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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Re: FFF
i just snapped at my mom on the phone, because she was on this 5 minute diatribe about how amazing new babies are, and how she's so excited for my friend, and her mom, and how she loooooved when people stopped by when i was a baby, and how she wanted to visit but they've got appointments so she wants to take them some food to make things easier, not easier that it's hard having a new baby because you love it soooo much but because she wants to make it easier because that's how she feels in her heart.
I GET IT MOM, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THEY HAVEN'T BEEN SH!TTY FRIENDS FOR TWO YEARS.
and yes, that paragraph is basically what the convo sounded like....with no talking from me.
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After months of trying to sell my old dinette set (Victorian, girlie, drop-leaf, 4 chairs, 2 bar stools, and storage chest), I might finally have a buyer. Yay and boo. DH is going to handle the sale for me because I'm so sentimental about it.
It needs to go... it's not my style anymore and it's been replaced by a more suitable dining set. It's not so much the loss of the table itself that has me sad, but what it represents. It's a symbol of my old apartment and the 3yrs+ that I spent there. It was the only time outside of a college dorm that I lived by myself. It was all mine - and huge by ATL standards, 2 br/2ba 1300 sq ft. Everything was decorated exactly how I wanted it.
I've been married for 3.5 yrs and I'm sad to see another piece of my "old" life go.I am kinda missing the excuse of being pregnant (not actually being pregnant).
I liked getting out of catbox duty, not having to carry in groceries, and getting help moving laundry :P
I also forgot how isolating new babies can be. I never leave the house or even get out of pjs. Especially now that I have two... I cant see taking them anywhere alone for a long long time.
I don't remember an announcement so CONGRATS on the new baby, ohmygoodness!
I'm starting to feel a little weird about posting on The Nest. Even though I "know" there are lurkers, I always feel like it's just us and none of the lurkers are people I know IRL. But I think there are more people lurking than we realize that just never talk about the nest so we have no idea. I started thinking about this b/c an old coworker of mine wrote to me and referred to something I complained about here but no where else. So I was kind of like
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I agree with all of this, I'm always so curious who IRL knows about TN
Now that our "babymoon" is over I am starting to panic about not being ready. Last night I cried after work for absolutely no reason other than stress. There are several must have items that we don't have yet like crib sheets and bottles but I still have one more shower so I was trying to wait to buy anything. I just wish the shower wasn't still 3 weeks away. I'm very thankful my office is doing a shower, I just wish they would have done it sooner.
Then there is the fact that we've done no work in finding day care or a pediatrician. I feel like I'm going to have a nervous breakdown any minute.
I'm also way stressed about having everything at work in order for me to be out. I'm so not organized enough to have someone else working my accounts while I'm gone. I just don't even know where to start!
Honestly, there is not much that you will need to first week or so other than a place for her to sleep, diapers and wipes. I don't think we put AJ in the crib for a few weeks so we didn't really need to crib sheets. Also, if you plan to BF you will not need bottles right away.
You can always purchase things like bottles and sheets before your shower and just keep them in the packages with the receipts and have your DH return them if you get those things at your shower.
We never really researched a pedi, we just called up the closest place and asked if they were taking new patients. We use Sandy Plains Pedi, which is just past Target on shallowford. I kinda roll my eyes at the people who 'interview' different pedi's but that is their prerogative I guess.
Also, we didn't interview daycare until AJ was about 6-8 weeks old. If you choose a place near home there are many options, no where had a waiting list. Also, if you choose to go in-home then they typically like you to make a decision closer to the time you will be returning to work as they don't always know when they will have openings and they don't want to hold an opening for months and months.
Good Luck and honestly once she is born you will not give 2 sh!ts about work, they will figure it out.
This totally happened to me before and was part of the reason I took a big step back from TN last year. Maybe we need to create a private off-board where we can all talk about our "real" stuff.
I am not nursing and we plan to put her in her crib from night 1 so that's why I listed those two things. I know my mom will be glad to help out and go get us anything we might need. I just think that the reality of it all really hit me hard once we got home from the trip. LIke WTH am I going to do with a baby?!?!!? Did we get ourselves in over our head?!?! Will my puppy feel neglected b/c seriously the thought of this makes me cry. She's my first baby and I want to make sure she's not left out. I have a lot of anxiety over all the changes coming and I'm not sure I'm handling it well!!
Can't you make private groups on FB? I don't think anyone else can see private groups, unless the person has been accepted to the group. Although, I sometimes wonder how secure FB is...
I get being stressed about not having stuff, you can just buy it now and send someone out to return any duplicates. Sometimes peace of mind is worth it.
The hospital will give you little formula bottles and nipples, and you will leave with enough for a couple days, so you do not need to have bottles washed right away if you don't want to worry about that.
At 3 weeks old, we really only use diapers, onsies, blankets, burp cloths, bottles, pacis, the swing, and the pack n play.
For formula I highly recommend the Dr Brown pitcher.
Loved the Dr. Brown pitcher, sterilizer and bottles! And I agree, all you really need are the very basics at first and you get most of those things from the hospital anyway. They will give you a bunch of ready-to-feed formula bottles/nipples if you ask. We were supplementing with formula because Harlie lost more than 10% of hir birthweight and so they sent us home with a bunch.
Harlie slept in the crib in her room after 5 nights and my only regret was not putting her in there sooner. We always use an ultimate cribsheet on top of the regular sheet so if you get a few of those now you can always put a regular crib sheet under it later. Anything you register for can usually be returned even without a receipt.
And I was one of those moms that did interview pediatricians based on 2 different recs-- and I'm happy I did because I liked one better than the other but either of them would have been fine/qualified I'm sure. We use Dr. Sally Marcus at Northside Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine and I absolutely love her.