Baby Overload

Well, apparently I have made it onto the radar of various sellers of diapers, formula, maternity clothes, baby clothes, baby gear, etc. I get emails, I get things IN the mail - I just get a lot of stuff. I know it is my own fault because I sign up for things online or at the doctors office...but you can NOT - they promise you coupons, and all the riches of the world. Today I hit 18 weeks (even though some would like me to try to make this baby FASTER) - it doesn't seem to be working on my time table - it kind of works on a 40 week schedule that God set a long time ago. Blame Eve if you want to blame someone - she's the one who ate the apple. Besides these 40 weeks are His way of allowing us to prepare for baby.

I am already terrified that we will break our newborn - at least we have 40 weeks to get used to the idea and take classes on how to be parents. I thought I was prepared because I have been around a lot of babies. Did you know nearly everything in this world threatens to severely injure, suffocate, or choke your baby. I am not sure how we survive our childhoods. (yes I know people are ridiculous and you really don't have to worry about half of that stuff, but my daily emails and other mail tell me other wise). And I don't know how to swaddle - my child will most likely freeze to death in the winter because I can't swaddle and you can't use blankets. And what school of parenting should you follow - cry-it-out, don't cry- it- out, co-sleep, get them on a schedule, let them make their schedule and it goes on "To INFINITY AND BEYOND!" Hopefully, when the time comes - we can use the Josh and Nikki style of parenting and figure out what is best for our baby, us and our sanity in general. We survived.

Note to self: Get signed up for parent classes so that we can relax at least a little :) The marriage lessons that we took before we got married seem to be doing their job!