So, for the past few weeks I've been saying I'm due "in about 6 weeks." For those of you who can count, you realize that it would be impossible for me to stay 6 weeks away form my due date for more than about a week. I think "about 6 weeks" felt pretty safe to me. Well, lo and behold, when I looked at the calendar this past weekend, I discovered I was only 4 weeks away from my due date!
And I'm starting to...not quite panic...but getting anxious. I feel unprepared. I know that that's a typical first-timer thing...no one can ever really feel truly prepared. For me, a big part of my feeling unprepared is that we're still without certain material items that seem kinda important. We've run into some bad luck with things we've ordered:
We ordered a new bed for us and a crib for the baby that were supposed to arrive, basically, now. Well, we just found out that they won't ship until 1 week before our due date. We've been sleeping on a mattress on the floor since the end of March. We borrowed a co-sleeper, but what good is a co-sleeper if our mattress is about 3 feet lower??
The Growing Greens diapers we ordered were supposed to be here by now, but the company got their hemp shipment late, so, like the bed and crib, the diapers also aren't due to arrive now until about a week before we're due. I know we can just use "green" disposables if we need to, so that feels less problematic, but it's still contributing to my sense of "we're not ready!!"
I think the baby's room will be fully painted by this Saturday. I've been waiting for the room to be painted and furniture placed (none of which is "nursery furniture", by the way...just what was in the room already...a big desk that we'll use as a changing table and a tall IKEA dresser that we'll use till we find a more suitable, kid-friendly one) so I can wash and put away baby clothes and put away/organize all the gifts that we've been getting.
I want to stay relaxed because I don't want stress to impede going into labor or anything...advice??
And I'm starting to...not quite panic...but getting anxious. I feel unprepared. I know that that's a typical first-timer thing...no one can ever really feel truly prepared. For me, a big part of my feeling unprepared is that we're still without certain material items that seem kinda important. We've run into some bad luck with things we've ordered:
We ordered a new bed for us and a crib for the baby that were supposed to arrive, basically, now. Well, we just found out that they won't ship until 1 week before our due date. We've been sleeping on a mattress on the floor since the end of March. We borrowed a co-sleeper, but what good is a co-sleeper if our mattress is about 3 feet lower??
The Growing Greens diapers we ordered were supposed to be here by now, but the company got their hemp shipment late, so, like the bed and crib, the diapers also aren't due to arrive now until about a week before we're due. I know we can just use "green" disposables if we need to, so that feels less problematic, but it's still contributing to my sense of "we're not ready!!"
I think the baby's room will be fully painted by this Saturday. I've been waiting for the room to be painted and furniture placed (none of which is "nursery furniture", by the way...just what was in the room already...a big desk that we'll use as a changing table and a tall IKEA dresser that we'll use till we find a more suitable, kid-friendly one) so I can wash and put away baby clothes and put away/organize all the gifts that we've been getting.
I want to stay relaxed because I don't want stress to impede going into labor or anything...advice??
Everything else is just a bonus.
