Anyone else reusing the same nursery decor for this baby as last?

PixelPosy · April 2015

My SIL wrinkled her nose at the thought of not getting, at the least, a new crib bedding set for this baby. My plan was to pretty much keep the nursery decorated as it is (less any personalized items from DD1). We're moving DD1 straight to a big girl bed in a different room, so she doesn't need the crib bedding for a toddler bed. Is that strange not to redecorate the nursery for baby #2?

jlsweets · April 2015

Not in my opinion! We are reusing the same bedding/décor as well- We didn't know what we were having with our first so everything was a green French paisley print, we will use the same this time as well. Our son has been in his own room, big boy bed and train themed room so the nursery is empty and still decorated. Since it's gender neutral couldn't justify spending money on more gender neutral?? I would rather just wait until we know what the baby is then redecorate the room as he/she grows.

FWIW even if I did know the sex of the baby and they were the same sex I would keep the same bedding/decor

MamaMcBride · April 2015

Uhhh if that's bizarre behavior then I need to be studied -_- . DD1's original crib set will have been ALL my girls' sets because I don't see the point in buying them each nearly identical $200+ sets of crib linens, what purpose does that serve? Its not like crib sets get worn looking if you're laundering correctly anyway. I'd say you are in the right honestly, seems wasteful to buy another just for the sake of buying something.

Lalala2326 · April 2015

That is exactly what we are doing. The nursery is staying the same and we already moved my daughter to her big girl room next door. I would suggest making the switch well ahead of time if you are going to do that though so your other LO doesn't feel displaced. I have no interest in redecorating a perfectly good room and spending a bunch of money unnecessarily. We didn't find out whether DD was a boy or a girl, and we aren't with this one, so everything is already gender neutral. The new baby will get plenty of other things that are all his/hers. Both my DH and I are second children, so we are not unsympathetic to getting lots of hand-me-downs, but a baby has absolutely no idea whether their nursery was decorated specifically for them or not.

deviduke412 · April 2015

My whole theme is gender neutral, even though we are having a boy, so it can be used for all of our babies. It'd be dumb not to. I'm all about saving on things like that so we can have more money to do meaningful things with our kids.

PixelPosy · April 2015

@Lalala2326 I think that's what my SIL was getting at with the hand-me-down mentality as she does have an older sister. I don't have a same sex sibling, so I'm not as aware of that issue. But gosh I hope it doesn't start when they are just babies! I am delighted that we already have literally everything we need for this baby and I'm more excited to help DD1 decorate her big girl room, then I am to redo the nursery that I still adore as is.

MamaMcBride · April 2015

PixelPosy said:
@Lalala2326 I think that's what my SIL was getting at with the hand-me-down mentality as she does have an older sister. I don't have a same sex sibling, so I'm not as aware of that issue. But gosh I hope it doesn't start when they are just babies! I am delighted that we already have literally everything we need for this baby and I'm more excited to help DD1 decorate her big girl room, then I am to redo the nursery that I still adore as is.

Fear not, DD2 has yet to unleash her hand-me-down wrath upon us, haha . Plus DD2 is fast becoming much bigger than her sister so DD1 could easily be getting hand-me-downs from her little sisters. I think you'll be fine

Lalala2326 · April 2015

PixelPosy said:
@Lalala2326 I think that's what my SIL was getting at with the hand-me-down mentality as she does have an older sister. I don't have a same sex sibling, so I'm not as aware of that issue. But gosh I hope it doesn't start when they are just babies! I am delighted that we already have literally everything we need for this baby and I'm more excited to help DD1 decorate her big girl room, then I am to redo the nursery that I still adore as is.

lol it really doesn't unless you turn it in to that. It sounds like your SIL is a little bitter and got a lot more hand-me-downs that she could stand. Just make sure you do a few individual things for this one (get a special coming home outfit, a new stuffed animal or blanket that is all this LOs). There are things that go along with being the first child that suck (think of all the mistakes you have made with the first that you will try not to repeat!) and there are certain things that suck about being the second one (lots of hand-me-downs). Its part of life, and as long as you make your kids feel like special little individuals as they grow up, you will be fine. The bitterness of hand-me-downs is not universal to all second kids and keeping the same nursery is not going to mean your LO will be in the slightest. Like I said, the baby has no idea.

benmel31 · April 2015

I purposely got gender neutral bedding so we could reuse the crib sheets and changing pad covers (we didn't really decorate with a theme). We will get some new blankets since most of the blankets were bought for DD and are pink. But, now DD wouldn't give those blankets up, so we would need new ones anyway.

WDDCH · April 2015

I think that is financially wise and makes sense. Save the room makeovers for when baby is older and can choose his/her theme.

mrsrfwii · April 2015

We reused all the same nursery stuff fort first two. This time I'm using as much of what we saved, there will be 5 years between this baby and my youngest. So I'm getting a few things to refresh the nursery, but the theme is the same. We've been team green for all and have a sea life theme nursery so it works for boys or girls.

buckleyk · April 2015

My friend did that when she had her second little girl. I think it's totally normal!

missmarissa711 · April 2015

I am all about saving money when possible. my whole life is one big budget lol. I say go for it!

Snooches07 · April 2015

I just had someone ask me what new theme I was doing the nursery in! I didn't even think twice and just said, the same as our firsts. Well just move her into a big girl room and get her new stuff. Seems kind of silly for us to purchase new nursery decor when they grow out of it so quickly. Not to mention our nursery room theme is the very hungry caterpillar and is gender neutral. I got a look like, oh well that's nice that you'll be saving money.

Is it ridiculous to try and save where you can? Why do I feel like that person thought I was being cheap? I say reuse and recycle. My first is only 16 mo! I feel like it's just silly not to reuse perfectly good quality items.

visualcircus · April 2015

I'm reusing DH's rubber ducky collection and artwork originally used in a bathroom for the nursery, and getting gender neutral items for the rest of the room. We're going to single income soon so avoiding any extra costs seems good to me.

saroos3137 · April 2015

I'm doing the same thing you are. DS is moving into a big boy bed in another bedroom, and the nursery is staying the same. We're decorating his new bedroom, and needing to buy all new stuff for that, so I'm not buying new stuff for two rooms. Plus, I love the nursery the way I decorated for DS, so I want to keep it for this baby.

malisaann · April 2015

It's not like a baby knows that it's sleeping on it's older sibling's sheets. Some people just have a comment for everything.

We are keeping everything 100% the same in the nursery with this baby and DD will move into a new room, where she will get a few new things.

Gasbarro2011 · April 2015

We are purposely buying most things (nursery decor included) in gender neutral shades and themes so we can reuse it later. The only gender specific items we have so far and have registered for are clothing items (most of which are hand-me-downs from friends anyway). I see absolutely nothing wrong with trying to save money where you can.

jesselayne8 · April 2015

I would have BUT when I found out at 16wks that #3 was a boy, I started selling baby girl stuff including her bedding. Then I found out at 22wks that it's actually a girl. I think I am just going to buy 2 crib sheets and call it a day. #3 will likely be rooming with DS for a while so no other decorating.

Perfect Sonnet · April 2015

I kept all that stuff for a reason. It will be hand me down city all the way for baby girl #2.

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