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It's called preparing, not nesting!

babybuckleybabybuckley member
in October 2011 Moms

When people ask me if the baby's room is ready, I will tell them the stuff I have been doing or still need to do to get it ready. Then they say, "awe, you're nesting". Or I've had people tell me, "Just wait, you're gonna start nesting soon". 

To me, nesting is cleaning the dishes in the China cabinet that you haven't touched in 3 years because you feel like you can't bring a baby home to a dirty house. What I'm doing is simply preparing for the baby! He's gonna need clothes and a place to sleep....washing his clothes and putting them away as well as making up the crib, is a necessity people. Stop telling me I'm nesting!!!! 

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Re: It's called preparing, not nesting!

  • carlatroncarlatron member
    I hear you. I baked cookies yesterday, and someone said "Oh, you're nesting!" Um, no... I'm craving chocolate chip. :P
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  • HannahsMom21HannahsMom21

    To the OP and PP Im with you!

    But in the past couple of days I HAVE been looking at window panes and the fridge thinking "hmmmm I could get that with a q tip and some vinegar" lol

    Shhhhh don't tell DH...

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  • MonkeySueMonkeySue

    LOL, thank you for this. I'm so tired of people calling it nesting. I'm like, "Did you know me prior to getting pregnant? Is there anything I'm doing now that I wouldnt have done before?" It drives me nuts when people want to tie every last word or action of mine to being pregnant. I have not ceased being me simply because I am also now a vessel. Wait till the baby is born and they find out the only thing that was pregnancy induced was a whole lot of patience. When I go back to being my normal b!tchy self they'll realize that was the only true change.

    I do have to say thank god for my mother and DH because they are the only ones that keep me sane most days. Everyone else just sees me as pregnant, they at least still see me and help me laugh off all the crazy. Clearly there is a reason that one of them birthed me and the other one married me. They both deserve mini push presents for helping to get me through this without losing it on someone (aside from the random stranger in the store Smile)

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  • BettyBookwormBettyBookworm member

    I see what you are saying, but I really like this nesting/cleaning/preparing phase. I don't really care what it is called to be honest. If someone wants to say that I am nesting then I just go with it. Its a happy time in this life and whether or not everything I'm doing is normal (I would do when I'm not pregnant) the fact that I AM pregnant and preparing makes me happy. 

    So, while I understand it can be irritating for some (just like weight gain comments or "have you had that baby yet?" comments) for others its just happy reminder that they are pregnant & cleaning. *shrug*

    To ecah their own. 

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  • LMeR01LMeR01
    Thank you!  That's exactly what I have said.  DH wishes I would "nest," though!
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  • cfemianicfemiani
    Totally agree!  I am a super organized neat freak, so I am always cleaning the house and everything is always put away.  So it gets really annoying when my mom or MIL come over and say "wow the house looks so great, you must have the nesting bug".  It drives me insane!  
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  • moviesprincessmoviesprincess
    I agree. I am a planner who wanted  everything possible organized and cleaned in the house from the beginning of the pregnancy and had a mile long list going this whole time. Everyone keeps saying I am nesting but it is no different than how I have been the whole time. I am just wanting to be prepared.
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  • jill&ericjill&eric
    i hear ya! im sick of it too! how is vaccuming the house and doing laundry nesting good god we need clean clothes and dog hair off the floor! geez!
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