Silicon Valley Baby

Furniture and work and stuff

We pretty much finalized our decisions on a crib (Bonavita Clarissa) and strollers (Graco frame + car seat; Zooper Waltz) in the past couple of days. Now, we just have to actually get The Disaster Area That Will Be The Baby's Room ready. I am about 80% mobile now, so I'm able to get more and more stuff done. Next weekend will be very busy, both with preparation and with a social event.

My recovery is coming just in time! SiliMommy looks like she's about to burst, and our shared gut feeling is that she's gonna be early. (Possibly wishful thinking on both our parts, but also, everyone we talk to tells us that--contrary to the wisdom we received in childbirth class--their first came early. Hell, even my dad came early, if memory serves.)

At the same time, we're both so woefully unprepared--my injury really put us behind the 8-ball--that we're really hoping that the baby won't come until she's supposed to. Worst case, though, we'll just keep hitting the most urgent milestones first: Get bassinet and other newborn essentials...finish up the bedroom...install crib and furniture...it's all doable, if not ideal.

(One of the challenges is solving the puzzle of where to put everything. Each piece of furniture we want/need to install means relocating something else. Which, in turn, necessitates relocating something else. It's like this big, chain-reaction puzzle. And getting rid of my La-Z-Boy is *not* on the table!)

On the work front, her employer has said that she needs to be onsite three days a week after the baby is born. (Originally, it was two, but this is still a pretty accommodating stance on her boss's part.) Fortunately, my own HR department is okay with my working from home three days a week, as long as it's okay with my boss. (I'll be surprised if he has any objections: we've got one-person offices all over the country.)

If at all possible, we'd really, really like to avoid childcare until she's at least a year old. A friend of ours, though, knows a childcare provider nearby, and says she's awesome, so I think we're going to try to develop a relationship with her, as well. There are bound to be days when SiliMommy and I both have to be on-site at our respective gigs...to paraphrase Tina Fey, "I've got a written committment to work, and only a verbal agreement with the baby."

I plan to finish up any of my shopping from Amazon tonight...my free trial of Amazon Prime runs out on the 7th, and I hate to lose out on all that free shipping. On a separate note, a very lovely heirloom-type gift arrived today for the little one from Grandpa.

posted by SiliDaddy @ 10:57 PM