Nesting?!

ThePax89 · July 2016

I'm 14 weeks pregnant. I can't stop organizing, cleaning, and mostly stressing about things in the house and wanting to purge everything.

With my first pregnancy, I didn't have any semblance of nesting until 35 weeks.

Is anyone else with me? This is madness.

Knottie1443924966 · July 2016

Yes I'm there with you mama. I have started to organize everything and the more you organize the more you realize how much more organizing you have to do!!

I think organization such as clearing my inbox and organizing my files gives me a sense of control. It also strangely makes me feel more ready!!

If you have any tips or organization hacks let's hear them

poetryandoceans · July 2016

I have a whole story for Bitchfest Monday about how Sears thwarted my attempt to nest through their incompetence. I am right there with you.

christac1010 · July 2016

It definitely has started for me. We have a dog and a cat who have free run of the house. I had this moment yesterday where I freaked out and started scrubbing spots out of the carpet (that DH couldn't even see) and then started googling carpet cleaners. All I could think about is the baby crawling around on the dirty floor (and we're not dirty people). Then I decided we need new pillows and blankets and blinds and DH dragged me out of the house before I could freak out about anything else. I can't imagine how much worse this is going to get over the next few months!

sweetyjenj · July 2016

I'm not sure what is worse..having nesting feelings and starting to organize and clean, or having nesting feelings but not being able to do anything about it. We're currently living with my sister while we look for a home. I want to start cleaning, organizing, and setting up the nursery. The first house we put an offer on we got outbid, and I had already started visioning the nursery and play room and the baby growing up there. I felt like the other buyer stole my child's home, but quickly got over it when I found another similar home. We put an offer in last night and we're waiting to hear back. I just want to hurry up and move in!! The new house would need ALL new carpet and paint. A friend said, "you'd really only need new carpet on the main level, the rest could get away with just a good shampoo." Nope. I know it's not all that bad, but to me, I can't imagine the baby touching the old carpet!!! I just want to start nesting and preparing the house!! 7 months will go by very quickly...I want to start nesting!

ETA: mobile ate my words.

ThePax89 · July 2016

@sweetyjenj all that I want is to bleach my bathrooms. Sanitize the hell out of them. And can't.

sweetyjenj · July 2016

@ThePax89 I hear ya!! I have a lot of baby items in my trunk waiting to be sanitized and set up, but I can't put them anywhere yet

Once we get the new house, I'll want to bleach EVERYTHING, but I can't do that either

thankfully my mom, husband, and in-laws all said they'll help with the things I can't do.

KimC85 · July 2016

My whole weekend has been organizing and purging. But partially because my brothers family is moving in for 3 months and I need to make room for them.

Teach123 · July 2016

I can't really do much until I find out if we are having a boy or girl. Then, I have tons of totes to start going through. I'm itching to get started.

Lecool · July 2016

I haven't had any nesting urges yet, but my H sure has. He has a huge list of projects he wants to complete, and has spent every waking moment that he isn't at work trying to chip away at his list.

LastMango · July 2016

Yes! Before I can do anything for the new baby, I have to get DD moved out of the nursery and into the guest room. But I can't do that until the guest room gets turned into her new bedroom. But I can't do that unless I purge EVERYTHING from that room first. Commence Operation Everything Must Go!

Renee1105 · July 2016

I am nesting up a storm and yelling at my husband for not cleaning and organizing with me. I'm just a joy to be around these days.

Vivi20 · July 2016

I always have what I guess is considered "nesting". I'm the sort of person that cannot relax if things aren't organized, cleaned, and bleached. That's just part of my daily routine. But I have been super antsy about getting the bedroom organized and decorated for the children, but we can't do that till we find out if this little one is a boy or girl.

aishmc · July 2016

I'm getting urges to organize, but then I get overwhelmed when I think of everything I need to do. So I do nothing.

