finally nesting

so yeah, we finally got around to nesting, right after raya, as promised (sortta made a promise on twitter that i would). went to ikea after raya to get a new cot and mattress and new beddings, for the baby's bed and ours. we also got some boxes to put on our already available shelves to store the baby's clothes. until the husband realize that it's so kesian for our baby boy to have his clothes and things in boxes rather than actual drawers like his sister have. so he went to ikea again to get a new drawer for the baby, along with some compartments to organize all the small stuff (pictured above) in like socks & booties (which we almost never use. i prefer actual socks), mittens (pakai sebulan je normally, until i've summoned enough courage to trim the baby nails), bibs, napkins for drool, beanies (tak pakai pun tapi it came with the onesies set so letak je lah), burp cloth, bengkung, a bankie with teether that Arwen never used, some swaddle wraps, etc.

the middle drawer is where i store all the clothes. i thought Arwen had mostly pink / girly onesies but it turns out that she also had a lot of items that her brother can wear again. Alhamdulillah. no wonder i was having a hard time explaining to people that Arwen's a girl when she was an infant. it was because she was wearing a lot of gender-neutral clothes. i was prepared to go get some new clothes for baby boy but i think it's sufficient until he reaches 4 months old. then we have to get some new clothes because then Arwen has started to wear a lot of pinks and girly stuff. but i did already get new somethings for the baby like his bring-home clothes after the delivery, and a few cute blue onesies and socks. it's just fair, right?

and my brother just got us a new stroller. Arwen's old pink SCR1 is pink, and wobbly and we know we needed a new one for the baby. Ayis was looking at a complete travel set, one that has the bucket seat which we can makeshift into a car seat for the time being. Arwen was never put in a car seat when she was an infant so by the time she was able to seat on the maxi-cozi toddler seat Ayis' cousin lent us, she didn't want to coz she rather sit on my lap. and i hated her fussing about in that car seat and it made me nauseous so i gave in and just put her on my lap. and then we got unexpected news that we might have to go for a c-sect and that basically burst his budget for the stroller. we put that in the back-burner and just thought that we'd just use the baby bjorn that my brother got for us to babywear Arwen.

with Arwen, the baby bjorn only lasted about till she's only just 6 months because she was already too heavy for us to wear. and by the time we put her in a stroller, she was fussing about uncomfortably. which is why we wanted to just put the baby in the stroller from the get-go so that he'll be used sitting in there and be pushed around. and i wanted something that can be rearward facing coz it's much more convenient to watch the baby that way.

anyway, with the news, and budget burst, we have to rethink about the stroller. until my very generous brother whose satisfaction in life is to spoil the shit out of his niece(s) and nephew(s) *should he has more in the future, not from us, NOOOOOOOOO. but from my newly wed brother. speaking of whom, i need to write about the wedding in langkawi but i digress. i always digress* said that he'd gift to us the stroller. so one day, on Arwen's birthday (which i also need to blog about, eventually), he brought home a Quinny Buzz with the maxi-cosi bucket seat. one of my dream stroller. Alhamdulillah. Thank you, Falie. but considering that this will probably be our last baby (if i can help it), it seems a little excessive thing to have, right? which means that we're gonna have to be careful with it so we can hand-down to our niece/nephew, InsyaAllah. now i cannot wait to deliver and get over with with my  confinement so we can take the baby out shopping in the dream stroller. first place i wanna go to, H&M. have you checked out the kids & baby clothes on the website yet? omg. oh, i'd probably not take the Buzz to KLCC coz that will suck.

again, i digress.

there are still some baby & mom essentials that we need to get. i know i've made a list but now i dont know where i've placed it. hmmm. i know i need to get a set of new toiletries, new bottles and warmer - probably a new sterilizer in case the new bottles don't fit into Arwen's existing one as we plan to get Tommee Tippee bottles now whereas Arwen's using Avent. yup, she still not weaned off her bottles and i'm fighting a losing battle because i'm a wuss. we might also need to invest in a good breast pump and other breastfeeding essentials. we need to see if the boobs work first as the last time, they were HUGE disappointments, so we'll see how it goes.  

i'll make a new complete checklist that will probably be not really THAT complete and share it so other new mums can use it in the future, yeah?