Shopping List

This photo was taken just before I was about to go to bed last night at 34w5d pg. I am happy to say that my heartburn was better the last two days. I discovered another food to avoid - cheddar cheese. In my attempt to eat more protein and less sugar, I had purchased things like reduced fat cheese nips (crackers) and such. It turns out the cheese gives me heartburn. Peanut butter on crackers is fine, but cheese on crackers is not! Paul's mom's chemo treatment went very well yesterday; it was her fastest treatment yet! That's three down and three to go.

I've been working on a shopping list lately. Mostly I've been going through the registries and deciding of the things not purchased what I should buy. I was given a $100 gift card to BRU from my colleagues at work and one of the choir shower gifts was $45 cash so I have at least $145 to spend on Nadia, and I imagine I'll spend more than that. It will be fun to go shopping for her! Anyhow I am trying to determine needs vs. wants. Of course some things that are in the "want" category are making it onto my list such as another roll of wallpaper border. It hit me that no matter what house we buy - 30 feet of border isn't going to be enough to go around 4 walls of a bedroom. I plan to go shopping the next week or two so if you have any input as far as my list goes, I am all ears! I have been eliminating things that won't be needed in the next 5 months as I figure I can put those items on a Christmas wish list for my family (such as toys, a second front facing car seat, etc.). I plan on waiting on buying more clothes until I see exactly what size she is when she's born.

Here's what's on my list at the moment: small boom box (we've been given CD's for her but don't own something to play them on), sheet savers, waterproof pads (those things to lay her on if I want to change her diaper on the floor), socks (she doesn't own anything for her feet yet!), Johnny jump up, 2nd car seat base, milk storage bags, cloth diapers (for spit ups etc.), hooded towel, travel chair, bath toys, kick toy (for her gym), baby spoons, sunshades for the car, microwave sterilizer (we usually only run the dishwasher about once a week so I figure I can use this to clean the pump and bottles daily), mat for under the highchair, and a bathtub storage basket (for bath toys). One thing I purchased for her this week (using a bday gift certificate for Amazon.com from my brother) was a baby food kit (cheaper than buying it at BRU) as I plan to make her baby food (the kit included a cookbook, trays for freezing the food, etc.).

One other item that I am contemplating purchasing that I would appreciate feedback on in particular the BebeSounds nasal aspirator. I am not sure if this is one of those really helpful things like the temporal thermometer or if the old fashioned aspirator works just as well. I know babies aren't really fond of having their noses cleaned out so I thought maybe this was a good item to buy.

When we go shopping at BRU, I also plan to stop at a party store and buy the plates & napkins for Paul's graduation party (Aug 2). I am trying to plan ahead as I figure I'll be very sleep deprived at that point! Yesterday I bought paper for the invitations, and I plan to mail those out next week. If it had been my choice, I would have thrown him the party before Nadia's arrival, but he really didn't want to have the party until after his thesis defense (only thing he has left to accomplish to complete this 2 year master's degree in chemistry). The upside of having it on August 2 is that will probably be the first time some friends and family get to meet Nadia. :-)