Nesting craziness

Boobopgirl

I searched before starting a new thread and didnt see one.  Apologize if this is a duplicate.

Anyone else nesting?  What crazy things has nesting made you do?

So far I have:
1) Written out lesson plans for 5 years of homeschool Bible curriculum and currently working on language arts/phonics.

2) Completely rearranged my kids' drawers/done a major purge so I can fit 3 kids' clothes in 2 dressers.
3) Inatalled a tension rod in kid's room above the window seat for more hanging space.
4) bought and assembled a 9 cube organizer for kids/books and school supplies.
5) packed baby's hospital bag (and checked/rearranged it 19 times to make sure it's all there)

My AS is on the 25th and I know it will get even worse after that as I get clothes and things organized.  

melarowan

@Boobopgirl You have an open invite to come nest at my house once yours is good.  I have no nesting drive at all yet, but I can see how much needs to be done.

dogperson11

I'm suddenly feeling the need to reorganize my house, although I haven't actually done it. I've created an IKEA shopping list and we plan to go in a few weeks. After we get everything assembled and setup I plan to purge like crazy. Since we found out we're having a boy I'm planning to go through all the baby clothes I saved from DD and give away 95% of it.

sjohns908

Does sitting around and making mental lists of the 729273647 things that need to be done count? Because that's about all I've done lol

monstera13

Yeah no nesting started here yet. I'm starting to get the urge to do it, but it will require going through our messy office/extra bedroom/storage room. That just seems like sooooo much work lol. 

canonmom413

Definitely not nesting. Tired of crap in my house, yes. I've been in a throwing out/give away mode lately. I don't have any desire to get things completed or fully organized just yet. That may change when I finally find out if this babe is a boy or girl, though. 

Brambles23

I cleared out the spare room.  That's it.  

+1 on the mental lists.  

Boobopgirl

How do mental lists not drive everyone nuts? Seriously.  I'd be like...I have to do something to shorten this list or i'll lose my mind.

bluejeanbabi05

@Boobopgirl I'm right here with you, lady. We just installed baby's closet, and it's killing me to not give my dad the green light to get the crib yet. I'm committed to waiting for a positive a/s, then shit is getting real in the nursery. 

Making my way slowly but surely through the BRU registry checklist.

sdarling2010

I have a major urge to nest!! But because we don't know gender yet I haven't been able to do much and it's driving me nuts!! We find out Tuesday. If it's a boy, I'll go through DD's clothes, keep whatever is mostly gender neutral and sell the rest at our garage sale next weekend. If it's a girl, I'll start organizing everything - clothes, baby toys, etc. 

The mental lists just keep growing ... 

Boobopgirl

@sdarling2010. I literally have 2 bags of NB/ 0-3 clothes sitting out, one neutral and boy, one girl.  Just waiting to know which goes in the dresser.

shan24

I'm trying to wait until I'm off for the summer. DS will be going to daycare once a week, so I plan on using that time to my advantage

bluejeanbabi05

So question about clothes- how do you ladies organize them? By age and type? Mostly all folded into the dresser or do you hang some, and if so what kinds of clothes do you hang? 

MamaStreeter

Purging my sons toys an attempting to clean out he guest bedroom/future nursery. And making a to-buy list on amazon. 

KSweet

@Boobopgirl My nesting has been all about homeschooling. I'm nervous because I've got one going "into" high school, one into middle, two still in elementary, and one going into kindergarten (plus two toddlers and the newborn). So I've been making extremely detailed lesson plans to help me get through. We have about six weeks off between this year and starting up in July and during that time, I hope to do some deep cleaning and some purging. 

What are your kids' ages? 

And yeah, no mental lists for me....they make me more anxious. Google drive lists all the way!

Boobopgirl

@bluejeanbabi05. I only ever have 1-2 sizes out at a time and have the rest in bins under the bed.  So we have NB and 0-3 out and as they outgrow the nb I switch it out for the 3 month, then the 3-6 etc.  The girls' "church" dresses I hang up and those I will have all the sizes out because who cares if a dress is a little too big.  Dress clothes and 1 piece outfits (overalls, rompers etc) are the only things I really hang up.

My kids are limited to 2 drawers each so they typically have one of jammies and one of pants and shirts. I actually fold a lot of things in "outfits" so its easy to just grab instead of rooting for things that match.

My girls also have a small bin (ok, its an empty diaper box) with skirts in it (they are the same size in skirts) and I have one drawer set aside for socks for all 3 (socks are my nemesis, bring on the sandal weather) one for "modesty clothes" (leggings, those little bottom covers for under dresses, undershirts and camis, and my babylegs for when they are learning to crawl).

Another thing I do to save me time is I have a stack of those little sterelite drawers like the size you would keep computer paper in, and I fold the week's clothes into it on Sunday.  My girls are big enough to go to their drawer for the right day of the week and get their own clothes and I expect I can train them to bring me the baby's things as well (anything to save steps, lol).

Sorry for the novel, but with 2 (soon to be 3) kids and limited space, clothing storage is complicated, lol.

canonmom413

I organize by age and then type.  I usually hang full outfits. You know, onesie/pants/headband or hat combos. Seperates go in a drawer. I hung dresses and prettier rompers too. Sleepers, onesies, pants/shorts etc went in drawers. 

I usually keep newborn-6 months out. Then 9-12 comes out when needed. Keep in mind, 3 month things are usually 0-3. 6 months are 3-6 etc. carters has gotten a bit better with their sizing and are on the bigger side now versus when my girls were babies. 

