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[Imagineer5]

That sucks that all she got you was a candle. Is she having issues financially? I kwym about money and DH feeling he can spend some. I handle ours too so I have to tell him when he can and can't spend $. It sucks but he would never be able to survive with doing our bills and such.

That's sweet that he's getting you a push present but I agree, it's a little unexpected. I don't get the women that get angry when they don't get one. Um, hello, you just had a baby! Greatest gift ever!! Sheesh.

I felt like I needed to have some medical reason to stay home too. But my DH kept telling me how miserable I was and that being pregnant IS a medical reason all in itself! So don't feel bad for taking off early. You want that baby to stay in for as long as possible. Even if that means you go over due. Your baby knows when she will be ready to come out. Honestly, the two weeks at home were heavenly. I slept as much as I wanted/needed to. Got more things done and prepared for Alex's arrival w/o stressing about it. I just enjoyed my time and last few days having Alex being an inside baby and all to myself. Don't feel bad at all for taking maternity leave early. And who knows, maybe your baby girl will decide she's ready even before your due date

Awesome! Can't wait to see My DH can't use our Canon DSLR either so I got a Canon Point n Shoot as well. Makes life easier.

Pinterest is great! I'm sure you can find some great ideas on there. Glad I could inspire

Glad you took it off before it had to be cut off. I took mine off not long after I got pregnant because my fingers kept swelling during the day. My ring indent went away so now they no longer fit. I have to get them re-sized. I've been wearing them on a necklace for the last 2 years

Ahh you're making me even more excited for my last day of work!! 14 more days to go!! (since MLK day is in there).

I really want to take classes to really get to know my camera, but at the same time, I need DH to just take an introductory course. It's ridiculous - he picks up the camera, doesn't look at one setting (and generally changes the setting I keep on most of the time to something weird on accident), takes some pictures, and puts the camera down, never realizing that EVERY darn picture he took was blurry. It's so irritating!

LOL I still need to find a necklace to put my ring on. I feel so silly being so preggo with no ring, I'm sure most ppl know why there's no ring on, but I bet some ppl wonder about my home situation LOL.

I wasn't disappointed in my Christmas gifts but I totally understand where you're coming from. On birthdays, I always buy my brother & his wife and their two kids gifts. They have two of three parties for the kids' birthdays and I'm at every single one of them plus we always go to an amusement park or boardwalk for their birthdays. So for my birthday this past October do you know what they gave me? A card with $10 in lottery tickets from all four of them. Not trying to sound like a brat but really?

I'm still waiting for flights to come out for JetBlue. I should probably just jump on the Continental airfare I found but I don't like Continental! I'd rather fly JetBlue.

Four weeks til Aria is here! But the other Aria came back Monday night.

Aw I'm sorry to hear about your $10 lottery tix, esp after all that you do for your family! That's ridiculous. People can be so insensitive - I feel like if it was about the $$, there are DEFINITELY creative ways to show how much you care/appreciate them without spending $$.

We hate heading into Boston, so no Jet Blue for us! LOL. But we do love flying out of Providence, so I can't wait for Southwest to come out. How's the Continental airfare? I haven't seen any tickets that are decently priced around us, esp not any non-stop.

Yes I watched PLL! It was great fun as usual!

Your Christmas sounds super familiar... even though I know it isn't nice to say, I was a bit bummed that the gifts I got were not on par with those I gave. I ended up with some things I *needed*, but nothing I asked for. So I totally get what you're saying.

Hooray for a bit more time off work! And all of your baby purchases sounds very cool; she'll be here before you know it!

Aw I'm sorry to hear about your Christmas too. So frustrating, esp because we are *supposed* to just be grateful for what we did get. Well $%#@ that!! LOL.

I totally get the present thing. I was quite a bit annoyed with my MIL at DS's birthday party. Not that he needed any more toys since he got a bunch of stuff, but she got him a freaking corn popper (one of these...it's way easier than trying to describe it!), and that was all. She spent $13 on him for his first birthday! My mom knew I didn't want tons of toys, so she only bought him a couple, but she also got him lots of clothes, shoes, and books to make up for the fact that I wouldn't let her go overboard with the toys. I felt a little selfish saying that, but it just seemed like my MIL didn't put much thought into it at all. My mom used to get him tons of stuff from the Garanimals clothes at Wal-Mart for $1 or $3 a piece, so it's not really about the total she spent but that she just couldn't seem to go anywhere without finding a little something to buy for him. Didn't get that from MIL. Also, last year for his first Christmas, she didn't buy him ANYTHING. He was only 2 months old, but that didn't stop anyone else from buying him things. I'm still pretty pissed at her for that. And he is her only grandchild! I will never ever understand her.

