Transferring frustration
I spent about 20 minutes tonight griping at Ross for not getting the car seat situation figured out. Because clearly we need to have the car seat picked out a full 16 weeks before this child gets here. And because I’m clearly frustrated about something else.
The house hasn’t sold yet. I’m sure you knew that considering the lack of “OMG THE HOUSE IT IS SOLD SEE YA NEIGBORHOOD HOOLIGANS” post. Clearly, worse things could be going on, but after a steady flow of interested people, it’s just baffling and disappointing that we haven’t had any offers. Thus we still don’t know if we’ll be bringing the baby home to this house or to another location-yet-to-be-determined house.
So I yell about car seats.
The urge to nest has been kicking in like none other, mostly because there’s little else I can do to prepare for this kid other than sleeping a lot and eating my weight in Cheerios (which I’ve been trying, BELIEVE YOU ME). I feel utterly unprepared and incompetent which is a wonderful addition to my already exhausted state.
So instead of getting a house ready for an entire new person (and since I can no longer argue about the car seat because we finally made a decision), I will now spend my time getting myself worked up about breast pumps and episiotomies. Yeah, I just said that. If I have to think about it, so do you.
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If you aren’t 100% resolved about the carseat, here’s a suggestion: Save some money and get this one to hold you over for a while. Peg Perego stuff is really highly rated for safety – and Italian! Being a cheapskate, I researched which was best in the various babystuff reviews and found it for cheap. I Craigslisted a stroller/carseat combo. The stuff is great. Also, you won’t need a stroller for the first six months, just a “snap’n'go” (second link).
http://richmond.craigslist.org/bab/756987729.html
http://richmond.craigslist.org/bab/762991416.html
When you’re on the Power List, car seats are a snap. Try the fire station one block west of Libbie off of Grove (Granite Avenue, maybe?). They check to make sure they’re in correctly, and if you’re curious about fire trucks they’ll put it in for you. I had to get a friend to run by and get ours installed two days after Thea was born, and didn’t get one in the second car for a month. I just made Nikole walk everywhere with her in a sling…
Don’t worry about the Cheerios! They are full of iron, fiber, folic acid and low in fat. If you have to eat a cereal – that is the one. Plus, your little one will eat their weight in cheerios as a first finger food. You’re just getting a head start.
The fire station is on Maple. Excellent people.
Don’t worry about the baby “stuff” – you’ll learn after you have every baby gadget in the known world that all you really need are the very basics. Babies come into the world only needing you.
I also have a breast pump you my have…a Medela Pump-n-Go. Not the latest in technology but still working. Or you can rent one on the cheap from the hospital (or sometimes a local pharmacy) for the first few weeks…those rock.
Everything is good! You are good. The baby is good and Ross sounds just fine.
Cheers, little mamma.
In addition to station 19 (on Maple, btw), you can go to Station 17 in southside (Bainbridge and 30th) or Station 14 in northside (Chamberlayne and…um…Brookland Park? Across from Walgreens. It’s early.). Call ahead if you can (numbers are in the blue pages) and if you want to be nice you can avoid the noon and six-ish hours.
Also, if you have any questions at all about BFing, all I can say is “Best Beginnings, Best Beginnings, Best Beginnings.”
Poor Valerie, with preggers hormones. Those SUCK sometimes. I screamed at my hubby over a kitchen towel. He threw it on the sink, I wanted it folded JUST SO. It had never bothered me before, but it bothered me that day. It gets better.
I hear ya. My parents’ house has been on the market for months, and no bites yet. They’re way frustrated.
I can’t even imagine what it’s like for you guys as you’re also planning for a kid!
Don’t stress over an episiotomy. It is actually not that common anymore. Doctors have found that babies and moms actually do better without them. They seem to only do them now when the baby is larger than expected, or something else needs to be used to help get the baby out (forceps or vacuum).
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