Baby dreams

I've been having baby-related dreams with increasing frequency, and in all of them, my subconscious seems to be expressing some worries that we aren't prepared for his arrival. 

Last night I dreamed that we had brought Daniel home but we didn't have his room set up yet so all his stuff was thrown in boxes rather than folded and organized neatly in the dresser.  I was going to put him to bed in our pack n play but couldn't find the bassinet pad for it.  I searched all over the house and finally found it in the tub.  Apparently it was in the tub because Marko and Nicole's son Alejandro had peed on it-that detail was probably in the dream because Alejandro slept in the pack n play this weekend and wet it on a prior occasion-someone had to be the first!  Anywho, in the dream I finally found it and got the bassinet set up but then Daniel woke up again and was crying.  I thought his swaddling outfit would make him feel better but couldn't find that either.  (Today I added the swaddler to our diaper bag for the hospital as a result of the dream!)

Last night's dream was an improvement on one I had months ago, where Kevin was driving us to some wilderness lodge for a weekend away and on the way there I realized we had had the baby and left it at the hospital (I say "it" because this was before we knew the baby would be a he).  I remember being frustrated because I didn't even remember the birth at all and I was asking him if it was a boy or a girl, how it went, and oh yeah, where's the baby now.  He said he thought that after going through pregnancy and labor I needed a weekend away.  I said we better turn right around and head home and see if we could still get the baby or if CPS had already taken him/her away!

So I have to think that last night's version is much better.  Sure his room wasn't ready yet, but at least we remembered to bring him home.  That's a good start to the whole parenting thing, right? ;)

After our Bradley class a few weeks ago I dreamed that I was in labor.  I was concerned about 2 things: 1) we were only ~30 weeks along so I worried that it was too early, and 2) I told Kevin he had to find our workbook because I couldn't remember if I was supposed to be walking around or lying down relaxing at that stage of the game.  Somehow I just didn't know what to do without that Bradley workbook to guide us!

That's actually the only labor dream I've had, or at least the only one I can remember.  With 6 weeks left to go I'm sure there are more baby dreams on tap, and what with the waking up to go to the bathroom several times a night I remember my dreams more vividly than usual.  Hopefully as we get closer to time and finish our preparations my dreams will involve less chaos and confusion!