Well, it's begun. The cumbersome process of figuring out what you need and how much you can afford to spend. Buy a breast pump? Rent a breast pump? Will I even need a breast pump? Glass bottles? Plastic bottles? Both? Swing or bouncy chair? Do we get duplicates because of the lake house or does the kid deal with only having a swing at the apartment? Gates, drawer and cabinet locks, toilet locks? Sure, some of this stuff we don't need to worry about until after the kid is mobile. But if any of the stories of Shervyn as a kiddle are true, I fully expect to find an 18-month-old spawn standing on top of the crib laughing its head off. Or trying to swim in the toilet. Or trying to take the wall sockets apart. Yikes. Let's just focus on how to survive the first couple of weeks, shall we?
Our trip to Babies R Us was both overwhelming and comforting. Shervyn realized that an $999 Bugaboo stroller really wasn't necessary and that a 13 lb Maclaren umbrella stroller is a good thing. I had a hard time not getting distracted by the things with music, vibrations, spins, etc. Oh and the library we have to set up. Dr. Seuss, Maurice Sendak, Harold and the Purple Crayon, Good Night Moon... So much good stuff.
We eventually buckled down and started looking at cribs. The ones above are listed in order from least to most favorite. Most cribs are pretty ugly. And the quality and price of the other nursery furniture is ridiculous. We'll buy a crib from a baby place and then Ikea the rest of the furniture probably. An Ikea dresser is about half the cost of a "baby" dresser and the quality is actually better. Now on to all the other scary stuff we've got to get done.
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