To-dos and Accomplishments 6/2

[katelou]

Anyone check anything off their list since last time? What else do you need to do?

[comicSans]

Dd's new room is painted! Well at least the walls. Still need to do most of the trim and doors.

We also bought a couple of shelves, and I put one together. I also picked out and have cut curtain fabric for her room, and will have enough to also make a cushion for on top of one of the shelves for a window seat. Still need to do all the making.

Also have fabric for a book shelf and crib skirt to replace the existing coral stuff in the nursery.

Still lots of making to do, plus cleaning out the room and moving DD. I'd like to get her moved before baby boy comes, but it will be ok if we don't.

Additionally I have a months worth of paid work to complete.

[littlesthobo]

Done:

-painted DS' big boy room, bought sheets, bed rails, safety gear, dresser, baby gates (the windows in that room are floor to ceiling and I'm pretty sure they are original to the house, 1880, so we're going to gate them to be on the safe side!)

- patio is 90% complete! (DH is building it)

- I have been shopping for baby and am good to go for clothes, blankets, bottles, diapers!

To do:

- assemble DS' new dresser and move him in! It occurred to me that we can make this happen this weekend!

- wash 0-3 month box of baby clothes and organize nursery
- need a ceiling fan for DS' room

- a few more things to pick up at Once Upon a Child: diaper genie, swing for baby

- catch up on regular household cleaning, things have fallen behind (baby and toddler care about the kitchen cupboards being scrubbed clean, right?)

[lostinfaith225]

All I have left:

Pack hospital bag
Set up pnp downstairs
Freezer meals
Get my house cleaned!!!!!

Other non baby items:
Buy a swing set!

[beebe918]

Last time we had this thread our nursery was packed with things. It's finally about 95% cleaned out and we've had the water damage in the floor repaired. We still need to paint. I'm picking up the crib on Saturday so once we paint we can finally start setting things up.

Possibly flameful but my toiletries are still packed from a year ago when I had Jack so I just need to throw some clothes together. I will definitely be taking less stuff to the hospital this time.

[rungirlrun]

Last time we had this thread, I'm pretty sure my accomplishments were nothing, and my to-do list was basically everything. However, I'm made some very small progress (I'll ignore what many of you have done so I don't feel so badly about myself!):

Accomplishments:
-got insurance breast pump
-found a place to live (much harder than it should be)
-have doula and had first meeting tonight

To-Do:
-everything else including moving in July sometime

[tikoberry99]

Jun 2, 2016 21:08:40 GMT -5 littlesthobo said:

Done:

-painted DS' big boy room, bought sheets, bed rails, safety gear, dresser, baby gates (the windows in that room are floor to ceiling and I'm pretty sure they are original to the house, 1880, so we're going to gate them to be on the safe side!)

- patio is 90% complete! (DH is building it)

- I have been shopping for baby and am good to go for clothes, blankets, bottles, diapers!

To do:

- assemble DS' new dresser and move him in! It occurred to me that we can make this happen this weekend!

- wash 0-3 month box of baby clothes and organize nursery
- need a ceiling fan for DS' room

- a few more things to pick up at Once Upon a Child: diaper genie, swing for baby

- catch up on regular household cleaning, things have fallen behind (baby and toddler care about the kitchen cupboards being scrubbed clean, right?)

We have floor to ceiling windows in our second story dining room. I never thought about gating them...great idea!

[housecarder]

Well we are in the final countdown.
Completed:
-nursery
-DS preschool
-hospital bags packed
-childcare for older kids planned during hospital stay
-pack and play set up in our room
-downstairs changing and play area set up
-all baby items bought

To do:
-install car seats in van (van is still in shop so that's why it's not completed)
-arrange for someone to let out dog while in hospital
-find nanny/daycare for twins (can still do after they arrive if all else fails)

[acorn99]

We transitioned J to his new room a few weeks ago and I am so thankful that is over with. Baby's room and clothes are now all ready to go. I think that they only things we have left to do are install car seats and make some freezer food/do a big shopping trip to Sam's Club. I really put the push on H to get everything done in May because I was stressing and we somehow managed to do it

[mugster]

Done:

nursery walls painted
bassinet acquired
newborn cloth stash done
curtains hung

In Progress:
one crib sheet made
most of a crib made
some nursery art made
most of a crib quilt made

To do:
Hospital tour? Pediatrician tour?
Pack a bag
Finish all in progress projects
Build a dresser

Quote of the week, "You guys know about Ikea, right?" from H's best friend after seeing the state of the nursery....

