Nursery

[Snackasaurus]

How many weeks pregnant were you when you started on the nursery? 😊

[thingymaboob]

Baby was 6 months old before we decorated the spare room.

[PerspicaciousGreen]

Lol, we assembled the IKEA cot when I was 36 weeks pregnant. (0/10 do not recommend) That was the only bit of furniture/decor we bought and it lived in our room for six and a half months

[Snackasaurus]

Thanks everyone 😊 I'm 20 weeks and think we're going to start now whilst I feel I have enough energy to do it 😊

[yikesanotherbooboo]

Thankyou @Superscientist

[HarrietM87]

Agree with others, especially the pp who said it can be like having a shrine to what you thought it would be like with a baby 🤣

We had a room/dumping ground for DS but I didn’t decorate it until he moved in when he was 1. I’m pregnant again and plan on them sharing eventually, but baby will be in with us at first.

[SJC270]

@Superscientist - yes, ours has gone from a room where we “stored” all our junk to one which is useable, stores things like nappies and has a sofa bed in it for feeding/guests. Calling it a nursery might be a bit grand! However, it was horrible enough to do without worrying about a child - I know myself well enough to know I’d have very little motivation to do it once baby was actually here and it became a necessity...

[Hardbackwriter]

My advice to people who are expecting a baby is to paint your whole house, not just the nursery, before baby gets here! DH and I now kick ourselves so much for not getting more done before we have DS - we ended up selling the house when he was 18 months and having to redecorate a lot then, and it would have been SO MUCH easier if we'd have done it before we had him! We're now desperately trying to decorate our new house before DC2 arrives in Feb because we know that, pain as it is to decorate with a toddler and while I'm pregnant, we will regret anything that we leave until we have two of them to deal with...

[rottiemum88]

I know a lot of people will say that there's no point doing it until baby is here, but personally I'd have found that a nightmare. Since DS was born I've rarely had much time to myself (excluding when he's at nursery and I'm working anyway), so god knows how I'd have found time to decorate a room if I hadn't done it before he arrived.

That aside, we've actually used the room loads even though he doesn't sleep in there yet. It has a changing table, which I fill with his clothes and I've never changed him anywhere else in the house (lots of trips up and down the stairs when he was small, but all good exercise). Also have a cotbed for him, a wardrobe and lots of his toys, so he'll often play in there when we're upstairs doing other things.

I think we decorated when I was around 20 weeks, but I was still finishing off bits and pieces upto the week he was born

[ScarMatty]

I wasn't. Didn't do it until DS was 6 months

[Persipan]

*to leave the second bedroom as a guest room

[1990shopefulftm]

we had the painting done at about 16 weeks and the furniture in since a bit past 20 weeks, being stuck in the house motivated us to do it early.

[Persipan]

I agree with whoever it was that I once saw describe a nursery as being 'a shrine to what you thought having a baby would be like'. I live in a 2 bed flat and to be honest it's been much more useful to let the second bedroom as a guest room that my dad can stay in when he visits - to the extent that I'm rather dreading the day when the baby does eventually move into it, and intend to put it off for as long as possible!

[Superscientist]

@yikesanotherbooboo I can't talk for others but my "nursery" contains a chest of drawers for her clothes. A side table for changing stuff and toys that have been given too her. We also have a chair to sit and nursing. Not so much of a nursery more a room to store baby stuff. We weren't worried so much about setting it up as a nursery more removing stuff that won't be used and will be needed to be removed at some point.

[MnM156]

Almost 23 weeks and I haven't even started. I have not even bought a single item for the baby. Nothing at all. I am too scared of my 28 week scan which is in October and going to wait till then. They said there might be some complications with the baby which they want to clear in that scan so I am desperately waiting for that scan. I can't wait to start baby shopping and just being happy. Too worried all the time.

[Stargazer87]

I'm 27 weeks and starting it now but the room is being completely replastered, redecorates, recarpeted etc. I know the baby will be in with us for the first 6 months but will just be so lovely to have it done and to find a home for everything as we've got delivery boxes piling up all over the place. Will also be nice to have a room to get the baby changed, dressed, spend time with her etc.

[yikesanotherbooboo]

I didn't feel the need for one or indeed miss the prescence of one. What will you be using it for? Not being snide , interested.

[Superscientist]

We turned my office into nursery of sorts at 38+5, she was born the next day.... We had to wait for me to have my last day at work (38+4) otherwise we probably would have done it about 36 weeks. If we have next time I won't be leaving it so late!

[Sanch1]

I'll be about 26 weeks when we start ours, we're moving in a week or so then have a decorator to do the whole house! I like having the nursery ready before they are born, gives somewhere to store their clothes etc and somewhere quiet to go to settle them. Have fun doing it!

[NeverHadANickname]

DS is 11 months and is not in a room of his own yet and one has not been decorated for him.

[Thegirlhasnoname]

DD is 23 months and we’re only just starting to change the spare room into her room 😂

[EssElsiee]

I was painting my DS nursery at 39 weeks pregnant 🤣🤣 I moved house 36 weeks pregnant x

[jbee1979]

DD was 3! She was in with us until then 🤣

[JanewaysBun]

Ds is 2 and it's still mostly the spare room

[FelicityPike]

@RowboatsinDisguise

DS was about 11 months old before we started decorating his room. He’s 2 this month, and DD is due in November (they’ll share eventually as we live in a tiny house), and it’s still not completely finished.

The concept of a nursery is completely lost on me. They can’t sleep in it until at least 6 months so it’s just a dumping ground for baby clothes really, and if you decorate if for a baby you’ll get a couple of years out of it before it looks weird and you have to do it again.

I agree with this.