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Wow, I can't believe you already have the crib up! We weren't even thinking about cribs yet at that point.

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!

@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.

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]

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.

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.

i never really "nested" with my first. of course we prepared for her arrival, but it wasn't that "nesting" energy.

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!).

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.

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.