But anyway, I'm glad you'll be taking the time off from work beforehand. Not only does it get SO much more uncomfortable towards the end, you will always feel like there is something else that needs to be done around the house before the baby arrives!! I didn't make it to 39 weeks, so I just ended up working until he was born. I had just switched my schedule at work from 12 hour shifts to 8 hour shifts, but I really didn't even get to "enjoy" them. I worked a couple of 8s, and then the week before I went into labor, we had a new neurosurgeon coming to the hospital, so they sent a bunch of us to a 2-day neuro conference to learn about taking care of his post-op pts since it wasn't anything we would be familiar with. After those 2 days, I have NO idea how people with desk jobs handle pregnancy. I was so uncomfortable just sitting there for hours on end!! If you want to do any maternity pics, definitely go for it! I did them on October 23rd and delivered on the 24th!! I would have been so disappointed to not have those pics! I wasn't due until November 10th, so it was definitely a surprise. A co-worker who does photography on the side took the pics for us, and she felt so bad when she heard I'd had him the next day because she thought it might have been induced by her getting me to stand up, sit down, stand up, sit down. He was perfectly healthy though, so I think he was just ready to come out!!

Oh geez, sorry to hear about your MIL - that's ridiculous. You'd think she'd be over the moon excited about buying baby stuff!! Both of our parents are kind of surprising us by how little they have gotten - my mom has bought her 1 outfit, and MIL has purchased 1 outfit and a swim suit. Same with the SIL's. Everyone at least seems excited but I'm surprised by how much we have purchased ourselves. I've done a TON of consignment shopping (like Fill-A-Bag of clothes for $5) which I'm really glad I did since we've received really no help from our families aside from their generous baby shower gifts.

And not getting anything for him for Christmas?? What the heck is wrong with this lady?

LOL IDK how people withOUT desk jobs work up until labor!! I sit at a desk in front of a computer all day, and am just worn out by the end of the day. Getting up to go to the bathroom is a chore! I can't imagine being on my feet all day! (Not that I particularly like being at a desk, but anyway...).

I wish I knew someone who likes to do photography - that'd be very nice on the wallet! Esp for baby photos.

Khertz ~ your MIL sounds a lot like mine and your Mom sounds a lot like mine too. We should talk Seriously though, Why do MIL's have to be so weird and crazy?? Sheesh

No kidding. I am SO freakin' nervous about my MIL now that I'll have a baby. Did I tell you guys what she said over the holidays?? She said she was so excited that I'll be home for 12 weeks - she can't wait to meet up to go out to lunch and come over to see the baby. I currently see her an average of once every 2 months, and that is PLENTY. Always with DH. No interest whatsoever in going out to lunch with her, LOL. I didn't know what to say to that so I just sort of laughed and looked away. *awkward*

Hi there! Can I join the party!

I love baby TRs, and I traveled to Disney with my son when he was 4, 6, 10 and 18, and 24 months, so we've been around the block!

I think the name Aria is so pretty, and those 3-D ultrasounds are awesome! We didn't get one done with my DS, so I think they are just so cool to look at. How neat that you have an idea of what she looks like, before she even arrives!

Good choice with the City Select! I definitely think you should take it with you instead of the Maclaren. I know there are some on the DIS that advocate umbrella strollers, but I think Aria would be much more comfortable in the City select, and you'd appreciate the storage!

Buggy guard was an awesome purchase! We have put ours to good use on all of our Disney trips!

Oh, and if you are serious about breastfeeding, you should look into attending a La Leche league meeting. I started going before I even had DS, and I found their advice to be invaluable. It was way more informative than the breastfeeding class at the hospital!

Also, be sure to ask for the hospital lactation consultant after you give birth. The more time you are able to log with them, the better! Also be sure to get their number so you can contact them after you go home if you have trouble. I had a hard time getting DS to latch, and we ended up going back to the hospital to meet with her more than once before everything ran smoothly.

The best advice I can give you is not to get discouraged and not to give up. Keep trying, it is the very first thing that you and Aria will learn together and it might take some time. I also second Khertz's advice to pump after you feed, that way you'll be able to supplement with breastmilk if you are having latch problems, and you will keep up your supply! I would also say the sooner you start pumping the better, it is never to early to start building up a stash, especially if you are going back to work.

I breastfed DS for 14 months, so if you have any questions or need any support, we're here for you!

I'm excited to read along about your trip planning and your new baby planning!

Thanks so much for coming over, and for all your advice!!

I'm glad to hear you think the city select would be a good choice - the storage alone will be worth it. I could see if we used the buses and had to fold it a ton it might be a pain, but I really don't see us doing that much. Plus, the buggyguard will help us not be as worried about it being stolen. What stroller do you have?

Your LO is so lucky to have gone so much!! I wish Aria would get that chance, but I can only push DH so much when it comes to Disney. Though, who knows, he might have such an amazing time in October that he just HAS to go back more often...I can dream right??

Thanks for the tips on BFing - I'll definitely be talking to the lactation consultant at the hospital, and I do have a number for another one at our smaller local hospital - she has weekly meetings I've been meaning to look into. I've heard good and bad things about La Leche, good in that they are great for BF'ing but bad in that they will look down on you for pumping/going back to work/daycare. IDK. And...I'll try out pumping as soon as I can LOL. Hopefully we can get that latch set pretty early on, I'm going to be optimistic about it!

I have a couple books coming today about BF'ing - one is from the LLL (but again, apparently with poor reviews for anyone planning on going back to work) and then the other is called Milk Memos which apparently is geared entirely toward moms planning on going back to work & pumping while there. January is my official BF preparedness month I think haha.

