What are your "Must Get Done" items before baby comes??

BabyTaylor88 · August 2016

I know I've had a mental checklist going on for the past ohhhh 28 weeks or so, but am just now writing it down on paper. So I wanted to hear from y'all what your must get done things are.

kvruns · August 2016

Honestly if the baby came tomorrow we would have everything we need to survive for a while. Only thing that would need to be done is pick a name but otherwise we've got everything we have to have - unless I'm forgetting some big things haha. We have furniture, some clothes, diapers, wipes, bottles, pump, pack n play, car seat.

Of course the baby room needs decorated, and get rid of some other stuff in there that needs to find a new home. At some point I'd like to make some room in our freezer and make some food ahead of time that we can have on hand.

atcwag · August 2016

The only thing we really need to do is purchase a dresser or 2 and bring all the infant stuff down from the attic/organize it.
I wanted to get the drop ceiling tiles in the dining room replaced and the bathroom painted, but hubby is slacking on those tasks.

leighry · August 2016

I need some diapers and to get a "just in case" container of formula for when we come home. Other than that, I'll order my pump once I deliver and I get it at the hospital before I go home.

MollySm · August 2016

We haven't done anything yet. So quite a bit. This will be our 3rd, so we have a lot of stuff.
But our infant carseat was set to expire this winter, so we traded it in. In terms of absolute needs, we need a carseat, diapers, bottles, pacis, and formula. If I went into labor today, those things are easy enough to run out and pick up. In terms of wants, we want to transition our youngest to her sister's room, figure out how to meld their decorations, decorate the nursery, set up the cosleeper in our room, wash and organize baby clothes, find the lovie we have for her, etc.

MrsBigTime · August 2016

We have done nothing for this babe so far!

For where she will sleep/live: we need to add some storage shelving to our room, get bins for her clothes, and get my co-sleeper from my friend who is borrowing it. We're planning to move sometime in 2017 so we won't be doing an official nursery this time (we didn't even use the one we had last time for nearly a year!).

Mostly though, I have to have hubby get all my baby stuff down from the attic so I can wash and prep all of it for use this time.

I should probably also do a huge donation load of crap we have around our house before we bring a new person into it.

We'd also like to have my car windows tinted, but I don't know if we'll do that before next summer.

Obun · August 2016

We have some odds and ends, but we need so much more. It's getting overwhelming.

leighry · August 2016

@Obun don't worry I know it feels like the fall is approaching quickly but you will get what you need! Just make a list of must haves... which really are just diapers and wipes, some onesies and such and formula/bottles if you plan on using it. As long as you have a car seat and somewhere for the baby to sleep all the other stuff you can get after he/she arrives. Try not to stress!

Obun · August 2016

@leighry Thanks so much for the advice

kristah2 · August 2016

Our new house closes Thursday so within the next couple weeks we plan to get the nursery done on top of the house unpacked. We have diapers and wipes and some clothes. We also have a stroller and car seat so we will make do if need be! Otherwise we're waiting on my showers before buyin anything else.

Knottie1458416769 · August 2016

My husband has yet to assemble the baby furniture! No washing of baby clothes til that happens so everything is stacked somewhere.

googoomom · August 2016

FTM and I have not done nothing yet. I really want to get the nursery done but it's a bit hard since I've been on bedrest, so now its up to DH. I know my family will get me most everything I need at my shower in Sep.

rspalding001 · August 2016

STM so we have everything, but I want to have the carpets cleaned and pay someone to do a deep clean of the house once before DS gets here. We did that before DD arrived and it made things nice and stress free for a while not having to think about cleaning. On that note you might consider hiring someone to come over once a month to clean the bathrooms and such until you get on your feet after baby is born. It's really nice to let someone else do that kind of stuff while you adjust to being a new mom.

dreamcatch-her · August 2016

Every-Freaking-Thing!! Lol

erinlin25 · August 2016

We have a ton to do! I am waiting until after the shower to purchase anything else. I have clothes, a changing table, a pack of diapers, and some blankets but that is about it (and a variety of samples I've collected). We moved last month, so right now the nursery is empty and is just being used as storage right now. We plan to set up a crib and whatnot in there, but will use the pack n play in our room at the beginning. After the shower we will set up stuff and/or buy the things we still need to get started. I am on the lookout for an armoire or something I can make a closet out of too. My shower is in 3 weeks. My goal is to have the nursery set up by October 8th. Baby is due November 7th. I am not prepared for an early arrival!

@rspalding001 I like your idea of a deep clean! I will add that to my list for sure.

LadyBugMe101 · August 2016

FTM. I have items on Amazon ready to go if we need anything ASAP. I have not purchased a thing though. I am waiting for the baby shower to get an idea of what essentials I will still need to purchase. We already did the rearranging of furniture and will most likely purchase the crib within 2-3 weeks so that area will be set up. I hand painted the wall decorations and will be putting them up when we set up the crib. I get anxious thinking about all the little things that need to be accomplished.

MrsMaryK2016 · August 2016

Ugh, this list is killing me. I update it daily.

