I feel this crazy panic to get everything done in time and without an exact "deadline" I'm not loving the fact that I can't procrastinate till the last second.
Still on my "To Do List":
-Finish the baby room (wallpaper border, buy a rocker, hang shelves and pics, paint a bookshelf, etc...) Don't worry, the crib is ready and that's about it. :)
-Wash and sort our MILLIONS (barely exaggerating) of baby clothes and hang them up or fold them and put them all away.
-Decorate our house before a million people see it when the baby is here- Yep... still not done.
-Wash all the bottles and baby stuff for the kitchen and figure out where to put all of it.
-Attend a million more childbirth classes... we've procrastinated it for so long that now we're cramming them all as fast as we can.
-Now that I'm taking all of these classes I'm so paranoid about our house being safe enough for our baby... So now I'm wanting to get our car seat installed by people who really know- who knew it was so stinking complicated? Rearrange cupboards so that the baby can't get anything bad... break bad habits like leaving cell phone chargers plugged in when we're not using them (What if the baby sucked on it?!?! ) LOL. I know he won't even be able to move around by himself forever but I feel like if I don't change everything now then we'll forget and then all of the sudden he'll be unsafe.
-Oh, and ya know how they say have FHE before you have kids? So you're in the habit? Well, we're not yet in that habit.
-I want to get my hair done before I have the baby... because it needs to look good for the pictures...but I don't want to bug my favorite hair friend... because now she's pregnant too. :)
-Finish a million sub plans for my maternity leave- probably the most overwhelming. How am I supposed to even know when exactly the baby will come? The doctor won't let me schedule a C-Section- I'd just rather have everything planned to the second if I could- so instead of finishing 6 weeks of sub plans I'm doing at least 10- just in case the baby is early or late.
-PS... also scared to death of actually having the baby... it's like this horrible doom feeling and it just keeps getting closer- it pretty much occupies my thoughts 80 percent of the time.
- And a million other stupid things that I KNOW I really don't need to be stressing about YET, but I am... and I can't even make myself relax!
HOWEVER... Every day I get more excited to hold our baby! I cannot wait to see him and rock him and stay up with him at night (I'd rather wake up to a baby than just to peeing and being stuffed full all night).
I am so so excited for sunshine and summer and walking our little boy in the stroller and staying home and being a mom. SOOOOOO EXCITED!!!!! A MOM IS WHAT I HAVE ALWAYS WANTED TO BE!!! I know this will be a totally new and different experience but I feel like I really have done the things that I needed to do to "fulfill myself" for awhile and now I'm so excited to focus on someone else. I've been a ballerina (doesn't matter that I was 5), been a teacher, and now I can finally be a mom. 30 days. Crazy.
7 comments:
Haha your so funny! Don't stress so much...maybe it will make hime come sooner. :) Sounds like you have most of the fun stuff left. Decorating. Looking through all your baby clothes. Then having a baby! I can't wait either!
Oh Tiffany, I know EXACTLY how you feel, right down to the very last detail. I was due on March 21 and was certain that she was going to come early (the doctor kept hinting that she might), but then the closer I got, the less and less my body was cooperating. I don't know if you remember, but right up until the day I had her the doctor told me that I had the hardest cervix she'd ever felt in a pregnant woman... anyway, Hazel was 5 days late (March 26), so you never know, you may have more time than expected. But, somehow you'll get everything done that you need to, even if he does come early.
P.S. Don't stress too much about safety. Babies are super resilient and will pretty much be fine no matter what. Plus, they'll find things to get in to even if you feel like you've got everything "baby-proofed" (and like you said, you'll have plenty of time to worry about that later.)
Oh, I'm just so excited for your shower and to see you. Being a mom is a wonderful as you imagine and even more so.
Yea! I am so excited for you guys! I cannot believe that it is coming up so soon! Good luck with everything and I cannot wait to see pictures!
I am so excited for you! I hope you were serious when you said I could come take pictures of the little guy. Just give me a call or shoot me an email and I will get in touch. Don't worry about labor and delivery trust me I have done it both ways epidural and no epidural and survived both. It is not near as bad as everyone makes it sound. It is the most amazing thing ever!! Good luck I can't wait to see pictures of him!
Oh Tiffany! You are so cute. You're going to be the greatest mom! I can't wait to meet this little baby!!! Also, just bug your friend! She will do your hair. No mom wants to have a baby before their hair is done. Call me!!!
You are going to be such a great mom! I'm so excited for you guys! Good luck with your to do list! Don't stress yourself out- just relax and get as much sleep as you can cause heaven knows you won't after baby comes!
How exciting, you are so close! I remember feeling really nervous about everything, too. But just take it a day at a time like everything else. You'll be a great mom! It's amazing how fast that motherly instinct kicks in. Oh, and I've heard that raspberry leaf tea can help induce labor and make your contractions alot easier :)
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