I totally adore this rocking chair, it is one of the most comfortable pieces of furniture I have ever sat in. I hope the baby likes being in it too. I try to keep the cats off the nursery furniture but I am lenient about the chair (as long as I don’t want to sit in it.) My Aunt Vickie crocheted the beautiful rainbow baby blanket draped over it.
So we got a couple sheets for the crib and guess what? They don’t fit! They are too big.
One of Michael’s coworkers gave us a used crib a few months ago, which is awesome since cribs are expensive! Other then some squeakiness, it seems like a great crib, it has wheels so we can roll it between the nursery and the bedroom if we want. It is called a portable crib but I didn’t realize that meant it was a different size from a “standard” crib (24×38 inches rather 28×52 inches.) So normal crib sheets don’t fit it.
So after the realization, I looked up portable crib sheets. The first ones I found were $30 each! Holy cow, I won’t even spend that much on sheets for myself! Maybe getting a standard crib made more financial sense… I looked again this morning and found portable crib sheets on Amazon for $5 each. Much better!
I still don’t want to order them though.
I know crib sheets are suppose to fit snuggly, but I don’t see why I can’t just tuck the larger sheets under and safety pin them in place on the bottom of the mattress or shorten then with my sewing machine. They fit pretty snuggly that way.
Bleh, I feel like I am stressing way to much about this.
Anyhow, beyond this small crib issue, its all good. I have been entertaining the thought of getting a moses basket for the bedroom but that is just an indulgence on my part. My dad got us a rocking chair (which I need to take a photo of) it is super comfortable. I’m sitting on it at the moment actually.
I think Michael and I are ready for the baby to arrive (though not for a couple more weeks, we want him to be full term!) I am at 35 weeks as of today, which means I am now “heavily pregnant”! That term sounds really funny to me. I think my sense of humor may be becoming more and more bizarre though.
I don’t feel “heavily” pregnant. I feel fantastic most of the time and everyone still seems amazed by how much mobility I have (they haven’t seen me try to get out of the tub…) I take quite a few naps and even more bathroom breaks but I still feel pretty comfortable. I have been having a fair amount of Braxton Hicks contracts but I have read that it pretty normal, my uterus is just getting in shape. They make my back ache though. The baby is still moving lots but I can tell he is running out of room in there. I love the look on Michael’s face when he feels him move.
Anyhow, I suppose I should get back to organizing the nursery. I need to finish putting the last things in my suitcase to take to the birthing center too.
Maybe I will have a cucumber first though…
Okay, new mom question here…
I am organizing the nursery today and I noticed I don’t have crib sheets or bumpers. Then I started to wonder, how exactly do you layer all that stuff in the crib anyways? My baby books tell me everything that shouldn’t go in cribs but not what should. How odd is that?
So I looked it up online and now I am just utterly confused.
The crib mattress I have is waterproof, so do I need to get waterproof pads or do I just use sheets then? Do I need to get crib bumpers and why?
Help!
Michael’s coworker gave us a crib, Aos thinks it is the coolest thing ever.
Hopefully our baby’s eyes will not glow like that…
EDIT:
moar funny pictures
I thought I was getting my ultrasound today but it turns out today was just a check up. I have lost three pounds which baffled me a bit as I have been eating and had very little morning sickness. I had bad morning sickness today though, so I wonder if it was water weight? Still I am back to my pre-pregnancy weight, so more food for me.
I am having my ultrasound on January 24th, I have to pee 3 hours before going and then drink 32oz of water and hold it. Oh joy. I just may explode! If we bring a blank vhs they will tape some of it for us, does anyone still use vhs? Do they sell them? I think we have a couple upstairs maybe… We don’t even have a vcr.
Still, all is well. One of Michael’s coworkers may be giving us a crib and I look forward to setting that up!
