I am terrible at updating this! Ooops, guess I need to remind myself to do it.
Anyway, not much going on here with baby #2. I went to a regular OB appointment yesterday and the dr said everything was looking great. I am measuing a week ahead but he thinks it's just because I am short and baby was sitting funny. He had a hard time measuring as little guy kept moving so he's not worried and neither am I. His heartbeat was nice and strong, once the dr could get it! Again, baby was moving so much he had a hard time keeping it long enough to get a good reading. Everytime he would put the dopplar on my stomach, the baby would move away. The dr would reposition the dopplar and baby would move again :) But he calmed down and Dr. Kelley was finally able to get a satisfactory reading. He said I am doing great, my blood count is great, weight gain is great (23 pounds in almost 33 weeks!) and no swelling or high blood pressure. I can't belive I will be 33 weeks on Sunday! This is going so fast! It helps that I have been really busy lately so that makes time seem to go faster. I don't mind. I can't wait to meet this little guy and finally give him a name. I just hope he doesn't wait til after his due date to be born! Probably going to be a big baby like Madelyn (she was 8 lbs 11 oz but no one belived that until they weighed her a couple of times!)
My next appointment is in 2 weeks and then I think I go every week from there. Not too much longer now! I feel a little better now that we have the crib up and Matt is putting the dresser together today or this weekend. Then I can get things organized, clean up baby's room and make sure everything is ready. We have been so blessed with people giving us clothes and blankets and what not for baby. I have so much stuff from newborn-6 months that I won't have to buy him anything!
We have decided to use cloth diapers for this little one. I know so many people who use them and it's so easy and way cheaper too! After today, I will have 17 cloth diapers and inserts (plus extra inserts too) and spent about $200. That will last until he's potty trained! These diapers are amazing and I am so grateful to Rebekah (my awesome best friend in Indiana) for taking the time to teach me about them when I visited last month. One website that she showed me sells gently used cloth diapers (I know it sounds gross, but let me explain). These diapers have no stains, no odors, nothing wrong with them and you can get them for almost half price! What an awesome deal! Yes, you know you're a mom when you get excited about diapers :) I think we could easily spend $200 plus on disposables just in 2 months or so, plus the expense of diaper pail liners, all the trash that we would have and what not. This way, I just wash them and re-use and no problem!
I've also been finding recipes for homemade laundry detergent. I'm trying to cut back on our grocery cost as I will be going part time after the baby is born and I want to find ways to save money (hence cloth diapers). I have found several that I want to try. Although I am a little confused, some of them say they are for cloth diapers but the website I buy the diapers from doesn't recommend home made detergent. Anyway, I found one recipe that costs $6.50 total, for 3 ingredients and will make 140 loads of laundry. That's $0.05 per load! I can handle that!
Well, I guess that's all for now!
