U.S. Mommies To Be

[MissFox]

Can't wait to hear what you're having Lisa! And I think that you should tell whoever is planning your shower that you want it it be a week (or two) before the expo! That way you can make sure to get anything that you need. I was given an awesome babyshower book and it says the most "appropriate" time to hold it is 6-8 weeks before your due date. So go for right before the expo!
As for the nursery themes- we're team PINK so I found some bedding that's great! It's purple and has flowers and butterflies! So the theme so far is "SUGAR PLUM" also the theme of my baby shower. I really want to have people understand that I want PURPLE things, lol! And it's so hard to find.

 

[Chantibug]

I've never heard of having to buy a conversion part to make a convertible crib a toddler bed... Our's was just "ok, take off side rail ,put on toddler rail.." lol.. ? And that's with a $400 one from Toys R Us 4 years ago, and now going cheap and got a $200 one from Target (had a sale w/ a free changingtable to match!)... Speaking of Target -- IDK if all are doing this, but out of season crib sheet on sale for $5.88 (mostly girly at my Target, woohoo)... and Toys R Us (again idk if national) has diapers 2/$35 for the bulk size (we got a size 1 which has 192 diapers - a good 3 weeks!- and a NB size which had 92 .
My husband is being wierd about some things.. a friend gave me an opened pack of NB diapers, with 3 missing , that she didnt need... and he goes "well you dont know whats on those diapers".. they are snug in there... and i had loads of leftovers from family members given to me from the first time and never thought twice about it. .
Darling me- that's how we did it.. we found what we wanted online though and then went in the store to check it out insteadof spending hours in the stores or buying online and not liking it.
Lisa- so excited for you!! I hope you get your little girl!!
We are having our second and last 3D/4D done on this Friday evening, trying to catch a glimpse of her face.. and invted my MIL, mom, sister, SILs and DH's 'nana' to come see.. and our boys will be there and it will be their first time seeing an u/s so should be cool!

 

[southerngal2]

Thanks Chanti- I'm going to go and check it out at the Target here. Maybe they have some neutral things.

 

[DaisyBee]

Megans convertible crib we would need to buy the conversion set to switch it to the toddler bed & yes they arent cheap. Its one reason we were hoping to get by on buying her a cheaper toddler bed & putting the baby in her crib.

My brothers bought our crib & they told me the price they were willing to pay which helped us decide. We got ours at bru.

We had debated about purple for quite a while MissFox - I think its awesome for a girls room. We decided that if we went with the espresso furniture we would do pink & if we went with white furniture we would pick purple. Espresso furniture won out - hence pink!

 

[Chantibug]

We've got espresso furniture as well, and i agree that it looks great with pink. We had nice dresser/hutch and nightstand in white that we refinished and painted espresso as well...

 

[lisaf]

Well... apparently its a boy! I'm kind of disappointed to be wrong, but also disappointed in the quality of the scan... I honestly could not see what the doctor was talking about/pointing to

 

[southerngal2]

Sorry your scan wasn't as enjoyable as you'd hoped Lisa.

Little boys can be fun too!

 

[Chantibug]

aww congratulations on knowing the sex! Baby boys are tons of fun! So easy to deal with, except if you stand in the wee-zone and get peed on LOL

and boys naturally protect and flock to their mama My husband hates it and is excited this one is a girl because both boys come to me all the time.

 

[lisaf]

lol, yet another good reason its a boy! My husband already stole all the affection from one of our cats (a girl).... lol.. don't need a daddy's girl on top of that!

 

[luckyme225]

You'll love having a little boy Lisa. My friend bought me the book "Love you forever" with my first son. It's a cute mother to son bedtime story type book.

 

[lisaf]

Thanks,... I just keep focusing on the negatives (like how DH tried to saw the house in half when he was a boy ... or cleaning up the pee that will get EVERYWHERE in the bathroom etc, lol!)

 

[southerngal2]

You'll love having a little boy Lisa. My friend bought me the book "Love you forever" with my first son. It's a cute mother to son bedtime story type book.

I love that book!

 

[Chantibug]

that book makes me cry! LOL (cause its so sweet)

 

[JNA]

Congratulations Lisa!!!!!!!

I want a little boy to spoil and make a mamas boy. Do you have any pictures for us to look at of you lovely baby boy?

Once again congrats im so happy for you!!!

 

[Chantibug]

Thanks,... I just keep focusing on the negatives (like how DH tried to saw the house in half when he was a boy ... or cleaning up the pee that will get EVERYWHERE in the bathroom etc, lol!)

aw that's normal We were kinda upset when DS2 was a boy , but I'm SO glad my middle one is a boy

and about the pee, it will only get everywhere in the bathroom if you let it..seriously, during potty training is the perfect time to teach about lifting the seat/putting it down when done and wiping up anything with tiolet paper.. My youngest is 3 and does all of this...on that note, and obv. its a while to go, but boys do potty train later than girls so he should have more control over it hahaha.

 

[JNA]

I peed all over the house twice and im a girl. I gave my mommy millions of headaches but im still her little angel (arch angel as dad say)

 

[lisaf]

As for pictures.. .here is the potty shot... I swear the arrow is pointing to the other leg damnit!
https://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll165/bethijimika/Ultrasound003.jpg

And a nice profile shot
https://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll165/bethijimika/Ultrasound004.jpg

 

[DaisyBee]

Aww - congrats on the boy Lisa even if you were hoping for a girl. I bet having a boy will grow on you.

 

[RosieCheeks]

Aww congrats on the little boy Lisa. I know that you might be a little disappointed but hopefully it will grow on you.

I just saw a bedding on Babies R Us that I liked. Its neutral and I love the colors. Its called Snickerdoodle. I just have to get to BRU and check it out.

Does anyone know when we should start registering? My mom is planning on throwing me a baby shower on April 30th so I figured that maybe I can start in the end of February? Or maybe I will start an online on with a fake name and then just transfer everything over when I am ready.

 

[lisaf]

I'm starting to register now.... but there is SO much stuff to consider its going to take a while until I'm ready to tell people where I'm registered.
I'm also pretty picky... so as usual I will probably also have an Amazon registry to capture all the stuff that BRU doesn't carry.

I started my registry MONTHS ago... but realized you can't make it private and we hadn't even announced yet! So I conacted BRU and they made it private for me! It was a pain to log in each time, but when I was ready to have it no longer be a secret I emailed them and they unblocked it for me!