February To-do List

[BabyStandish]

I see other BMB's doing this and I like it. 

What do you want to accomplish this week? This month?

Feel free to check in daily or weekly or whenever. 

[BabyStandish]

I don't have much on the to-do list this week besides Dr appts. I have a blood draw this morning, then 24 week appt tomorrow and dentist appt tomorrow too.

For February my main thing is ordering NB/small prefolds and a couple covers. I'm going to wait til mid-month to do this or if I see any sales. 

I wouldn't mind painting/de-popcorning our bedroom, but I'm not sure if H would be on board yet. I hate doing the popcorn so as long as he'd do that I can do the rest. I need to pick a color if we do that. I was thinking some kind of grey...but our comforter is grey so I think that'd just be too much so I'm not sure. 

Another thing is work on our budget. We spent more then we planned last month and I'd like to do better this month. It's just hard to do when you are also planning for baby. It's at least a shorter month which means less time to spend money

[jennyelf]

BabyStandish, A lot of cloth diaper places do Earth Day sales if you're willing to wait that long.

Our to-do list is to start emptying out the study and getting it ready to become a nursery again. I started with a little bit, moving all the young adult books to kiddo's room and sorting through some of my paperbacks that should probably just go to the library donation bin for used book sales.

[BabyStandish]

jennyelf I am. I'm slowly getting a few things here and there, but saving my big purchase for earth day.

[jennyelf]

BabyStandish, We cloth diapered kiddo#1 and loved it. Personally I thought the prefolds from greenmountaindiapers.com were both awesome and a good value. I was also a fan of bamboo flats as kiddo got older. Very easy to get fully clean (no ammonia) and worked great just folded up into a pocket diaper or folded up like a prefold.

[BabyStandish]

jennyelf those are the ones I'm going to order! We CD with DS and love it but didn't start til he was a month old and did OS ones and mostly pockets/AIO's. I felt like they didn't fit right though for awhile so we are starting with NB diapers this time around and doing either workhorses/prefolds with covers or AIO's for when we are out. I have a problem with wanting to get matching diapers for new baby and DS lol.

[shandorfml2]

Got to finish moving crap out of the nursery into the guest room.

[sleepymonkey]

My Feb to-do list is to clear out the nursery. We're basically consolidating 2 rooms (guest room and office/library) in to one and it is no small feat because the office/library is MH's and he is a pack rat who does not like to just get rid of stuff. He will deliberate for an hour over one small thing. A lot of the stuff in the guest room (which will become the nursery) is my stuff and I am at the point where I'll probably just throw most stuff out. I would prefer to donate but I just don't have the time.
We need everything done by the end of the month because we are going to take advantage of the BRU trade-in even to get the crib so that will need to be ordered by 2/20. We'll also order the dresser at that time because we can get 15% off.

[hpnegirl]

sleepymonkey make sure the crib you want is eligible for the trade in event. I've heard mixed reviews about being able to actually use the discount on furniture as it almost always needs to be special ordered

[sleepymonkey]

hpnegirl, good to know. I asked at our local Toys R Us and they said it should be eligible but that store is pretty crappy (barely any baby stuff) so I'm not 100% confident that they were correct. I may need to call an actual BRU and see if I can get a definite answer. If it's not eligible, I'll just order the set we liked at BBB. It is almost the same (same brand but very slightly different as an exclusive to BBB) but I think it slightly better. I was willing to go with the BRU set if we could get a discount, though!

[chknma]

Feb: trade in expired infant seat at BRU
clarify with daycare if they will have room for DD3
decide on sidecar crib vs arms reach

[lupincat]

My main goal for the month is to get the spare bedroom totally cleared out for DS2.

I'd also like to start looking at twin beds for DS1 but that's a secondary goal for now.

[nikonine]

I need to buy our double stroller from BRU during the trade in event, paint a shelf in my bathroom cabinet, put down shelving paper in said cabinet, and go through my clothes. I also need to tackle my recipe collection so it's easier to find what I'm looking for. H needs to keep looking for an arms reach sleeper and paint our pantry.

[txcatlady]

Clean out the cabinets in the guest bathroom (baby bath things will be in there eventually)

Start compiling a list of freezer meals

Finish gathering addresses for baby shower invite list

Do and file our taxes

Order glider for nursery

[BabyStandish]

txcatlady oooo taxes that's a good one! I need to check my mail to see if my w2 is in there. I haven't checked since like Saturday.

