A few Lifehacker staff members were talking about nesting the other day.
Another put a crib together by herself.
While 8 months pregnant.
So I asked ourOffspring Facebook Parenting Group: Did you (or your partner) nest?
Plan for the nesting urge before you have the energy
The first trimester is exhausting.
There is no nesting going on in the first trimester.
But one mom in the group thinks it is the perfect time to plan ahead for it.
All the little tasks that come to mind but I have zero energy to do.
Otherwise I end up using all the energy on the same tasks as usual.
Prepare food
This is the biggie.
I stocked our freezer to the brim with breakfast, lunch, dinner and snack options, Rachel says.
Food and meal prep can go beyond simply freezer meals, too, Rachel advises.
That sort of thingjust thinking through some ways to make things easier for that first stretch of time.
Not fun to run to Target for cat litter while wearing a newborn, Kel says.
(I buy and load into car, and I make my husband unload it all!)
Spent a full three days cleaning and organizing and that was my motivation to set up the nursery area.
Heres what they recommend skipping:
Driveway power-washing.
I guess our Lifehacker staffer wasnt the only one to tackle a flooring project.
I would not recommend!
Garage clean-out over baby-proofing.
I cleaned our garage.
When I look back now, I wish I had worked on baby proofing.
It just sneaked up on us when my son started walking at 10 months.
Then I looked around the house and saw a big death trap.
It was so overwhelming but so important.
Rearranging the nursery … more than once.
Baking random cakes for no reason.
Which went uneaten in our fridge.
Moving at the end of pregnancy.
Any nesting instinct was lost in the chaos, says Amber, who moved while 9 months pregnant.
We literally were moved in less than a week before I went into labor.
100 percent DO NOT RECOMMEND!
