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The nursery, as promised

December 21, 2008 · Filed under a day in the life, about the blogger, baby stuff, decorating, fluff, pity party, pregnancy 2008, the cat

So I was kinda stupid yesterday, and finished the nursery myself! This involved carrying a rocking chair and a swing upstairs, and pushing the very heavy dresser all over the room with my butt! Don’t get mad…of course the man would have dragged the chair and swing up for me, and moved the dresser (which was too heavy for me to move it any other way but by pushing it with my butt) all over the room until I was happy…but he was at work, the girl was at school, and I was stuck at home alone in a snowstorm (I don’t even have boots that go up over my swollen calves) with a painted but disorganized almost empty nursery!

I am paying for it now though…my hips and lower back and thighs are all killing…not pregnancy pain, but over-exertion pain…and added to the pregnancy aches and pains, well, today has not been a good day!

I wish the exertion had put me into labour…but nope…just major pain!

Anyways, here is the room. As you can see, it is nothing fancy…just a basic baby’s room in a cute colour. I dont use crib sets (The bumpers and blankets are not safe anyways, and all matchy -matchy is NOT my thing) and I am not into magazine worthy nurseries (of course I think they are cute, but not worth my effort or money since a baby is just as happy without it..and I am not a natural decorator) but I will add some more gender specific decorations after the baby comes.

Here are a couple different views of the room:

Yeah, I know the chair cushions does not match. We may buy new ones..but these have been used by the girl as well as all our neices, and the cheerful primary colours are kinda a tradition!

And the contents of the dresser:

The one area left that needs a little work (I don’t think the baby will need men’s dress shirts for a while, if ever):

and a picture of the girl’s room, with the cat in her usual position, scheming to get to the fish:

Lastly, because I was bored and googled “nursery”, some pictures of nurseries I would like, if I was motivated and talented enough to create them (or rich enough to pay someone else to do it!). I would not use the bumpers though, of course!

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The good, the not so good

December 19, 2008 · Filed under The girl, a day in the life, about the blogger, baby stuff, parenting, pity party, pregnancy 2008, the cat

Good

1. The crib is finally set up. It took the man and I several hours last night as there were some…um…issues. But it is now finally together and sturdy as could be. I will do some work in the nursery today and take pictures later.

2. That’s about all, except that there are no serious pregnancy problems, which is of course a good thing.

Not so good

1. I am so friggin’ achy. My hips, back, neck, hands, wrists and…of course (since baby is pretty well fully engaged now) pelvis are in constant agony. Taking hot baths is about the only thing that helps…but of course getting out of the bath is no picnic. The good thing (I am scared to say it) is that I don’t really have bad headaches now. By bed-time I am headachy in a *I am tired and it is bed-time* sorta way, but to my utter disbelief there have been no migraines since I finished work. Hmm….

2. There are no indications of impending labour, so I could be feeling like crap for quite a while yet.

3. Our cat is OBSESSED with getting to the fish. She is, as I type, methodically trying to push the fish tank off the table. Now, I don’t actually care about the fish (who has been holding onto life by a string for months) and even the girl is not so concerned (she’d like a purple one next)…but I don’t want to deal with the mess of a dumped fish tank. We have not changed the water in…awhile…so it’ll be a very stinky thing.

4. There 3 snowstorms fore-casted between today and my due date. That is kinda scary. To be honest…if I was not GBS positive, I would not mind. I wanted a home birth from the start but was just not quite there, so as long as there were no complications, I would secretly (ok, I guess it is not a secret anymore) be pleased to have my midwives say *The weather is horrible, everything is going well, you are a good candidate for a home birth if you want to stay here*. But, because of the GBS I really should be in the hospital. So, the snowstorms plus the GBS are not so good!

5. The girl has been such a brat lately. She never does what she is told, and gets so sassy and angry when she is forced to do what she needs to. This is mostly with her morning routine…which she knows well and is perfectly capable of following (go downstairs for breakfast when called, eat, put dishes in sink, go to bathroom to use toilet and wash and brush teeth, go to bedroom to meet mommy and get dressed with some assistance), but refuses to follow without being forced and cajoled into every single step, leading to arguments and tears every morning. I know I need to come up with a plan (probably a chart or something) but I am so lazy and unmotivated to do so. I need to deal with this though, as mornings are (potentially…if the baby is like the girl was, it’ll be asleep at this time, but who knows?) going to get a whole lot busier soon.

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39 weeks…and other areas of “progress”

December 17, 2008 · Filed under a day in the life, about the blogger, pics of me, pregnancy 2008

The belly

I know, it still looks like it is getting smaller. The midwife says that is because it is very very low (not like I needed her to tell me that LOL). It feels heavy!

