My friend Katharine is pregnant and due in about 3 months. She recently posted and talked about how she was starting to nest. I have decided with my next pregnancy I would like to nest at 6 months and not 9 months. I would probably get a lot more accomplished. Unfortunately for me, I don't feel the need to nest until 2 or 3 weeks prior to when my baby is due. And then I am crazy for the rest of my pregnancy trying to get stuff done. (And I drive Erich crazy with my craziness.) My nesting impulse kicked in a few days ago.
So today I cleaned Allie's room. And I pulled out all of my 0-3 month clothes and washed them. And I cleaned my bedroom. And I did all of the laundry in the house. And cleaned half of the floors in my house. (I was too tired to do them all. I am quite large and not sleeping well so I have to split some household tasks up over many days.) And I tried to go buy the car seat but they didn't have the pattern I wanted so I will have to go to a different store on Monday or Tuesday. And I have started to gather supplies for the projects I want my mom to help me with when she is here helping me adjust to having 2 kids. (And I almost bought my mom her soda supply for when she is here but I didn't see her favorite drink so that will have to wait until next week as well.)
And strangely enough, I always feel my nesting impulses roll over into my job as well. (Maybe its because I am a control freak and feel as responsible about my kids at school learning as I do about my kid at home learning.) So last night, I finished my basic calendar of what my students will do each day I am gone. And I only have a day or two of notes left to type up. And I am about half-way done with the homework. (You see, we got new textbooks this year so everything is a little bit different than in years past which means a little bit more work for me! Oh well.) And I finally found a sub.
And while all of this helps my anxiety levels go down, I feel like I am running around like a crazy woman. Instead of just being in a state of denial about everything, I now feel like there isn't enough time for everything. And that is why next time I have a baby, I want three months to nest and get everything done on my to do list, not just 3 weeks!
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- Mandy
- I am Mandy. I am married to Erich. We have 3 kids- Laney, Allie, and Nixon. Erich likes to give them weird nickanmaes like Baby Pooper, Bebe, and Unit. I am a school teacher who prefers playing mom to grading papers. Life is good. We are happy.
6 comments:
I am tired just reading about everything you're doing! You're making me feel extremely lazy. Just don't send yourself into early labor!
I'm sure you wouldn't mind early labor now that it wouldn't be so early. You're a hero Mandy. I'm so excited about this all.
I "nested" really early with Cole.. and then it drove me nuts that I had nothing to do for the last 5 months of my pregnancy (as far as baby preparation). Maybe it's not so bad to wait a while. Good luck!
Maybe its a good hting that you don't get the nesting urge early, because at this rate, you would be cleaning other people's houses or something after the first month!
maybe I am an extreme nesting procrastinator, the main nesting I remember doing was when I was having contractions with Hallie. I vaccumed and made Travis mop the kitchen floor before we could leave for the hospital. He thought I was nuts, and I thought we couldn't come home to a messy house. There was probably more, sadly I forget.
I am also a nesting procrastinator. I alsways wish I felt the nesting urge more. Mostly I just feel the napping urge.
Good luck with the nesting! You are just amazing with all that you have on your plate. I laughed at your Mom's soda storage - I do the same thing for my mom when she visits!
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