So this fourth little baby (boy) is due to arrive no later than 5 weeks from now. Hmm. It's always a bit surreal to me until it actually happens. I'm making all kinds of preparations, but it's like packing for a trip; you never know what you're really going to need until you land at your destination. Am I packing too much, or too little? Am I really going to use that?Do I have enough newborn snap kimono shirts? I can't seem to remember how many I'm supposed to have. I guess that I have enough, since I only used them 18 months ago. Did I get rid of any...? Things like that. Should I really invest in any more gear? There are arguments to be made both ways. There are some things that #3 just isn't done with yet (fortunately, he's done with the crib... but not the high chair or the car seat). Then there are other things that have only lasted through three children and will no longer function for this next guy. And yet, it makes me feel irresponsible when I think of acquiring new stuff that we could probably do without. Then there's the issue of me considering cloth diapers this time around... wow, does that one make me dizzy.
The physical preparations are only part of the picture, however. I feel like I need to do something to get ready to meet him. How do you adequately prepare for meeting a new person who will become such a part of you, whom you will not be able to imagine living without when you stop and look back in three months? Isn't there something I'm supposed to be doing to get ready for that? Maybe not. Maybe I'm trying too hard.
As I was making him look at the new scrapbook/baby book for the umpteenth time, my husband said he was quite excited to meet this new baby. I looked at him funny because he's always the one getting stressed about it, but he said, "I've done this enough times now that I know what to expect, and I'm excited." Man, you'd think I should be able to be so cool and say the same thing.
Names? For some reason, we're not really worried about that. We've had a good back-up that we've never used, so I think we'll use that unless one of us gets some other kind of inspiration. It's not laziness; it still feels like a really good name.
And then there are days when I'm so ready- bring it on! Today! Let's go!
I guess it's a good thing I'm not in charge.
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The crazy thing is, once the little guy is here, you will realize there is one thing you totally forgot. It might be a physical item you need, or just the way a brand new part of your family makes you feel immediately upon their arrival. It is like, the day before they were born everything was fine. Then the day they are born you never want to go back to just fine (ok - so maybe late at night you muse about it). I am with Quinn, we are all excited to meet him.
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