2009 Pregnancy/baby thread

**finn's mom** · 07-25-2009, 01:04 AM

So, we're picking up the last few things we need for baby's arrival! All I need to choose is a breast pump and I need to buy the sling I want. What are the things you guys have left to get before baby arrives in your home?

I just ordered a play yard today. It looks pretty cute! We chose a swing, too, about a week ago, but I am exchanging it for a different one this week. The one we're switching it out for can be plugged in, and that sold me!

**beeniesmom** · 07-26-2009, 12:17 PM

I still need a playyard too. We've been to both babies r us of the area and both sold out of what I want.

I will try to go to target today and see if they have the kind I wanted, if not, I'll get a different one.

I need the breast pump as well. We will probably rent it from the hospital on Monday when I go in to do the pre-op stuff.

I am so unusually calm... only 3 days to go.
I've been having a bunch of contractions too.

**finn's mom** · 07-26-2009, 09:01 PM

Oh my gosh Carmen. You are going to be a mom in three days! I'm giddy for you!

You be calm, I'll be a squirmy mess over here.

And, then, when Clara's ready or we have to schedule a C-section, we can switch roles. Of course, you'll be too busy with your new girl to be squirmy for ours!

The play yard we originally had on our registry is too expensive. I found one at Walmart (we had gift cards) that is only $80 and the reviews on it are fantastic. It doesn't have as many features as the $180 one we originally chose at Babies R Us, but I am confident that it will be what we need.

I'm pretty sure I'm going with Medela's breast pump that comes in the backpack style bag. There's one above it called a freestyle that is more expensive, but I don't really think I'll need what it offers and the one we're getting is expensive enough! I plan on pumping at least once a day and storing for times when I'm not at home with baby and when she's about four weeks old, David and I want him to be able to feed her once a day. We found some bottles, too, that are pretty cool and offer less nipple confusion than standard ones.

We took our last baby class today! It was the Infant Safety and CPR class, very informative. I feel confident in both our abilities at this point, that if we needed to, we could do the right thing by any baby that was in distress!

Yesterday, after class, David tried on the sling I want to get. And it just so happened that there was a lady in the store with a little boy (maybe a couple months old), so Kay (the instructor/owner) took the baby and put it in the sling! David's never held a baby before! The baby started to cry immediately, and Kay told David to use the "shushing" technique we'd just learned in the baby basics class, and within seconds the baby was asleep! It was awesome and so cool seeing David walk around with the baby in the wrap. I'll definitely buy it!

I have three more days of work, and then that's it for me!