Hi Mummies!
I'm also suffering from timing issues. I had earmarked today to finish the baby prep- have more or less bought everything, and all the clothes and linen is more or less washed, but it's all piled up in the babycot. I wanted to give the cot a good wipe with a wet cloth and dress the cot- put on bedsheet, cot bumper, etc today so I asked hubby to help. My hubby has been wonderfully supportive this pregnancy, never missed a gynae appt, so he gladly chipped in to help. The cot is for daytime use only and is now in the guest room where the maid does the ironing, at night the baby will sleep in a Moses basket in our room. Anyway we wanted to move the cot and place it against the wall. The wall has a picture on it and we asked permission from my in-laws to remove it as we're afraid the picture may fall off the wall onto the baby. My in-laws were shocked that we were making up the cot- they assumed that we would do that after we return from the hospital with the baby! I was like huh? Won't that be too late???
They were also surprised that I asked the maid to wash the cot mattress cover before using it- they thought since it's brand new in packaging, no need to wash. I mean, since the mattress cover is removable and washable, shouldn't it be washed before their newborn granddaughter sleeps on it??
In the end we abandoned the plan to make up the cot cos my FIL said he wants to get the air con in the guest room serviced next week or week after, so will be very dirty and dusty, better to put on the clean bedding only after the aircon is serviced. Err I'm like 37 weeks next week, isn't it cutting it close to get the aircon serviced when I'm in week 38? What if I pop and the room isn't ready yet??
Sigh yes they think EDD is ADD, just because my hubby came out around EDD and my BIL came out a week late, my MIL assumes I won't deliver early. Their timeline to do things is like 2 weeks later than mine. They also went ahead to book and pay deposit for a restaurant for reunion dinner, assuming that I won't have delivered yet and hubby and I will be able to join them. I suggested to them that since I'll be 38+ weeks so there's a chance I'd have delivered already and hubby and I won't be able to go out to restaurant to eat, so why not get maid to cook reunion dinner at home, but my MIL die die want to eat out so went ahead and paid deposit. Sigh. If I really pop my MIL, FIL and BIL will go ahead and eat out at restaurant, hubby and I will eat in with baby. Totally defeats the purpose of reunion dinner right???
Sigh sorry for rant. Just don't understand in laws sometimes.
