When to get things ready....

I'm 31 weeks and had my baby shower on the 24th... (going through post baby shower blues...) and I want to get things ready but I keep second guessing myself on when and what to get ready. I don't want to wait and then it's too late, but then I feel like I'm trying to get things ready and it's not time yet... maybe I'm trying to do this because of the post baby shower blues... lol What else can I buy/get???? should I wash clothes and bedding now? and get them put in the crib/dresser?? etc.

Does anyone know of a chart or list? or just have some recommendations?

I'd love to be getting the nursery ready but we don't have one... and our house isn't big enough to fit 5 in... so I'm going to have to donate things to charity to make room - especially in the closets. I'm so ready to move and expand. but I have to wait until they are here and we can get onto section 8 or HUD.

 

Why are you having post baby showers blues? Never had a baby shower with my first two and being forced into one this time, what do the blues come from?

I dont' think I could wait until 31 weeks to get ready. 21 weeks now and we have been getting ready for about the last three weeks or so. I am just so worried I will be put on bedrest that I want to be able to do what I can now.

Maybe you could take advantage of Craigslist to get rid of some stuff and to get some extra cash at the same time.

I am washing clothes, bedding and so on. Cribs are together and so forth.

When figuring out what we needed what I have found best to do was I go the babies R us site and I go through each category and see what is there and figure out if I have something, if it is being given to me, or if I need to go buy it.

Dianna

 

I had my shower at 29 weeks and started getting everything ready ASAP after the shower. With twins, you just never know when they are going to come, so get prepared for anything. I put everything together, washed bedding, washed clothes, put everything in its place long before I had the girls. I wasn't taking any chances. So I would say get started on those closets at least to start making room for everything else.

 

I'm having trouble finding the motivation to do it. :blush:
I still have to wash the crib sheets etc. I don't know what I am waiting for but just know you are not alone. If you have the energy to do it now I would start right away. You will not feel like doing it when you are almost 37 wks pregnant.

 

I agree. Start getting things ready. That's what I plan on doing after my showers - my first shower is Dec. 22nd and my last one is Jan. 19th.

You never know when your little ones could decide to arrive - you want to be prepared.

 

uhm... post baby shower blues ... All this time you spend anxiously looking forward to the baby shower and the friends and stuff you'll get to bring home for the babies. And when it's over and things are there... you don't have that moment to look forward to any more.

It's time to get working and get things ready for them to come... oh don't get me wrong I'm so happy about everything, who came, what the babies got, etc. I have a huge corner of my family room taken over by their things and still more at mom's house. Maybe it's because of the cake... and the fact that my sister is having marital problems and I just talked to her today and that's when I started to feel down. But man, that baby shower was so nice to look forward to! I didn't have one with DD and it's been almost 6 years since we had her, we didn't think we were going to have more (okay, I didn't think I wanted any more) and so we gave everything away or sold them.

Ok. I'm going to start to make a list of things to get ready - like what's the most important to have ready and set up for them... what I still need to get (like baby bathtubs and detergent to wash the new clothes and bedding..)

like PP said of herself.... I don't think I'd like to wait and then not be able to do them... so now is better than later. Thank you!!

 

I'm so far behind everyone! I'm 34 weeks tomorrow and I bought the first baby clothes this past weekend <_<

I felt like it would jinx it or something. But I think you should do what you want! You might end up washing the baby bedding like 3 times but whatever! I don't even have the crib set up!!!!! haha. And my 2nd baby shower is tomorrow! yikes.

Do what you want though!! Set up awayyyyy

 

i felt so like crap until nearly 19wks, and now i have this get ready/cleaning bug now that i have some energy. You know the nesting thing you get right before you go into labour? thats me for the past four weeks, anyone would think i would be ready, but i keep finding more snf more things to do or need buying.

Plus we are building on the twins room, builder here starting this afternoon.

Plus we are not telling anyone the sex of the babies(we have 2 boys already, and our family is dominated by boys, and we are having 2 girls!!everyone thinks we are having boys, so boy will it be a surprise!) so i can't get out any pink stuff or make up their cots til after they arrive, which sucks.

I have been getting things ready forever. I had a list of things i had left over from having the boys, eg 1 highchair, 1 cot, etc. and i made a list of things i needed.

I have already my pram (my MIL won't let it in my house as she said it is bad luck to have the pram b4 the babies)alot of clothes, blankets, cots, etc

but there are still things i need to do like wash all the linen and clothes, sterilize bottles pacifiers breast pumping eqipment etc, buy a closet for them (as well as paint and decorate their entire room once it is built!)