Any tips on what I should prioritize?

emy730 · July 2016

I haven't any organizing/cleaning urges yet, but I have been finding all of the baby stuff we'll need and washing it.

I also really want to start hoarding diapers, but DH says it's too early.

Briala · July 2016

I nested sooo bad with DS I am hoping to curtail that instinct this time around I drove my poor husband crazy but there are SOME things that really do need to be done around the house before Baby #2 but hopefully I won't go crazy this time. It will be winter for the last half and that is when I nested hard, so I think that will curtail a lot of it. It will be dark, cold, and snowy so I won't have the constant sunlight I did last time.

mommywesley · July 2016

Usually hits me mid 2nd trip and again towards the end...nothing so far, so queasy I just want to lay in bed all day and THINK about all the things that should be done...but not doing them...lol

ThePax89 · July 2016

Today I decided to rid our towels of a mildew smell only I can detect. I'm hoping Pinterest knows what it's talking about.

momof2girls+? · July 2016

emy730 said:

I haven't any organizing/cleaning urges yet, but I have been finding all of the baby stuff we'll need and washing it.

I also really want to start hoarding diapers, but DH says it's too early.

I'm in the same boat about the diapers, lol.
I'm also starting to rearrange our room and get baby stuff set up. I'm only 11wks.

KRB22 · July 2016

mommywesley said:

Usually hits me mid 2nd trip and again towards the end...nothing so far, so queasy I just want to lay in bed all day and THINK about all the things that should be done...but not doing them...lol

FTM but this is me too right now.
I think of all the things I need to get done around the house, and particularly in the nursery. Then I think about doing them and I start to feel queasy and need to lie down.

LCartee2016 · July 2016

So... I woke up from a nap to DH having pulled EVERYTHING out of the guest room (soon to be nursery) closet and.. Let me just say... I didn't realize we had so much crap. As a matter of fact, I'm not exactly sure how we got everything in there at once. It's a ridiculous amount.

But, it's a good thing. I've been wanting to get a start on the purge and conversion. Now we don't really have a choice because it's taking up our living room and guest room.

So, yay. We started on the nursery!! I already feel exhausted and overwhelmed just thinking about it.

Smiley-1980 · July 2016

DH spent all day yesterday cleaning out our nursery, the closet has had boxes of stuff in it for the past 6 years since it was our guest room. I took DD to my parents house so he would be able to do it all without interruption and I wouldn`t have to help

canavara · July 2016

It's hard to nest knowing we won't be living where we are now when the baby comes but everything baby-related we own, I've started organizing into neat little piles haha...

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5020794/uploads/editor/gb/xx1dvpx2zem9.jpg

OH has started referring to them as "baby poke-stops"

ChaoticWolf · July 2016

I am basically a nag at this point. DH never wants to clean, ever, and so I end up reminding him over multiple days until he finally does whatever chore I'm asking him to do for me. It sucks that I can't just do it myself anymore since bleach and chemical cleaners were my best friends before.

sweetyjenj · July 2016

Knottie1464444586 said:

emy730 said:

I haven't any organizing/cleaning urges yet, but I have been finding all of the baby stuff we'll need and washing it.

I also really want to start hoarding diapers, but DH says it's too early.

I'm in the same boat about the diapers, lol.
I'm also starting to rearrange our room and get baby stuff set up. I'm only 11wks.

Amazon prime sent me a code for 30% off diapers, on top of 20% off diaper subscription, plus each diaper box had a $3 off coupon...so I bought at least 1 box of each size except nb. I didn't consider this nesting at the time, but it totally was.

Vivi20 · July 2016

@canavara Totally off topic, and I'm sorry if I'm being a complete blonde, but what does "OH" stand for? Your husband, right? I've been meaning to ask you.

canavara · July 2016

@jlea05 "Other Half"

We prioritized having the baby before the wedding so even though we intend to get married ASAP I feel weird calling him DH already lol.

Vivi20 · July 2016

@canavara ahhhh okay, gotcha!

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