October 18, 2005
Nesting??? I might never know...
I decided a few weeks ago that I wanted to clean out both of the cars, get rid of trash, dust and vacuum them out. Eventually washing them as well, but we are still waiting for part of our road to be paved. I was waiting for that to be finished before I washed the outside of the cars. Seeing as how it was a beautiful day today, I decided to get the cars done today before it gets really cold. I viewed this as a "getting ready for winter" deed. However, my neighbor walked out and said: "You got that nesting instinct? My wife went crazy a few months before we had our first baby! She went through our house with a fine toothed comb!" I laughed and told him that I was just cleaning the cars before winter came. He didn't believe me. Then I started thinking about it. I have a list of about 15 projects to get done before the end of November. So... maybe I am nesting. Well, I finished one car and started on the next. Then I decided to wash just one of them. And then I remembered that I could pain the baby's dresser as well, so I did that this afternoon. The same neighbor walked by again as I was painting in the garage and told me he thought he was correct in stating that I was indeed "nesting". Part of me wants to agree with him, but part of me knows that I just like clean things and would probably do this anyway! Anyone else doing some fall cleaning/preparing for winter or am I just off my nut? Also, I thought that "nesting" came right before the baby came, not a month and a half out before D-Day.
Hmmm....
Posted by Leah at October 18, 2005 03:06 PM
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I'm doing a little bit of fall cleaning (mainly the cars) before it gets super cold outside. However, I have heard of the "nesting" pregnant women do before the baby. However, I thought it came sooner, like around the 4th or 5th month of pregnancy.
Either way, please let me know if you need any help with the cleaning. I'm free most Mondays...:)
Posted by: Rob at October 18, 2005 04:37 PM
thanks rob! :)
Posted by: leah at October 18, 2005 05:10 PM
I know you posted this almost 10 days ago - hey, I'm a busy mom and don't get on the boards much. I can definately attest to the nesting thang!! Usually it does happen within a few weeks before the baby is born, that's been my experience all 4 times. It's more than just a cleaning "bug" it CAN be nearly psychotic!! There's definately a difference though! Plus, I think it's worse with your first. Just tell Jason that when you become nearly irrational about wanting things "done" for seemingly not "reason" he needs to just go along with you :-)!!!
Posted by: Vanessa at October 26, 2005 10:54 PM