Pre-baby checklist- status update

[Widget123]

About 3 weeks ago we had a pre-baby checklist thread.  You can find it here:

goodbyecb.proboards.com/thread/16343/pre-baby-checklist-on

I thought it might be fun to do a status update, especially for people who are very type A like me.  How have things been going?  Have you made a big dent in yours?


We have made significant progress on the nursery but still have to finish the closet, put up curtains, put up decorations, and get a few other things.  I am thinking about getting a padded bench to put in there instead of a chair.  I still have the rocker I got from DD but she loves climbing into it to read stories in her room now and I didn't really use it much when she was a baby.  The dimensions of the room are kind of awkward and I don't think I can fit anything bigger than a bench in there without sacrificing the positioning of the large pieces in the room.

DD's bedding arrived in the mail and we are going to set up her big girl bed soon, but we have a lot of stuff going on the next few weeks so I am hesitant about the timing.  We've been refusing to give her a before bed bottle for the last week or so, and hopefully she will be done whining over that so we can start trying to take away the morning one.  I am worried about her seeing her little brother with a bottle too soon after giving up hers and going nuts / trying to regress.

I have secured a spot for LO at a daycare and I think DH and his family have finally accepted my choice for baby name.  I haven't even told my family the name yet, but I will see most of them this weekend.

So in short I think I am making some good progress and hope to keep it up so that everything is mostly done by the end of April.

[mrskblack11]

We brought in the headboard and bought a new duvet cover for the down comforter in the guest bedroom. Now I just need to hang pictures and buy some accent pillows.

The garage hasn't been touched. I'm thinking it's never going to get done unless I really nag at DH.

Waiting until after the baby shower to decorate the nursery. Then I will buy the remaining items we need. We already have a few of the big ticket items: car seat, stroller, baby monitor.

I have a breast feeding class in April. I still need to order my pump through my insurance.

That's all I can think of.

[wifedeangel]

I've gone through DDs old clothes and pulled what I could for this baby. There was more there that's usable than I thought.

We still need to get a dresser and clean out he baby corner in our room, but that's pretty much the only major thing left, so I'm feeling pretty good.

[Bluedaisy]

We still have tons to do. I'm only 26 weeks so I'm not in a panic yet (well that was until I asked how far along my cousin was when she had her daughter and she told me 27w4d.....).

We need to move all the junk out of the nursery (it had been extra storage), pain, set up the furniture, decorate.

We also still need to buy a ton of stuff: the change table, dresser, crib mattress and glider. In addition to the basics like bottles, diapers, etc.

Add to that we have some home improvement/repair projects like putting in the flower beds, building the deck, touching up some paint, replacing the landing in our garage, etc.

[bendherova]

Still havent started and won't have time for another month.

I did get DH to throw out the giant computer box (yesterday) that had been in our bedroom since the new computer arrived in October. That's about it.

[dmoney]

We have ordered the nursery furniture, picked out pain colors, and started to clean out the nursery. It will be finished this weekend. We are getting the carpets professionally cleaned next week, then DH will start painting. Need to register for our stroller and car set, but we are waiting until the "new models" come out. AKA what colors are they going to offer for 2015.

[laurenlou83]

I've washed 90% of the hand-me-downs and new clothes we have gotten.

Boxed up any 9+ month old clothes to store until we need them.

DH and I put together crib last week.

His dad and step-mom are bringing our dressers (DH's when he was little) this weekend, so then I can start organizing clothes and such.

All classes are scheduled

We picked our Pediatrician

Still need to:
-wait and buy any essentials we don't receive at our showers next month
-pack hospital bag, which I will probably do around 33 weeks because I'm type A and anal
-hang nursery decor and finish organizing
-OB is giving me breast pump prescription at next appt, then I will work on that

[billyhorrible]

What I have left:
- Contact and tour daycares- we're on the waitlist for one, but I got a couple more to contact.
- Hang the prints piled in our room that we haven't hung yet, because I know once baby is here it will never get done.
- Hang the tv in our bedroom (see above)
- Things to buy for the baby's room: crib sheets, changing pad cover, coverlet for the guest bed, crib skirt for the guest bed pillows for the guest bed, buy and hang the prints, throw pilloow for the glider.
- Paint knobs for the baby's dresser
- steam the glider
- make the mobile

[Deleted]

The roofers are supposed to come today to fix the leak in the roof over the nursery but it's raining so I'm not sure if it will happen or not.

Still need to finish trimming out the paint at the ceiling, then buy and hang new blinds in the window & put up the curtain.

Need to hang the pictures.

Going to order the storage cube shelves today.

[holliberry28]

I haven't done anything to get ready for baby aside from creating our registry.

