@jlemons-2 Yes and no. The crib DD has transitions into a toddler bed. LO will be in a crib in our room, but we're not buying a second one. I have a friend who is done having babies and we're taking hers until her brother has kids... But he doesn't even have a girlfriend yet, so we're fine.
As far as mattresses go, get what you can afford and air it out for a few months before babe is here. While I understand taking precautions, I think there's a way of doing so without going crazy. Yes, I want what's best for my children, but I'm not about to drop $$ on an organic non-toxic, made from unicorn hair mattress, or formula made from their tears. Lol. I survived on all these things that are apparently bad for our health, but I think I turned out ok.
I think I am in the minority but I actually really used my nursery. DS slept with us the first 6 or so months (in all manners of devices before trying co-sleeping) before he started sleeping in the crib. During those months before I started co-sleeping, I did the majority of my nighttime BFing in the nursery in my super comfy recliner. I liked that I could turn on a light without waking my husband, be somewhat upright/alert (I was terrified to fall asleep holding the baby), and the changing table was in there along with anything I might need (like a charged tablet, bottles of water, medicines, burp cloths for my extremely spitty baby, etc. etc.) . We have always done all the at home diaper changes using the changing table in the nursery. I use cloth diapers and wipes and it is just easier that way, for us at least. Anyway, then he started sleeping in the nursery full time, and I definitely think I've gotten my money's worth out of outfitting a traditional nursery.
In fact, we are going to move DS into the guest bedroom and keep the nursery furniture exactly where it is. We've already given away the guest queen bed and will soon start to transition DS to the toddler bed in there once it is all set up. He hasn't tried to climb out of the crib ever, and sleeps about 11+ hours overnight and 2+ hours at nap so I'm not in a hurry to move him but I will do it before #2 comes.
As far as decorating, I did a Monster's Inc theme for DS (see below) and will probably want to mix it up. I won't paint the nursery again since I did gender neutral colors and all the furniture is bolted to the wall, but I'll probably change out decorations. DS's new room is getting painted though, I'm doing a constellation theme and it's coming out pretty cool.
@NME44 You can definitely get a crib mattress at Walmart or Target for less than $100. It's the chemical free, fancy cotton, etc. kind that get really expensive.
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@stillclever17, I googled what we got. It's a sealy from babies r us that flips to a softer surface for toddlers. I guess it was $80. Not fancy cotton or chemical free, though.
@jekasi, no, we used our nursery for both babies. My son went to his room for nighttime sleeping at 8 weeks and was almost immediately sleeping through the night. Having him in our room caused us to wake him more than he would have naturally woken on his own. My daughter also went into her room at 8ish weeks, but she didn't sttn until closer to 5 or 6 months.
@jekasi so cute! We also used our nursery a lot--did most diaper changes in there (still do) and DD started sleeping in there at 4 weeks. We debated letting the new LO have the nursery and moving DD, but we decided to let her keep it and make the other room LO's. DD will likely still be in a crib (16.5 months) when LO is born and we don't want to disrupt her too much.
Married May 2014 DD born August 2016 Baby #2 due December 2017
I'd love opinions from STM (or TTM, etc.) on sharing rooms. We have a 3 bed 1 bath (soon to add a 2nd bath!), but I'd like to keep my guest room/sewing room as is (at least for a while).
Thinking about having baby take over the crib and getting a lofted bed with storage underneath for DD (she'll be three-ish by the time baby will need the crib).
Is that crazy or should I just get DD a twin + trundle bed (one of the ones that makes a king when it is extended) in the guest room and kick her out when we have guests? The main guest we host is my MIL. Also, this baby is a girl, too, if that informs any opinions. Also, DD started sleeping in her room early (like 2-3 months old), so that might happen again...(although might not!)
DD already offered to share her room with the baby. She is so sweet..but we will see how it all actually works out! The baby will probably sleep in our room for the first couple of months but we will set the nursery up as a shared room.
For DD we had an origami themed room. I had origami fabric I sewed curtains, pillow covers, and crib bedding out of. We made an origami mobile which is still hanging in there actually. DD now has a jenny lind bed which is totally precious, but we will have to move it to the opposite wall when we bring the crib back in there. a little rearranging but it will be cute I think!
When we get into a bigger house I'd like this next baby's room to be constellation themed. Not over the top space themed pinterest-like, but something with cute sheets, curtains, etc.
@lavashiner, I won't have my kids share a room yet bc, quite frankly, they would never sleep. Either a crying baby would wake up the toddler, or if my two big kids were in the same room together, they would chat and play and have a grand ole time. I would just consider that when thinking about moving a baby in with the 3 year old; will the baby keep her up all night?
I would think moving your daughter into a room with a trundle and kicking her out for guests is the best decision. Or, you could have the baby sleep in your room for a longer period of time. This time our baby will share our room for a year, I predict. (The others slept in their nurseries starting at 2 months.)
Thanks, @NME44! The possibility of the baby keeping the toddler up worries my husband, too, but DD is a great sleeper! I think we'll have baby in our room for longer, too, and we might make the decision based on how both of them are sleeping when the time comes...
