As of yesterday, our baby is full-term. Due date less than 3 weeks away.
Caroline is still working, and coming home exhausted, so I tuck her into bed and give her raspberry leaf tea. And I've spent the evening washing new baby clothes to soften them up. It's a strange feeling - the clothes are unfamiliar and don't really belong to anyone. It's like doing someone else's laundry.
I find it hard to believe that we've spent so long preparing for this baby and now, at full-term, we feel completely unprepared. I don't even mean emotionally. I haven't got to the end of my lists! Caroline has been teasing me that I create lists; consolidate my lists and then lose the new list, so I spend most of my time recreating them. Huumph. I have this insane need to finish things off and get our place ready. Speaking of which...I should get back to it.
P.S. Caroline is frustrated that she isn't blogging more. I figure she's got enough to do, what with growing a baby and everything. So you're stuck with me for now :)
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With all due respect for the need to organize, plan and make lists, here's all you really need:
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a few clothes
a few diapers and wipes
a good thermometer
a carseat
towels,cloths, whatever for cleaning up messes.
All else is gravy!
Oh yeah, I know. Stuff for the baby is fine. It's us that needs organizing. My list includes getting ready for a home birth as well as some bigger picture stuff like "submit novel to agent"; "rewrite wills"; and "work out the meaning of life, the universe and everything without reference to the number 42"...:)
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