August 2018 Moms
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Anyone have an actual list of things they need/want to do before the baby is here? Being past the halfway point, I feel like I need to make one so I don't let everything pile up until the last minute. So I'm selfishly starting this to make sure I don't leave anything out!
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Re: To Do List
Haha, but really. Basically get the whole house picked up and organized. Make my son a toddler bedroom to move him out of the nursery (so like 15 to-do items specifically about this). Organize the basement to be a play room. Wash the baby clothes and cloth diapers.
-New subfloor in the storage room
-New/upgraded door locks for the back door
-3M security film for all the windows
-Sell two dressers to make room in what will be the kids room
-Fix the door frame in what will be the kids room
-Paint said room
-Move DD and kid stuff into said room
...Those are the big ones. Apart from packing hospital bags and breaking out the pack n play for new baby, I think I'm all set with the little things.
-get the spare room downstairs cleaned out to turn into toy room for my son. So there is room in the living room for the swing and pack and play.
-redo the nursery
The second closet needs ripped out
New flooring/carpet
Paint
- find a dresser for my son because his has the changing table top on it, so it will go in baby’s room
I already have all her clothes washed and folded.
By June my son’s room was ready and he wasn’t due until September. My husband is dragging his feet this time around and I am not a fan. I am a big time planner and told him I want the room done by the end of June, in his mind he has until the middle to end of July to get the closet out and flooring done.
*replace carpeting upstairs in the hallway and two bedrooms
*declutter house
*deep clean house
*buy everything except swing and exersaucer
*get Muffet's room done, she got a new bunk bed that needs to be put together
*paint a few rooms
*put nursery together
I am exhausted just typing all that lol.
Right now the top priority is getting DS into his toddler bed. He's our little escape artist
Move the crib into our master bedroom
Drag the bassinet / swing / infant car seat / all the things out of the basement and get them cleaned up and ready for baby
Buy this baby a dresser that can be used as a changing table as well
Wash, fold and put away all the clothes
Install the infant bases into our cars (probably wait until about 32 weeks for this one)
Cook ALL the freezer meals!
Me: 37 Him: 38
Married 11.07.2015
pack and play
baby carrier
breast pump
nursery wall painted
furniture set up
cradle/ crib mattress
clothes and linens washed, folded, and put away
probably a ton of other things that my lazy brain can't come up with.
DH:45
DSD: 20
DSS: 18
Team green baby due: Aug 6th, 2018
Find and meet with pediatrician
Deep clean carpets
Finalize life insurance
Order breast pump
Clean out freezer
Fill in gaps of thing I still need after baby shower in May
Take birthing/breastfeeding/infant care class
Eek. Overwhelming but the list is shrinking at least!
-call insurance about new breast pump
-talk to HR about dependent care savings account and FMLA leave
-get out infant car seat, bassinet, swing, rock n play, etc. again
-continue making freezer meals, already started a small stash
The end. This baby is getting the shaft I guess. We really don't need to do much of anything since DD is only a year old. I literally don't plan to do any of this until June/July probably.
prepare freezer meals
tour hospital
DH:45
DSD: 20
DSS: 18
Team green baby due: Aug 6th, 2018
NBR:
1) Paint bedroom
2) Buy new bed and frame (upgrading to a King. Woohoo!)
3) Get permission from HOA to build fence
4) Install fence
5) Pain living room wall
6) Plant garden
7) Weed garden (before item 6)
8) pickle various things from garden
Baby stuff
1) Everything. Literally, everything. Well, except buy a carseat. We did that as our other one had expired.
2) A bit more specific: Dig out newborn clothes
3) paint nursery
4) get a crib, dresser/changing pad, etc.
5) buy a rocker
6) Figure out if my pump will still effectively pump
7) New bottles or recycle?
8) Pull out newborn toys
9) Buy sheets and a mobile for the new baby
10) Come up with some names for the new baby. He can't be called TBD for the rest of his life
11) Move office to bonus room so old office can be the new baby's room
12) tell pediatrician that a new baby is coming
13) and so many more things...
DS: Born 5-17-16
Married 5/30/15
TTC #1 June 2015
BFP #1 9/28/15, EDD 6/10/16. DS born 5/23/16!
TTC #2 May 2017
BFP #2 m/c 11/18/17 5w5d
BFP #3 12/17/17 EDD 8/25/18. It's a boy!
I get overwhelmed thinking about it.
Paint half the house (contracted, scheduled, need to pick colors)
new carpet (paid for, waiting to schedule)
For Nursery:
Move desk to parents' house for storage
Get rid of bookcase
clean out the other odds and end/find other space for things
buy furniture
put all the baby stuff in there
For us:
freezer meals
hospital bags
deep clean house (might pay someone to do this)
install car seats
I'm sure there is more
Married 1/28/17
TW:
BFP #2 10/10/17, MC 11/4/17
BFP #3 12/17/17 Birth 8/13/18
BFP #4 4/21/19 Birth 12/5/2019
Install carseat
Get someone to clean my house (maybe my mom, maybe a maid, definitely not me.)
