October 2018 Moms

AW: Nursery thread

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Re: AW: Nursery thread

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  • @bntfroggie How old is your DD? We are keeping DS in his room, but slowly moving all of the nursery stuff out. We’ve involved him in process of picking new stuff for his room.
  • @cdepperschmidt She was 2 in April.  She will be 2.5 when new baby gets here.  I'm not sure why I'm so stressed about the new room.  I decided tonight we will take apart the guest bed and move it to the basement and I think somehow that will give me some peace of mind.
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  • SS was super excited to move, but he's 6. He got to move to our upstairs bungalow and so it seems huge and private. The only thing I hate is that it gets hot up there. So he has a fan. But it's only hot in the summer and hee doesn't sleep there often. 
  • @mamabearcj that dino is so cute! I just double tapped to like the picture. Oops lol 
  • @bntfroggie It’s all very stressful! I try to come at it from the thought that having a new baby will be a huge change for DS (2.5 now, almost 3 when baby comes) and so I want to keep anything I can the same for him.
  • Fingers crossed for you, @kfrob! Maybe if you guys are super positive and excited about it, they will be too :)
  • Mylitta
    I feel like you've summed up real life parenting perfectly!  We have expectations  and then life comes along and you go with it!  For my DS, we were in a 1 bdrm apartment, so he got a crib in the corner.  This time, we're in a house, but we got pregnant THEN started the Reno to add the bdrm.  I was SOOO excited to have a "real nursery" this time, and now I'm like, "we just need texture/paint up and carpets in before we put up the crib".  Oh and there's a door that needs to become a window...lol.  Oy Vay!
  • @kfrob that sounds like a fun day for them! Hopefully they'll embrace it with getting to pick out some of their own stuff!
  • So envious of all of the nurseries. H and I are in kind of a stalemate with space and where the baby will be. He has a weight bench in the perfect baby corner of our bedroom and he’s really resistant to moving it because he works from home and taking short breaks to lift periodically  is sometimes the only time he gets to work out..

    On the other hand it’s the perfect space for the kids stuff/crib etc—otherwise it’s going to have to be in the living room in a separate corner and we will have to get rid of bookshelves etc. The weight bench really doesn’t fit into that space.

    I feel like he needs to just give up the weights but I also don’t want to discourage him from staying in shape. I just wish we had more space I guess.
  • @rc-cola do you have a garage or any place you could put in a rubber mat with the bench and make him his own space?
  • @chopchop25 unfortunately no. We live in Brooklyn. Eventually we will have to get a bigger space, so this set up is necessarily temporary at least.
  • @rc-cola bummer, but makes sense. Hopefully you can find a spot for everything!
  • @sammierose464 those shelves are awesome!
  • bel194bel194 member
    I love it! Thats such a good idea!
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    BFP #3: due 10/21/2018 
  • @sammierose464 I love those shelves!!
  • @sammierose464 Those are gorgeous!!!
  • I want stuff in the nursery so the dogs can get used to the change gradually but I am not sure dh will set anything up until it is panted and he will be doing that early August when I am out of town for work. Ugh. I want to nest and get over the shock of baby stuff on our main level of the house! 

  • @SweetSweetTooth I know exactly what you mean. We cleared out the nursery (which I am still mourning as my late office) last week and shoved everything into our guest room which is now unusable. I want to push my husband to paint so I can start arranging stuff but it’s our first summer in our house and we’ve been busy every weekend with stuff. It’s so much less exciting to get baby stuff when you have to shove it in a full room!
  • @sammierose464 love those shelves! It's awesome you guys had the same idea!
  • @sammierose464 how sweet!!! It looks great!
  • @sammierose464 I think we have that same crib! Sorelle?
    I find you and I have a lot of the same things and likes/dislikes/similarities! 
  • @sammierose464 The new crib looks great, and I love the shelves! 

    Everyones nurseries are coming along so well!

    DH and FIL have been working all day on the nursery to put up crown molding that they just had to have. The room previously had crown molding when it was my walk-in closet, but I told them we didn’t need it and it would just be easier to remove it...but they insisted. After working on it for the past 5.5 hours I just heard them give up and rip it all down. I hope this is the end of it and they will just agree to finish the rest of the room so we can build the furniture and set everything else up. Plus, I’m tired of contrinuing to buy pieces of crown molding just for them to cut them wrong and have to go buy more. Next weekend is the last open weekend we have until Labor Day and I really want to have the furniture boxes out of our living room sooner rather than later.
    Me:29 DH:30
    Married:10/2012
    TTC #1: 12/2017
  • @spartan4life yikes! I’d never try hanging crown, it’s such a b*tch to cut right. Hope they’re done with it!!
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  • sammierose464sammierose464 member
    edited July 2018
    @sammierose464 I think we have that same crib! Sorelle?
    I find you and I have a lot of the same things and likes/dislikes/similarities! 
    I honestly have no idea. My mom got it from Sam's club is all I know. But I agree I've noticed that we have a lot in common too!

    @sliztee that's adorable
  • @jennybean80 They gave it up! FIL texted DH and is still trying to get him to try again tomorrow but we both said no. All they have to do is paint the bottom trim and the top where they had to do some patching. Then they have to hang the new ceiling fan and they will be done!

    We need to put new blinds in there, but now we are debating about blinds or curtains. What do you all plan to use? I worry about him pulling down the curtains when he gets older, but DH likes the idea of curtains better. I am planning to go look at cordless blinds tomorrow. Thoughts?
    Me:29 DH:30
    Married:10/2012
    TTC #1: 12/2017
  • @spartan4life our nursery had cordless blinds installed already. We definitely need some curtains (hopefully blackout curtains) in addition because the blinds don’t darken the room too much. I suppose you could get some blinds that are blackout or the equivalent if you are looking to control the light coming in a lot. 
  • @rabtaido1214 That’s a really good point. I didn’t even think about the light coming through blinds being an issue.
    Me:29 DH:30
    Married:10/2012
    TTC #1: 12/2017
  • @spartan4life and if I’m being honest I want curtains for decorative reasons too. I’m a ftm, but I did see somewhere along the way room darkening/blackout curtains can make putting the baby down for a nap easier. Not sure if this can be corroborated by some STMs.
  • @spartan4life - there are cordless blackout shades and blinds.  You just have to look for them.  I plan to do valences instead of curtains because I’m also concerned about Blast pulling them down when xe gets okder.  
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