Are you a FTM? Are you a STM(+) mom? What are your plans for the nursery? Are you moving older kiddos to another room? Do you have a theme? A colour palette?
TTC History
Me: 26 DH: 27
TTC #1 | June '18-August '18 | DD | Born April 21, 2019 | Due May 10, 2019
TTC#2 | June '20-February '21 | DS | Due October 27, 2021
The nesting bug bit this weekend so I started building the nursery furniture that my parents bought. Figured it’s okay to start now since I’ll be teaching summer school this summer and won’t want to do anything by the time summer school is over as I’ll be 3rd trimester pregnant and that’s a big fat Nope.
TTC History
Me: 26 DH: 27
TTC #1 | June '18-August '18 | DD | Born April 21, 2019 | Due May 10, 2019
TTC#2 | June '20-February '21 | DS | Due October 27, 2021
I'm a FTM. I've been pinteresting since my last pregnancy for nursery ideas. I dont know what we are having yet but if its girl the nursery will be ballerina theme. If it's a boy we were thinking construction theme. I am a very traditional person so my themes are traditional.
FTM here, with baby boy on the way. We are doing elephants and moon/stars theme. I'll post a picture once we finish getting it together.
The room was our guest bedroom. It has yellow curtains and neutral gray walls, which I wanted to keep, so the palette is yellow, gray, and white. I got a changing table today but still need a crib and some other furniture. The bed is staying for now so we can room-in as needed, but the off-duty parent can get some sleep in our bedroom.
TTM and we have never had a nursery for our newborns 🙈
We found out about DS1 less than a month before he was born. His adoption was private and we were connected to his birth mom through mutual people. So we did not have time to turn our then office into a nursery right away and did it slowly as he was in our room for about 8 months anyway. We only have 3 bedrooms and one of them was being used as a dining room. So DS was still in his nursery when DS2 was born. Baby has been in our room still and we just got more space in our basement finished into a dining room. So now the old dining room is empty and ready to turn into big boy room and baby boy will move into nursery. So this baby will also be in our room awhile and then either move into a mini crib with DS2 in the nursery or if DS2 is ready to move up to big boy room baby will get nursery to themself. So it’s always been a process 🤣
our nursery is a neutral Noah’s ark/animal theme. The walls are a light gray, we have a white crib and pale blue dresser/changing table and a skip hop gray cloud playmat on the floor (which I love in lieu of a rug bc it goes perfect with the theme and also is so soft for baby to play on and wipes up so easily!) we have a little people Noah’s ark on the shelf cube organizer we keep clothes and toys and books in and a Noah’s ark comforter draped over the recliner. Both boys have birth announcement samplers that MIL made them with animals on them. So the theme is subtle but cute accents
All the Pintrest themes for boys just weren’t my thing so I found crib sheets I love and worked around those. Still have the dresser to put together today and the bookshelf next week when it arrives, but feeling pretty accomplished today!
DD got moved into what used to be the playroom about a month ago as I didn’t want her to feel like she was getting kicked out of her room to make room for baby brother. I didn’t repaint that room so we went with a tan, chocolate brown, teal theme with flowers. Still don’t have her wall set up yet but she doesn’t notice so it’s fine. 🤣 PS it’s messy right now as it’s mid bedtime routine mayhem.
TTC History
Me: 26 DH: 27
TTC #1 | June '18-August '18 | DD | Born April 21, 2019 | Due May 10, 2019
TTC#2 | June '20-February '21 | DS | Due October 27, 2021
This will be our 4th baby....4th one to use the crib! Operation crib eviction for ds (who just turned 2) will happen in the next month or two. Big bros share a room, ds will get the guest room and baby will move into the nursery. Only thing we needed was a new rocker since we sold ours before we moved. Otherwise this nugget can just slip right into the nursery
Idk if we'll have a nursery, but I really hope so! I don't really like "themes" so much as vibes/color schemes since I get bored of looking at overly themed decor. I'd like to do something calming and gender neutral, but that can easily transition into a fun toddler room without painting it. If you have any cor palette ideas, send em my way!
First time mama here! I’m leaning toward something like this, with maybe more of a sage green wall, and that color wall being behind the crib and name sign. I want very earthy, neutral tones with plush additions like a fluffy macrame design rug maybe under the crib, and there’ll be elephant items in the room too!
@chindimples04 can you share your nursery paint colors? We are leaning towards navy/grey walls like that (and then putting gold stars on the navy wall) but can’t settle on a grey color. I love how yours looks!
Since we know baby is a boy, I still want to keep some sort of Beatles-ish theme since I am a freak. We have one wall in the nursery that is painted light blue for DS yellow submarine theme. I think we'll go with a moon and stars theme with some golden slumbers and/or here comes the sun lyrics or theme.
