I feel abnormal re: nursery

jayleigh68 · October 2011

I seriously feel abnormal. I have no desires to go crazy on the baby's room. I will not paint and I feel no urge to really decorate. I just feel weird spending money on something the baby won't even care about. I don't care about a theme. Meh. Will the desire to decorate kick in eventually? Is anyone else feeling this way?

books4brooke · October 2011

I like decorating, so for me it's much more about my interest and the way I'm connecting with having a baby. But truly, I think we probably overdo the nursery. My son barely spent any time in there, and once we moved him into his bigger room, that decorating seemed more meaningful in the long run since he would be in there far longer than the crib. Honestly, if you put a crib with a sheet and blinds up, you probably have what you need!

Lisichka · October 2011

I felt the same way with DD's nursery, we didn't end up repainting her room (it was green), nor doing anything crazy - heck, we didn't even buy a bedding set, since you really don't use most of the items. Now that we're moving and she's getting a "big girl" room, I think I'll decorate it more - she already picked a bedding set and a wall color (she wants turquoise blue, lol) - I'll go from there. I don't think we'll do anything crazy in the new baby's room either, maybe some wall stickers/baby's name and a couple of pictures.

KatieMarie27 · October 2011

I don't plan on doing anything extreme, just painting the walls since they are white, putting in a crib and curtains. I don't think you are abnormal, the baby won't know you didn't spend hours decorating and spending tons of money on that must have table lamp that matches the bedding that matches the wall border that matches the light switch that matches the custom made rug.

SassyRedhead · October 2011

This will probably change closer to your nesting period where you want everything perfect

GuppyAmy · October 2011

This is me. Well actually I should say us. We are getting the baby new furniture and new bedding but the walls are cream and carpet is beige. It will stay that way until the baby is old enough to decide to pick their own colors. We just painted and put new carpet down 2 years ago. We may put some art on the walls but no murals.

Mrs_MBed · October 2011

DD1's nursery was never finished and it didn't matter as she ended up staying in our room. LOL We didn't decorate for DD2 either as she ended up in our room due to lack of space. Also, she was a preemie and it made me feel better that she was in reach, especially after a NICU stay, plus DD1 was in her own room. This time around, we are moving out of state in June, so we'll be in the process of packing/trying to handle 4 children 4 & under.

Honestly, my nesting phases simply included cleaning and making sure we had all the necessary baby items. As cute as I think the nurseries in the magazines are, I just have no desire to re-create them. Now, when they are older, its another story. I loved going with DD1 to pick out things to decorate her room. We had a lot of fun putting it together. I am looking forward to doing it again when me move

Texas77again · October 2011

omg, i could have written this post myself. in fact i was going to earlier, but i didn't.

i have many reasons why i feel that way right now. 1. i'm not good at decorating, i don't have that eye. 2. we aren't even sure which room we are going to use. 3. baby is going to cosleep with us and nap in the bassinet in the beginning, so how much is he/she really going to use the nursery. 4. we don't know the sex and are planning to stay team green. 5. i don't like nursery themes because then it becomes overload in whatever you pick. 6. i think i'd rather wait until the baby is older and then we can decorate according to their personality.

i'm sure there are a million more reasons for me, but that's enough.

MrsJetSet · October 2011

I totally agree that you only decorate the nursery for the parents. That being said I think ours will be fairly tame. I am going with Ikea furniture, leaving the walls beige and putting up a tree decal. I won't be buying a bedding set, since I won't use most of it. We will just get some solid color sheets and if I feel like it I MAY make a crib skirt in a patterned fabric, but probably not.

The way our house is laid out, we likely will not goto the nursery often. Our master is on main and the other bedrooms up. Baby will sleep in our room for a couple mos, and even when we transition to crib, I don't picture much time upstairs other than sleeping. I'm sure this will change when we have child 2.

kiarstin · October 2011

Our whole house is decorated so I want to decorate the babies room b/c I want it to look good also. I know my baby doesn't care but I care about how my home looks. An undecorated house to me just doesn't look good. I like art on the walls and nice pillows and color. With that said i am not decorating the babies room all cutesy either since I know the baby doesn't care why not go with something my style that will grow with them until they are old enough to make some decision on their room. If you are not into decorating or having it decorated don't do it. No rules say you have to have a put together room, you just need a place for their things.

lulling · October 2011

I really like to decorate so I am doing a room for the baby. It is also partially because I am dying of boredom and need something to do so pass the time. Additionally, this room will be the child's room as long as we are in the this house so I don't have to worry about moving the child to another room in a year or two.

kmhunt11 · October 2011

I actually had the thought last night that we will just put a crib in DD's room and baby will sleep in our room til summer. We're still struggling with a problem about where to put the LO. 2 bedrooms on top floor, 3 in basement. Problem is basement heat doesn't work well, and the toilet will barely flush toilet paper. We're not comfortable with DD all the way down there by herself (she'll be almost 4). No idea what we're going to do.

Divallyn · October 2011

I don't plan on going crazy with a "baby theme". That's the part I don't get. Especially since it's so expensive to go with a theme. I do plan on having nice furniture (most which were bought used) and nice curtains and nice linens. I will probably sew a couple pillows to compliment the curtains. I will probably do a couple DIY pictures on the walls too.

Our house is decorated for the most part except the space we don't use so I want the babies room to jive with the rest of the house but I am not dropping a lot of money to do it.

mrs.gee · October 2011

You're not abnormal. I didn't have a thing in DS's room before he was born (part is tradition, part is lack of interest). I didn't have curtains in his room until a day before his first birthday party, when I frantically ran out to get them at Target.

sisterinlaw2B · October 2011

I'm not decorating a nursery. We are just putting a crib, glider, and dresser in the guest room. Walla. Place for the baby to sleep

Everyone told me that I would change my tune when I was pregnant. Nope. Super excited about the baby, don't care at all about having a nursery

Want a personalized experience?

I feel abnormal re: nursery

Re: I feel abnormal re: nursery

Choose Another Board

Search Boards