CNH
By courtney | August 30, 2010
You may not know this, but it is a crime against nature for a child to arrive in the world to a home where the tubs under his parents’ bed have not been recently evaluated. A home without neatly organized bathroom drawers? Equally egregious. Most shocking of all? Arriving in the world when your mother’s file drawer has not been meticulously sorted for relevancy, current need, and systematic organization. (GASP!)
I know these profound things because of a medical condition called, “Crazy Nesting Hormones.” This syndrome supposedly afflicts women in the last few weeks of their pregnancy. Some of us, however, are overachievers and produce copious amounts of CNH up to 8 weeks in advance. Manifestations of this condition include:
- rearranging the parental bedroom furniture because “we can’t build the crib if our bedroom isn’t in order!”
- compulsive organization of drawers/closets no one will ever see or care about.
- believing that you must buy your husband at least 2 dozen pairs of socks before the baby comes… just in case. (Just in case of what? I have no idea.)
- genuinely considering steam-cleaning the carpets at 7.5 months pregnant, by yourself, and thinking it’s a great idea.
- generally crazy behavior akin to the list above.
It’s a sad state of affairs, especially for people forced to live with those afflicted by CNH. Or work with them. Or even be behind them in line at the grocery store (while they rearrange their items on the conveyor belt… again).
Thank goodness there will be all that extra sleep in eight weeks. I’m sure that will kick this nesting thing right in the butt.
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