I've been waiting and waiting and now I'm wondering why I'm waiting. Except that I realize I have this fear that if I buy the last remaining things like a crib mattress and some other big items that something will go wrong and there won't be a baby. I guess I'm afraid to take the little socks out of the cardboard and whatnot because then it's officially not returnable.
Anyone else waiting for a certain date, or have you already washed things?
I have a list prepared at home, and I think it's something like this:
34 weeks -- buy crib mattress online
35 weeks -- rearrange furniture (we're making our current room into a second living room and that's where the birth pool will be)
--wash baby potty out (it's been in the basement and is dusty)
--wash baby clothes/towels/carriers/sheets/hammock
--buy stuff for birth kit
36 weeks -- inflate birth pool and birthing ball
--clean like crazy
--install carseat
--hang up baby hammock
Anyone else waiting for a certain date, or have you already washed things?
I have a list prepared at home, and I think it's something like this:
34 weeks -- buy crib mattress online
35 weeks -- rearrange furniture (we're making our current room into a second living room and that's where the birth pool will be)
--wash baby potty out (it's been in the basement and is dusty)
--wash baby clothes/towels/carriers/sheets/hammock
--buy stuff for birth kit
36 weeks -- inflate birth pool and birthing ball
--clean like crazy
--install carseat
--hang up baby hammock
It feels like a waste of time, water, energy, etc to me. Brand new items I'll likely wash before use (though honestly I often put brand new items on DD without washing first), but probably not ahead of time.
