For the past week Liam has had a nose like a faucet. Last week I think he had a cold; this week I think it's Teething Round 2 that's doing it to him. It drives him crazy to have a runny nose, but he's not great at blowing; so tonight after dinner, I went looking for the nasal aspirator we used when he was a baby. He's one of those odd kids who actually likes having it used on him. Unfortunately, we tore his room apart (as well as the bathroom and the hall closet) and came up empty-handed. This incited a mild panic attack in me; I started thinking about how many newborn-era essentials there are to drag out and wash up and get ready for another go. When we were preparing for Liam, all of this stuff was new and his nursery was empty, so I would bring something home and lovingly wash it and have it all set up and ready to go from Day 1. Then Liam used it, it got a little ragged around the edges, the novelty wore off and as soon as he outgrew it, it was loaned out or stuffed in the back of a drawer somewhere or otherwise put out of sight and out of mind. We live in an old house without the luxury of neverending storage, so some of these hiding spots are not so obvious, and it's going to take some thinking to recall every last one. Right now it seems like an insurmountable task. Would it really be that crazy of me to just go out to the store and start buying stuff all over again?
2 comments:
just to clarify epidurals in Chatham, we have one anesthetist who does do them so if she is on call you might not be offered one.
Some of the stuff makes sense to be bought new anyway.
I don't know about your hospital but ours gave us an aspirator MUCH better than the one I bought and the one I received as a gift. MUCH better. Usually here they give you the one they used when the baby was born.
As for the other stuff, you do have a bit of time before finding some of it, but it would be good to start making the list of what you need and checking off what you still have. That way you can have a running list of what you still need.
Exciting stuff though!
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