So a few weeks ago we started bring baby stuff out of storage to make sure it was okay. Some of it has been moved 3 or 4 times now.
Like our bassinet. Our bassinet? Dead. It would probably be okay for another baby, but the wicker weave has started to come away from the base and there are pokey out staples everywhere. It would be a simple matter to fix it, but I simply cannot be bothered.
Instead, we will just set up the cot in our bedroom and bypass a bassinet completely. I know from experience that little ones don’t spend all that much time sleeping in them anyway, tending to prefer sleeping on Mummy’s boobies.
We also brought out the bouncer thingy that Amy spend alot of time sleeping in as a baby.
We knew damn well that Amy would insist on sitting/bouncing/laying in it for a while and we wanted the novelty to wear off before the baby arrives. Personally, with how enamoured Amy is with the bouncer (despite being much too big for it and falling out occasionally) I’m not sure the novelty is ever going to wear off. She might get bored with it for a while, but I think once the baby is here we might have some issues with the bouncer.
Ditto with the pram.
Up until Amy was 12 months old, the only time she would nap was in the pram. I used to walk for HOURS with her in order to get her to sleep (I measured it once, it would take Amy about 1.5km to fall asleep if she was sleepy and longer if she was overtired). She eventually started napping in her cot around her first birthday.
When she was about 15 months old and bigger, we retired the pram and bought a little umbrella stroller for when we were out shopping and stuff. The pram went to sit in a dusty corner in a spare room and then when we moved here, it ended up in the shed.
So not too long ago, I grabbed the pram out of the shed and gave it a bit of a wipe over, washed the cover and brought it inside to get Amy used to having it about again.
Unfortunately she now spends all her time clipping herself into the pram and yelling ‘Help Mummy! Click! Click!’ and needing me to unclip her.
Sigh.
Not to mention the fact that every time I turn around, Amy is wearing another article of clothing that is meant to be for the baby.
I’m sorry Amy, but a 2 yo does not fit into a newborn growsuit, no matter how creatively you twist it.
Funnily enough, Amy does fit into the baby’s pants. Heh, who knew that size 000 and size 2 pants actually all have the same waist measurement.
[Also, I need to add, as I’m writing this, Amy just wandered past singing ‘bedtime, bedtime’ to herself, while sucking on a bottle teat. I thought I’d thrown all our old teats out, but obviously not. She’s just wandered into my room, wonder how long she will occupy herself in there?]
[about 2 minutes]
All round though she has been pretty good.
Although, I am almost dreading setting up the cot. God, how is that going to work? We plan to do the three sided cot thing that we did with Amy with the cot up against our bed; at least for the first few months.
Speking of cots, I don’t have any idea where the bolts to put the cot together are. Nathan swears he does, but I’m not sure I believe him.
Excuse me while I go and turn our house upside down looking for them.
***
Also as an aside, it’s my birthday today! 20 years old.
I feel so much older, hehe.
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48 responses to “Not Nesting”
Happy Birthday to joo !!!!
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HAPPY BIRTHDAAAAY!
Amy is soooo cute. Need more Amy pics!!
Mrs. Cs last blog post..Sleepover!!
max and jessamine always napped in the swing. odessa hates the swing and will only nap in the bouncy seat, and only if it’s vibrating. but she will sleep in that thing for hours.
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happy birthday!!!
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Hey, Happy Birthday! Hope it was a good day.
It’s funny how kids do that to you…make you feel so much older and far-removed from your own childhood…and I suspect the lack of sleep is also involved…;)
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Happy birthday!!!
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Happy Birthday to you!!
I’m sure Amy will settle once the baby is reality not just something that she can’t see. 🙂
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Happy Birthday! Hope you have a great day 🙂
Happy Birthday !
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Happy Birthday 🙂 Out of your teens now young lady! Hope you have a great day. Don’t forget you are supposed to be taking it easy, not too much heavy-duty nesting please….
Amy is going to be such a help to you when her little brother arrives he-he-hee!
Happy birthday, you OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLD thing. *sniggers*
I know what YOUR parents did for Valentines Day, naughty parents. 😉
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Happy Birthday Veronica! I hope you have a fabulous day!!
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Happy birthday Veronica!!!!! I love how you left that until the end.
Hope you have a fabulous day!
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! I agree, you’re not nesting, not at all!!
Ha I get to say it twice cause I read both your blogs, Happy Birthday, again.
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I hope your birthday was every bit as wonderful as you are!
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Oh my goodness, I want to nibble those cheeks!!! How freaking adorable is she???
And Happy, Happy Birthday! I just realized that I am more than twice your age.