[cabbagecabbage]

Accomplished:

Newborn diaper stash finished.
All diapers prepped and washed
All baby clothes except a couple brand new outfits washed
DD signed up for hospital class on new babies
A little bit of freezer food prep
Planned ahead for DD's August birthday and having early July party instead. Invites out.
Purchased nursing tanks, gown, butt spray.
Purchased in fact toiletries and ibuprofen

To Do:

Install infant bases (after I'm totally fine with babysitting kids seat mid june)
Pre-register at hospital
Buy mega pads
Talk to photographer
Buy new 5 point booster for DD for her grandma adventure while I am in labor.

[littlesthobo]

This thread is reminding me of a few things I forgot, like doing the hospital tour and buying mega pads! We should do a "what's in your hospital bag" thread.

[sarcaztic10]

Accomplishments: We bought the rocking chair and high chair recently. I actually have my hospital bag halfway packed. We have the changing pad to go on top of the dresser.

Need to do:
Move DS1 over and install car seat on the passenger side.
Buy a spare car seat base.
Get a pack n play
Get a swing
Rearrange our room to be able to fit the pack n play in there for the first few months.
My mom is bringing the antique dresser she refinished with her after S comes so that will be here about a week after he comes.
Get breast pump from insurance.
Clean off all of the old baby toys.
Make freezer meals.
Go off dairy and eggs completely (this starts with this weeks shopping trip).

I have so much to do!

[prvc678]

I'll be stripping cloth diapers and washing newborn clothes this weekend. Not doing a nursery yet because I'm waiting to see if this LO is a boy or girl. If it's another girl, I want to have her and DD share a room in a year or so, so we can keep our guest room (our house is a 3 br). If LO is a boy, I'm not sure what we will do as far as the room situation. I realize now that we put a lot of time and money into DD's room, and now that we're thinking about a big girl room, she may end up not wanting all the decor that we spent so much money on. So I hesitate to make that mistake again. In the meantime I need to buy room darkening curtains for the guest room, since we will put the pnp in there and use it for the baby to sleep. Oh, and we need to pull some stuff up from the crawl space--rnp, swing, infant car seat, etc.



Yep, doing the least over here.

[those3words]

To Do:
- Turn current nursery into a toddler room.
- Assemble toddler bed.
- Get toddler to sleep in his new toddler bed (currently he co-sleeps...not by design or some great philosophy on my part...because we are too exhausted to fight it).
- Find where the heck I put all the newborn to 3 mo clothes.
- Wash all the tiny clothes.
- Move the crib from the nursery into our bedroom.
- Clean and install the infant seat.

I'm sure there is much more to do.

[tootsie]

Accomplishments
-Filed for breast pump w/insurance, won't receive it for a few weeks
-Made a lot of nursery progress, I've hung curtains, have furniture and rug.
-Bought a few tiny clothes
-Bought a big box of size 1 diapers
-Arranged leave with work
-Scheduled hospital tour
-Bought a new City Mini GT!! Super excited about that one.
-Daycare is set up, UNLESS I change my mind about daycare, which I think is happening :/


To Do
-File actual leave paperwork for work
-install carseat
-Buy: rug pad, bottles, some back-up formula, maybe a swing, nursery art
-Pack bag
-Sell old stroller
-Get clothes and a bunch of other baby crap from SIL next weekend
-Make decision about daycare
-Sew crib sheets and crib skirt
-Make freezer meals. Lol, that's probably not going to happen

UUUUUGGGGGHHHHHH TOO MUCH CAN'T HANDLE IT

[glaze]

To do:
-Pack hospital bag
-Clean and organize all bottles and breast pump parts
-Get a big brother and big sister gift
-Wash car seat and put sheets on crib (waiting till last minute for this because I babysit my niece and use those both for her)
-meal prep
-stock up on toiletries and house stuff.

[lostinfaith225]

Oh I forgot I need to install the car seats. Haha

[littlesthobo]

Jun 3, 2016 10:20:57 GMT -5 lostinfaith225 said:

Oh I forgot I need to install the car seats. Haha

Ha ha me too! Gotta dig mine out of storage.

[TnT10]

We are knocking out those to-do lists ladies!