Also people will tell you don't go crazy on newborn sized clothes etc. I agree to an extent. My girls were tiny. They lived in newborn for a good 4-6 weeks. 0-3 fit ok, but they didn't get into 3 months until they were like 4/5 months. So just make sure you're not buying crazy ( or gifted crazy) amounts in specific sizes. You just never know how babe will grow. 

dumbledoredies

I've been slowly starting a registry when I realized I have about a month to get one done and that's not a whole lot of time to do my crazy FTM researching.

Havent started a lot else baby-related yet. We've been working on our family room. As soon as that's done (should be done early to mid-June) I'll be working on the nursery and we will buy a crib and put it together. Have to teach kitties they can't go in it!!

Once that's done I'll work on organizing and deep cleaning our house, though I do small things from time to time so this won't take long at all.

riverrainez

Thought about sorting clothes today. I walked into the garage and stared up at the shelf of bins full of DS's old clothes... then turned around and walked out. So, I guess I'm not quite at the nesting stage yet. 

Boobopgirl

@KSweet mine are still preschool.  My oldest is starting full blown phonics this year though because she listed learning to read as one of the things she really wants to know.  She also really wants to learn about "space."  My little one is doing the introductory shapes, colors, letters, numbers, animal sounds package.  We use the free curriculum from abcjesuslovesme but I tweak quite a bit and add in science experiments to go with either the Bible lesson or the book of the week.  I do my own phonics thing and some of my own math stuff and add workbooks and printables from other sites.  And tons and tons of songs.  So many songs.

azerimama

I started nesting this week too! 

1. Obsessively adding to a giant list of things that I "Need to do before the baby arrives"
2. Writing out my birth plan
3. Checked out birthing class DVDs from the library (we did this last time so that we could stop the video and talk about what we liked and didn't like, how we would do it differently, etc.). I prefer this to a birthing class that is cookie cutter. 
4. Cleaned the bathroom better than it's been cleaned since DD was a baby..... we're talking deep clean. I even went through every drawer and cabinet, removed stuff that hasn't been used in over a year and threw it out. Wiped out all drawers and cabinets, and then rearranged everything. This was at 7am on Saturday morning.
5. Finally got to work researching car seats/strollers/baby monitors. 

I've just been so sick before this point that I had no desire to do anything at all. Now I'm not sick all the time, I'm able to eat, have a ton of energy and can't stop thinking about everything that has to be done still!

tsa208

I created a spreadsheet of everything I need/want to purchase for the baby, then researched and chose specific brands (the Baby Bargains book was very helpful), added links to where each item can be purchased, whether it's on the registry, anticipated cost, and actual cost (so I can track my spending against budget). I love spreadsheets!

I just today purchased my first baby-related item -  a Pack n Play because Target is having a 25% off sale on all Graco items (FYI). Checked it off on the spreadsheet!

ksf13

Just started sorting through out girl clothes, since we get to reuse them! I just need to get a dresser, so I have somewhere to put them lol. Looks like I need to soak all of the tiny stuff in Oxiclean to get the milk stains out :P 

emwj10187

oh yeah... i just dropped $200 at the Marshalls home decor section. I went in to buy myself a $20 pair of sandals and left with new bedroom curtains, storage bins, and some wall decor to hang up in the babies room... 

nhoover88

We are in the process of cleaning out all of the "crap" we don't use/need to make room for baby items. The only reason we haven't converted to full bed to a crib is because I am going to feel bad enough "kicking my step-son out" of the room and moving him to the other end of the house. He is 11, but I don't want to make him feel like baby is more important than him. I do have to talk myself out of buying clothes and other items. I am trying to wait until after my showers, so I don't end up with duplicates and so I don't have to spend as much of my money, until I have to.

KAK37

Yes! This madness is crazy. I cringe every time I walk past the babies room, which was our guest/whatever doesn't have a place room. I finally got my DH to get rid of the dresser in there as he dented every corner he could getting it down the stairs because he doesn't want me to lift anything heavy.

It's so stressful figuring out how to get rid of everything in that room.

On a funny note.. I think my 10 year old daughter is nesting she has overhauled her room twice so far looking for things she thinks her little brother would like. I've never seen the kids room look so clean..lol

wondermom911

I've started! We found out that we're having a girl last Monday. Since then I have sold almost all of the baby boy clothes I had been saving, bought baby girl clothes up to 3 months, put up babies crib (it looks so cute!), started going through my older kids clothes to pack away warm weather clothes. I'll be going through all of them today and seeing aside all of the clothes My son has out grown so that I can get rid of them too lol 
That's all I have on my list for now because I have pretty much everything for baby. Been bargain hunting the last two months

winterecho

hubby has been nesting all weekend. he decided to deep clean in the room, the spare room that will someday become the nursery, and the cleaning closet. plus we did laundry yesterday. i put away all my clothes that dont fit anymore and semi organized my closet, but my motivation isnt there yet

ksf13

I finally got a dresser ordered, so all these clothes will have somewhere to go! Did an oxiclean soak on all of the clothes that had milk stains and they ALL came out! I was so glad! I feel like I can't really do much until the dresser gets here, because there are clothes and blankets EVERYWHERE in the baby room. Can't wait to get the clothes put away and the room clean and set up, so I can start decorating! 

soprano19

I want to start nesting really badly, but I still have three more weeks of school. Realistically though, I might be able to start after this week. We have our last school concert on Thursday night, so the last two weeks will be really easy. Plus we have our anatomy scan on Tuesday, so I think we will be much more ready to do a registry and buy stuff once we know the sex.