How do expecting parents prepare for parenthood?

The average parent will spend more than three weeks of time preparing the nursery for their child before they’re born according to new research conducted by Talker Research on behalf of Minted.

That’s according to a new survey of 1,500 parents with kids under the age of 10 and 500 first-time expecting parents. Results revealed that 28% started decorating their nursery during the second trimester, though 17% dove right in and started as soon as they found out they were pregnant. 20% of respondents waited until the third trimester to start decorating, while 5% did not tackle the task until after the baby was born.

Still, the average parent spent almost seven (6.6) hours tweaking their child’s nursery after they were born.

Almost nine in 10 (86%) chose to know the sex of their baby before they were born. The majority of parents who already have children wanted to know the gender before birth (90%), but first-time expecting parents are less likely to want to know (75%).