Are you NESTING yet?

taralohse

Over the past week, I have found myself with this up and down energy.When I'm up, ALL I want to do is clean and organize!!! NOTHING can be left out of place and NOTHING seems clean enough!! Even now, at work, I am looking around my office to find something to organize. I feel a little crazy haha. However, tomorrow I will probably be exhausted and not want to leave the couch! 

Has anyone else felt their nesting instinct kick in?

lchan527

Mine kicked into overdrive about 2 weeks ago, but my husband won't let me buy anything baby related until after our shower so I'm going stir crazy!

I'm trying to take this time to get the rest of the house in order so I have 100% dedicated nursery time later.

devonsd315

Mine kicked in around 6 weeks, lol. I have purged pretty much my whole house, finished up some closets last weekend. I couldn't imagine bringing in all this baby stuff without making some room for it. 

The truth is, I'm normally a pretty organized person and pregnancy is just an excuse to indulge my organizing crazy

sjembry93

Yes! It started happening the last week or so. I'm constantly wiping my desk at work down with clorox wipes. I was up at 3 this morning unable to get back to sleep so I cleaned the bathroom and organized baby clothes into hampers to get ready to wash!

jenspeake

OMG yes!  I just wish I had the energy to do it all!  My DH stayed home from work yesterday and cleaned the house which makes me happy!  We've moved the babies room at least two times.  We've been going through everything and taking stuff to consignment stores.

rue:D

I want to, but most of my house is in order and we haven't had any showers yet so we don't have much baby stuff to deal with yet! It's making me crazy! I do have a guest room I should probably work on though....

Krysta6

Yes! We just decided to pull our house off the market and wait to sell until after the baby is born. So my nesting went from packing up the house to we need a nursery! We just relocated my husbands home office and are converting his old space into the nursery. I'm still packing boxes as we go but now I'm totally baby and nursery obsessed!

McRad

Same here! It seems to come for a week or two then like you said I'm exhausted the next few days and completely useless.
I have found myself donating a ton of stuff we simply haven't gotten rid of and have no need for. Feels so good to go through and organize everything. Also been deep cleaning-- like hand washing all the floors and cleaning baseboards type of deep cleaning. Although the belly is a little tricky to work around while hunched over.

Carmofrap

Yes! I have days where I clean all day till my veins throb and my feet ache and my back hurts and I just can't stop. Then the next day I lay on the couch and watch my toddler destroy everything I did. It's kind of a wasted effort at this point. But my cupboards and closets look great. That's a plus I guess.

curfam4

Yes!  But I'm kind of at a stand still and can't do anymore   DD#1 will be moving to a new bedroom so the baby can have the nursery, and her big girl room is not quite done yet.  We have to finish the baseboards, window trim, install a rod in the closet, and install the closet doors (that we just ordered) before we can start moving her in there.  I'm so anxious to freshly paint the nursery, and set up the crib, and get out some of the baby clothes and cloth diapers and start organizing in there, but I just can't yet!  Hopefully within a few weeks, DD will be moved, and then I can get busy

comland

I have been patiently waiting while we renovate our house. The end is near. Baby's room was freshly painted yesterday and now all it needs is new trim on the windows and DH to finish the built in closet shelving/drawers. I will install a new light fixture tonight. We need to move the guest bed and other miscellaneous things out of there and then I can really start to clean and get things arranged. Same goes for the rest of the house too - just waiting to get the trim up around the windows and move everything back into its place before I can really organize and clean. I can hardly wait!

batmom05

It hit pretty hard right around 20 weeks when I had my AS and everything looked good. I also had a pretty good urge at the beginning and switched the kids bedrooms around.

Right now, I'm working on getting myself organized and making a list of baby projects that need to be done. Thankfully, hubby has been doing a lot of the things on my list!

kaza512

My nesting is not really related to baby stuff yet, but I have had a major urge to get through a bunch of house projects my husband and I have on the list.. We have installed new windows (we have over thirty 100+ year old windows in the house that are not very efficient!, we have about 9 left to replace now and I want them done before October!!!). We also have put in new overhead lighting and ceiling fans (again commodities those in new homes take advantage of!). a whole new closet storage system and some serious landscaping projects outside! The nursery is mostly decorating and that doesn't take me long, so I haven't put much thought into that. I guess my urges comes from being worried that once the baby comes the house projects will come to a halt!

