Being 23 weeks into this and getting astronomically more excited everyday, we decided that it’s time for us to start choosing all Sprog’s goodies! Our first problem arose when we realised that choosing anything colour based would be a problem considering the doctor is still flip flopping between whether it’s a girl or a boy! But never the less, we were undeterred, and set off to select the big purchases like cots, drawers and PRAMS!! We figured it’s never too soon to be prepared for such a special event and we’d rather walk around shops now while I’m still able to carry myself like a relatively normal human being, instead of a waddling porpoise.
We began this adventure into the children’s department with glee, expecting to either love or hate the prams on offer and therefore know instinctively which one was the best to go for. How wrong we were! After looking in roughly 5 different shops (and returning to some more than once), we still didn’t have a clue. They ranged in price from about R3000 to R10 000 and all came with different gadgets and ways of folding and packing and carrying and pushing… it was exhausting! There was choice, but nothing jumped out at me as wonderful. Back to the drawing board!
Countless hours of computer research later (because walking around the shops is too tiring on my pansy feet!) and a couple of days rest in between, and I felt ready to re-look at the pram story. Off to the shops, again, but this time we were able to crack the list down to 4 pack favourites. Finally! We have our leaders. The only problem is that one of the leaders is currently unavailable, so other than looking at pretty pictures on-line, we still haven’t felt it or seen how it actually operates. Gosh!
I always assumed choosing these things would be fun and easy, a walk in the… well, shops! How I wish we had a fairy godmother to tell us what the best thing to buy is, what we’re actually going to need and what will be a complete waste of money! Give me a year and I’ll be that fairy godmother. Until then, hacking in the dark it is!
