I don't have a whole lot to contribute to the ALI world right now. We're waiting. And waiting. I would guess that this is probably pretty close to the way it feels when you're pregnant and waiting for the baby to put in her appearance, it's also completely unreal, because I'm not pregnant, so the tangible part has to be taken on faith.
We're still working our way through money issues, because we are far from rich. I've been calling daycares, and $650 a month is sounding like it's a good deal, the one I talked to yesterday was $50 a day, or more than $1000 a month. Yikes. Almost makes me want to consider making a Jakobe a stay-at-home dad. But not quite, we need his health insurance - for him. So, more searching, and I don't even have a clue about how you're supposed to look for one.
I've washed lots and lots of baby clothes, and we still need to put together her dresser, but since we're not finishing her room until the egress window goes in (this week hopefully) It seems a little ahead of myself to set up the dresser - but where in the heck am I supposed to put her clothes in the meanwhile? Dilemmas.
The bane-of-my-existance-carseat is in my car, and Jakobe's teddy bear from his childhood has been driving around with me for a week. Thankfully, he's rear-facing, so H can't tell any tales of what an adventure it is to ride in the car with me. While I'm on leave, Jakobe and I will mostly be switching cars, it doesn't make sense for me to have the Prius sitting in our driveway while Jakobe drives the Jetta to work, wasting massive amounts of gas the whole 5 miles. I *so* want his commute.
We should pick up an infant carseat for the other car, but I'm now seriously considering buying a cheapish one and putting up with some of the inconvenient features becayse we probably will use it for less than a year. I've been offered hand me down's but since thi original user is now more than 6 years old, it makes me nervous, and I think I'll be buying new.
No real progress on the breastfeeding front. I bought the tubing an accessories for the hospital grade pump, and they also convert into a double manual pump. I can actually get something using the pump now, but hand expression is still better, if almost nil. End of this week I'll order the domperidone, and the rental pump, and then it's off to the moo-cow races.
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It sounds like things are slowly coming together for you. It must feel pretty good (but maybe also strange) to be driving around with a carseat in your car. So excited for you. Hope things keep rolling right along for you.
ReplyDeleteLove that the teddy bear is breaking in the carseat! :)
ReplyDeleteI don't know, that teddy bear looks pretty cozy in the carseat, it might be hard getting him out of there when the time comes. :-) So glad to hear about all of your preparations, it's very exciting!
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