Nurseries & other baby spaces

[jnow]

Let's see some pics or inspiration. Our whatever you want to share!

[jnow]

So dd2 is due 2 years and 2 weeks after dd1 was. My prime photo app just showed me this pic from 2 years ago!

Gotta get moving on the new nursery.

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jnow That is an impressive nursery. I was actually thinking about getting that crib in white for this baby.

[jnow]

There is crap all in our nursery still .. I thought i would have more done this weekend. But now we are just fighting with the crib.

[jnow]

NOBODY WANTS TO SHOW ME NURSERIES??

[kristhegirl]

Jan 22, 2017 17:29:46 GMT -5 jnow said:

NOBODY WANTS TO SHOW ME NURSERIES??

I don't have one to show. Well, I have my toddler's room. Not quite the same.

I love seeing everyone else's, though.

[jnow]

I'm just salty cause i thought I'd have the crib the dresser up. Now i have nothing.

[erinshelley21]

I can show bits and pieces
This is the color scheme that I'm working off of

These go above the crib with a C made of white buttons. A ribbon garland with colors from above will go under.

I posted these bow holders in the weekending thread.

I'm thinking something like this for curtains

And the dresser that I refinished. I want to find a cork/magnet board to hang on the wall behind it.

The walls are the green in the blanket. That's what we painted for DS's room so I'm glad I was ok with a theme that didn't require reprinting.

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So here's what we have so far. DS's old crib and furniture my grandma gave us. I want a white crib but will need to get a decent price for the old crib to get one. 


This is the color scheme I'm shooting for.


 I'm thinking green curtains? IDK I feel like I'm failing pretty hard at this. 

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Also, we set the twin bed up in the baby's room because I'm FF and DH and I are going to do baby shifts at night.

[mikaela20]

My walls are a pale mint colour, theme is basically green, white, neutral.

All we really have done are the walls and trim, curtains and my H repaired and painted the closet. Hopefully the closet storage and crib will be done this week. Then I can tackle prepping diapers and washing all the clothes I have.

[erinshelley21]

Jan 22, 2017 19:29:27 GMT -5 @priss08 said:

Also, we set the twin bed up in the baby's room because I'm FF and DH and I are going to do baby shifts at night.

If we had the room or money, I would totally put a bed in the nursery. Even those she'll be sleeping in our room, I'll still probably get up and take her to her room or the living room to feed her. I can do my job tired, but dh cannot.

[moutonrouge]

We have things in different parts of the house - the crib is setup in our room and the dresser is in the guest room. Eventually it will move to our room.

This is the blanket SIL made plus sheets I thought sort of went with it. All our upstairs walls are grey with white trim.

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Jan 22, 2017 19:47:05 GMT -5 erinshelley21 said:

Jan 22, 2017 19:29:27 GMT -5 @priss08 said:

Also, we set the twin bed up in the baby's room because I'm FF and DH and I are going to do baby shifts at night.

If we had the room or money, I would totally put a bed in the nursery. Even those she'll be sleeping in our room, I'll still probably get up and take her to her room or the living room to feed her. I can do my job tired, but dh cannot.

I know what you mean. Last time around DH actually had rules about sleep because of his job. It sucked.

[mosdub]

Our nursery is tiny, but this photo makes it seem bigger. The bassinet will end up next to our bed when the time gets closer, and we might find a small chair to go in that spot.

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[callmeKD]

Once we have some of the decorations up I'll post pics. Hopefully by next weekend

[kristhegirl]

Jan 22, 2017 19:29:27 GMT -5 @priss08 said:

Also, we set the twin bed up in the baby's room because I'm FF and DH and I are going to do baby shifts at night.

I think a bed in the nursery is genius.

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Jan 22, 2017 22:36:38 GMT -5 kristhegirl said:

Jan 22, 2017 19:29:27 GMT -5 @priss08 said:

Also, we set the twin bed up in the baby's room because I'm FF and DH and I are going to do baby shifts at night.

I think a bed in the nursery is genius.

Thanks. It takes up a good bit of space but it's not like the baby will instantly need lots of floor space. I would like different bedding though. Like the green color...maybe?

