Some decisions in life are much harder than they need to be. Wedding dress shopping was one. Oh, but crib shopping is much, much worse. For those of you who thought cribs were simple, think again. Drop-down sides or stationary? Low front, or same height all around? Rounded edge or square edge? Which one would they chew on? (Yes, apparently kids like to chew on their cribs.) Which one would they climb out of? And that's even before you begin weighing the merits of hardwood vs. softwood, espresso vs. cherry vs. honey finish, flimsy strorage drawer vs. no drawer, and whether there are any annoying screws showing on the thing. And then when you think you just want a simple crib, you realize you have the option of buying a crib that converts to a toddler bed and a full-size bed. Sure, you can still buy a simple crib like the one that most of us slept in as babies - but is there any reason to buy a smaller, simpler crib that just works for right now, when you can buy a slightly larger, more expensive crib that doubles as a bed for later? But at the same time, what if the convertible crib turns out to be total crap, and doesn't even last until they're toddlers? Or, what if your kids decide that they totally hate the bed, and you never even end up using it? My friends, therein lies the crib dilemma!
Yes, maybe we are obsessing over trivial details. But being faced with so many choices with such subtle differences, makes us long for someone to just tell us what to do! And since many cribs take up to 12 weeks to arrive, it means we need to decide soon. Fortunately, we made some progress this weekend at Baby2Teen in Manassas. We are pretty much set on one that we saw there, and as long as we don't change our minds in this next week, will probably order it next weekend. So, yay! But the real silver lining of our weekend was that we totally scored on nursery linens at the Pottery Barn Kids outlet... getting two full sets of crib bedding and four curtains, all for under $100! Woo-hoo! That cheered us up after being broken down by crib shopping. Since we're buying two of everything, we've got to find the deals where we can!
And in not-so-good news... while crib shopping, we encountered a pregnant woman with our exact same due date. Except - no joke - she did not even look pregnant!!! I realized then that if that's what a singleton pregnancy looks like at this stage, then I am really in for some BIG times ahead.
Exhibit A, 22 weeks:
A 5 1/2-month pregnant belly with one baby does not stick out this much!!!
1 comment:
Sarah you look SO cute! I'm so excited for you both. And think of all the shopping ahead of you! Looks like you are having fun getting everything ready.
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