 

[Leger13]

Love love love the pictures!! You look a lot happier than I was at 8 months pregnant but that last one resembles how I was in all my Thanksgiving pictures in 2010 (I can't say last year anymore *sniff*). Thanks for sharing!!

 

[Leger13]

Ahh you're making me even more excited for my last day of work!! 14 more days to go!! (since MLK day is in there).

I really want to take classes to really get to know my camera, but at the same time, I need DH to just take an introductory course. It's ridiculous - he picks up the camera, doesn't look at one setting (and generally changes the setting I keep on most of the time to something weird on accident), takes some pictures, and puts the camera down, never realizing that EVERY darn picture he took was blurry. It's so irritating!

LOL I still need to find a necklace to put my ring on. I feel so silly being so preggo with no ring, I'm sure most ppl know why there's no ring on, but I bet some ppl wonder about my home situation LOL.


LOL IDK how people withOUT desk jobs work up until labor!! I sit at a desk in front of a computer all day, and am just worn out by the end of the day. Getting up to go to the bathroom is a chore! I can't imagine being on my feet all day! (Not that I particularly like being at a desk, but anyway...).

I wish I knew someone who likes to do photography - that'd be very nice on the wallet! Esp for baby photos.



No kidding. I am SO freakin' nervous about my MIL now that I'll have a baby. Did I tell you guys what she said over the holidays?? She said she was so excited that I'll be home for 12 weeks - she can't wait to meet up to go out to lunch and come over to see the baby. I currently see her an average of once every 2 months, and that is PLENTY. Always with DH. No interest whatsoever in going out to lunch with her, LOL. I didn't know what to say to that so I just sort of laughed and looked away. *awkward*

haha glad I could help make you excited about it I was on maternity leave for 3 heavenly months but it was nice to go back to work too. I felt like a human being again.

There are a few online courses I'd like to take but I need the $ first. My DH also screws with my DSLR too w/o even knowing how to use it. Most of the pictures he takes are too dark or too bright and then I have to edit the crap out of them!

I wound up borrowing one from my mom (a white gold one that I LOVE!!) and since I've had it for so long she bought another and told me to keep this one. Score!! Hope you can find something to put it on. I'm sure no one is judging you

I agree with you about the desk job thing. I was miserable at the end just sitting on my butt all day. Khertz, bless you for being on your feet all day doing what you did pregnant. I was wondering how you were smiling in all your Disney pictures from your pregnant report Now I know!!

If we lived closer I'd totally take newborn pictures for you! I can't find anyone local that wants me to do newborn or maternity pictures for them for free. I need more for my portfolio.

MIL's are crazy!!! I told my MIL we should do breakfast or lunch or shopping or something while I was on leave and it never happened. They are so up our butts about so much stuff but when it comes to me and her doing things alone she always says no. They've never accepted me into the family. I guess I'm just some horrible wench that stole their baby away.

 

[jenny105]

We hate heading into Boston, so no Jet Blue for us! LOL. But we do love flying out of Providence, so I can't wait for Southwest to come out. How's the Continental airfare? I haven't seen any tickets that are decently priced around us, esp not any non-stop.

Yes I watched PLL! It was great fun as usual!

Continental is around $250 each out of Newark. Last year I got JetBlue airfare out of JFK for $180, same time of year. Oh if only I can find a deal like that again!!

 

[Imagineer5]

Love love love the pictures!! You look a lot happier than I was at 8 months pregnant but that last one resembles how I was in all my Thanksgiving pictures in 2010 (I can't say last year anymore *sniff*). Thanks for sharing!!

Aww thank you!! I will say that overall I'm feeling pretty good - DH just gets the brunt of it LOL. However, leaning over to vacuum little crevices yesterday for an hour was a killer on my back!! I put my DH's new massage skills to the test.

haha glad I could help make you excited about it I was on maternity leave for 3 heavenly months but it was nice to go back to work too. I felt like a human being again.

There are a few online courses I'd like to take but I need the $ first. My DH also screws with my DSLR too w/o even knowing how to use it. Most of the pictures he takes are too dark or too bright and then I have to edit the crap out of them!

I wound up borrowing one from my mom (a white gold one that I LOVE!!) and since I've had it for so long she bought another and told me to keep this one. Score!! Hope you can find something to put it on. I'm sure no one is judging you

I agree with you about the desk job thing. I was miserable at the end just sitting on my butt all day. Khertz, bless you for being on your feet all day doing what you did pregnant. I was wondering how you were smiling in all your Disney pictures from your pregnant report Now I know!!

If we lived closer I'd totally take newborn pictures for you! I can't find anyone local that wants me to do newborn or maternity pictures for them for free. I need more for my portfolio.

MIL's are crazy!!! I told my MIL we should do breakfast or lunch or shopping or something while I was on leave and it never happened. They are so up our butts about so much stuff but when it comes to me and her doing things alone she always says no. They've never accepted me into the family. I guess I'm just some horrible wench that stole their baby away.

