So, now that we’re closing in on 30 weeks very soon..I’m starting to panic. Not about labor…not about being a mom…I’m panicked because of this moment, I have a bunch of unwashed onesies and sleepers, a full bed that has a very girly comforter on it, no door on the closet in the room, and…that’s about it.
I’m so unprepared for Baby Boy! My only saving grace will be if this child takes after his daddy and comes late! However, if he’s impatient like Momma, he’ll come early! That’ll be our luck, haha! And not funny haha…Heidi with the wide eyed deer in headlights look running around like a chicken with her head cut off haha! Quite an image, eh?
I have checklists and to do lists but nothing really checked off!! We have no furniture but I’m not overly worried about that part because I know they’re coming, we have no diaper bag because I haven’t picked one out yet, and no nursery as of right now. Although before I was pregnant, I had the foresight to paint the room in the color I knew I wanted for the nursery so that’s one less thing to do.
Now granted that Baby Boy won’t exactly be running around our house on day one but even the rest of my house is very unprepared for him! I’m not a messy person…those who know me..SHUT UP. ;-) But Vinny and I have books piled in places because..well quite frankly we have too many books and not enough places to keep them all. Does anyone want any books? I think I’m gonna do a big ebay sale on the cookbooks but if anyone’s interested I can post a bunch on here if you guys would like to have first whack at them? I have a very very non-child friendly dining room that I wanted to re do quickly…simple things like moving all my wine glasses up onto my shelves and installing those wine glass holders for them. I want to give our house a very very thorough cleaning.
At the beginning of this pregnancy, I had soo many cute ideas for things I wanted to make for the baby…including a really cute little shelf that kinda looks like Winnie the Pooh ish…don’t ask me to explain further, in my head it makes sense but every time I try to explain it aloud, it does not. I had a couple pictures I wanted to make and have framed. I wanted to get a mirror for his room because what baby doesn’t love to look at themselves. But now as we’re getting closer to the end, I’m accepting that some of these projects are just not gonna get finished.
Maternity leave just include a 3 months prepartum leave so people can take that time to prepare!!
Am I a bad mom already because I’m not more prepared? Please tell me other moms have felt this way as this point.
2 Comments:
Honestly, I'd only wash a couple of onesies/sleepers. Some babies never even fit into newborn sizes, and if you keep the tags on and don't wash, you can return them if that happens!
you're a great mom, heidi! this is completely normal. you never know, you may get that whole nesting feeling soon, with a burst of energy, and have everything done before you even know it. i wish i lived there, i would so help you right now! it's fun stuff!
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