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@Ash: We bought a Bonavita crib too, but the Sheffield Collection! And splurged on the matching dresser and hutch....having dropped that much on the furniture has helped me refrain from purchasing too much else.

So I've been working on organizing the baby's closet and I was looking at our collection of clothes, and I'm not sure what to do with some of the stuff we have. Basically, in 0-3mo we have a lot of short sleeve onesies/bodysuits that have no matching pants or sweaters/sweatshirts to go with them. I'm not exactly sure what I was thinking, other than they were cute and gender neutral.

Should I just buy a bunch of sweaters/sweaters and pants to match them? Most of the sweatshirts I see that I like tend to be hoodies, and I'm not sure if that's silly with a little baby.

Also, how many outfits are you guys trying to have per size? I have about 10 newborn onesies and a couple newborn outfits, which I imagine will get us through the first 2-4 weeks. After that we have some 0-3 month sleep n plays, but I was thinking at that point we might want to start doing more outfits than just pajamas all day long. Is 15-20 good or way too much?

ETA: I assume I can't layer onesies and put a long sleeve white one under a patterned one, right?

@Ash: We got the distressed wheat color. We really liked the country feel to the set. I am not sure what we are going to do about a glider. We already have a rocking chair that was used for DH....and I was the one who pushed for keeping the rocker when he thought it was useless. So now I when I say I want a glider he points out that we already have a rocking chair. The good news is the rocker matches the crib set! I will probably just start out with that and see how it works out. If I need a glider, there is always our anniversary at the beginning of Dec and Christmas!

@MrsCB: I haven't bought too much clothing, but I did get a number of onesies at the the consignment sale the other week and I guess my thought was with it being winter we will spend a lot of time inside, so I'm not too concerned about her being too cold. I figure she will wear a lot of short sleeve onesies and be wrapped in blankets? But this could be me being naive!

@MrsCB: Oh my, I have no idea. I'm dreading pulling my boxes of newborn clothing down from the attic. But I'm a firm believer in sleepers all day, every day (at home, anyways), so I'll have a pile of those washed and ready to go. They're pretty much the only way I feel sure that my babies are warm and there's no cold air seeping in the cracks between socks and pants and so on.

@anbanan15: Probably not a cab--I'm not even sure you get a cab to come out this far--but now that I've been thinking about it, having DH pack up the older kids and heading off for half a day wouldn't be half bad. I don't know how much time he'll be able to take off since they'll still be working on getting some crops in before it snows (unless it snows before then- squee!), but I'm sure he could take a day off for that.

@anbanan15: So, I just tried the baking soda and- it fizzed! Guess maybe I'll see tomorrow if it's right or not!

@anbanan15: Yep, well its mostly zoo animal themed, but I formed my ideas around the bedding-

http://www.target.com/p/alphabet-zoo-collection-by-skiphop/-/A-14034426

I thought it was funny too! I guess I just can't get away from the alphabet stuff!

@Ash: I updated on the appointment thread. No scan.

@Ash: Hide the ultrasound pictures! Stay team green! You can do it! Glad the baby is doing well - and wow that is a LONG commute!

@Ash: Awww yay!! They do scare us sometimes, don't they?! I had a day where I didn't feel kicks on Tuesday. I was a nervous wreck, but used the doppler and he was fine (I even heard him kick, but couldn't FEEL them). Of course, yesterday he was jumping around like crazy again! I even felt hiccups yesterday, so I think he was trying to make it up to mommy for freaking her out

@Ash: Aww! Yay for extra pleasant ultrasounds It's hard to feel movement sometimes when you are keeping so busy! I had a similar experience at one point with DS where I wasn't able to feel movement. I went in for monitoring and all was well, DS was just hiding out somewhere in there

I will say that with DS and even with my untrained eye it was VERY obvious from the second the u/s machine was turned on that he was a boy, so if there is a possibility that the goods are on one of those pics and you really don't want to know you may not want to look (TBH I wouldn't be able NOT to look lol).

@ms.janedoe: @FarmWifeGina: Ugh long waits and short appointments blow! DS had a GI appointment Monday. The doctor is 1hr 15min away without traffic. His appointment was at 12:50, we didn't get called back to see the doctor until 1:45 and we were in the car headed home by 1:50. I literally drove over 2.5 hours for a 5 min appointment and an hour waiting room wait. Oh and the stuff the guy said/did during the appointment he could have done via phone or email. We get to do it again in 3 months too! Super haha

@Ash: Ahhh you should have one of your friends remove the questionable ones! Then you can at least look at the rest. 18 pics is a lot!!

ETA: Would your DH know what he is looking at? Mine wouldn't until I pointed it out so....would it be possible for him to remove the ones that aren't just a profile/head shot? You should get to see baby at least once with all those pics hanging around!

I think I'm giving up on the clothes issue for now. I went and counted the clothes we have in 0-3 and we have 13 sleepers, 8 long sleeved outfits, and 8 short sleeved patterned onesies that'll match with pants I already have. As tempting as it is to buy more, I think we'll wait until he's here. We'll need to stock up later on 3-6m clothes for daycare, too. I tried doing a mix and match thing like Mrs. Pen did, which was kind of fun. But a little silly for 0-3 probably.

And here's a pic of our rocker (that my dog photo-bombed). It's not the most mod or chic one out there, but it's so incredibly comfortable. And I love the remote and the fact that it goes almost flat.

@MrsCB: I don't really have any matchy matchy stuff (yet). I love little tiny baby hoodies though! I'm planning on putting her in long sleeved onesies and pants, and short sleeved onesies and pants with sweaters/hoodies.

@anbanan15: I hope you start feeling better!

I have to say, closing on a house + pregnancy is a bad combo. I flipped out on a bank teller yesterday, and today is our closing day and the sellers left their garbage and crap all over the lawn. I'm all ragey and I think I'm scaring my husband, haha.

@anbanan15: Those are super cute! I heard a lot about Wittlebee on here on the boards, but no one really seemed to be all that impressed with it. The general consensus seemed to be that there would maybe one or two pieces that were "decent" and the other ones were kind of...a waste.

For $45 a month I'd be more likely to just go to Carters or the clearance rack at Target and grab my own stuff. I like to have control.