LOL yesterday DH took the camera outside to take some pictures. He came back in, went to get the card out and realized it wasn't there. I had taken it out on Friday to put up those pics from Christmas, and forgot to put it back. But, any normal person would NOTICE that there were no remaining pics available (no internal memory). He was mad at ME and I sort of went off on him. THEN he took the camera outside again (with card this time) and had it on the TV setting w/o realizing it. Arrgghhh he just makes me so mad sometimes!

That's awesome about the necklace for your ring - mine is still in my "super secret" cabinet hiding spot at home LOL.

Aw that's sweet - I wish I could take you up on the offer for photos!! I'd definitely be willing to increase your portfolio...with free pics!! LOL

I'm sorry you've actually been trying to have a good relationship with your MIL and it hasn't worked out so well. That sucks. It's rude of her to not take you up on the offer to hang out, esp now with a little one in tow that she should be excited to see. I guess my problem is that I already feel like I see her enough (DH's whole family in fact) that I really don't want to add to it!

Continental is around $250 each out of Newark. Last year I got JetBlue airfare out of JFK for $180, same time of year. Oh if only I can find a deal like that again!!

Wow, 180 would be awesome!! This year, I actually signed up for the Southwest credit card when they were running the HUGE points deal. For the $60 annual fee, I got enough points to cover at least 2 round trip flights, it looks like possibly even 3, which we'll then use to buy Aria a seat. Just waiting for them to come out so we can finalize!!

I'm also looking at flights in April/May to Texas to visit my grandparents so they can meet her, and I just got a wedding invitation for a HS friend out in Seattle in July, but not sure if we'll be able to make that TOO since we already take off the 2nd week in July for DH's family week at Cape Cod...

 

[Leger13]

Aww thank you!! I will say that overall I'm feeling pretty good - DH just gets the brunt of it LOL. However, leaning over to vacuum little crevices yesterday for an hour was a killer on my back!! I put my DH's new massage skills to the test.



LOL yesterday DH took the camera outside to take some pictures. He came back in, went to get the card out and realized it wasn't there. I had taken it out on Friday to put up those pics from Christmas, and forgot to put it back. But, any normal person would NOTICE that there were no remaining pics available (no internal memory). He was mad at ME and I sort of went off on him. THEN he took the camera outside again (with card this time) and had it on the TV setting w/o realizing it. Arrgghhh he just makes me so mad sometimes!

That's awesome about the necklace for your ring - mine is still in my "super secret" cabinet hiding spot at home LOL.

Aw that's sweet - I wish I could take you up on the offer for photos!! I'd definitely be willing to increase your portfolio...with free pics!! LOL

I'm sorry you've actually been trying to have a good relationship with your MIL and it hasn't worked out so well. That sucks. It's rude of her to not take you up on the offer to hang out, esp now with a little one in tow that she should be excited to see. I guess my problem is that I already feel like I see her enough (DH's whole family in fact) that I really don't want to add to it!

Yeah bending over towards the end is almost impossible! Hope you were able to get a good massage out of him

OMG that totally sounds like me and DH with our camera. I have it set so it won't take pictures w/o the memory card though.

Yeah I was pretty excited when she gave it to me. I didn't have a good gold chain before and I love this one. Once I get my rings resized I'll have to find a nice pendant to put on the necklace so I can still wear it. I want to get one that has Alex's birth stone on it (blue topaz).

I wish you could too.

I hear you on being around the in laws too much. We were hanging out with mine on a weekly basis. They were always in our business and I hated it. While I was trying to have a relationship with them it's also nice that they're not all up in our crap all the time now. GL with your in laws once the baby arrives. Hopefully they'll take a few steps back and just leave y'all alone to be a family.

 

[Imagineer5]

Yeah bending over towards the end is almost impossible! Hope you were able to get a good massage out of him

OMG that totally sounds like me and DH with our camera. I have it set so it won't take pictures w/o the memory card though.

Yeah I was pretty excited when she gave it to me. I didn't have a good gold chain before and I love this one. Once I get my rings resized I'll have to find a nice pendant to put on the necklace so I can still wear it. I want to get one that has Alex's birth stone on it (blue topaz).

I wish you could too.

I hear you on being around the in laws too much. We were hanging out with mine on a weekly basis. They were always in our business and I hated it. While I was trying to have a relationship with them it's also nice that they're not all up in our crap all the time now. GL with your in laws once the baby arrives. Hopefully they'll take a few steps back and just leave y'all alone to be a family.

His massages are better now, since the birthing class teacher specifically told all DH's they MUST USE TWO HANDS lol. He used to use the half-a$$ed approach of 1 handed massaging.

Aw that sounds like a great idea - getting a pendant for the necklace. Blue topaz - you're so lucky! Blue is def my favorite color. February is amethyst though, which is okay. I think January is Garnet? So it could be either I guess.

LOL to the IL's taking a few steps BACK after baby gets here...unfortunately it's definitely (without question) going to be the opposite. Thankfully MIL doesn't like to drive, so hopefully that'll keep her away at least until the weekend. But, I am thankful she's a lot better than many MIL's I've read about...

 

[Imagineer5]

Shopping update!!

