First:
To Buy
Cloth diapers - oh goodness, that has already branched off into it's own list.
This is my current plan of what I need to get. I will have to double check what I already have...but since I didn't start with Ayla until she was 4 months old I know for sure that I have no newborn things and I also know my diaper pail liners are no longer completely water proof. Everything in bold is what needs to be bought and prepped before the baby comes. Everything else can be bought more slowly and things such as the diaper sprayer can wait until baby is 6 months old/eating real food.
Green mountain
Newborn orange $28 /dozen, (1/12)
Small yellow $33/dozen, (1/12)
Workhorse fitted - 7.95 for snaps closure, size small and up (1)
Cotton Velour Wipes - 12 for $12.00 for size large 8"x8" (2)
Cotton babies
Kissaluvs Hybrid One Size Contour Diapers - $10.95 (3)
Planet Wise Diaper Pail Liner - $16.50 (2)
bumGenius Diaper Sprayer - $44.95
Pin Stripes and polka dots
Kissaluvs Marvels One-Size Diaper Cover - $15.95
New Blueberry Coveralls cover - $16.95
Thirsties Duo WRAP Covers - Snap Closure Size 1 - $12.75 (3)
Amazon.com
Snappi Cloth Diaper Fasteners - Pack of 3 – approx $7 (3)
Any cloth diaper pro's feel free to weigh in. They don't HAVE to be bought from the places I marked. But those were the best deals I found. Though buying only snappies from Amazon and paying an extra $5 in shipping works out to be more then adding them onto my green mountain order even if they cost a bit more there. So I will have to evaluate all that. I wash every 1-2 days. Just can't stand a diaper pail sitting dirty for to long, especially during the summer. So I figure I will start with less, and buy more if needed rather then over stock only to discover I didn't need as many as I thought. That also reminds me I need to get a clothes line up in the yard. BTW, I will now be color coding words I use in conversation that need to be added to my list. I can use the current pail I have now, but the lid is broken on it. As it is, it bugs me (I still use it for dirty rags and clothes that have endured accidents) but I can deal when I only use it once every day at most. Make that 10-20 times a day and it will drive me insane.
Ok, what is next...?
You know what, screw this - I am first going to make a list of what I HAVE and then I will work onto what I need.
I have:
An Amby bed
A Beco Butterfly baby carrier (my pride and joy, though I still need to get it from the friend who was borrowing it - hence the blue)
A pocket sling
A nursing cover
A baby swing
24 Cloth diapers for 4 months and up and at least one cover.
A take home baby outfit (covered in monkeys!)One very soft polka dotted unisex baby blanket I couldn't resist right after seeing two lines on a test. (Goodness I hope I remember where that is!)
Avent manual breast pump
2 breasts that I am betting will start leaking any day now.
Is that all? Hmmm. Alright, so let us see how this next list goes:
To Get (before baby is born):
Cloth diapers
Diaper pail
Clothes line
Swaddling blankets
Diaper changing pad
Lanasoh (soon, need to start prepping)
A few baby bottles (you never know - this one might actually take them!)
B. milk storage bags
Carseat/strollar (I believe our only big ticket item)
Possible new carseat for Taylor (so we can fit three across)
Medicine/toiletry type stuff (diaper rash cream, baby lotion, gas drops, baby wash, etc)
My brain just stopped working. There has got to be more, I have come to a stand-still. I know I don't need as much this time. 3rd child you just don't need as much. I know I hate boppies, I know I need very little new-born clothes until he/she is born and we know the gender and size. Then a few packages of onesies and some pj's should do it. A crib we can wait a long time for since we have the amby bed and that will be fine for 6ish months at least. What am I missing?
Ah well. I will come back to these lists I am sure. That wonderful "edit post" button will be my friend and I shall just add things (or take them away) as needed.
Next on my list of list making is what needs doing before baby is born. Once I have that done I can start assigning myself tasks. But that will have to wait for another time. Right now I am tired. I think Ayla and I will go on a walk in a little bit and perhaps stop by the grocery store before getting Taylor.
Thanks for listening, it truly makes all this easier knowing you are there to bounce ideas off of.
Until next time...