Comments on: Nesting explained in 10 easy steps

By: Kim

Kim — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 22:15:18 +0000

I totally understand when I was pregnant with my first I went in to labor 5 weeks early and my husband was in the room painting and putting the crib together. I was nesting but couldn’t do anything from the couch. Now with the second one on the way due in two months I am making up for the first one. We are repainting our daughters room and the new nursery plus I think the entire house is out of order and a wreck so i am cleaning out and changing everything. My husband says nest away but don’t drag me into it

By: snoflake22

snoflake22 — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 19:45:52 +0000

I remember this nesting instinct! Somehow it turned me into a wanna be Marth Stewart too. I remember when I was nine months pregnant with my 1st child, sewing all the bedding FROM SCRATCH. Why? Because I insisted there were no patterns I liked and I wanted it to look just right. Needless to say, I went into labor early, when the bedding was only half finished. Only thing worse? Trying to finish the bedding on no sleep with a newborn. ei yi yi.

By: Jamie @ ohbecareful.com

Jamie @ ohbecareful.com — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 02:53:22 +0000

Honestly, I wouldn’t mind a little of that nesting instinct throughout the year. Why does it suddenly abandon us (or at least me) after giving birth? As if once babies/toddlers/children bring life to a home, the place is cheerful and shiny and clean without any (frantic, continual, obsessive) effort on your part and everybody lives happily ever after–no germs/dust/dirt/grime?

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 16:53:56 +0000

Not exactly in the realm of nesting, but more along the lines of “crazy pregnancy demands”: We “had” to get rid of all the upholstered furniture in our house because of the way it “smelled.” We had no furniture in our living room for weeks. Crazy.

By: Karen {simply a musing blog}

Karen {simply a musing blog} — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 15:29:18 +0000

I painted my whole house while pregnant…so I totally understand the nesting thing. There was never a time I could get my house clean enough or was happy enough with the state of my home while pregnant.

Totally insane, especially considering that now? It’s pretty much in a constant state of disarray.

By: owlhaven

owlhaven — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 15:16:23 +0000

Yeah. Been there. I actually had the worst case of nesting in the universe when I was an expectant *adoptive* mom, awaiting the arrival of 9 and 11 year old girls. I whirled live a dervish around that house, certain somehow that if the baseboards weren’t clean and their bedroom wasn’t painted the proper color and the woodpile wasn’t stacked neatly, the girls would take one look and beg for a ride back to Ethiopia.

I was ridiculous.

Mary, mom to 10

By: Terra

Terra — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 12:29:44 +0000

I promise you I scrubbed the entire first floor of our house (all tile) with a toothbrush when I was pregnant with my second child. What kind of fool am I?

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Lifenut » Based on actual events — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 10:33:03 +0000

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