Supposedly one of the things you notice when you’re nearing your due date is the nesting instinct wherein there is an irresistable urge to start preparing the house for the baby. I’m not due for another month or two but reviewing the loot from my baby shower is making me all emotional.
I went a little obsessive compulsive on my loot and started categorizing them into different boxes depending on the age class of the clothing. Then I started compiling all the getting-ready-for-baby checklists I could get from my childbirth class to my office mates. Now I know what else to get based on my compiled checklist.
As I was organizing my loot, I found myself getting all teary-eyed and I started fawning over little booties. I used to see such items as cute but not to the extent where just looking and handling the booties would get me choked up with emotion. I have to keep reminding myself to not to go overboad and buy loads of baby clothes since Joao will only use them for a few months. It’s been extremely helpful that some barely used clothes from my cousin were passed on to me since that lessens the stuff I need to buy.
I’m still thinking whether or not I want to get the crib my cousin volunteered to lend me. I saw a 3-in-one crib by Graco online that I really wanted. Maybe I can justify the price since it’ll be useful not just as a crib but as a playpen as well. But with the current prices of everything shooting up should I be gungho about that large an expenditure?
I admit with around two months left I’m extremely excited and scared. There’s so much that I think about with regards to the baby. I love my job and all but not even that is making a dent in my wandering thoughts. All I can think about are the preparations I must do for Joao.
