It’s all I can do to sit vertically in a chair rather than lie down in bed. I find walking, running simple errands feels good. But really, I am starting to let shit slide. I have a long lits of OMG GOTTA DO THIS and you know what? I don’t give a rat’s ass about it.
My friend PajamaMama came over today with a box full of fabulous clothes that her 4-year-old M had outgrown and we sat and chatted for a while. She asked the good questions (eg “have you packed yet? have you installed your car seat?” “Uh, no and no.”) and generally gave me a great download of new mama info. I don’t know what I would do without other mamas who have done this before.
And of course it got me thinking: What do I have left to do?
- Pack for hospital
- Get car seat installed (this is actually a humungous pain in the ass)
- Drop boxes off at Goodwill
- Mix ass-shakin house music for labor accompaniment
- Assemble co-sleeping bed thingie
- Get crib from DM
- Finish writing thank you cards for our bean welcoming ceremony
- Go to rocking chair store and get rocking chair (yes there is a rocking chair store!)
- Sleep, sleep and sleep
Speaking of sleep, I am going to nap now.
charlotte said,
April 17, 2008 at 12:26 pm
Hey there–yeah, take care of yourself because you yourself are the most important person in this. What’s the co-sleeping bed thingie you’re talking about?
pregnantover40 said,
April 17, 2008 at 5:55 pm
Hey Charlotte – good advice — tho it’s sometimes hard to tell whether getting stuff done (and therefore not having to stress about it) is better or worse self-care than saying “fuckall” and getting into bed! You know?
The co-sleeper is this little piece of post-modern baby care:
http://www.armsreach.com/shop-3/the-original-1/
It has one side that’s open – you attach the co-sleeper to the side of your bed — this is so the baby can sleep next to you, and thus (theoretically) nurse when s/he wants. This helps mama and baby get better sleep – again theoretically. We’ll see how it ends up working in practice.