Still Here

Yes, still here.

I feel like a huge balloon but I still haven't popped.

Hard to believe I have only 10 days to go..

Updates on The List:
1. Pack hospital bag.
2. Prepare all the documentation to bring to hospital.
3. Go to the bank and certify my account as the mouse's mother to receive baby bonus. - Can be done at Mt A itself
4. Send in applications for maternity leave, insurance claims etc to school.
5. Wash all her clothes, bedding, stroller and car seat covers, etc etc.
6. Set up cot. - Gotten a THIRD cot to try out. The epoxy we put on to hold it together is now slowly drying downstairs. Hopefully this one FINALLY works!!
7. Set up playpen.
8. Buy playpen mattress.
9. Set up yaolan.
10. Set up stroller/car seat.
11. Find and set up safety gate.
12. Buy a small tin of formula milk to standby.
13. Meet confinement lady.
14. Find post-natal massage lady.
15. Clear out room downstairs for confinement lady and cot. - Half done. yay!
16. Buy herbs / tonics for confinement. - Half done. Got some, but not all yet.
17. Set up a "baby foodstuff area" with the sterilizer, bottle warmer, bottle storage space, hot water supply etc.
18. Sterilize all the bottles, tongs, breast pump etc.
19. Set up a "breastfeeding area" with the chair I bought, feeding pillow etc.
20. Sleep more. - TOTALLY FAILED, STILL TRYING
21. Eat less. - TOTALLY FAILED, STILL TRYING
22. Find all those niggly small things like cloth diapers, tummy binders etc that I haven't found yet.
23. Buy more newborn / small sized diapers.
24. Find recommendations for a good, nearby and not-so-ex paediatrician.
25. Finish reading up on labour, breastfeeding and baby care. - is it EVER possible to finish reading?? So many books! lol.