kindlycrystal

Yes! Started about a week ago. With us moving in a couple weeks, I can't work on the nursery yet, but I already have a paint color picked out and projects lined up (crib picked out, going to refinish an old dresser to match, install a rod in the closet, etc.). I'm a planner and love lists, so that's been helping when I get bursts of nesting energy. Also deep cleaned our refrigerator this past weekend and scrubbed the kitchen floor. Felt exhausted the next few days, but it felt good to get some things done.  

dparker721

My husband started nesting as soon as we found out in February and has done several projects. I'm hoping mune kicks in soon because we're starting a kitchen/breakfast room/laundry remodel along with working on the nursery. I'm excited about it but it makes me tired thinking about it!

devonsd315

@BrooklynBroussard cleaning and polishing our cabinets is on my list for before baby comes. Hubby thinks I'm nuts. He broke down everything we needed to do into "must do" and "nice to do". Paint the nursery is the last thing on the must do list. For some reason, cabinet cleaning got put on the nice to do list.  :-/

Krysta6

BrooklynBroussard said:

Girl, I started nesting at like 8 weeks. I get so frustrated when I get home from work when there is nothing to do in the house. It helps calm me down before bed. I got so desperate yesterday that I was polishing the kitchen cabinets. I don't think my baby girl is going to benefit from well oiled cabinets, but I just have to do something!

@BrooklynBroussard feel free to fly to Florida, my cabinets have never been polished! I didn't even know that was a thing??
:-O

casserole27

I have the tiniest urge, but I keep it in check.  The only thing I have noticed is when I am cleaning I can't stop.  I just go onto the next thing, and the next... it's contagious.   I think the main reason I haven't really started "Nesting" is because we aren't sure if we are going to be living where we are when the baby comes or not.  The apartment we are currently in is too small so I don't feel like I even have a space I can get ready for the baby.  It stresses me out and if we are still here is going to be really hard for me to deal with in a couple months. I'm really praying everything works out and I don't lose my mind.

beckles112

I just started nesting a few days ago. I feel like I ended up making a bigger mess because I drug everything out to reorganize. Ended up getting overwhelmed. There were tears.

elmann1

Bummer- I haven't felt this at all! I clean and organize once in a while but it doesn't last very long. I hope I get the nesting urge! Because right now i'm totally the exact opposite.

leighann1

I have many intentions, not a lot of follow through yet. I have many wonderful ideas for linen storage and kitchen cabinet reorganization.

We have gotten the nursery put together (mostly), so that's kind of a big deal.

amberrmariee20

I have always been an organized person, especially with my 4 year old sons toys, I like having them perfectly organized, and now he organizes them too. Lately it's been so bad I've been cleaning the walls almost daily, doing the floors even when they have nothing on them, and window cleaning has become my favorite.

Rikki_5

I feel the urge to nest very much so..but I can't nest because my stupid full-time job is so exhausting.  I can't wait til I quit in a month to focus on house and baby.  I sound so 1950s! lol

MamaOwl15

I've been nesting since I was about 5 minutes into my pregnancy, but it definitely comes in waves. One day I'm all into cleaning, like deep cleaning, scrub all the walls, purge my files, organize all my craft supplies and that's not even starting on the baby-related stuff. Then other days I'm all, "well I should probably put away this laundry . . ." And that's about all I can muster the energy to do.

swcm

I wish I could be nesting! Our entire downstairs is unusable since we are prepping to have the hardwood floors refinished, which won't happen until sometime in August. The baby's future room is still filled with random stuff (we've been diligently but slowly donating and recycling things to clear the space), plus needs to be re-carpeted before baby arrives.

Assuming all the flooring stuff gets done in August, September will be a big decorating/organizing/buying/cleaning month!

vamomtobe

I am in nesting mode, but am still just breaking even with toddler (and husband!) mess.  At this point with my first pregnancy, I was busting out the toothbrush to clean grout, reorganizing cabinets, dusting all the neglected places.  I feel behind!!  I am seriously considering taking annual leave - to clean.

mrs.plummer2be

I wish! We are almost finished building our home. Extremely anxious to get in there and set up everything and load up his little closet!! Couple more weeks and I will be in full nest mode.

