DH and I are in a one bedroom apartment and we are stuck here because we can't sign a one year lease with another place since we are probably moving out of state in January.
We were going to have the baby in our bedroom for several months anyway but I have to admit I am a little sad that I don't have a nursery to decorate.
Right now I am trying to make more space and rearrange things to make room for the baby but I can't wait to have more room.
Anyone else not have a nursery? What are you doing instead?
Re: Anyone NOT have a nursery?
Good attitude! I am going to do what I can with her "wall" in our bedroom.
Yep we got a PNP for our room. We thought about an Ikea crib because they are pretty small but the PNP will be useful and I like that it has a changing station. We need to get a small dresser still. I want to buy some decor for the wall at least.
Glad to know I'm not alone!
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Well, now I feel thankful to have an extra bedroom for baby. We've lived in our house for quite awhile -- but we left the previous owners nursery alone. The walls are white and there are stenciled "m & m people" on the longest wall.
At first I thought it was soooo cute (their little girl was two or three) but now I think it's kinda creepy. Hubs and I have actually argued about whether to change it (me) or keep it (him.)
However,. after reading some of your comments I have decided that I am just thankful for the bedroom and that it doesn't really matter that much what's on walls.
GL to ladies who are dealing with issues of space. Thinking of you!
Also, since things get misread on here I would like to explain that I am not bragging about having space. Yes, we have 3 bedrooms and this is our first baby, but we have NO garage, drafty windows, and only 1 bathroom.
Life isn't allll that over here, either.
When I was pregnant with DD we were in a one bedroom like you are. Our lease wasn't up until she was 5 months old. We had a very large master bedroom so we kind of gave her a wall with her crib and changing table/dresser. I decided to do a theme of Curious George... I framed a few CG prints, her crib sheets were red or yellow, and then I had the changing pad covered in red or yellow. When we moved to our new apartment when DD was 5 months old, she had her own place, but I never really went all-out decorating until we moved to the next place when she was 2.5. THEN we really started to decorate.
We're in a 3BR now, but one of those bedrooms is a sound/recording studio for DH so it can't be converted into a nursery. I dream about nursery themes, and I know that it would be fun... but I'm content with not having a nursery for this baby, either. DD slept in our room for a year (well, for the first 5 months she slept all night long in our room, and when we moved she'd sleep about half the night in our room)... so I'm content with waiting until the baby's at least that old before we change things up. Again this time around the baby will have a wall... and a little theme (I think I'm going beach-ish). I've got some seashell prints, I'm going to do natural/sand-colored sheets, I've got a crib skirt that reminds me of the beach (blue, tan, brown, sea green stripes), etc.
DH and I are in a one bedroom until at least November, when our lease it up. We will play it by ear after that.
Originally I was bummed about not getting to set up a nursery, but a crib fits just fine in our room. I realized that I was saving a whole bunch of money by not decorating a nursery, the LO won't know the difference, and it's very common in the area we live in to have babies in one-bedrooms. We live near the beach in a more expensive area, so it's mostly condo and apartment living...
You'll be fine!
Currently going through our second deployment. Can't wait for Zoe to meet her daddy!
We didn't have a nursery with our first (same situation as you!) and even though we're in a four bedroom house now, we won't have a nursery with our third. (one child in each bedroom and the fourth bedroom is in the attic) But it's still fun to pick out cribs/pack and plays/bassinets/bedding/ clothes/ etc. I enjoyed setting up mini diaper changing stations around the apartment complete with extra changes of clothes and pacifiers. I also enjoyed organizing clothes/burp clothes/diapers, etc. onto a little shelf with baskets right next to the pack and play! There's so much to prepare for even if you don't have a nursery! Don't be down, be creative.!
Also: I started the scrap book before baby was born, which made keeping up with pictures, milestones, etc. much easier.
Us! so and I are combining houses. we're selling mine this year and then will sell his next year. at that point we'll get our house. in the meantime we'll have 6 people in a 4 bedroom house (mine's only 3). rather than making the bigger kids share a room right away we'll have baby in our room.
I have the crib and dresser/chaning table combo from ds so that will just go in our room. I still got to pick cute bedding though!
We have a 2 bedroom loft apartment and we sleep in the upstairs bedroom. I guess we could set up the downstairs bedroom as a nursey, but then I'd be running up and down the stairs multiple times a night.
I think we'll just put the crib and dresser in our loft bedroom. It's only temporary, we'll be moving about 9 months after the baby is born. It does make me a little sad, though, that we won't really be able to decorate that much.
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No nursery, the current computer/office room will do with some rearranging. We're ok with smaller space, I'm sure the baby won't complain!
We're not having a nursery. We live in a one bedroom apartment and won't move into a 2 bedroom until hubby comes home from deployment (baby will be about 15 months). While he's gone I'll be staying with my parents out of state.
Instead of a crib we're using a pack n play and pushing our bed up against the wall (we'll also be cosleeping).
We don't know if we will have a nursery! Our lease is up here at the end of October & we are due at the end of November. We need to move because we are on the 3rd floor of the apartment building & have 2 dogs. I can't handle taking 2 dogs out to potty multiple times a day, down three flights of concrete stairs, with an infant. DH & I are looking to rent a house; wish us luck! At any rate, I'm not decorating a nursery here & won't have time to decorate in a new place before the baby arrives--- I'll be lucky to have the house UNPACKED by the time baby arrives!
We do have a nursery, we gave the largest bedroom to the baby since we figured he has so much stuff to go in it.
We never use it at this point.
It's almost ridiculous, it's super cute and sits there empty - total waste of space.
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