The Household COO

From the Baby Blog:

A few days before, the hubby and I bought a chest of drawers to store Gavin’s belongings from IKEA. Then yesterday, Gavin’s Cot and Mattress. I would post some pictures, but all you will see are boxes. My in laws got wind that we were receiving the goods and warned us not to install the cot or set up the drawers until after Gavin is born.

The reason behind this is because of the superstition that the assembling of furniture in the house is bad for the unborn baby and may cause damage to the baby in the womb. I guess this is akin to the belief that one shouldn’t paint or hammer nails into the wall when there is a pregnant woman in the house. Frankly, I don’t buy any of these superstitions, but it appears to be three against one so I guess as long as the cot and drawers are ready for use when I get home from the hospital, that’ll be good enough for me.

My MIL has been saying, “If you can follow these beliefs without too much inconvenience, then just do it - that’s what I think.”

Well, the inconvenience is not to me, but to the hubby who will now have to install the cot himself instead of the delivery guy who was going to do it for us. Since the hubby seems quite content to assemble the cot himself, who am I to argue? There’s no skin off my nose either way…

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