still needed (we have most of the major stuff out of the way).
pack a bag for all three of us and ensure my work had my three dogs booked in for boarding just in case.
Don't forget to order your breast pumps through insurance if you are able! It was a very simple process!
Finalize birthplan.
Buy some more bedcover protection...
Buy diapers, baby wipes, swing.
Practice some breathing excercises
Probably more stuff but im just so sleepy now so I can't think of anything else. .
For me:
-install car seat
-buy toiletries for my hospital bag (travel sized stuff and mega sized pads and granny panties)
-pack my hospital bag (and one for baby and one for DS, who will be going to the inlaws)
-pray that baby has turned head down- hopefully my ultrasound on the 21st will confirm that). Otherwise mentally prepare for an external version, or a repeat c
-breath breath breath because holy crap baby girl could be here (Uneventfully) in less than two weeks!
I need to pack my bag.
Have the carseat put into his vehicle.
Buy last minute essentials for me.
And I need to make spaghetti sauce to freeze.
Install car seat
Need diaper genie and swing (hopefully I'll be getting these from MIL at baby shower next week)
Get DH to put together the crib
Set up pack n play in our room
Buy some formula
Buy some toiletries for myself
Finish a rag rug I started for nursery(longest project everrrrr FYI)
Get some little baskets and picture frames to finish putting together nursery
Less than a month....
Is this really happening?!
Stop, don't panic, and remember to breathe.....
The only purchases I have left is the car seat adapter for the stroller and a carrier. I can get those quickly from amazon so not to worried.
I feel further along than I did with the first but I'm probably more relaxed. Everything is just a quick trip to the store or amazon order away.
FTM. Don't be so hard on yourselves. I was so freaked out with not being ready. You aren't leaving the country. The stores will be there after you deliver and everyone around you wants to help.
Franco Paul born 6/4/15 at 39 weeks. Mila Francesca born 10/19/13 at 37 weeks. Both born via C-Section after 6 years of fertility treatments, disappointments and losses. Love them!!
wash baby clothes
finish hanging everything in the nursery
organize the nursery
make returns
finish thank you cards
buy nursing bras/other nursing essentials
buy stuff for hospital bag
pack hospital bag
deep clean house
install car seat
clean out dresser/reorganize closet in master bedroom to make space for pack-n-play
Assemble pack-n-play and swing
prepare frozen meals
And most importantly, don't panic. Thank goodness my mama, sister, and MIL are coming on Memorial day weekend to help with things. I keep telling myself I'm going to do a little every day but by the time I get home from work I'm exhausted.
ETA I just found the number while cleaning out the disaster that is my purse. 1-855-567-8669