It is so hard to concentrate at work... all I want to think about (and do) is to get everything ready for the babies... and when I am not thinking about that, I want to rest and sleep. I get so tired lately. I'm thinking it's normal, but I wish I had just a little bit more energy.
Oh, I also want to acquire all the knowledge I can regarding how to take care of the babies. So I am trying to read these 3 books before I give birth, one is about teaching babies and toddlers about sleeping habits, another one is a book writen by this lady who had twins and she gives advise on how to handle certain situations, and the other book is just a guide on pregnancy I got from my insurance company. I also watched the video "The Happiest Baby on the Block". I think I am going a bit overboard.
Oh well,.... I'm going to try to do some work here. Off to a conference call now! zzzzzzz
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
"last minute" preparation... what else should I buy?
This past Saturday was my baby shower. It was so nice to have a few friends over, even though most of my friends and family couldn't be there (I just moved to FL and my friends are all over the States, and family back home in South America and MA). It was very nice anyway! we got some really good presents and also gift cards, so we are getting the last few things that we need are crucial at the moment. It's getting so real now!
On Sunday I decided to go ahead and wash all the clothes and blankets and towels, etc and just realized I don't have enough new born outfits :( so I have to get some this week. I honestly don't know how much of anything to buy... how much is too much or too little. Somewhere I read that I should have about 10 outfits? so that would be 20 for the boys.... well, I only have 8! (4 each) I definitely have to go to get them a few more. This brings me on to my next question: what should I get? onsies? full suits? pajama type things? :( one would think it was easy, but it's hard to try to make the best decision and yet not having a clue becasue one has never been in this situation before. Same thing goes for diapers. I read that on average, a new born uses between 8-12 diapers a day. I am saying 10 diapers on average, for 30 days, it's 300, X 2 = 600... but how do I know when the babies will outgrow the new born diapers? 2 weeks? a month? ugh.... I am telling you.... if you have never done this before, it can get confusing. In this case (diapers) my gut feeling tells me that I'm better off buying less than what I think I would use and get a variety of sizes, like get 200 new born size and 200 size 1. I could always send my husband to get more if we run out of the small ones, right? I really thought I had this already figured out but I am lost once again... sigh...
If anyone has any advise out there, please let me know!
On Sunday I decided to go ahead and wash all the clothes and blankets and towels, etc and just realized I don't have enough new born outfits :( so I have to get some this week. I honestly don't know how much of anything to buy... how much is too much or too little. Somewhere I read that I should have about 10 outfits? so that would be 20 for the boys.... well, I only have 8! (4 each) I definitely have to go to get them a few more. This brings me on to my next question: what should I get? onsies? full suits? pajama type things? :( one would think it was easy, but it's hard to try to make the best decision and yet not having a clue becasue one has never been in this situation before. Same thing goes for diapers. I read that on average, a new born uses between 8-12 diapers a day. I am saying 10 diapers on average, for 30 days, it's 300, X 2 = 600... but how do I know when the babies will outgrow the new born diapers? 2 weeks? a month? ugh.... I am telling you.... if you have never done this before, it can get confusing. In this case (diapers) my gut feeling tells me that I'm better off buying less than what I think I would use and get a variety of sizes, like get 200 new born size and 200 size 1. I could always send my husband to get more if we run out of the small ones, right? I really thought I had this already figured out but I am lost once again... sigh...
If anyone has any advise out there, please let me know!
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