Feeling the pressure to get things done!!

[SoldierWife]

Once it realy hit me that I'm FINALLY in the third trimester and I get to meet my baby boy soon, I realized I have a million things to get done!!


I am having two baby showers due to my family being on one end of the country and my husbands on the other. Finally got them to nail down dates. Realized I probably should get registered, finished one of my registries today! I put in my maternity leave dates at work finally!

Then my mother purchased the crib and changing table with a few other items and decided to go ahead and ship them here so I can set up instead of waiting for the baby shower.


Is anyone else feeling the pressure to get everything done before our bundles of joy arrive?!

 

[Mummafrog]

Yes! Occassionally I have a little freak out I had one about nappies two weeks ago and the fact that we didn't have any nappies/cotton wool/wipes in the house, so we ordered it all and I felt much better
My basic technique with buying baby stuff is trying to remind myself that it will all come in time and better to wait a bit and get good bargins and have my baby shower before I buy everything myself because I'm nervous! So I have been collecting things slowly over the whole pregnancy and only occassionally do I have a big worry session.

I've been worrying about the house though! I want the house lovely and tidy before I get too heavily pregnant and then to just keep on top of it. This weekend we've had a really successful time, did lots of cleaning and went to an NCT nearly new sale and got lots of great stuff we were lacking. So feeling good at the mo

NEED to sort out maternity leave, thanks for the reminder!

 

[mh_ccl]

Oh man, I just came up from trying to finish drywall work in our basement, which needs to be done before we can paint and move our office in there. Then I need to fix the drywall in our old office and paint and make it the new nursery and reupholster the rocking chair and build the closet organizer and sew the curtains and and and......

SIGH. Does that make anyone else feel any better?

 

[susywoosy]

I've officially just started my maternity leave and i'm feeling the pressure. Got everything we will need for first few weeks but i'm so irritated about babies room still needing finished. People keep saying we have time as baby will b in our room for first few months but that just gives hubby an opportunity to put it off longer. I'm gonna get a decorator in if he doesn't get new skirting, coving, paper and painting done soon!! I want cot up, furniture in and my lovely wall stickers on the wall. I love pottering around sorting thru baby's stuff... but no where to properly put it

Hubby needs to get it sorted lol x

 

[Mrs_T]

So feel like this!!! Yesterday hubby and I finally got around to stripping the wallpaper off the nursery, but we still have 1 wall of dodgy plaster to rip off and get replastered, then prep and paint the whole room, put a new curtain pole and curtains up, buy a chest of drawers and get all the furniture in. Also need to sort through baby clothes we had from dd and those we've been given and get all the baby stuff down from the loft. Feel overwhelmed!

 

[Rel]

I have a lot to do as well and quite little time to do it!
If things go like they did with my previous two, I have about ten weeks left and I just started on the nursery today. I still have clothes to sort, eventhough my mother is actually helping me with that a bit as she has some of them at her house and I have to get the cot put together again and also finish the announcements which I make in advance otherwise I won't get a chance to send them before the baby is 18! I've started on them, but I have done very little and I have lots left to do.And then I also have to get on with packing the bag for the hospital, and make sure that things are fairly organised for my two kids and husband while I am there...
I think overwhelmed is a bit of an understatement but I know exactly what you mean!

 

[pinkpassion]

I'm also feeling the pressure even though we have most everything done.. I just got a new car yesterday and have to get it detailed (slightly used) and get it "baby ready" and then the baby showers in three weeks will help me feel extra ready... but my feelings of needing things done are mostly to do with cleaning the house and stuff... so not too bad, the nursery is as complete as we can get it for now without the baby shower stuff!!

 

[HBGirl]

I THINK I finished today. All I have left is packing her hospital bag and making up her bed.

 

[hardd2011]

I just hit full term and I am just now getting things ready. I was slowly doing things. But now I feel like daily I have to go through each room to have a clean up. I just put the last bit of stuff in the washer.

 

[jenmcn1]

Yes definitely!lol! The big thing for us, is we need a mini van. Our truck can't fit 3 kids and car seats, so we are scrambling to find something. But first we have To sell our truck. So I'm not sure how this will work lol. We are also in the midst of a few renovations, trying to convert our two bdrm house to a 3 bdrm.
Switching from two to three kids is already proving Challenging lol! As for all the baby stuff...we don't need any of that. Have it all already.