https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 21 Apr 2026 21:13:30 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-babykids-stuff-everywhere#post-375690 Fri, 02 Nov 2012 17:17:40 +0000 shopaholic 375690@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@IcebergMom: Nice to know! Now I will be on the lookout for some decor friendly baskets or chests to contain some things as much as I can! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-babykids-stuff-everywhere#post-375175 Fri, 02 Nov 2012 13:55:27 +0000 IcebergMom 375175@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My house looked a lot better after 9-10 months when I was able to get rid of the bumbo, exersaucer, swig, bouncy chair, etc. that's the stuff that takes up space! Now we are rocking with two baskets in each baby room - playroom, livin room, and nursery. One for books and one for toys. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-babykids-stuff-everywhere#post-374986 Fri, 02 Nov 2012 12:30:24 +0000 shopaholic 374986@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ree723: That's amazing you have the energy to clean up every night! But nice for you and your husband to feel like regular adults again I bet! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-babykids-stuff-everywhere#post-374981 Fri, 02 Nov 2012 12:29:22 +0000 shopaholic 374981@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Crumbs: So nice to have a separate division of space &amp; areas! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-babykids-stuff-everywhere#post-374305 Fri, 02 Nov 2012 07:25:17 +0000 loveisstrange 374305@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, not really. We make sure to put away things that have outgrown their usefulness. We have her jumperoo in the living room, a small "changing" station with diapers and wipes, etc in the living room, her high chair in the dining room... and that's about it. When I have cloth diapers drying, the rack sits in front of our french doors but I fold it down against the wall when it's empty. Her toys live in a big, wicker laundry hamper that sits under a desk. The hamper even has a lid so we put her toys in there, close the lid and slide that baby under the desk. It's out of sight and out of the way. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-babykids-stuff-everywhere#post-374297 Fri, 02 Nov 2012 07:13:46 +0000 bushelandapeck 374297@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ugh...yes. I try to keep things organized and in their place but by the end of the day, things are all over the living room. I use baskets to keep the toys contained though and that seems to help. I also put away some of the stuff when we're not using it because I don't want dog hair to get on it (we have a black lab). The swing is huge but I managed to put it behind the couch so it isn't quite as noticeable :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-babykids-stuff-everywhere#post-374241 Fri, 02 Nov 2012 06:14:15 +0000 heffalump 374241@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not yet, lo is only 15 months so its pretty east to control. But I do see it happening. My plan is to get a toy chest in the living room so we can just have her throw the toys in at the end of the day.</p> <p>Our thing is we have a dog who has separation anxiety and hell eat whatever is left out when we leave the house, so everything has to be cleaned up if it's not behind closed doors. So we keep all baby toys in the rooms, not in the living room. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-babykids-stuff-everywhere#post-374236 Fri, 02 Nov 2012 06:03:45 +0000 Andrea 374236@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We do not because we are lucky enough to have a playroom for her. We never play in her room so there are no toys there. I'd rather have her associate the bedroom with sleep only anyway. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-babykids-stuff-everywhere#post-374227 Fri, 02 Nov 2012 05:46:31 +0000 hilsy85 374227@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Minnie_Girl: seriously!! It is ENORMOUS! We didn't see it before receiving it as a gift and were shocked at how big it is. </p> <p>So far, we have the swing in the living room, and sometimes his bassinet during the day. And random clothes that migrate it. I'm sure it will get worse as he gets older. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-babykids-stuff-everywhere#post-374138 Fri, 02 Nov 2012 01:15:53 +0000 SugarplumsMom 374138@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our family room is upstairs (near our bedroom) and all her stuff is scattered everywhere! But none of it is downstairs, so if we had unexpected visitors, they wouldn't know we had a kid ... well her cries would make it obvious, of course :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-babykids-stuff-everywhere#post-374124 Fri, 02 Nov 2012 00:38:03 +0000 Ree723 374124@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Umm, yes. I like to be super organised but there's just no way with a baby. Currently (it's mid-afternoon here), I'm in our living room and I have a sheet spread out on the floor with a sleeping baby on it, a play gym next to the sheet, a bumbo on the other side, a basket of toys against the wall, a stack of books on the coffee table, a swing in the corner, a boppy on the couch, a diaper bag on a chair by the door, and a bowl with clean teething toys on the entertainment center. That's just in the living room....and yes, this is a typical day. </p> <p>The good thing is that I clean it all up every evening and our house becomes "ours" again after LO goes to bed. Really though, I think it's just inevitable with a baby that baby stuff ends up getting everywhere. In the first few weeks following birth, I didn't want to walk upstairs every time I needed something, so I moved as much of it to the ground floor as possible for the day time. Somehow, it's just never made its way back up to her nursery! