The Nesting Period
When does the nesting period begin? I’ve found I’m beginning to care A LOT about wiped clean counter tops and a vacuumed carpet, but I don’t think that I’m far enough along to really begin “nesting.” 
My mom mentioned that the nesting stage is usually when a woman really begins to prepare for her baby’s arrival, such as making sure everything in the nursery is ready and in place. She also mentioned that the woman normally stays on top of laundry and dishes and cleaning and arranging the house during the nesting period.
I haven’t begun to decorate the nursery and there’s still a huge blow-up bed set up in there for guests, along with a non-commissioned computer, my rickety bed frame that’s disassembled and Levi’s changing table that we still haven’t put together. Blake said he wanted to take care of that during my trip but I told him that I wanted to help set it up.
I know a lot of people are normally prone to keeping their house in order and clean, and since I’m not having to leave the house for a 9 to 5 job I really have no excuse to have a dirty house. So, when do we really know if we’ve hit that nesting stage?
After my baby showers are over and I’m back with Blake, we are really going to start setting up the nursery. I told Blake that he could go ahead and deflate the airbed that takes up most of the room in the soon-to-be nursery because I’m ready to start decorating Levi’s room AS Levi’s room, not a guest bedroom. I can’t wait to start!
Did you go through a nesting stage? If so, how did you know that you’d really hit that period of pregnancy? What did you start doing?
