The American Pregnancy Association calls nesting “the overwhelming desire to get a home ready for a baby.” Overwhelming is putting it lightly — we call it losing our damn minds. We’re talking going from “I’ll unload the dish washer tomorrow” to “I must scrub every mite of dust from the inside of all my kitchen cabinets” crazy. When one refers to it as pregnancy brain or even just the third trimester crazies, either way, the nesting instinct is strong, people! More from CafeMom: 15 Hysterical Snapchats That Make Us Feel Better About Our Own Kid Fails Even if a mom tends to keep a neat house, the nesting phase of pregnancy can turn a woman into someone she may not recognize. A noncrafty mom may suddenly be hand-painting jungle animals on the nursery walls. Or she may become obsessed with tasks that aren’t exactly at the top of the list for what the baby might need (organizing three decades worth of family photos, perhaps?). Still, these things become inexplicably necessary to a woman’s sanity — to the point where a mom will steamroll anyone who tells her to sit down and put up her swollen feet to rest. Ever woken up at 3 a.m. and decided that the entire house needs a paint job? Or ever randomly chosen to reorganize all of the board games in the house? Take a look at women who did! Here, 15 real moms share the wild ways their nesting instinct came out when they were pregnant. More from CafeMom: After 3 C-Sections This Mom Wants You to Know: ‘My Body Didn’t Fail Me’ More from CafeMom: 15 Stunning Photos of Moms ‘Delivering’ Their Own Babies More from CafeMom: This Dad Draws the Most Relatable Cartoons About His Toddler Son More from CafeMom: 16 Parents Reveal the Craziest Bribes They’ve Offered Kids
title: “15 Moms Share Their Weirdest Nesting Stories While Pregnant” ShowToc: true date: “2024-09-25” author: “Joseph Venable”
The American Pregnancy Association calls nesting “the overwhelming desire to get a home ready for a baby.” Overwhelming is putting it lightly — we call it losing our damn minds. We’re talking going from “I’ll unload the dish washer tomorrow” to “I must scrub every mite of dust from the inside of all my kitchen cabinets” crazy. When one refers to it as pregnancy brain or even just the third trimester crazies, either way, the nesting instinct is strong, people! More from CafeMom: 15 Hysterical Snapchats That Make Us Feel Better About Our Own Kid Fails Even if a mom tends to keep a neat house, the nesting phase of pregnancy can turn a woman into someone she may not recognize. A noncrafty mom may suddenly be hand-painting jungle animals on the nursery walls. Or she may become obsessed with tasks that aren’t exactly at the top of the list for what the baby might need (organizing three decades worth of family photos, perhaps?). Still, these things become inexplicably necessary to a woman’s sanity — to the point where a mom will steamroll anyone who tells her to sit down and put up her swollen feet to rest. Ever woken up at 3 a.m. and decided that the entire house needs a paint job? Or ever randomly chosen to reorganize all of the board games in the house? Take a look at women who did! Here, 15 real moms share the wild ways their nesting instinct came out when they were pregnant. More from CafeMom: After 3 C-Sections This Mom Wants You to Know: ‘My Body Didn’t Fail Me’ More from CafeMom: 15 Stunning Photos of Moms ‘Delivering’ Their Own Babies More from CafeMom: This Dad Draws the Most Relatable Cartoons About His Toddler Son More from CafeMom: 16 Parents Reveal the Craziest Bribes They’ve Offered Kids
