August 2011 Moms
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my nesting instinct is out of control.
I feel like a crazy woman. Maybe it's because I'm creeping up on 30
weeks and feel like we haven't done a damn thing for the baby or that
school is almost over for the year (I'm a teacher), but I am a bundle of emotions and
nervous energy. I just want to clean everything floor to ceiling,
paint and decorate everything I see, and plan, plan, plan! I know I'm
driving DH crazy, I'm even annoying myself. The hardest part is
that we're not getting the nursery painted for another two or three
weeks, so I can't do anything related to moving furniture, setting
things up, organizing clothes, any of the normal "nesting"
activities. It's also so different this time because I'm not having a
shower (this is our second), so there's nothing "new" for this kid and it makes me feel
unprepared or something. Anyone else in this boat?
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Re: my nesting instinct is out of control.
Well this isn't my first, but we are basically starting over since DS is 7, almost 8! The doctor put me on bed rest this week due to pulled legiments and there is so much that still needs to be done. I'll be 32 weeks tomorrow and feel so unprepared this time around. With DS I had everything ready by now! I still need to purchase a dresser for the baby's room and finish touching up the paint in there! Then, we need to purchase baby items and organize things. Plus, my shower isn't until July 10th so I'm worried that everything will be done last minute!
Plus, I want to clean and organize rooms around the house. We have lived here just under a year and I wanted to organize DS's room so I wouldn't have to worry about it when the baby came. DH is more concerned with getting our screened in porch finished and taking care of the yard. I love him for it, but wish he would help out more in the house, or realize that doing the inside of the house is as important to me as the outside.
I am nesting like a crazy person. I'm not driving DH crazy, he's LOVING IT!! Home cooked meal every evening, his house is spotless, he can no sooner dirty a piece of laundry than it's clean, dry and hung back up in his closet. I'm NEVER like this -- with a toddler I usually let things look more "lived-in."
My first nesting instinct had to do with the nursery, which the boys will share. I couldn't handle how cluttered and stuffed to the gills with stuff that it was. There was too much stuff and not enough organization. That was my first project. It was madness from there.
Every morning I get up, I plan my "most important tasks" which are the 3 things I MUST get done for the day. Then, I plan what's for dinner in case things need a lot of prep work. Then, I usually put together a few "to-dos" above and beyond my most important tasks, but I keep my tasks at no more than 10 per day.
I totally felt like this before we painted. It was driving me CRAZY not to be able to do anything. Plus, I wanted to see the paint up before, I went out and bought the other decor items that I had planned on, just to make sure it was what I was envisioning, so I couldn't do any of that either.
To make up for it, I cleaned and planned like a crazy person. Now that I have been able to start on the nursery, I have found a little more peace. Hopefully the same happens for you!
DS#1- Born August 2011