[icedtea]

Set up a home visit with the nanny agency

Continue to stock up on cloth diapers

Assess what we need after my shower on the 19th

Taxes

Start playing baby noises for the dog and get a doll for them to start getting used to

[tortor4]

Clean out the closet in the room that will be the baby's room

Make room in our closet for all of my clothes that are in above closet

Order blinds and curtains for baby's room

Order crib sheets and changing pad covers

Finish decorating

[lastkiss]

Stain the crib

Clear out the nursery closet

Figure clothing storage for the babies

Rearrange my kitchen cupboards

Organize our linen closet

[nikonine]

Ugh, forgot about taxes too. Adding to my planner list...

[hpnegirl]

In no particular order..

1- file taxes. They're done. I'm just waiting on the official total from daycare and the form. I'll file electronically and then mail the IRS a check in late March for what we owe

2. Finish nursery

3- pick up formula so it's ready. My bottles and formula pitchers came in today so just need to get formula closer to my EDD

4- FMLA paperwork

5- figure out where I want to deliver..

[lupincat]

hpnegirl Ooh, thanks for reminding me to sign up for the Enfamil rewards again in case BFing doesn't work out. Thanks!

[nikonine]

Feb 1, 2017 20:40:05 GMT -5 hpnegirl said:

In no particular order..

1- file taxes. They're done. I'm just waiting on the official total from daycare and the form. I'll file electronically and then mail the IRS a check in late March for what we owe

2. Finish nursery

3- pick up formula so it's ready. My bottles and formula pitchers came in today so just need to get formula closer to my EDD

4- FMLA paperwork

5- figure out where I want to deliver..

formula pitchers, please give details. Do you mix a big batch for the day?

[hpnegirl]

nikonine yes. Dr Brown's makes them. You can mix up how many ounces you need for the day and place the pitcher in the fridge for up to 24 hours (won't lie, we would stretch to 26-27 hours sometimes once he was past 6 months..). It's got this spiral pump thing to make sure it's mixed well. Since the ratio of powder to water is the same whether you make 2 oz or 20 oz, it was easier for us to do it that way, especially when prepping bottles for the day

[rosesquared]

Ok this post makes me a little anxious but I might as well put it all down.

Biggest goal: Clear out room that will be the nursery. This entails moving a ton of furniture to different parts of our house, selling some furniture, moving all my books to the basement, and finding homes for other random stuff.

Along with above, making room in our bedroom for half of the stuff coming out of the nursery.

This weekend: Finish compiling addresses to send to bff for baby shower invites and finalize registry. It's so close!

Sign up for workshops/classes. Most in April but decide which ones we're doing.

Fill out questionnaire my doula gave us.

File taxes and pray for a refund!

Like icedtea, start working with the dogs. We are going to a workshop about it mid-Feb so likely incorporating what we learn there.

Read more books for labor and breastfeeding. Also hypnobirthing starts mid-Feb so practice that too when the time comes.

Call and tour more daycares. (We've only visited one so far.)

I feel like I'm forgetting something but this is enough right?

[hpnegirl]

Feb 1, 2017 21:15:06 GMT -5 lupincat said:

hpnegirl Ooh, thanks for reminding me to sign up for the Enfamil rewards again in case BFing doesn't work out. Thanks!

I signed myself up but need to sign up my family members. I take all the coupons! I'm pretty sure I'm going to stick with enfamil but haven't decided if I'll jump straight to gentlease to try to avoid the gas issues we had or not

[nikonine]

hpnegirl, that sounds like am awesome time saver. Thanks for the info!

[icedtea]

rosesquared, I didn't even think about contacting our dog trainer/behaviorist for tips. Will do that now!

[hpnegirl]

Feb 2, 2017 9:38:38 GMT -5 nikonine said:

hpnegirl, that sounds like am awesome time saver. Thanks for the info!

We actually had gotten a brezza, but didn't use it so we returned it and got the pitcher instead, especially since he would drink his formula cold. It made prepping daycare bottles so much easier. We had two as we often would run out in the middle of the day and I preferred to let it air dry before mixing a new batch because smell

These are the pitchers: www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B001I481LM/ref=mp_s_a_1_1_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1486047056&sr=8-1&keywords=formula+pitcher&dpPl=1&dpID=41L4wmAveNL&ref=plSrch

[rosesquared]

icedtea we actually found a workshop at BRU with a trainer! It's the weekend you're up here but not close to RI...

[BabyStandish]

Just pre-registered for the hospital and signed up for a tour. Neither were on this month's list, but at my appt yesterday my ob said I should go ahead and pre-register.

I got my W2 so taxes should be done tonight.