Rgriffin91

I hate chores. BUT, I have been marathon cleaning since 8am. No company coming over, the house wasn't a mess to begin with, and my hips and back have been giving me trouble lately. But, ya'know, dirt.

cmjn94

It's been coming and going! Yesterday it hit hard! I made bread for the first time and I've made dinner two days in a row! But after everything I did yesterday I was so sore and tired I could hardly walk!

morganabyrd

Mine waxes and wanes...today I pulled weeds and mulched our corner bed, painted 1st coat in nursery, and crocheted a baby blanket I've now decided I don't like. I'm all over the place! Definitely hear you on "non-baby" household things. I randomly NEEDED to touch up paint in other rooms today while I had brushes out so poor hubby had to drag that paint out, too.

Next project I'm begging for is a new attic door. Our current one is too small for DH to fit in so I have to do it. A larger door would just be better for everyone!

BlueTopazBride

LOL, yes soooo much. I have cleaned every cabinet in the house. I was struck by a deep urge to clean all the baseboards in the house. I am trying so hard not to buy baby anything until later.

momma=z

Yes! It started with my classroom a couple weeks ago. I cleaned every inch, organized by subject area and tossed anything I didn't need. Spent the first week of summer break doing the same at home. I've cleaned every single room and emptied out the office to make room for our nursery. Our garage is now packed with stuff that needs to be sold and donated. It's such a good feeling to get rid of excess stuff. All I think about is how I can organize or get rid of more stuff though, it's driving me nuts! It's driving my poor husband nuts too, lol.

angela_angel

I have serious OCD about house cleaning but had to relax after marrying my DH, who is the exact opposite. I could seriously clean every second of the day and an hour or two later, you could hardly tell. Now add two sons to the mix (and one more on the way) and I'm surprised I haven't been committed!

Since the beginning of this pregnancy I have had absolutely NO energy and it's driving me crazy!!!! Between work, the boys, and helping my mom who had a brain injury, I'm just too tired. My laundry has turned into Mount Washmore and my 8 year old's friend recently came over to see if he could play and he walks in the house and says, "Whoa, were you guys just robbed or something?" I was humiliated!!!!

Well, here I am, 25 weeks, it's 12:39am and I'm having pregnancy insomnia and let me just say.... I'm baack!!! Laundry is 85% caught up, dishes, counters, bathrooms, dusting and vacuuming all done! Just need to mop the floors and I can go to bed!
Maybe pregnancy insomnia isn't such a bad thing?

SarahAnne1101

I've been a crazy person for weeks. We moved into our new house Saturday. I've unpacked the whole house, painted both of the older littles rooms, installed a custom built-in system in the master closet and started prepping the main bathroom for painting...

Sballerina

I may have started nesting but am not completely sure. Just as a person I like things neat and uncluttered, so I am not sure if it has been intensified by any nesting. I like things clean too, but the big deal is getting rid of obvious dirt - I don't normally dust very often.

My current struggle is that I want to get stuff done but I tend to bounce from thing to thing, so I have several pots on the stove at once. And they all get interrupted by daily/semi-daily tasks so I feel like I am not making much headway. I like lists but often avoid them because I don't want to feel bad for not doing everything on them, but I think they will need to be brought back. I keep thinking of things I want to get done but feel like I lose track of them!

I am working on getting the nursery room cleared. We moved to this place in March so we have a bunch of boxes in there. I am going through my things and trying to put them where they belong in the house and consolidate anything that just needs to be kept. I need to get the boxes down from enough to cover the floor of the nursery to what can fit on shelves in the garage and the guestroom closet. I also need DH to go through his boxes in the nursery too...

Bingj

@angela_angel I'm OCD about cleaning as well, but my husband is the opposite and I'm about to have my 3rd boy too. I really need advice on how to make it work. Some days I'm just so overwhelmed with the amount of cleaning that needs to be done. I feel like I'm the only one cares in my house (which is probably true) Any tips that have worked for you?

Leabyrd

I have the urge to nest and clean SO bad but I don't physically want to do any of it! Does that makes sense??? Haha I'll look at my shower and say "damn that needs to be scrubbed and bleached"... But I'm not going to go and actually get any cleaning products or drag my fat ass into the tub with gloves haha, I wish I had money for a cleaning service!!!

We got our crib this week and we put it all together and by "we" I mean I sat on the floor and handed DH the hardware he needed.... But having the crib up makes me feel much more accomplished, and a little freaked out now! I can't believe there's actually a little human going in that crib soon! Leave it to a crib to give me a reality check and not this massive belly in front of me! Haha