Baby projects: The Closet

The first baby project is done. I have remodeled the closet in the nursery. It was just your standard boring closet, but now it is a closet for the ages. Okay, it's not that great, but it is more useful than the standard layout and should last Aurora until we move or throw her out of the house.

I love building things, be it computers or anything else, but the first step of any construction project is always my favorite, demolition!

 

We were careful to save the shelf that went across the top, since I am a cheap bastard and we used it to make selves for the end of the closet.

While my dad and I worked on the demolition and the shelves, Liz and Barb worked on the shelf/drawer tower thing from Lowes.

After a little trouble and a lot of jerry rigging we got everything in. As per my usual specification you could store an elephant on the shelves and the center piece is bolted to the wall with 9 inch molly bolts, so it's not going anywhere. The clothes bars it came with are a little flimsy so I may have to replace them with galvenized pipe in case Aurora wants to do pull ups on them, but that can wait a bit.

 

Next project: Crib assembly.

Labor Class

We went and took the condensed one day labor class at Hoag today. On one hand, it is nice to know that we will be at a really great hospital with private rooms and ocean views. They have great doctors and they keep your baby with you the whole time. No running off with the baby right after she is born like they used too. They do all the tests in your room. They also keep women after the birth for two days for simple births and four days for cesarean births, which is longer than most hospitals.

On the other hand, it was scary as hell. They cover all the things that can go wrong that you have no control over: prolapsed cord, breach position, the head being too big, the placenta separating, etc.

Even if everything goes right it can be anything from a few hours of discomfort to days of agonizing pain and suffering for Liz. To be completely honest I am glad I am not the one who has to go through it, but that does not mean I want her to suffer. It kills me to see Liz suffer.

However it goes down, at the end of the process we will have a baby! That is scary in and of itself. I am sure Liz and I will be good parents, but it is still a bit freaky. We will be responsible for another human life. I will have to resist my natural urge to experiment on her.