November 2014 Moms
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Anyone else short on space for the new baby?
luvalways77
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I always envisioned setting up a nursery someday, but only have 3 bedrooms and my two SSs have their own rooms. *Sigh*. Our bedroom is not that big, but decided we'll make the best of it. I have my little office in my side of the closet and we plan to give my youngest SS my office desk and put the baby's dresser in the closet. We plan to buy a crib with a changing table attached and put the crib next to our bed. I may be losing an actual nursery, but at least we can do some rearranging. Any project is fine with me. Baby and I will be sharing closet space. We intend not to buy too much stuff for the first year. Hopefully we'll be able to move to a bigger place or my older SS moves out cause he's old enough now. DH doesn't think it's healthy for the baby to share a bedroom with us for too long. On the bright side I won't have to walk too far to get her in the middle of the night 
How are you guys coping if you're short on space?
How are you guys coping if you're short on space? 
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Re: Anyone else short on space for the new baby?
With DS, we were in a tiny rental house, where we could barely fit a small cradle, a changing table and a dresser in our room for DS. We made do, and it was actually fairly convenient to have DS so close for his first 9 months.
We're now in a bigger house, but #2 will still be in our room for the first several months for convenience sake. He and DS will eventually share a room, but it could be a year before we have them both sleeping in there.
We are currently in a 3br rental, SS has one room and the other is an office that needs to stay due to DH working from home a lot. We're hoping to move in the next few months but if nothing becomes available then LO will be in with us for longer than we expected. I'm kind of bummed at the potential of not being able to set up a nursery.
We will probably use a snuggle nest for the first few months. And a crib will fit in our room if we move my dressing table somewhere. Not ideal, but whatever. You do what you have to do. It's worth it to be able to live in this awesome city.
We live in a 2 bed, 1 (jack and jill) bath 1100 sq ft house. Had dd in a 700 sq ft apartment with a nook for a nursery. I'm more nervous for #2 that we really don't have much storage so hopefully we will use our spaces wisely. I would love a third bedroom, but I know we don't need it.
Also, I have a friend who has 4 kids in a 2 bedroom home about the same size as mine. It's never been ideal but they make it work. She now has a surprise 5th on the way (she thought she was starting menopause at 30 she was so convinced she wasn't pregnant) and they are renovating the house to add a third bedroom. If they can make it work, any of us can too.
I was torn on this too. I know some babies love the swing and some hate it, but I figured that having this swing/bouncer combo would be a safer bet as the baby has to like either the swing or the bouncer, right???
I picked this one: https://www.toysrus.ca/product/index.jsp?productId=28424706&fromRegistryNumber=61157222&product_skn=703726&prodFindSrc=registry
It's the Graco Glider Elite Gliding Swing- Brompton in case the link doesn't work (I'm in Canada). I also like the fact that it uses batteries or it plugs into the wall.
Fortunately, we can still get condos here for under a million. But you end up paying a lot in strata fees. I would rather take that money and put it toward our mortgage on an actual detached house. So hence... we wait another year.
We lived right downtown when our daughter was born. (Just renting, but 5 minutes to the beach, and the same to shopping, restaurants, etc, etc.) It was great.... until she started walking! lol.
We moved to a residential area a 10 minute drive from downtown when she was 20 months. It got her into an amazing school... but yeah. That is where houses (fixer uppers and tear downs) start at close to $3M. Not going to happen. So yes, we are going to have to move a bit further out to buy a house that is in our price range. I would hate to take her out of her school, but she agrees that buying our own house would be nice.
Enjoy where you live for as long as you can! But yes - space, safety and schools might factor into your future considerations....
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You do what is best for your family, but SS1 can definitely deal with the consequences. I understand the fine line you walk as a step mom though (I have a great one). That being said I also had to share a room with my little brother when I was 18 and he was 12. It wasn't fun in the sense that I didn't have as much privacy as I would like, but it was actually a good bonding year for us.
That said, I've read docs are recommending babies stay with parents for at least a few months. So you could give him his "one-year warning" - in 12 months (or however long it would be - I was estimating), he needs to be moved out or he gets to share a room. I think that's more than fair. And dad should be the one to tell him.