So a while back I was looking for the Babysense V infant movement monitors for the crib. I found a deal on eBay for TWO sets of these monitors for like $65. Sweet! And instead of being even more crazy and putting one set in the co-sleeper and one in the crib, DH talked me into selling one of them... LOL. Just sold it on Amazon for $85!!! Amazing. PLUS I was invited (via some FB group) to join in a New Mom's Baby Products Group next Tuesday afternoon. For 2 hours of my time, they'll pay $75.

So what else to do with this fun money than to go do a bit more shopping!!

Thanks to khertz's suggestion, I got the earmuffs for fireworks:

Then I got this bc I thought it'd be fun for our little pool in the backyard, our trips to the Cape this summer, and possibly even bringing to Disney if they are allowed in the pool (anyone know?)

A cute sph protection suit:

A car seat travel bag:

A cute BF'ing hat:

Also got some more BFing supplies like freezer bags, micro-steam bags, new bottle nipples for older babies

And some books! Let's see, The Quiet Book, a Curious George collection, and Animals (a baby touch & feel book)

So that was fun!! LOL.

This weekend we have to go to Babies R Us because I have $27 in rewards dollars to use...sweet! Not sure what to get, maybe we can pick out the "going home" outfit. We did pick out a couple outfits for her & they are packed in the hospital bag, but none of them are particularly special...so we'll see.

 

[CandleontheWater]

Awesome job shopping!

We took one of those baby floats with us to Disney and didn't have any trouble bringing it in the pool. None of the lifeguards told us it wasn't allowed, so I'm assuming you'll be fine too! I've also seen TR with pics with babies in floats in the pool, so its been done more than once.

Yeah, I head some of the same stuff about the La Leche league, and I guess it might be true for some, but the one I went to had lots of working moms. I live in the DC area, and the high cost of living means that most moms have to go back to work. You should check it out, if it is not for you, then I'm sure you'll find something else that works.

Personally I think that meeting other new moms was almost as helpful as the breastfeeding advice. It was really nice to talk with other people going through the same adventures, and some of the women I met became very good friends.

I have an Uppababy Vista stroller, which is also a larger stroller, but I love using at Disney. We've mostly rented a car to avoid the buses, but the few times we've taken it on Disney transportation, we didn't have any trouble. I promise there will be bigger strollers on those buses than your city select.

 

[Imagineer5]

Awesome job shopping!

We took one of those baby floats with us to Disney and didn't have any trouble bringing it in the pool. None of the lifeguards told us it wasn't allowed, so I'm assuming you'll be fine too! I've also seen TR with pics with babies in floats in the pool, so its been done more than once.

Yeah, I head some of the same stuff about the La Leche league, and I guess it might be true for some, but the one I went to had lots of working moms. I live in the DC area, and the high cost of living means that most moms have to go back to work. You should check it out, if it is not for you, then I'm sure you'll find something else that works.

Personally I think that meeting other new moms was almost as helpful as the breastfeeding advice. It was really nice to talk with other people going through the same adventures, and some of the women I met became very good friends.

I have an Uppababy Vista stroller, which is also a larger stroller, but I love using at Disney. We've mostly rented a car to avoid the buses, but the few times we've taken it on Disney transportation, we didn't have any trouble. I promise there will be bigger strollers on those buses than your city select.

So glad to hear that you were able to bring the baby float. i thought it'd be perfect for the pools, just hadn't yet looked into the policies.

That's funny about the LLL in the DC area, makes sense for sure! I think around Boston the same would be true, but New England in general seems to be pretty close-minded and old-fashioned (sorry to any new englanders...just how I see it from a west coast girl's POV!). Also, I did look into the LLL meetings locally and they are held oh-so-nicely once a month middle of the day on Thursdays or something equally annoying. I'll keep looking for something similar. I priced out formula, just for fun, and looks like it'll cost around $300/month - just another reason to really stick with BF'ing unless there's some medical reason why I can't.

UPPAbaby Vista was tied with the City Select, and to be honest I like the looks better as a single stroller, but I really liked the versatility of the city select for when we have a 2nd, so that's what we went with. The Vista is so nice, and I'm glad to hear you didn't have any problems with it, as I view them both very similarly in terms of folding, weight, etc.

Thanks for your advice!!

 

[Leger13]

His massages are better now, since the birthing class teacher specifically told all DH's they MUST USE TWO HANDS lol. He used to use the half-a$$ed approach of 1 handed massaging.

Aw that sounds like a great idea - getting a pendant for the necklace. Blue topaz - you're so lucky! Blue is def my favorite color. February is amethyst though, which is okay. I think January is Garnet? So it could be either I guess.

LOL to the IL's taking a few steps BACK after baby gets here...unfortunately it's definitely (without question) going to be the opposite. Thankfully MIL doesn't like to drive, so hopefully that'll keep her away at least until the weekend. But, I am thankful she's a lot better than many MIL's I've read about...

well glad to hear his massages are better and he listened to the advice.

Blue is my favorite color too so I'm happy with the blue topaz for Alex's birth stone. It could have been gold quartz or something like that. Blech!!! I like amethyst though. I don't know what Garnet looks like

well that's good that your MIL is a lot better than others. Be thankful for that for sure!

