https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 08 Apr 2026 17:52:20 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-nesting#post-96683 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 16:07:55 +0000 banana 96683@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm getting the nesting urge now and I'm 20 weeks. I think I felt the nesting urge kick in at around the same time with my son too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-nesting#post-96645 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 15:28:22 +0000 chopsuey 96645@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think I nested through my entire pregnancy. I got into crazy nesting mode after week 36 though. :D I would definitely start nesting and prepping if I were you too. It's hard to move around and clean when you have a big belly. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-nesting#post-96642 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 15:26:10 +0000 eeh 96642@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'll be 20 weeks on Wednesday and I'm hoping the nesting instinct kicks in soon. At this point I really just feel overwhelmed and don't know where to start. we bought a crib on Saturday but only because the salesman was mad I interrupted his March Madness and quoted me a price that was 60% off the list price when it wasn't even supposed to be on sale. Couldn't pass that up! Other than that I just walk around baby stores in kind of a haze not knowing where to begin. It also doesn't help that we moved a couple of months ago and our house is still a disaster waiting for some big remodeling and a garage sale. Not only do I need to decorate/furnish a nursery but one of my living rooms has absolutely no furniture and the rest of my house needs to new paint, window coverings, etc. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-nesting#post-96639 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 15:24:34 +0000 betsyboop 96639@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I started nesting at the end of my first trimester, and that lasted pretty much throughout the second trimester. Now I'm just tired and over it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-nesting#post-96371 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 10:52:39 +0000 SAHM0811 96371@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i never really "nested" with my first. of course we prepared for her arrival, but it wasn't that "nesting" energy. </p> <p>with my second, i REALLY nested... nesting is when you go almost borderline insane cleaning and organizing... it's the huge jump in energy near the end of your pregnancy. it hit me at 37 weeks. i was all over the city running errands and fixing up our place (beyond the nursery stuff). also, i walked everywhere (not because I wanted to induce labor, but because I had so MUCH energy to release!). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-nesting#post-96360 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 10:45:24 +0000 winniebee 96360@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I felt the "urge" to nest right after 20 weeks - ordered nursery furniture and started registering then. Also did a massive house cleaning then and literally organized everything from tupperware drawer to spice cabinet. </p> <p>Then, didn't have time to do anything else until this past weekend (30 weeks). DH and I cleared out the baby's room to prep for our furniture delivery next weekend. I definitely feel the need to get ready NOW. My shower is in 2 weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-nesting#post-96352 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 10:35:26 +0000 yoursilverlining 96352@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I felt nesting in the mid-20 week range (I’m almost 29 weeks now), mostly because we changed our nursery plan around and so we need to clean out the craft/junk room and make it into a nursery for LO, as well as remove the ugly carpet in that room and repaint the walls. </p> <p>The only big baby items we’ve purchased were some Avent bottles and a changing table/dresser off craigslist. My MIL is coming next weekend and we’ll get a crib then…got to get going on the rest. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-nesting#post-96348 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 10:31:15 +0000 plantains 96348@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm almost 28 weeks and I haven't bought anything yet. I'll probably get going soon. I really just wanted to enjoy the pregnancy and I felt like having the stuff in the house befroe the point of viability would just stress me out. I'm about ready to get started soon though, so exciting! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-nesting#post-96331 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 10:14:43 +0000 Mrsbells 96331@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I started researching products early in the pregnancy but didnt start buying anything or changing anything until after my anatomy scan which was done twice [19 weeks and 22 weeks] </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-nesting#post-96320 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 10:05:03 +0000 looch 96320@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I can't remember, but probably closer to 28 weeks because it was warm in the summer and I felt uncomfortable...then I got a second wind right up to the end, lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-nesting#post-96235 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 08:31:21 +0000 heffalump 96235@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sorrycharlie: In Jewish tradition we don't put ANYTHING in the house related to baby until they're here. When my mom was born my grandpa's mom went and bought everything they needed and set up the nursery while they were at the hospital still. I am a huge planner and was not ok with that, but my husband really didn't want the crib set up yet so we had it sitting in the box until LO came. I didn't care because she slept in the bassinet when she first got home anyway. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-nesting#post-96231 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 08:27:07 +0000 sorrycharlie 96231@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@artbee: lol, well..I wouldn't even have the crib if it weren't for the crazy - I mean, generous ILs. They offered to purchase it because they bought BIL/SIL's, and we accepted - but then they said they needed to buy it that week due to a sale (?). So, we've had it since 9 weeks..yeah. I was a little stressed about it being in the house until the NT scan! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-nesting#post-96225 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 08:22:24 +0000 heffalump 96225@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow, I can't believe you already have the crib up! We weren't even thinking about cribs yet at that point. </p> <p>I didn't want to nest until the very end. But by then my body was so huge and uncomfortable, so it was hard to actually get stuff done. It's smart to do it while you can! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-nesting#post-96222 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 08:20:09 +0000 sorrycharlie 96222@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So I'm only about 13 weeks.</p> <p>But, we've lived in this house for a few years. It was built in the 1800s - so the upstairs gets HOT HOT HOT in the summer, aside from our bedroom, which has a average-sized window &amp; AC. the other rooms have half windows. So I already know how miserable the summer will be trying to get anything done up here.</p> <p>Is it weird to already be nesting? I gutted the bathroom (throwing out old things), bought all new organizational bins and a shower head, and I'm on a rampage trying to find bins that'll fit my shelving thing (12x12x&lt;9" bins anyone?).</p> <p>We set up the crib yesterday, too - I feel like a nut job!</p> <p>Too early for nesting? When did you start? </p>