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LadyEku
07-09-2008, 09:50 PM
Hey Everyone! I'm a new mommy, well next week i will be. My daughter is due on the 18th. I've been cleaning things like crazy, folding baby clothes, buying everything in the book, and i still don't feel ready. Is this normal, am i just freaking out? I feel like im already not doing enough and the beby isn't even here yet. Can anyone relate?
HarperKsMommy
07-09-2008, 11:28 PM
Yes! Before I had our daughter, I cleaned her room 10 times, reorganized her closet everday after work, and so on. I sterilized her pacifiers, I washed her bedsheets, AHHHH! I bought everything! Teethers, pacifiers, $300 dollar jogging stroller, womb monitor, womb thing for babys belly to "Reduce Colic", cute outfits. I went shopping every other day at the mall. $72 in Gap here, $80 in the Childrens Place, $125 in Carters[I LOVE THIS PLACE!!!] I bought everything!
Jessica at Parenting.com
07-11-2008, 11:49 AM
Hey Everyone! I'm a new mommy, well next week i will be. My daughter is due on the 18th. I've been cleaning things like crazy, folding baby clothes, buying everything in the book, and i still don't feel ready. Is this normal, am i just freaking out? I feel like im already not doing enough and the beby isn't even here yet. Can anyone relate?

Hi, Lady Eku.

Welcome! And yes, you are 100% normal. The week before I had my baby, I felt like I was running a marathon. I wanted everything to be perfect. When I was admitted to the hospital a little early, I literally thought, "Now? Can't it wait a few days?" because I still had stuff to do. Knowing what I know now, if/when we decide to crank out baby #2, I'm going to spend the final weeks of my pregnancy with my feet up, eating donuts!

Hope you enjoy the boards! We talk about anything and everything around here...
1st Time Mom - Again
07-13-2008, 05:34 PM
Nesting is a perfectly normal period just before your baby is born. Cleaning and preparation is something we seem to do in excess during the last couple of weeks -- I think it's nature's way of making up for the total lack of time you will have to do these things once baby arrives. :P