I think you never can be too organised too early...you never know when you might go or when you will run out of the enrgy to do it. I even have my hosp bag packed and my kids bag packed to go to their grandma's. I am not usually known for being very organised, but maybe the scary thought of having two babies at once, and 4 under 5 has done something to me!! :wacko:

get stuck into it while you fel able to, and never forget that you have your BABIES to look forward to!!! goodluck and get cracking...there's nothing like a spring clean or changing around your furniture to get you feeling better(oh ****, do i sound like a stepford wife??!!) :rotflmbo:

 

I am 34 weeks and I have to get started on washing bedding and the like. My husband does not want to do it too soon, he is afraid the bedding will get dusty but you just never know with twins. My biggest fear is that they are going to come and we're going to be like "Um, crib's not ready nor are our car seats put in..." Yikes!

 

I had a PTL scare at 26 weeks, so we got the basics covered at that point. One crib set up, cloth diapers washed, carseats purchased (we installed them as a test run, then uninstalled them in case we have an accident between now and when the twinkies are born--I don't want to have to replace them before they are ever used!!!)

My hospital bag is packed, etc. My inlaws are coming this weekend, and they are going to paint the nursery for me (my husband doesn't want me climbing ladders, gee I wonder why?) and after that is done, we'll set up the other crib.

I'll be 32 weeks day after tomorrow, and I feel like we're kind of cutting it close on a lot of things--I don't have the pack and plays or any bottles, but I figure if I go into labor early, I can always send someone to the store for those things.

Yeah, you can rush around getting things ready--but take some comfort in this: all babies really need to come home is carseats, food, a place to sleep, and diapers.

 

I only ever got my first baby room ready. After that, I just did it when they got home. I was never sure what I wanted to do until I saw them I guess! With my second, I was so busy the whole pregnancy that I didn't even have an outfit to bring her home in. It didn't really matter though, she was fine with what my mom brought her and she was fine when we got home too. I haven't even started this time because I've been so preoccupied with the holidays. I plan to start getting ready in January. If I still can. lol

 

My DH was so excited when we found out the sex of the babies (two boys) that he got the room painted and the furniture bought right after (that was at 20 weeks). I felt like we got things ready so early that I was sitting waiting for the babies to come for soooo long. I had my shower when I was 27 weeks so after I organized all those things, I still had two months of waiting before I had my boys to bring home. It seemed like an eternity.

 

I kinda understand your blues -- I had my baby shower much earlier, and then I was like, "Now what?" I didn't want to take everything out of the packages, and set up swings and stuff. The stuff is going to take over the house soon enough. But I didn't have much to look forward to. So I kinda did a weekly thing. I made a list of everything I wanted or needed to do -- from getting a video camera to crib mattresses and blinds for the nursry. Every saturday, I would do something. First, I washed all the newborn sized clothes and receiving blankets. I was afraid they would get dusty, so I put them in those plastic cases that sheets and comforters come in (I keep everything.) I made a list of what I had, and what I thought I needed fo the first couple of weeks. The next Saturday, I put new knobs on the dresser -- I know it's not much, but it gives me something to look forward to. If I focus on the end "X number of weeks till the babies get here." It either seems overwhelming because it's so close, or I get anxious because it is so far way. Instead, I focus on weekly things, "Only 4 days until I put the mattresses get her and I can buy sheets!" "2 Weeks until I go to get the carseats installed & inspected." Some weeks are just for me. "Only 5 days until I get a prenatal massage" (Okay that was a month ago, but I think I need another one.) That was pretty long, but my point is -- give yourself something to look forward to regularly, and focus on little things at a time. It helps keep me balanced.

 

Here's my opinion
Wash 6 crib sheets. Wash all flannel swaddling receiving blankets. Wash all preemie, newborn and 0-3 month size clothes. Wash all the bibs, washcloths, and 4-6 of the hooded bath towels. Put it all away. I used baskets on the changing table and the closet at first. Later I started using a dresser. Things that aren't washed can be thrown in with another load later. You will always have baby laundry. It's hard to predict how fast they will grow. so You might be able to take somethings back.

I had my shower at 30 wks and went into PTL at 32 wks, delivered at 38 wks. If you aren't going to have another shower, then get stuff ready now so you can enjoy the last few wks of pregnancy knowing that everything is ready. Just keep all the gear in the nursery under the crib(s) or in the closet .

HTH