I'M NESTING. A lot. For the past several weeks (maybe months), I have been attempting to get organized for the new baby. I have done this "nesting" thing twice before but for some reason (well, two specific little kid reasons), this time it's much more exhausting. I have cleaned the entire basement (twice), organized toys, threw some out, gave some away to charity, gone to Babies R Us several times and bought a few new things, cleaned the nursery (twice), washed clothes, threw out gross newborn clothes with stains, bought outfits at carters.com and gymboree.com (even though we don't know the gender of the baby). I've done it all. Now I'm just tired. Getting ready. 9 more days until my induction. But who is counting, right? Nesting while you are taking care of two other children, just makes the whole idea of nesting just completely insane.... but I guess we can't avoid it. I can barely walk up and down the stairs since my belly is so large and baby is sitting on my hip bone, but for some reason I can sanitize the entire toy room, put away clothes, wash sheets, go shopping for baby stuff, and still make sure my other kids are still alive (so far so good but I still have 9 days left). Of course, I go to bed at 8pm (sometimes earlier). It's nesting & exhausting.
In my quest to get things in my life a little more under control or at least give myself the appearance that I'm doing something constructive and using my brain at the same time (as a stay at home mom for the past 6 years I forgot what it's like to actually THINK on most days), I decided to start this blog. I look around my house and see so much baby stuff. I DREAM of the day on which I can have a garage sale and get rid of all of it. This is our last baby (if you can't figure that out yourself). We have two beautiful and healthy (for the most part) girls ages 5 and almost 3. Our family will be complete. But this baby gear and baby supplies have got to go. It started me thinking.....what stuff did we really need? Did I really need this wipe warmer? What about all these newborn clothes? Did she actually wear this outfit? I can't remember. How do I have 4 diaper bags? Wow, didn't I register for those shades that go in the car to keep the sun out of the baby's face? What happened to those? I could have sworn that both my kids hated to Swaddle Me blanket things, should I try them again? Which bottles did I used to use? Why did I get new ones? Should I get new nipples for my Dr Brown bottles? What did I do with them? I could have sworn we had a mobile for the crib. Did it break? All things that I have contemplated over the past few weeks. Nesting. It will keep you up at night.
Over the past 6 years, I have owned 9 strollers. No joke. Ask my husband. Well, actually don't because I'm sure it's annoying to him. A Graco MetroLite Travel system (my original stroller for which I registered), 2 cheap umbrella strollers, a hand me down Sit and Stand that I never used (it was older and my daughter refused to go in it for whatever reason), a Graco Quattro Tour Single, a BOB Ironman Running stroller, a Graco Duo Glider front to back double that a wonderful friend gave to me when she was done, a Chicco Trevi Twin Side by Side and a Snap N Go Frame stroller. I no longer have the MetroLite (and there is a reason why which will come later in the Stroller section), one of the umbrella strollers broke, and the Sit and Stand was donated to charity. But I still have "Stroller Envy". In a big way. I see all of these Maclaren strollers that look so light and portable yet functional or the UPPAbaby. All the futuristic ones were not really around 6 years ago, or if they were I really missed the boat. Bugaboo... Stokke... OrbitBaby. Wow those are cool. We decided to go with the MetroLite Travel System. Came with an infant car seat, base, and supposedly the lightest Graco Single stroller that they made at the time. I loved it at first, but quickly found out it may have been too light and I didn't like it and we had to switch it out after the insistent urging from my mother to which I am grateful. Had I known the issues I was going to have with this stroller, I never would have put it on my registry!
So bottom line is, we, as mothers, learn through trial and error. I have two wonderful older sisters, who both have four children each. One has four boys and one has four girls. My sister in law and brother have a boy and a girl so we have all the bases covered for opinions from my kin which I appreciate. They have been immensely helpful with gear decisions and they have both attempted to keep my head above water on days in which I just wanted to sink. So some of this info in the blog come from them, or they are tips that were told to me from other moms who came across a particular issue or problem. Some of it worked for me, some of it didn't. I'm going to try and recall what did and what didn't. After all, we moms have to stick together to make sure that we all survive this rocky-life called "Motherhood".
I envision myself sitting at Starbucks with my new sleeping baby in his/her Graco Snugride Infant Car Seat, updating my blog daily.... I have a lot of categories listed on the right side which will list in detail my opinions on different topics of motherhood. For newborns.... for toddlers and the "post toddler drama queen" (we definitely have one of those). I hope it doesn't come down to me sitting on my living room floor in the middle of the night with a screaming baby and me attempting to type away while I am drinking a large glass of wine.... could happen. We will see.
Anyways, I look forward to getting the information up on the blog. I am excited for this new addition and this new chapter in our lives. A third baby. Our last baby. Bring it on. I'm ready as I ever will be. I bought a few new items to replace some old things that didn't work, or were lost, or ruined. Can't wait to try them out and share the results. Trial and Error, right??? That's how we learn.
Happy Baby Thoughts :)
R
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