[ShandyNBeau]

I was so frustrated after a trip to Babies R Us yesterday that I came to this forum today specifically to start a similar thread!!

We were called and profiled this week for a newborn that we would have had to pick up within hours. We did not get matched, but it made us realize we need to at least have some "essentials" on hand.

We ventured out to BRU yesterday (a place I have avoided throughout our years of infertility) and I felt like a total imposter!! No baby in tow, and no pregnant belly either. I cringed at the "gift receipt?" "registry?" questions as well.

It is hard to know what to have on hand. We didn't buy formula or diapers or bottles, we figured it would depend greatly on the particular situation of the baby. We have a bassinet, enough hand-me-down clothes from my sister to get us through for awhile, and we bought some basics like desitin, lotion, soap, baby tub, etc. We have a few other things from my sister as well.

No one seems to realize the baby could come at any moment. They keep thinking that years and years is the norm for domestic infants and they all think I'm nuts when I say our wait will most likely be a few more months if that.

I want to walk into BRU with a huge sign saying WE ARE ADOPTING just to avoid the anxiety....