lizzyann
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We live in a condo so from my experience I would choose #1. When your little one is here you'll be begging for as much sleep as possible and I wouldn't want to risk the noise that could come w/ option #2. My DS room backs to our room, but our room backs to our neighborsDate: 4/14/2010 10:30:47 AM
Author: Hudson_Hawk
Question for you ladies. We have two rooms vying for the role of nursery. Runner up gets guest room.
Choice #1 is on the outside corner of the house. It's small and kind of oddly shaped, maybe 12' x 10 on one end and 10.5 x 10 on the other end. It also has some feature on every wall: 1 standard window on one wall, one huge double window on another, a closet on the third and two doors on the fourth. It gets great light, is attached to the bathroom and is painted a neutral khaki.
Choice #2 is much larger, maybe 12 x 16. It only has one window so it's darker than the other. It has two blank walls. One of these walls abuts our neighbors townhouse and you can at times hear noise from them and the other abuts our laundry room. It's currently painted a lovely blue green. We'd most likely have to paint it to go with our boy bedding choice (same nautica bedding as Meresal's).
Both have pros and cons, which would you choose?
I''d still go w/ #1. But I''m a psycho when it comes to his sleepDate: 4/14/2010 11:05:12 AM
Author: Hudson_Hawk
Thanks CDT. I should probably add that we will have the LO in our room for the first few months.
Date: 4/14/2010 11:10:56 AM
Author: FL Steph
HH, Which room is closest to yours? We have E in the room right next to ours, which makes it easy to pop in and check on him throughout the night if I need to. You might think you will have your LO in your room for a few months, but if your baby is anything like both of mine have been, you will be ready to move them into their own rooms sooner than you think....both my boys would wake up at any sound we made, and I would wake up with anything they did....we both sleep much better when they are in their own rooms. If it were me, I would go with the more light/less noise room, but if you choose the one with lots of windows, just make sure to get some blackout shades so they can nap without all the light coming in!
Date: 4/14/2010 11:23:14 AM
Author: Hudson_Hawk
Date: 4/14/2010 11:10:56 AM
Author: FL Steph
HH, Which room is closest to yours? We have E in the room right next to ours, which makes it easy to pop in and check on him throughout the night if I need to. You might think you will have your LO in your room for a few months, but if your baby is anything like both of mine have been, you will be ready to move them into their own rooms sooner than you think....both my boys would wake up at any sound we made, and I would wake up with anything they did....we both sleep much better when they are in their own rooms. If it were me, I would go with the more light/less noise room, but if you choose the one with lots of windows, just make sure to get some blackout shades so they can nap without all the light coming in!
They''re equidistant from my room. They''re next to each other and our room is at the front of the house. Hmm...maybe we should move our room back there. We went with the front room because it was closest to the stairs and DH has this weird thing with wanting to be closest to the front door.
Mara, I''m sure Julian will love it as much as you do (if he doesn''t already!)Date: 4/14/2010 12:33:02 AM
Author: Mara
thanks BB!! i love his nursery, i always feel happy in there so hopefully he will too (once he realizes it''s a fun place not just where we put him to sleep, hehe).
the kendall actually measures about the same as a lot of other cribs but i felt the same way about it looking smaller. i felt like the sleigh styles and a lot of other cribs would have overwhelmed the room because they are so commanding whereas the kendall is pretty simple. you could probably do the cribs on opposites sides of the room with your extra 3 feet. i also like the cribs mandarine has for her twins and how she has them set up in the room.
we did not get the changing table that goes with it because it was some ridiculous price for it''s size, but i think PB has dropped prices on a lot of their furniture recently. we got the PB camp dresser which i love but to me PB dressers are so pricey for what they are. BUT we got the honey color which is super hard to ''match'' so it was easier to just get a PB dresser. if you go with a white crib i would totally consider the ikea hemnes for the dresser...i thought about it in a blue but i am too matchy.
oh also PB has a changing table topper you can get for any of their dressers but it only comes in espresso and white not honey. just FYI.
Date: 4/14/2010 11:29:28 AM
Author: E B
Date: 4/14/2010 11:23:14 AM
Author: Hudson_Hawk
Date: 4/14/2010 11:10:56 AM
Author: FL Steph
HH, Which room is closest to yours? We have E in the room right next to ours, which makes it easy to pop in and check on him throughout the night if I need to. You might think you will have your LO in your room for a few months, but if your baby is anything like both of mine have been, you will be ready to move them into their own rooms sooner than you think....both my boys would wake up at any sound we made, and I would wake up with anything they did....we both sleep much better when they are in their own rooms. If it were me, I would go with the more light/less noise room, but if you choose the one with lots of windows, just make sure to get some blackout shades so they can nap without all the light coming in!
They''re equidistant from my room. They''re next to each other and our room is at the front of the house. Hmm...maybe we should move our room back there. We went with the front room because it was closest to the stairs and DH has this weird thing with wanting to be closest to the front door.
As long as there''s a bathroom next to the bigger room, that may be a good idea. You could take the larger room and use the smaller as baby''s nursery.
Date: 4/14/2010 11:52:53 AM
Author: lizzyann01
Hudson, I am leaning towards room #1. I like room #1 because it is more soundproof, but I like room #2 because it is more light proof. I know my son sleeps better when it is darker in there. Hmmmmm......
Date: 4/21/2010 10:33:15 AM
Author: lovelylulu
Question:
Moms using dressers as changing tables - Do you keep all of your diapering supplies on top of the dresser, in the drawers or maybe on shelves above?
Thanks![]()
Date: 4/21/2010 10:33:15 AM
Author: lovelylulu
Question:
Moms using dressers as changing tables - Do you keep all of your diapering supplies on top of the dresser, in the drawers or maybe on shelves above?
Thanks![]()
Date: 4/21/2010 3:54:18 PM
Author: lovelylulu
thanks mandy. I have to put baskets on my list of things to get . . .