Last night A. gave me her tutorial on cloth diapering, as I am considering it for The Boy. That in itself is not surprising. But listening to a tutorial on cloth diapering is, I suppose, admitting that I actually think it's possible there will be a baby at my house who needs diapers, cloth or otherwise.
The baby things are piling up around the house. A cute little animal sheet from PBK. Sleepers in newborn sizes (I didn't believe in them when LG was a baby, just started her in those 0-3 mo versions...but I'm guessing even if he's full term, which is unlikely, this guy won't weigh more than 5 lbs and change). A car seat. A swing that is actually in my living room, as it seemed to take too much energy to put it in the basement.
I'm not quite sure when this happened. Maybe it's just at 35 weeks, with monitoring every 3-4 days, it seems unlikely that the bad thing will happen. I mean, I know it does happen. I've known people both IRL and online who have survived the bad thing. But right now, I really don't want to acknowledge the possibility that it could happen to me. I'd much rather talk to LG about how things are going to change when her brother is in a crib, instead of in my uterus.
So cloth diapers. Really not sure. Environmentally and economically, I'm all for it. Practically? Not so much. Maybe I'll see what happens when this little one actually comes home. I mean, he will come home, right?
he will. he will come home. i am counting on it : )
ReplyDeleteI know it's natural to worry... but I believe that you will have a happy, healthy baby boy soon! I'm so glad that he's staying in and progressing!! Thinking of you!!
ReplyDeleteHe will come home, and next thing you know, you and LG will be standing over his crib in no small amount of awe that he is there.
ReplyDeleteVery excited that you have made it to 35 weeks!
35 weeks. How awesome. Yes, he's going to come home.
ReplyDeleteRe: cloth diapers -- I did them for a little bit with B would have done them longer if I'd had more support from 402 on that front. BUT I didn't start doing them for the first month or so which at least for us was a good thing. It was easier to wait until I had my shit together before figuring out the whole CD routine, plus by that time B was big enough for regular small diaper covers so we didn't need to deal with the teeny ones. Depending on how much longer The Boy decides to cook, he could outsize them quickly. (So unpredictable as to whether or not you will need those. B was 8 lb 5 oz, and 21.5" so for us they would have been good for just a few weeks -- any newborn clothes we received as gifts were only worn that first month).
Yep, he will come home. And your life is going to be even more amazing that you and LG ever dreamed it could be!
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