Oh no, now I'm looking at baby things! 


I dread the thought of my inner shopping addict going overboard on baby things. I can see the signs already. Last night I was itching to pick up the entire Burt's Baby Bee line - gimme that buttermilk lotion, and the buttermilk bath soak, and the apricot baby oil, and I restrained myself and bought a sleepytime pillow spray instead. Oh, and I've become a collector of unguents that purport to prevent and/or fade stretch marks: Badger's Evolving Body Balm (with extra virgin olive oil and essential oils), Derma E's Cocoa Butter and Vitamin E cream, a Vaseline "Mark Minimizer" lotion. I even concocted a salve out of cocoa butter, jojoba and avocado oil, and various essential oils - except I remembered too late that clary sage isn't recommended for preggies.

It won't be long now, though. There are entire floors of department stores to plough through instead of sidestep, as I used to do in my pre-pregnancy life. I can't wait. 

Posted: Sunday - September 19, 2004 at 10:16 AM