The baby’s room

There is also a crib with the “decontructed look” out of sight.

The computer nook

The computer (the view from my bed)

A closer look into the most organized area of the house, my closet

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Good, not so good, and neutral points of negligable interest to my readers

December 5, 2008 · Filed under a day in the life, about the blogger, baby stuff, car-seat craziness, pity party, pregnancy 2008

Good

1. My headaches are so much better since I have finished work. I have not had to take a Tylenol since Friday, and and have already been able to cut my caffeine intake (the last few weeks I was having 4-5 caffeinated drinks a day just to keep the headaches under control, which is not a good thing as I kicked a caffeine addiction a few years back…but it was the ONLY thing that seemed to help at all) to about 2 caffeinated drinks a day. (knocks on wood).

2. Things are slowly coming together. All the laundry is done, and we have everything we need (though there are a few things we stil want, and of course once baby comes shopping for gender specific clothing will begin). We have put together the stroller and car-seat, and I will install the car-seat base this weekend. The change table/dresser is ready and organized, my bags are packed.

3. There are no problems with me or the baby. My blood pressure is right back down to normal, and the baby is still head down, measuring well, engaged, and has a good strong heart-beat.

4. I love the new washer and dryer. They are not fancy, but they get the job done well. They are both much larger capacity than my previous set, and the dryer is way faster!

5. Probably about 3 more weeks now.

Not so good

1. I have developed what seems to be pregnancy induced carpal tunnel syndrome. It started out a few weeks ago as very mild numbness in my left hand when I woke up…not a big deal since by the time I was done my shower it was back to normal. Now my fingers on both hands are so stiff when I wake up I cannot use them until I run my hands under cold water for a good minute or so, and they get stiff and require cold water repeatedly throughout the day (which is drying out my hands and cuticles, ouch!). In addition my right wrist is very weak and achy. My chiropractor and midwife assure me it’ll probably get better soon after having the baby, and meanwhile using lots of cold water, wrapping the offending wrist, and wiggling my fingers a lot is helping somewhat…but it is still annoying and certain tasks (like pulling up the girl’s tights, or my socks, or using chopsticks) are very awkward and the wrist pain in d0wnright… painful. Oh well.

2. We still have the computer in the middle of our nursery, and the computer nook the man is building in the closet is still a pile of boxes and dirty laundry. We have several ideas about how to deal with this situation…but have not committed to any of them as the man still really wants to follow his plan, but does not have time to do so. I am starting to get very annoyed at the fact that our baby is coming in 3 weeks or less, and the nursery is still not ready. Just getting the computer out of there without finding another place for it (or getting a lap-top we can use anywhere) is not an option. I use the computer often and being at home alone or with a newborn and no compter would be really miserable for me.

3. We still have no name for the baby. I have several boy and girl names I like, and have a favorite in each gender, but cannot get the man to agree to any of them.

Neutral

1. I am now spending much of my time looking on craigslist for a second stroller. I am looking for a stroller that will be good to keep in my front entrance-way and use for walking the girl to school and back and neighborhood walks with my baby, so I don’t have to lug my main (as in lives in the trunk to use at the mall) stroller out of the trunk a million times a day. With the girl I only had one stroller, but since I rarely walked somewhere I did not first drive to get to, it was not a big deal. This time I will be walking from home often (since the girl’s school is so close and parking in front is so crazy, walking is much much easier than driving), and would like really like to have a nice warm stroller inside the house for this purpose instead of having to lug an icy cold stroller out of my car-trunk several times a day (or lug a warm stroller into my car-trunk several times a day). It is hard to choose though …there are so many to choose from. The fancy ones are tempting…but I know it is silly to get a secondary stroller that is nicer than my main one (even if some of them are not overly expensive). The ones that are not fancy are mostly really junky looking, and I don’t want that either. Also, it needs to be a decent stroller since it needs to be warm, go over snow, recline for a newborn, and fold small enough to keep inside. I also need to decide if I want a jogging stroller or not, as I did start jogging a couple years ago and plan to again. I think not though…since I am not a heavy duty jogger (about 1/2 hour is my limit) so I imagine I will prefer to do it in the evenings when the man is home than with the baby during the day anyways. I have always enjoyed jogging most in the evenings when I need some space for myself. Anyways, right now I am leaning towards this stroller as it looks to be in good condition and has everything I need…but it is really more money than I would like to spend on a second used stroller. Maybe I could just wear the baby to walk the girl to and from school? That is another option and I am sure in spring I may do just that…but I don’t think I’ll want to in the winter.

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