Great purchases too! I feel like a bad mommy not getting Alex the ear muffs for the fire works but we don't plan on going to a ton of fire works. Maybe one wishes show. And if Alex seems to have a problem we'll leave.

I've seen that nursing hat and I think it's totally cute! Hopefully your LO will like hats. Alex won't keep one on his head.

And we have that same exact pool float. It worked great for the one time we got to use it last year Alex was about 8 months old when we used it too.

 

[Imagineer5]

I went so MIA that my TR made it down to page 4. Eek!

LOL...so nothing much to update, though it was fun to see the pictures I posted from my latest shopping spree since I'm still waiting for most to come in the mail. Amazon free shipping is SO SLOW. I loved my Prime membership, but until my PS3 plays their instant movies I won't be shelling out $79 for it.

Anyway we had a nice weekend, spent the $30 at Babies R Us buying...some random stuff. A little glow seahorse toy, a "sheet saver" to tie to the crib so hopefully diaper explosions will get on that instead of the crib sheet (LOL), another pack n play sheet, a cute pink dolphin hooded towel set that DH loved, netting for the car seat...and I think that's it.

We went to a Patriots & sundaes party on Saturday night, Pats won, which neither of us really care about except for the fact that the superbowl is the day before my due date!! And then enjoyed the Providence Boat Show on Sunday along with a lunch out and some window shopping at the mall. Nice long weekend!

Hope you are all doing well!! I have a thing to go to this afternoon, held at the US headquarters of Summer Infant, which I had no idea was in RI! But I'm getting paid $75 as a first-time pregnant mom to talk about baby stuff for 2 hours. Should be interesting, we'll see! That goes towards my Amazon purchases from last week.

 

[Imagineer5]

well glad to hear his massages are better and he listened to the advice.

Blue is my favorite color too so I'm happy with the blue topaz for Alex's birth stone. It could have been gold quartz or something like that. Blech!!! I like amethyst though. I don't know what Garnet looks like

well that's good that your MIL is a lot better than others. Be thankful for that for sure!

Great purchases too! I feel like a bad mommy not getting Alex the ear muffs for the fire works but we don't plan on going to a ton of fire works. Maybe one wishes show. And if Alex seems to have a problem we'll leave.

I've seen that nursing hat and I think it's totally cute! Hopefully your LO will like hats. Alex won't keep one on his head.

And we have that same exact pool float. It worked great for the one time we got to use it last year Alex was about 8 months old when we used it too.

Garnet is a deep red, I think. I'm not a big fan of red, so I'd prefer amethyst LOL. Let's see what this baby has in store though! Dr offered to (TMI?) strip membranes if things are progressing at my 38-week appt next week (but that's only if I'm 2+ cm dilated). Not sure if I will though...we'll see.

Aw don't feel bad about not getting the earphones, she prob won't even tolerate them LOL and DH will definitely roll his eyes when he sees them. I just thought they might be nice to have on hand, esp for the 4th of July festivities when she's only 5 mo. old.

Haha glad to hear you liked the pool float. With our little backyard pool & DH's family having a Cape House, I think she'll get a lot of water time her 1st year so it should come in handy, even if we don't bring it to Disney.

 

[Leger13]

Glad you had a nice long weekend. We bought one of those sheet saver things too and wound up never using it. Not to say you won't but we didn't. As long as you have the right diapers that fit baby properly at night then you shouldn't have an issue Alex had one of those glow worm things too. Absolutely loved it! He slept with it every night until a few months ago.

Oh ok. That sounds pretty too but I do prefer amethist as well. I had the membrane stripping done too. OMG I totally cried it hurt so bad. And it did nothing for me! I still wound up a week over due and being induced so hopefully if you have to go through that pain it will move things along for you. A friend of mine had it done and then her water broke before she ever left the doc office

Yeah my DH would laugh at the ear phones too.

That's great that she will get to be a water baby over the summer. I wanted Alex to get to be but we just didn't get many opportunities. My in laws got rid of their pool and we hate public pools so we just didn't go. We did go to Pensacola when he was 8 months old. Every time we tried to go to the beach it rained so we never made it onto the sand and into the ocean so we used it in my DH's Aunt's pool. He could have cared less about it No smiles or anything while in the pool.

 

[Imagineer5]

Glad you had a nice long weekend. We bought one of those sheet saver things too and wound up never using it. Not to say you won't but we didn't. As long as you have the right diapers that fit baby properly at night then you shouldn't have an issue Alex had one of those glow worm things too. Absolutely loved it! He slept with it every night until a few months ago.

Oh ok. That sounds pretty too but I do prefer amethist as well. I had the membrane stripping done too. OMG I totally cried it hurt so bad. And it did nothing for me! I still wound up a week over due and being induced so hopefully if you have to go through that pain it will move things along for you. A friend of mine had it done and then her water broke before she ever left the doc office

Yeah my DH would laugh at the ear phones too.

That's great that she will get to be a water baby over the summer. I wanted Alex to get to be but we just didn't get many opportunities. My in laws got rid of their pool and we hate public pools so we just didn't go. We did go to Pensacola when he was 8 months old. Every time we tried to go to the beach it rained so we never made it onto the sand and into the ocean so we used it in my DH's Aunt's pool. He could have cared less about it No smiles or anything while in the pool.

