Page 98 of Power Move
I busted out the hospital folder from or last doctor’s appointment.
“What?” Eva looked up from her laptop.
“We’re at cruising altitude. You should be sleeping, but I know you won’t,” I said. “Not yet, anyhow. So, let’s look through the stuff we need to do before the multiples class starts.”
“We have like a month.”
“That will fly by,” I said.
Eva closed her laptop, “Davey, this is the most ridiculous thing. We’re on the company plane and we’re talking about baby stuff. It makes no sense.”
“Meh, it’s fine,” I said. “So, we need to set time aside to buy baby stuff. Do you have preferences about safe sleeping surfaces?”
“Are you serious?” Eva laughed. “What?”
“Well, they recommend an in-room bassinet for each baby. Then two cribs in the nursery.”
“And where is the nursery going, David?”
“I assume in the room next to my office.”
“Why?”
“Because that doesn’t make sense as a guest room.”
“You want to hear them crying at night while you’re trying to work?”
“Choose a room. We’ll put it there. And then night nurse can have the other room.”
“Oh, on that,” Eva perked up. “I got recommendations from Daphne. She sent them over.”
“What? How areyougetting recs from Daphne, but she won’t text me back?” I asked, offended.
“I’ll email them,” Eva opened her laptop, not answering.
“Okay, let’s go shopping maybe Sunday next week?”
She shrugged. “Let’s see how I feel.”
“Uh… we are working on childcare.” I read on. “So, we’re ace there. You’ve told HR you’re taking leave?”
She nodded. “As have you… and the entire office.”
I snickered. “It was an interesting move, but one I do not regret. Okay, so what about the birth plan?”
“I want alive babies. Next please.”
“Eva, I’m serious.”
“Davey, I will probably end up with a c-section. You heard the doctor. I’m not going to get wrapped up in worrying about it. All I want are healthy babies.”
I let that one go.
“Done!” Eva said. “Sent you the list. Can you be responsible for lining up interviews?”
“For what?”
“Nannies,” Eva answered.
