99 Days

For reasons I'm not going to bother blogging about (because your eyes will glaze over), I started a second registry today at Target and discovered that little G is due in 99 days. That's less than 100, (in case you hadn't figured that one out yet), and while it's technically another 14 weeks, to me, it's really just over 3 months (and barely) - to prepare for her arrival. I've been told it will fly by. I'm not buying that, because I'm starting to feel huge and am consequently having trouble sleeping, suffering from incessant heartburn and hating the NYC summer heat, which makes the days seem torturously long. I wish it would fly by. I'm anxious for her to get here and I'm already over being pregnant.

That being said, I realize that 99 days isn't much - and I have to get this registry nonsense figured out now.

I have interrogated numerous friends, including Eva, who recently had a baby herself and who has likewise been tremendously helpful in the 'What works, what doesn't, what is actually necessary/vital?' department and I am incredibly indebted to her.

Despite countless such interrogations, I was looking at my first registry on Babies R Us and realized that there just isn't much on it. Mind you, I'm not even sure who's going to be purchasing anything for us other than our parents anyway, given that we're not throwing a traditional baby shower, (it'll be a virtual one just like Eva's) and given that we live a gagillion miles away from the vast majority of our friends and family. Nevertheless, we figured we'd give this a whirl anyhow. If nothing else, it's a good way to keep track of what we need and don't yet have.

At first, I was totally cocky about the whole baby registry thing thinking - you know... we really don't need that much stuff. We're probably going to be moving in a year and don't have room for a full baby furniture suite in this apartment anyway, so that's out. We really just need a few basic things. You know, like a mini-crib, playpen-type thingy, one of those bouncy chairs... and we'll be good-to-go. Oh - and maybe we should get a diaper pail too. Nobody likes stinky diapers. But really - that's it. We'll keep everything to a bare minimum, because we do live in NYC after all, and there just isn't room for anything extraneous.

Oh, were it only so easy!

Now that I've had time to properly assess the whole 'What does little G' need thing? The answer is, EVERYTHING. Or it seems like it anyway.

Honestly, I had absolutely no idea what a complicated, time-consuming and altogether annoying task developing a baby registry would be. I mean - just look at the Babies R' Us "Must Have" list. It's fairly lengthy for a list of what they're deeming to be must-haves. This is their interpretation of what a bare-bones list of necessities is. Now, I realize, this is a huge money-maker for them and convincing parents to-be, especially first-timers like me that they need everything is good for business... but I mean, come on! A hooded bath towel is a must have??? Somehow, I think little G will live without one.

Anyway, I begrudgingly now have two separate registries and I'm still not done figuring out what little G really, truly needs.

How many diapers do they go through in a week?