I'm one of the few who will NOT have a nursery. I think they are fun to plan/decorate and all of the themes and colors are freaking adorable. However, a nursery isn't very practical for our family. I have always kept baby in our room until they sleep thru the night. I like the convenience of just walking 3 feet to the crib/bassinet for midnight feedings. And then I always just move baby into the shared room with older siblings.
I am so excited! The paint is still wet, which is why it's splotchy, but I am just so excited! We still have to lay down new flooring and install new moulding, but holy crap shit is getting real! (The purple is the closet)
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Well, DH and I have already been really excited about getting the baby's room done so we already have most of it done! There is no crib yet, we should have it by the end of the month. I will tell you the #1 thing that I bought for decorating and ABSOLUTELY am in love with......"removable wallpaper". This stuff is basically like the wall decals. It just sticks up on the wall and you can take it right now. I was able to even undo it and repositon it on the wall as needed. It turned out AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was so much easier than painting, and everyone is amazed with it. HIGHLY recommend for anyone looking for that extra something. I will try to load some pics (I'm not very good on this site).
@eazybreezy225 I won't have a. Urseru this time around either (#3). I am still torn on what to do. So I set up a crib in my sons (larger) room and have him sleep with my daughter (trundle). Do I wait to find out what he/she is then put the baby in the gender specific room and bunk the other two? I do think baby will stay in my room until schools out in June to keep consistency for the kids. We'll see!
What furniture colors go best with gray walls? We trendily gray-ified the room earmarked for nursery purposes way back when we moved in, but I can't figure out what would look good besides white furniture. Which is fine if we are having a girl, but I just can't picture white furniture in a boy's room. Black maybe? Or should we just repaint altogether?
Blerg. I feel like I'm spinning my wheels for another month before I can buy or register for anything! C'monnnnn anatomy scan!
@elcd458 - We have a gray living room with dark brown furniture and I think it works. I think you need to go dark brown - a medium brown looks funny (to me).
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@elcd458 Anything works with gray. All of the walls in our house are gray, and we've got every color furniture - white, espresso, wood. But my favorite is reclaimed wood with gray. It looks so good. Maybe try a light wood or rustic wood if you're not down with the dark brown
@elcd458 we were going with white bedding if it were a boy. It don't think it matters. I can't think of another color that would look good either. Maybe reds?
Our babe will just sleep in our room for an indeterminate amount of time. We bought a mini-crib today and figured out dimensions of furniture that will go in there. Coincidentally, we've decided that the "changing table" will just be a bookcase we already have in the room.
@jackiesmom324, if you count our desk and computer being in our bedroom along with the crib as a "home office," then yes, we're combining all three
@elcd458 I'm going with gray walls, white furniture and pops of teal. We're having a girl, but I want to keep it gender neutral for hopefully next time. Gray goes with anything....which may be why my entire closet is gray/black. Love the neutral colors!
We have three bedrooms. My almost 6 year old has her own room and my son (4.5) has his own room. His room is large enough I can fit a crib and another dresser and the changing table. She's so upset thinking if it's a girl it will go in her room and a boy will stay in her brothers. We are team green!
So, baby will stay in my room mostly until June (when school is out) but I want a place for clothes and changing table and naps. Needless to say I wa a planning on setting up a mini nursery within my son's room (in the corner). I almost could separate with a little wall curtain or something?
Does anyone else else have another idea? Also I hate his oak wood furniture but he as our second and we were given it all and I glad you took it. It's cute for him. However can I blend a different furniture type and make it flow?
Reviving this thread bc I found this gem at Hobby Lobby for my "nursery nook" of my master bedroom and couldn't help but share. It's where I plan on doing most of my bfing, rocking to sleep, etc since we're not doing a nursery. I'm pretty sure it was made for a kitchen/dining room
A coworker of mine was moving last week and her roommate was throwing this cabinet out on the curb. She showed me a picture of it and told me the measurements and it was exactly the size I was looking for to use for BB2 (my nickname for this next child) as a dresser/changing station. This way DD doesn't have to share her dresser. Woo!
So she brought the cabinet over to me the other day and I went out to Michaels on saturday and picked up some chalk paint and wax and had a hot date painting on saturday night. It was so easy and actually fun! I still need to wax it but here it is! I love it!
@mrsorigami is that a lock? As in, lock the drawers bc my kid changes clothes 15 times a day or pulls them all out of the dresser? Neat! I need one for my 8yo.
I am SO excited to (hopefully) find out the sex at our A/S tomorrow. We aren't painting and won't even do a theme, so it won't be super gendered, but we currently have three pieces of art that we'll hang regardless of sex. I'm not ready to commit to where they go until we have more, and I don't want to buy more until we know. Also we have a couple of crib sheets, one being white/navy/turquoise with anchors and whales, one with gray/cream sheep. I'll probably register for at least one 'girly' one if it's a girl. And I might register for a bedding set for when LO is older and can have a blanket in there.