Work stuff.... So much succession work stuff that I'm pretty much panicking about it.
Nursery done (waiting on my parents to pick a weekend to come help me, dad's doing some construction work that I wouldn't trust my very sweet, very non-handy husband to do)
Hand-me-downs washed, organized and put away
Go pick up the glider for the nursery
Schedule and complete birth classes
Schedule and complete hospital tour
Get new insurance picked for the office and get us all enrolled (yay, our new insurance starts November 1st which means that max out of pocket I've been paying towards will completely reset right when baby's born... ugh!)
Baby shower
Install carseat in the car (I'm still not sure what the right side is!)
Pack hospital bag
Do our wills and life insurance

There's more but I don't want to stress anyone else out as much as I am right now. 11w is not enough time!

arcticseal-2 · August 2016

MollySm said:

We haven't done anything yet. So quite a bit. This will be our 3rd, so we have a lot of stuff.

In terms of wants, we want to transition our youngest to her sister's room, figure out how to meld their decorations, decorate the nursery, set up the cosleeper in our room, wash and organize baby clothes, find the lovie we have for her, etc.

In the box... but this is pretty much us. With our second it was a much smaller list but with this one it seems and is a huge list... Not quite sure why.... In fact, it's a whole 8.5 x 11 page list.

shevaCC · August 2016

Hmm...I need to get out, wash, and put away the infant clothes. Also I need to strip and wash all our diapers since my DS just stopped using them (training underwear during the day, disposable diaper at night). Install car seat, pack hospital bag, birth center registration paperwork. Right now I'm more concerned with figuring out our fall daycare/work schedule and getting DD and DS registered for fall activities.

TheBorg7of9 · August 2016

This is our third. I picked up some newborn diapers at target. Done!

but seriously, I have to get ds1 and ds2 to sleep in the same room, install the car seat, and pack a bag for the hospital.

BLyn627 · August 2016

name
car seat
paint both girls' rooms - we just moved DD into her big girl room, but we want to paint and decorate for her. DD#2 will use all DD#1 old room stuff, but we will paint it a different color bc it's currently DDs favorite color and she wants her new room that color and that way DD#2 room is just a little different from when it was #1s room.

Deep clean house
get out everything from DD, wash, and put away
find a long term sub and do lesson plans for work
I'm sure there's a lot more

jenesiso · August 2016

Install car seat bases, pack hospital bag, shower at the end of September...I've been buying boxes of diapers and wipes off of Amazon lately when I see there's a good deal...other than that the nursery is done, name.is chosen, and clothes.are all sorted and clean! (Did that last night lol)

I think she's good on clothes lol...(all hand me downs)

rencontrezmoi · August 2016

We've been doing a lot of purging and re-organizing. Also the second floor of our house is a construction zone. It was one big attic room that we are turning into two rooms- my office and DD's bedroom. Once that is finally done, hopefully in the next month, we'll have to transition DD upstairs into her new room, and set her current room up as the nursery.

I still need to dig everything out of storage- all of the baby clothes, blankets, the swing, bouncer, playmat, rock n play, toys, bottles, etc. All of the fabric stuff needs to be washed, and all of the plastic stuff needs to be sanitized and/or sterilized.

Let's see- I have to see if my pump still works! And order a new one if it doesn't. Car seat needs to be installed. I have to set up the video monitor. And pack hospital bags.

And I haven't bought anything yet. Basically, I've done nothing to prepare for this baby, lol. Thankfully, I have the big stuff from my first. But, I still do need to buy new pump parts, soothie gel pads, disposable nursing pads, lanolin, nipples for the bottles, pacis, new bottle brushes, crib sheets, a large wet bag, a diaper champ, diapers, wipes, another sound machine, and a double stroller.

Thanks for this post! It finally made me sit down and make a list of the stuff I have to do, which is everything...

flash86 · August 2016

I've bought a car seat. And that is all.

jmama1611 · August 2016

Second babe so don't need to do too too much.

Need a new car seat. Need to wash and put away newborn and 0-3 month clothes. Tidy up nursery since it's become a storage area (how did that happen!?). Buy diapers.

So a very easy, manageable list.

Muscatmommyof4 · August 2016

I need to go through DS#1 room so I can start putting DS#2 clothes away in there (after they are washed of course) plus I have to wash all the bedding/padding for the swing, bouncer, bassinet, playpen so I can start setting everything up.

lenacoilbov · August 2016

Looks fab! What kind of detergent do you use? I recently learned about Dreft and not sure if that's really needed...

MrsBigTime · August 2016

lenacoilbov said:

Looks fab! What kind of detergent do you use? I recently learned about Dreft and not sure if that's really needed...

We always just used whatever detergent I was always using. Dreft has a ton of added fragrance and you are probably better off using a gentle regular detergent.

Muscatmommyof4 · August 2016

@lenacoilbov I use baby All its a hypoallergenic with no sent and I only use it for the first few months. I have used dreft before and love the sent but DD#1 actually broke out from it so I stopped using it.

ashleymercado88 · August 2016

Big Thing: getting Maternity plans done for my classroom
Small Thing: getting girly things like sheets (since this is our first girl), some pink/pretty onesies and sleepers, pacis, new breast pump and bottles
Otherwise we have everything from our boys and some items from friends.

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