Glad the glow worm was a successful purchase! I thought it was cute. DH thought it was a silly buy, but then when we got home he touched it for the first time and realized the plastic belly wasn't hard - apparently he thought the whole thing was really hard. Then he said he was glad we bought it. Guys are so weird.

Oh wow, sorry to hear the membrane stripping was so awful for you!! That's scary to hear LOL I don't tolerate pain so well. But i guess that just goes to show that it only helps when you're about ready to go into labor anyway.

DH would be so sad if our baby doesn't LOVE the water. HE is the water guy in our family and fully expects her to be too! I'm not much for public pools either, but we do plan on starting her in swim lessons at 6mo just for fun. Other than that, it'll just be salt water mainly (Cape Cod). I wish we had a really nice in-ground pool but I don't want to settle for just a plain one, so the one I want is of course going to cost a TON of money (like way over $100K and is so not worth it in MA hahaha). So instead I settled for a cheap above ground pool that we take down in September and put up in June. Oh well. We actually got it for our dog, Annie, and she just loooveesss it. I didn't even go in it last year but she certainly did daily!

 

[khertz]

I have never seen the sheet saver things, neat! We did buy the mattress protectors to put under the sheets, the ones that fit over the mattress instead of tying. DH used to work offshore and I used to have SO much trouble changing the sheets on that dang crib without taking off ALL of the bumper pads. I'm sure it was quite a sight seeing me try to change DS's sheets. After a couple times of him going away for weeks at a time and me telling him what a difficult time I had with it, he would start layering mattress pads & sheets before he left for me! That way if he spit up or peed through his diaper, I could just take off one sheet & mattress protector and still have 2 more layers to go through without having to kill myself trying to get something on there!! Such a great hubby.

 

[Imagineer5]

I have never seen the sheet saver things, neat! We did buy the mattress protectors to put under the sheets, the ones that fit over the mattress instead of tying. DH used to work offshore and I used to have SO much trouble changing the sheets on that dang crib without taking off ALL of the bumper pads. I'm sure it was quite a sight seeing me try to change DS's sheets. After a couple times of him going away for weeks at a time and me telling him what a difficult time I had with it, he would start layering mattress pads & sheets before he left for me! That way if he spit up or peed through his diaper, I could just take off one sheet & mattress protector and still have 2 more layers to go through without having to kill myself trying to get something on there!! Such a great hubby.

That reminds me that I want to do the same thing!!! a friend had told me about that and i think it's genius! Why store away extra sheets/mattress pads/etc when you can just layer them on the bed. Those stupid mattresses ARE incredible difficult to get out. We did put the sheet saver on the crib, too. These sorts of ideas will really come in handy once they are 2+ and potty training I think!

 

[Imagineer5]

So just a quick update. First my pregnancy brain (well, I'll blame it on that anyway) caused me to double book Wednesday afternoon and left Tuesday wide open! I *thought* the baby products discussion group was Tuesday, so I made my doc appointment for Wednesday. I was ready to leave for the discussion group, and got an email "reminding" us of the Wednesday timing. Oops. Of course doc couldn't reschedule, so there is my lesson for spending the $$ before I have it!

My doctor appt was uneventful as usual. Though I did find out that I only have a 1:6 chance of having my particular doctor as the delivering one, since the office just rotates among the 6 delivering doctors. Which would normally be fine except that 2 out of 3 of the other docs I've met I really didn't like. Oh well, it's all about the nurses anyway! and I've heard they are AWESOME at the hospital I'm going to.

18 days left until EDD and 6 days left of work!

 

[Leger13]

Glad the glow worm was a successful purchase! I thought it was cute. DH thought it was a silly buy, but then when we got home he touched it for the first time and realized the plastic belly wasn't hard - apparently he thought the whole thing was really hard. Then he said he was glad we bought it. Guys are so weird.

Oh wow, sorry to hear the membrane stripping was so awful for you!! That's scary to hear LOL I don't tolerate pain so well. But i guess that just goes to show that it only helps when you're about ready to go into labor anyway.

DH would be so sad if our baby doesn't LOVE the water. HE is the water guy in our family and fully expects her to be too! I'm not much for public pools either, but we do plan on starting her in swim lessons at 6mo just for fun. Other than that, it'll just be salt water mainly (Cape Cod). I wish we had a really nice in-ground pool but I don't want to settle for just a plain one, so the one I want is of course going to cost a TON of money (like way over $100K and is so not worth it in MA hahaha). So instead I settled for a cheap above ground pool that we take down in September and put up in June. Oh well. We actually got it for our dog, Annie, and she just loooveesss it. I didn't even go in it last year but she certainly did daily!

guys are so funny.

LOL sorry I wasn't trying to scare you. It just is what it is I guess but you're right. When you get to the end you'll do whatever you have to to get that baby out. Maybe take some Tylenol before the appt and it won't be so bad.

Aww well that's sweet. My DH hates the water really and really hates the beach. It sucks since I'm a Florida girl. That's a good idea about the above ground pool. We just wound up getting Alex a little baby pool and we only used it once Maybe we'll use it more with the next baby.