The nursery is another aspect where my H and are kind of struggling being Team Green. I have a definite preference for certain color schemes or themes depending on sex. We might just mentally plan nursery decor for each sex, save an online cart full of stuff for each, and then checkout after the baby is born 🙈
My nursery Pinterest boards are all over the place so far. 😂 Right now I'm contemplating:
1. a loose nature/National Parks/woodland animals type theme
2. Pale yellow room with a few touches of honey bees
3. The room in shades of blue and seafoam with some under the sea touches
DS’s theme was more of a color scheme... blues and greys. We did aqua blues with navy’s and Grey and white and then mixed in a few elephant decor items. He had two navy blue walls and beneath the navy we added white wainscoting that went like 1/3 of the way up! That was quite the project but we loved it so much.
DD had the most beautiful nursery! We painted two walls a really lovely pink, and left the other two very light grey (which is the color of our entire house 😆). And then we didn’t do a theme as much as a floral/natural vibe. She had a huge wreath above her bed that was dried flowers and greens. Floral changing pad cover. Beautiful green leaf crib sheets. I was obsessed with those crib sheets. She wore a hole through the middle and I’ve kept them in the closet to save and sew into something else because I can’t bare to throw them away!! And then on the walls we framed paintings my son had made her and pinned some up on a mini pallet board turned bulletin board. I had so much fun decorating that room!
Just recently we moved our son to the guest room and redid it into a new room with a new twin bed, with a big kid space theme and painted the walls blue. Then moved our daughter out of the nursery and into ds’s old room, painted some walls pink, painted a rainbow, and redid her new room as a rainbow theme and gave her the OG crib converted into a toddler bed.
Now her white crib is in the nursery awaiting the new baby. I’m waiting to find out the sex and then will figure out nursery plans. If it’s a girl we’ll keep the pink walls, if it’s a boy I’ll have to figure out some good baby boy colors/theme/vibe to go with white feminine nursery furniture I’m trying not to even think about it until I know girl v boy but it’s hard not to Pinterest the heck out of cute nurseries 😆😆
STM. I like the modern vibes of the ones below. My decor style is apparently gender neutral. We are still looking for a new home with room to have the business there; a new nursery depends on what the outcome of that is 😕
STM syndrome over here 🤦🏻♀️Anyone else? I have put zero thought into this yet. We have 3 bedrooms and one is used as an office / craft room so I think I’ll have to organize it so we can make it a partial nursery as well
@bcliffee1 my two boys had a tan room with white and gold curtains and a furry beige rug. We have since moved, so this LO will have a greige room with that same beige rug as long as it doesn't clash with the wall color. We have since purchased wooden name decor for the boys and a framed pic from their 1 year shoots, so this one will get their name up on the wall once he/she is born and then slowly fill in other wall decor as they grow up.
First time mama here! I’m leaning toward something like this, with maybe more of a sage green wall, and that color wall being behind the crib and name sign. I want very earthy, neutral tones with plush additions like a fluffy macrame design rug maybe under the crib, and there’ll be elephant items in the room too!
I organized the nursery drawers today. I need newborn pants, more 0-3 month clothing, and 3-6 month clothing in general, but I love feeling organized. 🙈
0-3 month drawers
3-6 month drawers
TTC History
Me: 26 DH: 27
TTC #1 | June '18-August '18 | DD | Born April 21, 2019 | Due May 10, 2019
TTC#2 | June '20-February '21 | DS | Due October 27, 2021
So right now I’m looking at this crib, that converts to a toddler bed and then this bedside bassinet for baby’s first months sleeping next to my bed. I love the storage bit under!
We’ve been having the bassinet vs PnP argument for weeks. My H is team fancy HALO bassinet. (I had to be a firm no on a SNOO rental) I’m team PnP. Both are on our registry right now because I think we’ll use the PnP even if we have the bassinet, which is my argument against having both things. Kids need so many things!
@purplegoldpirate DD had the Halo, 4moms PnP with infant insert and of course a regular crib. I loved the Halo and kept it for 5 years in case I had another baby. The PnP was great because it was or downstairs bassinet. DD however refused to ever be placed in the play yard part, so I sold it quickly. However, I feel like my DD is the opposite of most babies so for longevity and cost I still think PnP is the way to go. I would never spend so much money on a Snoo. I can’t bring myself to do it.
@purplegoldpirate I didn't have room in my room for a PnP so we had an Arms Reach Cosleeper bassinet. I had the PnP in the living room. And yes, so many things!
Has anybody used a motorized bassinet? There are about a million motorized swings and rockers, but I was thinking about getting something that could rock baby to sleep while I fall asleep in the bed next to him. There's a lot less available in that category.
@demimondaine Like actually dangerous or a figure of speech? I was asking about ones specifically that don't have side cushions or an incline. Just a flat bassinet that rocks or vibrates or whatever.
@noprobalo Not safety, but dangerous to your sleep, especially when you have to make the transition to a crib! 5ish months is about the limit for most bassinets, size wise.
