~4 weeks away from Colin

We’re now about 4 weeks away from our due date. Sophia and I spent pretty much the entire weekend getting ready for the baby. We’ve opted against moving for now given the uncertainty about potentially moving to New York and going to stick around in our apartment for the first few months at least.

As such, Colin’s nursery is going to be in our big walk-in closet. I had originally thought that this was probably not possible, but after reading and speaking to some people, this works out really well for a newborn baby.

Sophia and I cleaned and organized the entire closet. We spent most of Saturday shopping for furniture and came out with a great dresser that can grow with Colin. Needless to say, I feel very adult right now.

We know that we’re in the territory where the baby can come at any time, so we wanted to make sure that we were in this position to be ready and we are.

We are in a great spot and feel ready for the baby. If he came tomorrow, we have everything more or less ready to go. And the next couple of weeks will just be minor preparation to make our lives a bit easier and get a bit more organized.

For me - the next few weeks will be spent getting rest, reading and planning for how to raise this child, and preparing as much as we can for the hectic first couple of months. I know that nothing will really fully prepare us for what’s to come, but I want to be the most prepared I can to make everything as smooth and easy as possible.

I want to make sure Sophia and I make a plan around our sleep schedule and how we will go about sleep training. Getting on the same page and having some semblance of a plan is good for my psyche.

Of course, I know that all sounds great in theory and we’ll be in a struggle regardless. But those frozen packs of bone broth and ready to eat food will go a long way when we’re on day 20 of no sleep.