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12-05-2012 at 10:24 AM
Kern91
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Venting..house and name!

Well I'm 33 weeks and I have to vent. I usually don't vent but we still have a lot to do around the house!!! We had to make a 3rd bedroom in the house which the carpet is being installed right at the moment (they were late by an hour!) and we still have to put up blinds, finish grouting the bathroom floor then we can finally move to our new bedroom. This means we can finally start the new baby's room!

We still have not decided on a name as well. I think we narrowed it down to 2 different names but two different spellings for each name. This is progress considering we had a huge list! Anyone else not have a name yet or the baby's room not ready at this point in your pregnancy?

Thanks for listening to my vent!


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12-05-2012 at 10:30 AM
teralane
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Oh my goodness, what stress you are under. The only stress I have right now is no name. Right now, we live in a 2 bedroom house, so our 13 y/o (we have her on weekends) has to share her room until we can get into a bigger house. We have things in the room like crib and changing table, but no mattress or bedding. 

I wish you much luck and hope you get the name picked and soon. I want a name picked out so bad, but I do not like the name my s/o likes...  


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12-05-2012 at 10:32 AM
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Baby's room is painted, but no crib or furniture yet.  Wont be in for another 3 weeks.  Im not sweating it.  I have most of the baby's stuff laundered and he will be sleeping in a bassinet in our room anyways for a couple weeks.  I am usually a very high stressed, go go type of person but pregnancy has really "chilled" me out!  I am loving it. 

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12-05-2012 at 10:45 AM
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We're in a tiny two bedroom apartment, and attempting to close on house at the end of next week, and I'm 35 weeks. My goal is to not have the baby before we move and to have a functional house before the baby arrives. Having the room ready seems a long long way off. 

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12-05-2012 at 10:55 AM
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Oh gosh...good luck with the house and congrats on being able to start nesting soon!! YAY!!! 

GL with names. Personally, IMHO if I were you I would just decide on the 2 names with the two most traditional ways to spell it! That way it eliminates it from four choices to two! 


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12-05-2012 at 11:48 AM
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I am in the same boat! No names, no nursery, no crib, nothing done! My DH is a carpenter (among many other things) and he wanted to build the crib.  Great idea, but he hasn't started yet!

We cannot agree on a boy's name at all.  He really wants his grandfather's name, and isn't really budging on it, but I HATE his grandfather's name! I think it's terrible, but I would be willing to compromise and use it as a middle name, but that isn't good enough for DH.

We live in a 2 bedroom house, so unfortunately DD will be sharing her bedroom.  DD is super excited, but again, I have no crib yet so nothing has been set up.  It's a good thing I still have 11 weeks left because we still have so much to do!


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12-05-2012 at 12:13 PM
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I'm only 28 weeks, but we'll be moving on the 15th and then in and out of town for the rest of the month. We don't have anything except for a few things (FTM and my showers are going to be held in January), so yeah.... I'm a little stressed, but I know I'll have time. Luckily, at the university where I work we have off between Christmas and New Years, so I'll have that time to get stuff ready. Hopefully....

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12-05-2012 at 12:40 PM
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     34 weeks. Room isn't painted, nothing set up, we don't have the crib yet (getting one from my brother next week, hopefully, when his son transfers to a big boy bed), haven't sorted through my shower stuff from last weekend yet and still don't have half the stuff we need, but probably can't afford. Still can't agree on a middle name and instead of working on any of this, I'm eating cheese and crackers and being lurky online.

     I keep trying to remind myself what my friend that's an OB NP says, all babies REALLY need are to be fed, clothed and loved. I've got boobs, I've got some clothes and I already love her more than I could imagine, so the rest of it is just details. Although ... I should probably set up the pack n play so she has somewhere to sleep ...


 
12-05-2012 at 12:52 PM
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I am 33 weeks also!  They just finished the trim and hanging the doors of our new bedroom (nursery) yesterday.  We still have to paint the room (walls, ceiling, trim).  To create this room we finished off a loft area, now those 2 new walls need to painted, plus trim, as well as 2 adjacent walls that now have new drywall mud on them.  Honestly at this point I'm just glad we at least have a room, I was beginning to think it wasn't going to happen :)  I do have most everything we need for LO, but I haven't been able to put anything together, up in the room, washed, etc. until the room is done.  My parents are coming to help us with the painting this weekend....hoping all goes well.  Good luck with your house!

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12-05-2012 at 1:06 PM
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I'm having a lot of anxiety over deciding on a name too. We have a front-runner (Lainey) but I'm not 100% sold yet. I want it to be the perfect name and we are running out of time!

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12-05-2012 at 1:48 PM
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We don't have a nursery or name yet...I am 31 weeks today....there is time....babies don't need a lot in the beginning.  It will all come together, don't stress....and don't let the world of baby gear/crap/stuff marketing make you crazy thinking you need a ton of stuff that you simply do not need.

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12-05-2012 at 4:03 PM
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luckily we finished renovation the babies room a month before i found out i was pregnant. as for the rest of the house its a disaster hopefully this week end we will finish the last few things that need to be done ( cabinet doors and a counter) and i have get DH and FILs tools out of everywhere in the house. 

 

we were lucky on the names DH had a family name if it was a boy that he was dead set on and i got to choose the girls and i had a name that ive loved forever.  


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12-05-2012 at 6:54 PM
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We have a name but our nursery is... ack. I can't even talk about it. :(
12-05-2012 at 7:35 PM
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Oh girl I feel you. We don't ehave the baby's room done. Our house is weird, the basement is walk out level and has our bedroom, laundry room, small bath, and playroom. DH was going to put our 2 girls down in the playroom, make their small room on the main floor the nursery, and use the tiny main floor bedroom (barely fits a crib and dresser, we used it for DD2) as playroom.
So...none of that has happened. I weaned DD2 into the bunk bed from the crib and now...well...I'm just staring at all the stuff I need to put away. I have piles of baby clothes given to us since we're having a boy this time, and nowhere to put anything. God forbid I want to paint a room bc there's no point.
Sigh...it's very stressful at this late stage so I totally understand your venting! My only point of calm is knowing that the baby will sleep in my room anyway for a time in the bassinet, so it's not like he NEEDS the nursery, but I did want it all done before he got here.
I just try to remember if it doesn't get done, he won't know lol.

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