I am still in the 2ww and it seems to be c-r-a-w-l-i-n-g by. I've never had such a desire to test early before. I have two FRERs that we bought months ago (before we started trying) because they were on sale, just to have on hand. Now, they're taunting me. I'm not sure if I want to test early just because it's getting hard to wait, or because I want to know that I'm not pregnant on my OWN time (read: not in the middle of the day at work, where I have to keep acting like everything is fine). Now, math was never my strong suit, but from my calculations, there's not much chance of getting a positive right now, even if I was pregnant.
On Friday night, when I was at the Bible study, we were talking about different things you have to buy for children. In passing, I made a comment about how I had always wondered if it would be smart to start stocking up on diapers now (or even throughout a pregnancy), in order to soften the financial blow. The mom in the group was like, "Wow...I never thought of that. That's really smart." I continued with, "Yeah, but the problem is, what if Baby's allergic? What if I end up hating the brand of diapers?" See, I've changed MORE than my fair share of diapers for a woman who has no children, and I have come to understand that brand does matter. The cheap diapers are not worth it. I think that when I have kids, I'm going to use Pampers. I've changed too many blowouts from Luvs and Huggies. The mom said that Pampers has a great return policy that she's used many times for extra diapers that her children had grown out of, etc. So, it does make me wonder if it would be wise to start buying diapers (in different sizes, clearly) throughout a pregnancy, especially since I know which brand I'd like to (try to) use. I don't think I want to start buying them now, but maybe from the second trimester on....? Thoughts?
For my last musing of the day.....I've been lurking the boards at TheBump, and I have to say, I don't think it's something I want to get involved in. Some of those women are MEAN to each other. Wow. I know hidden among the posts are some informative articles, but I don't think it's a place I'd want to start posting. It seems too...mean girls for me.
Yes to the Pampers! We went the first 2 weeks on Huggies and had to change her sleepers at least once each night and had regular blowouts.
ReplyDeleteTheBump has some serious cliques and snark-attacks going on. But I still like going there because I've found answers to A LOT of questions I had that weren't important enough to warrant a call to my OB or pediatrician, but I was still curious about. Now I'm on 0-3/3-6 and it's nice to check up on G's milestones and how other babies dealt with growth spurts, etc.
I agree with you--I have found lots of helpful info on there, which is why I continue to go back (even though I would probably never post anything myself). It has been SUPER helpful to read about other people's experiences, but I think for now I'm content just to lurk. =)
ReplyDeleteBy the way, have you heard anything from Mrs. G? She hasn't posted in a long time. I hope everything is okay.
I haven't heard anything. I commented on her last post a few days ago wondering where she was. I know she posted on the breastfeeding board a few weeks ago -- it seems it's been rough for her, too. She's probably still overwhelmed and going on a hiatus. I know I don't really have time to post, but I like writing it out so that I can look back on when issues started and so that I can see how G was at this age.
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