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dreadiemama
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how much furniture needed
dreadiemama
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Hello ladies! I'm kind of at a loss at how much furniture is really needed for a nursery? I'm going over my mom's house tomorrow to pick up my old cradle, and possible some dressers and stuff but I'm at a loss of what I would need. So far I have accounted for:
-Cradle
-weird dresser/shelf thing that I'm sure I can use for something.
-one maybe two dressers
-wooden rocking chair
-maybe a changing table if I can find it.
Is there a difference between baby dressers and normal dressers? I'm also considering (not sure if this is a stupid idea) putting in some floor cabinets for storage and using the counter top as a changing table if I can't find the changing table in my mom's attic.
My brother also suggested making a built in, which is what he did for his LO, and now that she's potty trained they cleaned it and store stuffed animals on what was once the "changing corner."
Oh also my BIL is giving/lending me a crib once LO grows out of the cradle.
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Re: how much furniture needed
IMO, you do not need a separate dresser and changing table. Essentially, they are the same thing, with a changing pad on top of one. You can secure the changing pad to the back of the dresser for security.
I would wait on any built ins for now, although it sounds like a good idea.
This is the furniture that is going in my nursery: crib, dresser as a changing table, tall chest of drawers, rocker/recliner, side table, daybed. I'm only keeping the day bed in there because we already have it, and it may be helpful if I feel the need to sleep in there from time to time. We already own all the furniture except the crib (most was my college bedroom suite), but if we were purchasing it all new, I probably wouldn't have the chest of drawers or side table.
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I also had a glider with ottoman, a small side table next to it to hold burp cloths, tissues, lamp, bed time books, etc. and a small bookshelf that holds his books and baskets with toys.
We have in both children's room:
book shelf (books are very important to both DH and I)
bed (dd's on the floor, new baby in an Ikea crib)
wardrobe with draws built in, each child has a shelf in there which is used as a changing table, when they are PT we will just take the changing pad out
a chair of some kind for me to sit on when nursing them to sleep (new child has a Poang chair from Ikea).
We have a crib, dresser that is used as a changing table, too, a bookshelf, and a glider. The glider is my "luxury item" that I don't HAVE to have. You can use any dresser you like, baby or adult
We have a dresser and a changing table that has 3 large drawers under it (basically it is a dresser with an actual changing table on top). In my experience so far, it's too much. We don't need all of those drawers. But, I can't imagine not having the changing table...so if you have a free dresser already, you might as well use it, then buy a changing table with some storage in it, too.
We also have a toy organizer (open shelves with felt buckets for toys), an end table with a lamp on it where we store more books, and an actual short bookshelf. You definitely want lots of open storage for books/toys/etc.
Good luck!
Do you have a closet in the nursery? For me that would help me decide on how much storage space I need. We like having very little furniture in the nursery so it gives us more space to lay out and play. We use the Ikea Expedit shelf with baskets for storage and as a changing table. We keep books and toys along with bibs, rags, socks, diapers and wipes in the baskets. In our closet we have shelves built in to hang and fold clothes and keep bigger items. We have a rocking chair, ottoman, crib, and a small table next to the rocking chair.
If you do go with a dresser, I would invest money in a dresser that can be used for many years instead of a nursery specific dresser (some have the changing station built in). Just make sure you secure the changing pad to whatever surface you use.
We were limited on space in the nursery since it doubles as DH's office. So we went with a crib/changing table combo and a recliner that rocks and lays completely flat. The recliner has been wonderful, and now that DS is so easily distracted it's where I take him to nurse, day or night. I can nap in it early in the morning after putting DS back down in his crib so as not to disturb DH by going back to bed. I am not quite sure how I would have survived without it. I have a small little table next to the recliner that's nice for my water, Kindle, etc. We keep baby's clothes in Rubbermaid totes in the closet; it's working well enough and doesn't take up a lot of space.
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We'll have a crib, double dresser that will be a changing table, and a nightstand (more for me now) to put next to the rocker/glider.