I'm excited that we sort of have nursery colors and a theme now... The walls are already very lightly grey, and I've been drawn to navy and grey/white neutrals and elephants, with bright accent colors to liven things up here and there. I got these three plank cut outs for nursery wall art: I think they're perfect! And if I end up feeling they are too "bland" then I have quite the collection of fat quarters and a staple gun I can use to spice up the cut out's negative space with bright colors.
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In fact, we are going to move DS into the guest bedroom and keep the nursery furniture exactly where it is. We've already given away the guest queen bed and will soon start to transition DS to the toddler bed in there once it is all set up. He hasn't tried to climb out of the crib ever, and sleeps about 11+ hours overnight and 2+ hours at nap so I'm not in a hurry to move him but I will do it before #2 comes.
As far as decorating, I did a Monster's Inc theme for DS (see below) and will probably want to mix it up. I won't paint the nursery again since I did gender neutral colors and all the furniture is bolted to the wall, but I'll probably change out decorations. DS's new room is getting painted though, I'm doing a constellation theme and it's coming out pretty cool.
Me: 28 DH: 35
Dx PCOS May 2015
Baby #1 due 12/7/17
@jekasi, no, we used our nursery for both babies. My son went to his room for nighttime sleeping at 8 weeks and was almost immediately sleeping through the night. Having him in our room caused us to wake him more than he would have naturally woken on his own. My daughter also went into her room at 8ish weeks, but she didn't sttn until closer to 5 or 6 months.
Married May 2014
DD born August 2016
Baby #2 due December 2017
Thinking about having baby take over the crib and getting a lofted bed with storage underneath for DD (she'll be three-ish by the time baby will need the crib).
Is that crazy or should I just get DD a twin + trundle bed (one of the ones that makes a king when it is extended) in the guest room and kick her out when we have guests? The main guest we host is my MIL. Also, this baby is a girl, too, if that informs any opinions. Also, DD started sleeping in her room early (like 2-3 months old), so that might happen again...(although might not!)
Thanks!
For DD we had an origami themed room. I had origami fabric I sewed curtains, pillow covers, and crib bedding out of. We made an origami mobile which is still hanging in there actually. DD now has a jenny lind bed which is totally precious, but we will have to move it to the opposite wall when we bring the crib back in there. a little rearranging but it will be cute I think!
When we get into a bigger house I'd like this next baby's room to be constellation themed. Not over the top space themed pinterest-like, but something with cute sheets, curtains, etc.
Together since May 19, 2001
Baby #1 was born in May 2013.
I would think moving your daughter into a room with a trundle and kicking her out for guests is the best decision. Or, you could have the baby sleep in your room for a longer period of time. This time our baby will share our room for a year, I predict. (The others slept in their nurseries starting at 2 months.)
However, a nursery isn't very practical for our family. I have always kept baby in our room until they sleep thru the night. I like the convenience of just walking 3 feet to the crib/bassinet for midnight feedings. And then I always just move baby into the shared room with older siblings.
I am so excited! The paint is still wet, which is why it's splotchy, but I am just so excited! We still have to lay down new flooring and install new moulding, but holy crap shit is getting real! (The purple is the closet)
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TTCAL 6/15/16
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This time the walls are already grey, and I think I'm going to do a black and white theme. I love decorating so much.
Blerg. I feel like I'm spinning my wheels for another month before I can buy or register for anything! C'monnnnn anatomy scan!
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Colourwise I've spotted some cute rooms online with teal, pink, yellow or(and) orange pops of colour.
@jackiesmom324, if you count our desk and computer being in our bedroom along with the crib as a "home office," then yes, we're combining all three
We have three bedrooms. My almost 6 year old has her own room and my son (4.5) has his own room. His room is large enough I can fit a crib and another dresser and the changing table. She's so upset thinking if it's a girl it will go in her room and a boy will stay in her brothers. We are team green!
So, baby will stay in my room mostly until June (when school is out) but I want a place for clothes and changing table and naps. Needless to say I wa a planning on setting up a mini nursery within my son's room (in the corner). I almost could separate with a little wall curtain or something?
Does anyone else else have another idea? Also I hate his oak wood furniture but he as our second and we were given it all and I glad you took it. It's cute for him. However can I blend a different furniture type and make it flow?
She showed me a picture of it and told me the measurements and it was exactly the size I was looking for to use for BB2 (my nickname for this next child) as a dresser/changing station. This way DD doesn't have to share her dresser. Woo!
So she brought the cabinet over to me the other day and I went out to Michaels on saturday and picked up some chalk paint and wax and had a hot date painting on saturday night. It was so easy and actually fun!
I still need to wax it but here it is! I love it!
Together since May 19, 2001
Baby #1 was born in May 2013.
DD - 12/28/17
TTC #2 3/2019
BFP 5/2019 || MC - D&C 5/2019
BFP 2/2020 || EDD 10/10/2020
I think they're perfect! And if I end up feeling they are too "bland" then I have quite the collection of fat quarters and a staple gun I can use to spice up the cut out's negative space with bright colors.