I am going to go stick my head in the oven door now. 😉
Andis last blog post..Respect
Happy Birthday. What an angel Amy is and how smart you are to get all those things out to let the novelty start to wear off (it won’t all wear off, I’m afraid). I hope you had a wonderful day.
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Happy Birthday you old fart ! 😛
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Happy Birthday!! And I do hope you find those bolts. It’s funny, my almost-8yo stepdaughter still gets upset when her 4 yo brother plays with a toy or looks at a book that was hers 4 years ago. Attachments, attachments.
Happy Birthday!!!
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Well, for once I’m goin to try to be semi serious.
For someone who is just 20 you are mature beyond your years, and not in a bad way.
Over the last year you have been immeasurably helpful to me, listening to my increasingly annoying moaning, and giving me straight forward truthful opinion in return. If you hadn’t done that I don’t know how many days I would have ended up a gibbering mess.
I know I’m not the only one you extended yourself to also.
All this time you have had a remarkably tough year yourself on so many levels.
I can only genuinely thank you for how you’ve helped over the last year, and wish you a very happy birthday.
Xbox4NappyRashs last blog post..Anyone got a cigarette?
Happy Birthday. Next time Nathan mentions the cot bolts demand that he take you to them immediately.
Happy Birthday my beautiful first born grand child, see you on Sunday xxxx ooooo
happy birthday..
let the nesting begin.. 😛
Tazs last blog post..Thanks Marylin.. 😛
Happy birthday!!!
(Those cheeks on Amy when she was a baby! I want to pinch them!)
Nothing nesting has even started and last time I had all clothes washed and ready at this time.
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Happy Birthday, Miss V! 🙂 I agree with the other commenters… you are mature beyond your years!
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Happy Birthday My Dear!!!!!
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Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday! I hope you are doing somthing fun fo rit
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Happy Birthday! You seem older because you’re so much wiser than most 20 year-olds.
When we brought out all our baby stuff for Mack, Wynnie was 2. She played in the bouncy seat, sat in and played in the baby beds AND she wore his little newborn pants as shorts. Yep… big sisters are the same the world over!
I hope your birthday is wonderful.
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Happy Birthday, sweet girl. The Happiest of Birthdays to you.
lceels last blog post..Wordy Wednesday – A Child’s Story in Rhyme
happy, happy birthday!
and, oh god, what a chunky little monkey amy was! ugh, i want to get those cheeks.
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Oh, look at sweet little Amy! And happy birthday darlin’ Veronica. XXOO
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Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday honey!! 🙂
I remember Zack loving the look of his old bouncer when we got it out for Max… it *does* wear out, I promise! It just… takes a while. Maybe until the baby is too big to fit in it? 😛
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Happy birthday girlie! You are 20? I knew you looked young but I had no idea how young you actually were. Eat some cake and celebrate!
Oh and don’t remind me of all the baby stuff we don’t have yet for our little Tater Tot… We have much nesting to do.
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Happy Birthday!
Perhaps you should make Amy think you want her to play in the bouncer and wear her brother’s clothes. Sleep in the cot. Demand she do these things — then she will decide she hates them and never touch them again.
Yes, I spend waaaaaay too much time trying to outthink and outsmart my kids.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!! Wow. 20. That seems so far away but so happy!
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Congratulations and happy birthday. I’m very excited for you.
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Happy Birthday! Total side note: we ended up buying a second bouncer secondhand so each kid had one. Delaney’s bouncer ended up in the garbage, but at least she wasn’t crawling on Colin!
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Happy Birthday!
Be sure to check you bedroom for random things Amy may have placed in there during her 2 minutes!
Veronica, Happy Birthday, you lovely creature! I love how you just tossed that in at the end of your post.
Was just talking with a friend – she said the 2nd baby was hard on her 2 year old, sharing stuff, including mommy. But you’ll get it all out of the way on that one, because any kids after that will have never been alone with you or had things all to themselves! I don’t know that its any consolation…
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happy belated Birthday – you have a wonderful year ahead.
Amy sounds just like my boys when they discover old baby stuff -only ours is about for being sold or junked.
Ps I still can’t find your food blog.
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Damn, I missed it! HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY! This works out good, actually. Cause the day after your birthday is always sort of a let down, and then sometimes you get an unexpected card in the mail or something, and it sort of extends your birthday a bit. So consider this post a birthday extension. HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY! Also, how did you not eat Amy’s cheeks. I totally would have done that. SO CUTE!
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I AM NUMBER 45 HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!
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Happy Birthday (A widdle belated)
So another fantastic November baby 😉
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Hope you had a great birthday. Perhaps miss Amy bounced herself off to sleep for a nice long time? Her birthday gift to you? No? It was a good thought…
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