I have finally sorted through all of the old baby stuff and narrowed down the list of “needs” and “wants” so that I can get a realistic picture of what we have to have.  Clothes were easy…some of the boy stuff can be worn by a girl and we’ve picked things up here and there ourselves.  We’ve held onto most of the big equipment or already purchased it when we found a good deal on something, like the car seat.  The only big thing I don’t have is a swing…and since I lived without one last time I figure I can do so again.  I have a couple of blankets ready to go.  Bedding and nursery decor are things that won’t be changing from the last baby, so we’re all set there.  We have toys left over from the previous kids, so no worries there.  One concern is bottles and other feeding accessories like a My Brest Friend nursing pillow.  I tossed all of my bottles about a week before I found out I was pregnant due to BPA concerns, so they have to be replaced.  But I do plan to breastfeed so even that is not a critical worry.  I can get them when (or if) I need them.  And I can always substitute a bed or couch pillow for the nursing pillow if necessary.

But I do not have a single burp cloth.  Seriously.  I don’t know what happened to them!  I’m sure I gave them away in one of my random organizing fits but every last one of them is gone.  It seems so strange to say that one of the things I really need is burp cloths.  Luckily these are not expensive so I can snag some next time I hit Walmart or Target.  But I am just baffled by the absurdity of it.  I’ve had 2 children, spent the first 6+ months of each of their lives with a burp cloth permanently affixed to one or both of my shoulders, and yet I have NONE.  Neither of them were major spitters, but we did use burp cloths every time we fed them because they always had a little something come back up.  So realizing I somehow got rid of all of them was a shock.  It seems like such a silly thing to say burp cloths when someone asks what we really need.  But there it is…the #1 thing on my “need” list right now is burp cloths.

With less than 7 weeks to go, this is what I’m obsessing about right now.  Because if I focus on the fact that I will be having major surgery and will be a mom to 3 in less than 50 days I may just go insane.

Filed under: Pregnancy, Rambling