The last several weekends have been a blur of activity. Several hours of breastfeeding classes, followed by trips hither and yon to seemingly every baby store in the Greater Atlanta Metro area. There is just so much to buy in preparation for a baby, and the military-industrial complex (by that, I mean Babies-R-Us) makes you think you need to buy two of everything in their stores. But if Baby Trotz arrived tomorrow, we’d be just about ready – just need to buy the 600 diapers the books suggest we have on hand at the outset. I’m most excited about the gadgets (read the extended entry) and the print we selected for the nursery. We’re going with an Animal/Zoo theme, and this retro/mod print from Carousel Designs is cute without being annoying. What do you think?
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TMBG New Kids on the Block
My favorite geek band, They Might be Giants, is releasing their second kids collection tomorrow. Hat tip to Daddytypes blog for the heads-up. With Baby Trotz on the way, I’m dreading the insipid, tenative and timid junk which passes for most ‘Children’s Music’ — but TMBG’s Here Come the ABC’s (CD and DVD) should be a welcome respite from most of that. My friends John and Jana played a lot of TMBG for their twins when they were younger – and yeah, they did have some trouble explaining why the boys liked to sing S-E-X-X-Y in preschool. These songs should be a bit more age appropriate. Amazon has an interview with the band, and the TMBG site has some DVD video samples.
Is that an Elbow?
Baby Trotz is coming along nicely. Amy still has plenty of energy – enough to play two gigs daily recently for the Fox Theater production of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, anyway! A bit tired from time to time, but nothing too bad. And sleeping is getting tough. Anyway, we’re now at the point where we can feel the little one stretching their legs/feet/hands – enough so that we can feel it when we touch Amy’s belly. Crazy stuff. My brother described his twins looking like sharks under his wife’s stomach in their later stages, so I guess this is typical, even without twins.
Baby List
As we hit the 100-days-and-counting milestone until baby Trotz arrives, I’m beginning to think more about what all we have to get into the house in preparation for the big arrival. Amy reminded me that my friend Hart Hooton and his wife Cella graciously sent us a ‘must-have’ list they created and shared with their friends. I thought others might find this useful, too, so here you go.
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