DH:45
DSD: 20
DSS: 18
Team green baby due: Aug 6th, 2018
1) get coverage for my cases, prepare any briefs and motions in advance that I possibly can
2) move son into “big boy room”
3) set up nursery for a newborn again
4) clean house
5) get my anxiety down a freaking notch
2nd round exp 8/20/18.
It's going to be a busy summer!
2. Get DH to put the crib back together.
3. Decide on and order breast pump and supplies.
4. Buy misc baby items.
5. Find a new daycare provider for DS 2.
-tear down a bunch of shelving in the basement and replace it
-paint the basement
-Set up my fiances mini studio/vocal booth
-Move all of our music equipment downstairs.
-Start setting up the nursery
-Go through all of our cupboards
-Figure out if one or both roommate are moving out
-Get the garden ready for planting
-Clean up all the winter debris
-Set up the patio
-Get the front deck fixed.
I could go on for days
2 find new home
3 find new childcare near that home, bc it will be in a different town
4 potty train dd
5 move dd out of crib, into big girl bed
I havnt even thought beyond these items, to the actual baby related checklist.
2 Renovate said new home
3 Purge unwanted household goods/clothing/junk during the move so we can start clean and fresh
4 Buy everything for nursery
5 Finalize registry
6 Start making freezer meals (thanks for the idea!)
7 Attend prenatal classes and prenatal yoga starting in May
8 Have more sex
2. don't really care about anything else
2nd kid issues...haha...
1. Clean and gut the office
2. Set up for nursery
3. Clean and gut closets, bedroom, garage, and dance studio to make room for just general 'stuff'.
4. Deep clean carpets
5. Deep clean entire house
6. Sign up for childbirth class, breastfeeding class, and infant cpr
7. Interview and find day care
8. Interview and find doula (if I decide to use one)
9. Finish grad school.
10. Make it to the end of the school year.
Book daycare (by end of May?)
Sign up for prenatal yoga (beginning of May)
Finish registry
Make final purchases after shower
Paint nursery
Pick out nursery decor (rug, closet storage, shelves)
Paint bedroom
Go through clothes, stuff, and sell what we can
Find pediatrician
Add to dog training (being invited on the couch, go to place when visitors come)
Pack hospital bag
Maternity paperwork at work
Enjoy my nightly 8 hours+ of uninterrupted sleep while I still can. Those days are numbered.
- find booster seat that fits beside infant seat
- order new windows for bedroom
- update electrical in bedroom
- run heat to bedroom
- insulation for bedroom
- drywall & spackle bedroom
- pick out paint color
- pick out trim & stain
- pick stain color for floor
- pick out ceiling fan
- pick out new interior door
- see if ins covers circumcision
- tour hospital
- GTT & blood work after 28w appt
- clean pack n play, swing, stroller
- sort & wash baby clothes
- put together nursery
- buy changing pad for dresser
- make freezer meals
- declutter house to make room for baby stuff
This is just the baby-related stuff. The general to do list is soooo much longer.
Break all 4 of us from bed sharing on weekends.
Figure out and order BP from insurance.
Stock up on BM freezer bags.
make freezer meals.
nail down expectations with Day Care, when to drop off, pick up, and $$ of 3.
get L ready and registered for pre-k
Formerly known as Kate08young
August '18 Siggy April Showers:
Married: 7/22/14
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Baby E: 11/18/2016 December 2016 Moms
TTC #3 08/2017 BFP 11/27/2017.
Twin B lost 11/22/2017, Twin A doing well.
Not sure if ya'll have already heard of it but there are online providers that will do all the work for you and talk to your insurance, call your Dr. for a prescription, and send you a pump at no extra cost to you. Some of them cover different things, too. I had a much, much better shake through one company over another, so shop around! Besides a little emailing I didn't have to actually talk to anyone for mine and it got here a few weeks ago. One company gave me a choice between a basic PISA and the cheapy Lansinoh; another had almost a dozen options including the S2.
I’m sure that options vary based on insurance, but I had great choices, and should recieve the pump in the mail 2 mths before my due date. It was free, but they did offer extras like purses and accessories that you can purchase also.
There are a couple of pieces of (non-nursery) furniture we will need for the new place so I need to shop for that.
We are car shopping and I'm finding it stressful. We want a 2 row SUV and I'm trying to figure out the best choice to accommodate the infant car seat and possibly a 2nd car seat down the line. I have been trying to use The Car Seat Lady website to help me narrow it down but its not all that user friendly. I would welcome any other resources.
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moved to donor egg in summer 2017; 35 eggs retrieved; 19 fertilized; 9 total embryos
Fresh transfer Dec 2017= BFP! baby boy born 8/22/18
May 2019 - surprise natural pregnancy ended in MC
Nov 2019 FET; MC at 9 weeks
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July 2020 FET; CP treated with methotrexate
Oct 2020 BFP!
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