@demimondaine Would soothing with a rocker and then transferring to a crib avoid that? I am concerned about my physical ability to soothe the baby for long stretches of time, especially on no sleep. I worry I'll have a baby who will only sleep while being held, and that's not gonna work for me. 😬😭
@noprobalo Ideally you put the baby down drowsy but awake - of course there is nothing ideal about newborns! I personally believe that it helped that I let my son sleep in the bassinet in the hospital, so he was sleeping flat from day 1 - he was not held constantly. He slept a lot better than my nephews ever did!
@noprobalo honestly all sleep goes in the pooper at 4 months when they go through a major sleep regression, so I wouldn't worry about sleep crutches before then. After though... oof sleep crutches are hard to deal with.
We have a HALO and PNP and honestly we got the HALO used and in great condition and I’m so glad because our babe did not like the HALO one bit so the only use it got was holding clothes I didn’t feel like folding. Something to consider. Babies sleep weird and like some things and hate other things and there’s zero rhyme or reason so it’s hard spending the money that those things cost wnd not actually using it.
I am struggling hard at coming up with nursery ideas for this baby! We’re having a girl, already have 2 sort of darker blush pink accent walls and off-white furniture from DD. And I don’t know what to do with it to make a new space for baby girl!
@madiirosee I bought that color pouf too!!!! I was nervous reading the reviews because they all said it went flat after a few weeks. My older kids flop on it every once and a while and I obsessively reform it 😅
I got hit by two bugs at once - the nesting bug and the low back pain bug. Not a great combo! Thank goodness my husband is good at building furniture and newborn clothes are super easy to fold we’re doing a loose mountain theme with bears and foxes and trees for little mister. Finding space in his dresser for the little bear hats that I bought today was so much fun!
Re: The Great Big Nursery Thread
Me: 26 DH: 27
TTC #1 | June '18-August '18 | DD | Born April 21, 2019 | Due May 10, 2019
TTC#2 | June '20-February '21 | DS | Due October 27, 2021
The room was our guest bedroom. It has yellow curtains and neutral gray walls, which I wanted to keep, so the palette is yellow, gray, and white. I got a changing table today but still need a crib and some other furniture. The bed is staying for now so we can room-in as needed, but the off-duty parent can get some sleep in our bedroom.
We found out about DS1 less than a month before he was born. His adoption was private and we were connected to his birth mom through mutual people. So we did not have time to turn our then office into a nursery right away and did it slowly as he was in our room for about 8 months anyway. We only have 3 bedrooms and one of them was being used as a dining room. So DS was still in his nursery when DS2 was born. Baby has been in our room still and we just got more space in our basement finished into a dining room. So now the old dining room is empty and ready to turn into big boy room and baby boy will move into nursery. So this baby will also be in our room awhile and then either move into a mini crib with DS2 in the nursery or if DS2 is ready to move up to big boy room baby will get nursery to themself. So it’s always been a process 🤣
our nursery is a neutral Noah’s ark/animal theme. The walls are a light gray, we have a white crib and pale blue dresser/changing table and a skip hop gray cloud playmat on the floor (which I love in lieu of a rug bc it goes perfect with the theme and also is so soft for baby to play on and wipes up so easily!) we have a little people Noah’s ark on the shelf cube organizer we keep clothes and toys and books in and a Noah’s ark comforter draped over the recliner. Both boys have birth announcement samplers that MIL made them with animals on them. So the theme is subtle but cute accents
DD got moved into what used to be the playroom about a month ago as I didn’t want her to feel like she was getting kicked out of her room to make room for baby brother. I didn’t repaint that room so we went with a tan, chocolate brown, teal theme with flowers. Still don’t have her wall set up yet but she doesn’t notice so it’s fine. 🤣 PS it’s messy right now as it’s mid bedtime routine mayhem.
Me: 26 DH: 27
TTC #1 | June '18-August '18 | DD | Born April 21, 2019 | Due May 10, 2019
TTC#2 | June '20-February '21 | DS | Due October 27, 2021
Me: 26 DH: 27
TTC #1 | June '18-August '18 | DD | Born April 21, 2019 | Due May 10, 2019
TTC#2 | June '20-February '21 | DS | Due October 27, 2021
My nursery Pinterest boards are all over the place so far. 😂 Right now I'm contemplating:
1. a loose nature/National Parks/woodland animals type theme
2. Pale yellow room with a few touches of honey bees
3. The room in shades of blue and seafoam with some under the sea touches
Me: 26 DH: 27
TTC #1 | June '18-August '18 | DD | Born April 21, 2019 | Due May 10, 2019
TTC#2 | June '20-February '21 | DS | Due October 27, 2021
Me: 26 DH: 27
TTC #1 | June '18-August '18 | DD | Born April 21, 2019 | Due May 10, 2019
TTC#2 | June '20-February '21 | DS | Due October 27, 2021
I would never spend so much money on a Snoo. I can’t bring myself to do it.