Except for yesterday, DH and I were looking for a rug for our new apartment, and ended up getting this changing table instead:

www.google.com/search?q=ikea+stuva+changing+table+review&rlz=1C1WLXB_enUS607US607&espv=2&biw=1600&bih=787&tbm=isch&imgil=VM5yfFkOqGDW3M%253A%253BOWf3bWnMefffMM%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.ikea.com%25252Fus%25252Fen%25252Fcatalog%25252Fproducts%25252F90269013%25252F&source=iu&pf=m&fir=VM5yfFkOqGDW3M%253A%252COWf3bWnMefffMM%252C_&usg=__Y8eeKfSePYFtFzhnsbl7ZdRHPD8%3D&ved=0CEkQyjc&ei=y9oKVfHtHY7jsATz0YCwBg#imgrc=VM5yfFkOqGDW3M%253A%3BOWf3bWnMefffMM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.ikea.com%252Fus%252Fen%252Fimages%252Fproducts%252Fstuva-changing-table-desk-white__0288588_PE424350_S4.JPG%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.ikea.com%252Fus%252Fen%252Fcatalog%252Fproducts%252F90269013%252F%3B500%3B500

Problem is they were sold out of blue and green drawer covers, so we got pink, so I'll have to paint them over, I think.

billyhorrible, we want to hang our tv in the bedroom too, but are at a loss what to do about the cable box. Does anyone have suggestions on where that can go? The wall is not near a closet.

[belle0720]

Copied this over from our last thread, updates in bold. Most things we just can't do until we're are closer to my DD.

-For the nursery we still need to put up the wall décor and paint her armoire. Getting this done this weekend!
-Get new bedroom closet doors. H and his cousin are installing them on Saturday.
-Have the outside of the house painted. Painters are coming next week.
-After the shower, purchase anything left that's important (assuming we'll get most of the baby essentials at the shower, so I'm glad we're doing the shower 2 months out so we should have plenty of time to finish getting everything even if baby decided to come early). I haven't had my showers yet (both are the second week of April) so we'll go shopping after that.
-Childbirth prep class & hospital tour (which we're supposed to do in the 3rd trimester, so I'm planning to schedule those when I go to the doctor tomorrow) All classes and our hospital tour are scheduled for April and May since they have to be during the third trimester.
-Get breast pump through insurance (have to figure that out). I figured out that my company only gives $50 towards a breast pump, so I registered for one instead. I doubt anyone will buy it for me but I'll still wait to buy it until after the shower.
-Prep baby clothes and diapers (we're doing cloth). I'll have to wait until after my showers when we have all of baby's clothes and diapers.
-Pack hospital bags. I'll probably do this once I'm on maternity leave.
-Prep some freezer meals. I'll probably do this once I'm on maternity leave.

[belle0720]

holliberry28 I'd do a floating shelf to sit the cable box on and then a kit to loop the wires through the wall

[wegrowsheep]

I should probably get a carseat, but I keep telling myself that if LO comes this early, he'd be in the NICU, so I still have more time. We're test-driving a car or two this weekend, I might order the carseat after that....

I did look through DS's old stuff, and I'm set for clothes, except maybe a few sets of footie pjs.

I DO need some newborn diapers, and wipes. And more burp clothes.

Hey, I'm only 29+3 weeks... I have PLENTY of time!

[holliberry28]

belle0720, thanks for the tip!

[noeliav]

From the post:
1) Secure waiver from insurance company to have birth center be "in network."
Nope.
2) Name baby
Nope.
3) Wash newborn clothes
Nope. And won't do until after May 1st at the earliest.
4) Wash bottles/nipples/other breastfeeding items
Nope. See #3.
5) Cook some freezer meals
Nope.

Hahahahahaha.

[jcprn]

Things that are done:
Found the pediatrician group we want to use
Ordered and received my breast pump
All furniture has been purchased
Preregistered at the hospital
Took a tour of L&D
Took a breastfeeding class
Signed up for a childbirthing class at my hospital for April
Signed up for a "baby care basics" class at my hospital for May
Went to a hypnobirthing seminar, just need to find a class that works with my schedule and sign up for one
Just called HR to find out what I need to do to prepare for maternity leave

Things that still need to be done:
Buying all the things we don't get from the shower (which is almost a week away!), including all the cloth diapers
Preparing freezer meals (I'll try to do these in early May I think)
Completing the nursery, literally no progress so far from the pic I posted in the other thread

[noname83]

I didn't participate on the previous thread, but here are the things I have literally done in the past 2 weeks:

1) Signed up for classes & hospital tour (breastfeeding, infant care, infant cpr, and labor) - all of those will be between April and May
2) Scheduled interviews with 3 pediatricians
3) Finished my registry
4) Ordered a breast pump
5) Ordered glider/recliner

(Big) Things left to do:
1) Contact lawyer about putting our will together
2) Take classes/meet pediatricians
3) Have contractor finish our kitchen (which will free up the nursery, since all our kitchen stuff is there now)
4) Buy all the things (stroller, crib, & changing table/dresser have been purchased by our families, but haven't arrived just yet) - we still need a car seat, clothes, diapers, anything and everything except the things I listed and a diaper bag. I'm waiting for my shower & completion discount to buy everything though
5) Have baby shower (May)
6) Set up nursery (3-5)