My to-do's:
- finish painting the kitchen/ living room (H is doing most of that)
- clean mamaroo & carseat
- install carseat and bases
- pack hospital bag
- finish decorating baby's room- I only have a couple things to do in there
- freezer meals
- put together big sister gift
ETA: do a big shopping trip to stock up on TP, paper towels, other household necessities.

I will hopefully be doing most of these things this weekend (other than actually making the freezer meals, I'll do that towards the end of the month), so then we will be ready for baby! With the PTL scare again this time I want to have everything ready to go earlier on and not need it rather than need it all done and not have it done, does that make sense?

[mcktymck]

I'm still freaking out over all of the big things that still need to get done, but am feeling slightly better now that I've started working on small tasks each day.

Done:
Washed all of the towels, sheets, blankets, etc
Washed basically all of the size newborn-3 month clothing (people keep sending more, stop it damn it!)
Washed our cloth diaper stash
Purchased the one box of disposable newborn diapers we'll be using before CDs
Installed the sun shades and backseat mirror in my car

Need to do:
Build ALL of the baby furniture (crib is most likely being built this weekend, as well as pack n play)
Take all gear out of boxes and put them together
Birth prep class (tomorrow)
Install car seat (June 25th)
Infant CPR class (June 12th)
Move the rest of our things into condo and unpack
Set up the nursery
Make some freezer meals
Order breast pump 30 days before due date
Send in STD and FMLA paperwork 30 days before due date
Not kill my mom, her bf, and her dog before they move out

Question on baby clothes- like I said I've only washed newborn-3 months. Would it be a good idea to also have 6 month clothing washed and ready to go, or wait until he's getting closer to wearing that size?

[harlowjune1984]

Done:
-Packed baby bag for hospital

Not Done:
-Everything else. Including still needing to purchase infant carseat.

[katelou]

Jun 3, 2016 9:02:50 GMT -5 tootsie said:

-Make freezer meals. Lol, that's probably not going to happen]

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Haha I know it's not going to happen over here, so I've already given up on that one. I know this guy named Trader Joe who lives 2 minutes away, I'm going to rely on him for freezer meals.

[harlowjune1984]

mcktymck, I would just wait until he is closer to that size. I mean, if you have the space to put them out right now, and have nothing better to do, then I guess do it. But if you are tighter on space, leave them in a rubbermaid and get them out when you need them.

[lovegrilledcheese]

Done
-Built crib, dresser, and pack n play
-Bought all nursery decor
-Got breast pump
-Installed car seats

To Do (my mom and sis will help out a lot next week with this list when they visit)
-wash baby clothes and sheets
-see if I need to order any other clothes for NB-3m
-hang up nursery decor
-put together stroller
- organize baby stuff in room and in house
-put together hospital bag
-make freezer meals

[housecarder]

Jun 3, 2016 11:15:44 GMT -5 mcktymck said:

Not kill my mom, her bf, and her dog before they move out

I think you get all the credit in the world for not having done this yet.

[comicSans]

This thread is giving me anxiety all over again. So much to do, so little time.

I went grocery shopping today (with the 2 year old) and now I have no energy left for the rest of the day.

[lostinfaith225]

Jun 3, 2016 12:23:10 GMT -5 comicSans said:

This thread is giving me anxiety all over again. So much to do, so little time.

I went grocery shopping today (with the 2 year old) and now I have no energy left for the rest of the day.

That's how I am after a big outing with my 2 year old in the am. Haha

[tikoberry99]

What has been done since the last check in:

Installed car seat
Got a pediatrician
Went to the newborn, childcare and breast feeding classes
Washed baby M sheets and lanolin his wool mattress pad
Set up neighbors to take out dogs while in hospital

Need to do:
Wash clothes
Pack hospital bag
Set up my parents room for their visit
Wash bottles
Sanitize breast pump
Fill out disability for my leave
Make my freezer meals

Damn I got a lot of stuff to get done. I prob won't get to most of this until my leave in 2 weeks.

[mcktymck]

Jun 3, 2016 11:54:22 GMT -5 housecarder said:

Jun 3, 2016 11:15:44 GMT -5 mcktymck said:

Not kill my mom, her bf, and her dog before they move out

I think you get all the credit in the world for not having done this yet.

It's been very tempting. We received four boxes of baby stuff in the mail yesterday so I hadn't had time to find homes for all of it yet. She walked in and immediately started nagging "you need to start putting these things away!" I considered packing everything up and moving out, possibly back to CT haha