[mikaela20]

I'm hoping to fit a single bed in my nursery too. Even though my room is right beside it, I would rather just sleep in the nursey than keep having to get up and walk over from my room. And I don't want to wake the H up too much either.

[ladytiffany24]

So we're doing a nautical theme for baby boy's nursery. We don't have anything hung up yet but here are a few of the things we've bought and will be hanging this weekend.

We bought the anchor frame, the oars and the "not all those" picture. We'll also be buying a decorative life preserver similar to the one in the picture. Obvs, the colors are navy blue, gray, baby blue and white.

[glb30]

jnow wow! That's an awesome nursery!

I'll take a picture of mine and post later. We're not done, but have the crib, dresser and a rug. We also painted!

[glb30]

ladytiffany24 super cute! If I had a boy, that was going to be our theme.

[moutonrouge]

I bought some cutesy handles for the dresser last night. There are a lot of adorable ones on Etsy - I bought from this shop but also liked these other two (link 1 link 2).

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[amacbaby]

ladytiffany24, the nautical stuff is adorable! I would do nautical if DW allowed me to.

moutonrouge, I love the forest stuff and those handles are adorable! If we were doing a whole nursery I would consider getting those exact ones. We are going to do a few decorations in our bedroom with forest stuff like that.

[amacbaby]

So we won't have a full nursery. Baby will be in our room then share a room with the girls until I graduate school (they will be 5 and 2yo). We made a baby closet where we are keeping a lot of his stuff...

[kristhegirl]

Jan 23, 2017 8:26:12 GMT -5 mikaela20 said:

I'm hoping to fit a single bed in my nursery too. Even though my room is right beside it, I would rather just sleep in the nursey than keep having to get up and walk over from my room. And I don't want to wake the H up too much either.

I'm not sure of your specific situation, but there is no reason to do all middle of the night stuff, even if you're breastfeeding, even if you're going to be the one home with the baby and your husband is leaving for work. Wake his ass up to do diapers while you get situated to nurse. If you FF or even pump, he can do bottles while you get sleep.

Recovering from labor/delivery is no joke, and parenting should be a partnership every hour of the day.

There are of course some possible exceptions. but being the mom shouldn't ever automatically mean "I'll take all the broken sleep." If there are exceptions, other arrangements should be made for other hours where your partner can be primary caregiver regularly. It's important for everyone!

/Okay, off my soapbox.

[mikaela20]

Jan 23, 2017 11:04:55 GMT -5 kristhegirl said:

Jan 23, 2017 8:26:12 GMT -5 mikaela20 said:

I'm hoping to fit a single bed in my nursery too. Even though my room is right beside it, I would rather just sleep in the nursey than keep having to get up and walk over from my room. And I don't want to wake the H up too much either.

I'm not sure of your specific situation, but there is no reason to do all middle of the night stuff, even if you're breastfeeding, even if you're going to be the one home with the baby and your husband is leaving for work. Wake his ass up to do diapers while you get situated to nurse. If you FF or even pump, he can do bottles while you get sleep.

Recovering from labor/delivery is no joke, and parenting should be a partnership every hour of the day.

There are of course some possible exceptions. but being the mom shouldn't ever automatically mean "I'll take all the broken sleep." If there are exceptions, other arrangements should be made for other hours where your partner can be primary caregiver regularly. It's important for everyone!

/Okay, off my soapbox.

Yes I totally agree with you. I do plan to pump so he can help with some MOTN feedings. But he has a physical job with little breaks so I would rather not break his sleep all night just to even it out 50/50 when I will be at home for the year.

This is also our first baby, so I really don't know what to expect but trying to set it up in a way that can work. The bed in the nursey worked for my SIL for the reason I want one, so we'll see if it works for us.

My mom will be over the first week to help while I'm recovering and my H will be off the following week. Hopefully I will be feeling ok to be alone during the day after the 2nd week.

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amacbaby That is such a sweet picture!

[amacbaby]

Thank you @justinslovo, and @priss08

[mosdub]

Jan 23, 2017 9:13:15 GMT -5 @justinslovo said:

mosdub that picture made me take a nice relaxing deep breath. So calming!

Aww thanks, that's such a nice compliment!  I have to admit I like just standing around in there