Lately I have been pretty bored… I am slightly disturbed also… I probably could have worked for ONE more week if I really put my mind to it. Everyone was really convinced that once I hit 37 Weeks I shouldn’t work anymore… I decided that it would be a good idea too considering I drive about an hour or so to work most days and sit in the car ALOT, and on the floor even more.
So here I am almost 39 weeks or something… in all honesty, I am done trying to keep track… I know that I am uncomfortable when sitting, walking, and sleeping… I pee constantly, even when I don’t drink any water, my clothing doesnt fit at all and just digs into the base of my uterus, my ankles and knees are swollen and slightly uncomfortable when bent, I am tired, I am out of breathe, I have heartburn from water… But most of all… I am a bored! My goodness, am I bored!
I have cleaned the upstairs, repositioned things in the baby’s room, cleaned the downstairs, put together enough baby items for the next two years, built a cabinet to hold these items and toys and gear, tried to decorate the rooms, organized the office, organized the private practice paperwork, watched a lot of TV and movies, downloaded and categorized music… honestly, what is left! Oh yeah, I did laundry.
Part of the cloth diapering initiative is that each diaper/wipe/insert etc. must be washed several times before use. Not a problem really, if you use hot water to wash your clothing. We try not to… so unfortunately, this week has had a few extra loads of laundry. We will be learning to use warmer water in an effort to combine a few loads.
But the diaper wash count is as follows:
Fitted Diapers: 2 of 3
Prefold Dipaers: 4 of 6
Wipes: 4 of 6
Covers and All-in-Ones: 1 of 1
PreWashing is a very important, as it basically maximizes the absorbency that each diaper can have. After this, it will be a breeze, relatively speaking.
On the plus side of all the feelings above though… Michael is feeling a whole hell of a lot better, I changed the background of the blog to something pretty, I am not so much scared of the delivery anymore as I have been watching “A Baby Story” and now expect anything, I am extremely relaxed, and today we are having some awesome storms, so at least I get to watch something other than the TV 🙂
I am so excited… that’s about all I can say! Let’s have this baby!
Here is a picture of some of the bedding… The bumper is temporary, until the new one comes in (backordered until June), the blanket is so soft that I am thinking of sleeping with it myself, and the pillow in the upper right is the mix/match pattern that the rest of the bedding will be in when it finally arrives! 🙂
Tonight, we will be attempting to move the armoire (that’s right, it is here!) upstairs… oh BOy!
I hope you have more than 10 diapers ready to go!!! You will go through those in the first few hours!!!!!!
The Bums just have to be washed once, btw. They are synthetic 🙂
thank god!
Kane highly recommends the Fisher Price Jungle sounds in the crib. We finally got our prefolds ready to go. I would have to say I like them just as much as my FuzziBunz.