I have never seen the sheet saver things, neat! We did buy the mattress protectors to put under the sheets, the ones that fit over the mattress instead of tying. DH used to work offshore and I used to have SO much trouble changing the sheets on that dang crib without taking off ALL of the bumper pads. I'm sure it was quite a sight seeing me try to change DS's sheets. After a couple times of him going away for weeks at a time and me telling him what a difficult time I had with it, he would start layering mattress pads & sheets before he left for me! That way if he spit up or peed through his diaper, I could just take off one sheet & mattress protector and still have 2 more layers to go through without having to kill myself trying to get something on there!! Such a great hubby.

Yup we did that too with putting multiple mattress pads and sheets on. After a while I just took the bumpers off Alex's crib because it was such a pain to change the sheets. I know there's one kind of sheet that BRU sells. I think it's called the miracle sheet or something where the bottom part stays on and when you have to change the sheet you unzip the top part and that comes off and you just change that. Seems great but also unsanitary at the same time. A friend of mine is a nanny and she said her family uses them and they're great

So just a quick update. First my pregnancy brain (well, I'll blame it on that anyway) caused me to double book Wednesday afternoon and left Tuesday wide open! I *thought* the baby products discussion group was Tuesday, so I made my doc appointment for Wednesday. I was ready to leave for the discussion group, and got an email "reminding" us of the Wednesday timing. Oops. Of course doc couldn't reschedule, so there is my lesson for spending the $$ before I have it!

My doctor appt was uneventful as usual. Though I did find out that I only have a 1:6 chance of having my particular doctor as the delivering one, since the office just rotates among the 6 delivering doctors. Which would normally be fine except that 2 out of 3 of the other docs I've met I really didn't like. Oh well, it's all about the nurses anyway! and I've heard they are AWESOME at the hospital I'm going to.

18 days left until EDD and 6 days left of work!

That sucks about the double booking. Sorry to hear that. But these things happen. Especially with pregnancy brain

I had the same issue. I had a 1:8 chance of having my doc deliver Alex but you know what? He DID deliver Alex!!!! Since Alex was stubborn (a week late) we got to induce when my doc was scheduled to be on call. The night I went in he was not on call but I was still in labor when he got in and he would up performing my c-section which was wonderful!! I do not wish for you to go over due but if you do I sure hope the same happens to you. But if it doesn't, most women aren't lucky enough to get the doctor they choose to deliver their baby. Unless it's a one doc practice.

getting close!! I can't wait to see the little princess!!

 

[Imagineer5]

guys are so funny.

LOL sorry I wasn't trying to scare you. It just is what it is I guess but you're right. When you get to the end you'll do whatever you have to to get that baby out. Maybe take some Tylenol before the appt and it won't be so bad.

Aww well that's sweet. My DH hates the water really and really hates the beach. It sucks since I'm a Florida girl. That's a good idea about the above ground pool. We just wound up getting Alex a little baby pool and we only used it once Maybe we'll use it more with the next baby.

Hehehe you and my DH would get along great! I hate the beach & water, but I do love pools. I just get bored sitting on a beach. My DH could sit there for a week straight though. I am assuming I'll have to plan a lot more beach/water time now with a baby though (but maybe she'll take after me and get bored really easily??? )

Yup we did that too with putting multiple mattress pads and sheets on. After a while I just took the bumpers off Alex's crib because it was such a pain to change the sheets. I know there's one kind of sheet that BRU sells. I think it's called the miracle sheet or something where the bottom part stays on and when you have to change the sheet you unzip the top part and that comes off and you just change that. Seems great but also unsanitary at the same time. A friend of mine is a nanny and she said her family uses them and they're great

Yeah I had those crib zipper sheets on my registry but no one got them! They were pretty expensive, like $40 for the first set and then $20 for each additional zipper sheet. I thought about it but decided not to do it. We'll see if I kick myself later for not getting them. Nice for the nanny though!

That sucks about the double booking. Sorry to hear that. But these things happen. Especially with pregnancy brain

I had the same issue. I had a 1:8 chance of having my doc deliver Alex but you know what? He DID deliver Alex!!!! Since Alex was stubborn (a week late) we got to induce when my doc was scheduled to be on call. The night I went in he was not on call but I was still in labor when he got in and he would up performing my c-section which was wonderful!! I do not wish for you to go over due but if you do I sure hope the same happens to you. But if it doesn't, most women aren't lucky enough to get the doctor they choose to deliver their baby. Unless it's a one doc practice.

getting close!! I can't wait to see the little princess!!

Yeah I never, EVER do stuff like that normally. I am the most punctual person, so that sort of think irks me to no end. And here I go doing it. Oops.

I was thinking the same thing about the post-date induction. I'll definitely be looking into when he will be around to see when to book it, good idea to go in a bit before his shift starts so that I am guaranteed to get him! We'll see.

I can't imagine being an OB in a one doc practice. Imagine how busy you'd be? and how many appointment cancellations you'd have to make? I don't even think that's feasible. Maybe a two-doc practice or something where the other doc can take over appointments if you have to go to the hospital.