Babies are supposedly pretty small. I’m no expert, but from what I’ve seen, they start out about football-sized and grow from there. However, people whose opinions I respect keep warning us about how much space they take up. “You’ll need plenty of room for all of the baby’s stuff,” they say.
What stuff? I’m imagining standing in the delivery room, and the doctor catches a healthy pink baby wearing a plaid suit and pulling a suitcase along behind.
This reminds me of a Friends episode. Rachel’s been roomming with Joey, but she’s about to have a baby. She’s planning to move out because, “There’s no room here for a baby.” Joey looks astonished — “No room??” he says, gesturing to a chair: “We could put it here!” This is pretty much how I fealt until recently, but reality is starting to kick in.
Kidding aside, this baby is going to have a lot of stuff, including a crib, changing table, glider rocker(s), travel system (a stroller and car seat + base), play pen, high chair, bath… thingy, and a couple dozen of the softest stuffed animals you’ve ever seen.
So, to prepare for the onslaught, we bought a car last week. It’s a 2002 Mazda 626. It has 4 doors and looks sort of like this:
We bought from a private seller who took really good care of it, so it feels a lot like a new car. And it has a big trunk for the “travel system,” etc 🙂 We’re really happy with it so far!