New baby gear and fear...

At first I thought having the little baby pregnancy ticker was a good idea. Whenever I blogged, I would see this floating alien thing on the sidebar that reminded me there was a reason for throwing up, feeling awful and tired. As the days turned into weeks and now months...I am watching the alien turn into a real baby and I'm finding it a little intimidating. Am I really ready for a third child? I know people do it everyday, I just haven't figured out how they do it. Luckily the learning curve for parenting is high and relatively forgiving. But I've gotten a few new things for this baby that will hopefully make my life easier when she arrives. The first thing is a Moby wrap. They are pretty popular here in the Northwest. It's a long wrap that's 18 feet long. You basically can tie it all different ways and put the baby inside so that you have both of your hands free. I've had baby carriers before, but they were so heavy and awkward. A lot of my friends use the Moby and claim it's really easy on your back because of the even weight distribution. Here's hoping. I just hate dragging around the infant seat everywhere I go the first few months. It's annoying and heavy and impersonal. Plus the other advantage is when you have the baby in the wrap no one touches the baby. Friends and family are fine to hold the baby. But when I had Tatum and Carson...complete STRANGERS would come up to me in stores and restaurants and seriously ask to hold the baby. Or they would have to touch them. One time, I was at Wal-Mart and Tatum was 3 months old. She was sleeping in the car seat and this guy comes up to her, wiggles her foot to wake her up and says to me "She was just too cute to stay asleep". I about punched the guy in the face. The next cool things I got was a co-sleeper. As you can see in the picture, it's a portable crib that is on the same level as the adult bad and you can secure it to your bed and have the baby sleeping right next to you but in a safe way. I'm hoping this will help us both sleep better in the beginning. There are A LOT of changes happening in our family in the next few weeks. I can't really blog about them right now but I can update the details for you soon.