I got a call from the hospital tonight saying my doctor is sick, did I want to see another doctor tomorrow or reschedule with mine. I decided to reschedule since I would really like to meet the doctor I plan to deliver this baby with! I will go on January 30 now.
We're down to two again: Ella vs. Margaret (and we've been teetering on Mary as well, but I think Margaret sounds better with our last name than Mary).
You've heard my speil on Ella. What do you think of Margaret? We wouldn't plan to use a nickname, at least initially. The ones we do like are Meg and Greta (but can't really use Greta since it is awfully close to Gertie). I have never looked at the M-names in my baby book (not even for Anna) because I was avoiding alliteration. Then I started noticing a lot of nice sounding alliterative names and took a look. We both really like the name Margaret: it is timeless, goes well with Anna, and there's even a flower named Margaret Martin.
The other thing I've been thinking a lot about is cloth diapering. From what we've purchased so far here with Anna, the diapers are nicer in the US. We're still buying Pampers but they are just different. I'm planning to send a bunch of newborn, size 1, & size 2 Pampers Swaddlers in the "Baby Shipment" we get through Craig's work and then start on medium-size cloth diapers. There are a couple of girls on the message board I am on that use cloth so I'm hoping they can provide me with some good tips. I've already found a lot of good info and am trying to decide what styles & brands I want to try. Craig is a major skeptic but my bet is that he'll be just fine (even with the poopy ones).
We thought about using cloth diapers with George. (I should say I thought about it...) Steve said if we went that route we would need to by another washer since he wasn't going to have poopy diapers in the one we wash the rest of our clothes with. Silly... My mom used cloth ones on all of us and only had one washing machine and we survived just fine. Can you get a diaper service over there or would that be something that you would consider?
I like Margaret a lot. My cousin is named Marguerite and goes by Meg...
I don't know if there is a diaper service over here, but I am planning to do the cleaning in the SAME washer & dryer as the rest of our clothes. I guess Steve won't be able to talk to us (in person) until Baby is out of diapers then! I am picking the most convenient of the cloth diapers out there to make it as easy and as close to using disposables as possible. I'm sure there will be many a post about my introduction to the world of cloth diapering!
I remember that the ones we used had pins. You would pull the back around the side and put the hand that was holding that together between you and the baby and then pin it with the other hand. I can't count the number of times I would stab myself really good! You would find little tricks, like if you ran the pin through your hair it would pick up just enough oil that it would slide through the cloth easier, lessening the chance of stabbing yourself.
I am going for snaps & velcro only. No pins here, they terrify me! OUCH!
Well, back in the dark ages, I did use cloth diapers. They had disposable liners that would catch the "solids" and then you could just fold that up and flush it. They looked like handi wipes!! Good luck!