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Have a nursery?
People keep asking us how we're going to fit a nursery into our 2 bedroom apartment, and look at us like we're BANANAS when we say we have no intention of having one.
Our 2nd bedroom is our office, hubby works from home. We want baby with us (and the dogs!) in our bedroom. It's a huge room, plenty of space for a bassinet and a changing table. So...do we really need a nursery as well?
I just don't us locking baby in a separate room. Ever. But if this seems crazy please let me know so we can start re-arranging that 2nd room ASAP!
Our 2nd bedroom is our office, hubby works from home. We want baby with us (and the dogs!) in our bedroom. It's a huge room, plenty of space for a bassinet and a changing table. So...do we really need a nursery as well?
I just don't us locking baby in a separate room. Ever. But if this seems crazy please let me know so we can start re-arranging that 2nd room ASAP!
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Re: Have a nursery?
I really don't feel like we need it, but you're right about people always making you doubt a decision!
In my family babies always slept in mom and dads room until they were at least a year. And there was always a pack and play or something like it in the living room. The thinking was, keep an eye on a sleeping baby and a baby that can sleep in the busiest room in the house (living room) can sleep through anything.
It depends on how you define a "nursery" I guess. Our nursery consists of a crib and a dresser with her clothes. We also have a single bed in her room which gets used at various time by us or guests. We don't have a changing table or special decorations.
So I like that baby has a space she can go into when she's mobile and during the day. But if your bedroom can house a cot or pnp then I agree there's no real need for a nursery.
Elizabeth 5yrs old Jane 3yrs old
We set up a nursery - crib, changing table, dresser. And the baby never slept in there, but we've gotten lots of use out of the changing table and dresser! At this point it's just his space for toys, clothes, diapers, etc. so really more like a play room. We moved his crib out of there and had it side-cared to the bed for a while. Now it's just taking up space in our room since we full time bedshare with a floor mattress after he got mobile.
Eventually we'll set him up with his own bed, but where and how it will all play out depends on when we have other children and other unforeseen changes.
If you don't want a nursery, no problem. But I wouldn't consider having a nursery to be the equivalent of "locking baby in a separate room". That sounds pretty negative.
We're in a similar situation. We rent a 1 bedroom apartment, so no "nursery" for baby, but we're planning on co-sleeping anyway. We've already figured out some ways to rearrange the furniture so that we'll have room for a crib/rock n' play/bassinet, changing table, rocker, and other storage for extra baby clothes, etc. We try to live simply as our general life and family philosophy, so I'm not worried about not having enough space. We'll make it work.
It's not crazy at all. DD is in the room by herself in the crib. DS who is older still sleeps with me. If I could fit her crib in my room I would likely bring her in as well cause I hate that she is so far (yet the one who no longer needs me is so close). Eventually DD and DS will share a room when we get him his big boy bed.
Either way if you feel comfortable with having her in your room I don't see a problem. Actually it will be so much more convinient. People look at me like I have 3 heads when I say DD still wakes up several times a night. They also look at me like I have 3 heads when I tell them that DS still sleeps in my bed. it works for me so they can all stuff it. Do whatevery YOU feel comfortable with because I'm sure they will not be walking across the hall at 3am for that middle of the night nursing session for you.
Yeah you're right, that came out wrong. Damn lack of sleep!
I think if it comes down to it, we can move the office desk into the master bedroom and put a crib in the 2nd bedroom. We've got a twin size bed in there, too.
Looks like it's pretty split on who uses a nursery and who doesn't, so I'm thinking we really need to keep our options open on this one!
It really depends on your baby's personality. We had planned on bedsharing and/or room sharing and it didn't work out. For the first 7 months, we'd put him down in a RnP and switch to cosleeping when we came to bed. By the time he became mobile and we stopped swaddling, he was all over the bed in his sleep and waking up every time he'd run into one of us. He also won't sleep if we're in the room because he wants to play. As much as I loved having him in our bed and in our room, he likes his own space. He STTN perfectly when we moved him to his crib (and so did we!)