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-babykids-stuff-everywhere#post-374065 Thu, 01 Nov 2012 23:01:42 +0000 Mrs Checkers 374065@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I feel like we do. She has toys mostly in the living room (and our living room is tiny) because her room is upstairs and the only time she's really in her room is to sleep. She also has some toys in our room. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-babykids-stuff-everywhere#post-374027 Thu, 01 Nov 2012 22:32:21 +0000 Freckles 374027@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We only have her jumperoo out in the living room. When she goes to sleep all her toys go into one basket! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-babykids-stuff-everywhere#post-373918 Thu, 01 Nov 2012 21:51:08 +0000 Minnie_Girl 373918@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're about a month out from baby's arrival and I'm trying to find ways of subtly sneaking in all the baby stuff...it's like trying to hide really big Easter eggs!</p> <p>@mrsjyw: The snugabunny is the worst. That thing has the wingspan of an albatross! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-babykids-stuff-everywhere#post-373841 Thu, 01 Nov 2012 21:30:09 +0000 pinkcupcake 373841@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm looking around my living room and there's baby stuff everywhere! Toys against all the walls, her jumperoo, playmat, more toys... it's crazy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-babykids-stuff-everywhere#post-373774 Thu, 01 Nov 2012 21:11:33 +0000 autumnlove 373774@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes! LO's stuff is everywhere! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-babykids-stuff-everywhere#post-373758 Thu, 01 Nov 2012 21:08:33 +0000 littlecasita1122 373758@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I always make myself pick up his toys each night before I go to bed and put them in baskets I have set up in the living room so at least they're not randomly all over the place. I would say it's organized clutter right now and it doesn't bother me as much as I thought it would. I got used to it after a few weeks. </p> <p>But we do have friends with a LO and their house is always a MESS...like it's dangerous to walk around because there are just toys everywhere. I always make sure I will never let the clutter get that bad! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-babykids-stuff-everywhere#post-373728 Thu, 01 Nov 2012 20:58:23 +0000 T-Mom 373728@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's been impossible to avoid for us. Even if you keep it all in one place, once LOs start moving, it travels with them. I'm alwas stepping on Legos ouch !!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-babykids-stuff-everywhere#post-373510 Thu, 01 Nov 2012 20:01:52 +0000 mrs. wagon 373510@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep, it's everywhere. It was necessary when I was a SAHM, but when kids are in daycare full time you definitely need less stuff around. You just have to entertain them on the weekends and we go out a lot then anyway.</p> <p>I don't put any toys in the kids' rooms because I like for their rooms to only be for sleep. That'll change as they get older. </p> <p>We're lucky because we have a finished basement that we've turned into a playroom, and we also have a weirdly shaped living room. It's front-to-back and long and skinny, so there's no elegant way to make it into a big living room. So instead we basically split the room in two. One side is the living room and one side is the play area. Unfortunately the living room also has kid stuff in it since we don't have a garage... so the carseats, extra stroller parts, etc. are sitting along the side of the room. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-babykids-stuff-everywhere#post-373486 Thu, 01 Nov 2012 19:57:34 +0000 Bao 373486@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yeah we have a lot of baby stuff but its organized and all has a place....could be worse! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-babykids-stuff-everywhere#post-373477 Thu, 01 Nov 2012 19:56:31 +0000 Mrs. Pen 373477@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I honestly don't care. I kind of love that there is evidence of my little one's life in each room in my house :) it makes me smile when I put him to bed and see his toys in the LR, or his clothes in my room... idk why but I think it's cute :)</p> <p>I totally don't care that his crap has overtaken my house. I like decorating yes, but we don't have $$ to invest in making the house look really nice so all our stuff is secondhand junk anyway lol His exersaucer is in the kitchen, his chair is at our table, he has a toy bin in the LR, his bath toys in the bathroom, and his room is full of his stuff!! I also find random clothes in our room too lol :) </p> <p>so yup. It's everywhere. We have a small apt though, so it's inevitable. If we had a house with a designated playroom I might try harder to keep it separate. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-babykids-stuff-everywhere#post-373476 Thu, 01 Nov 2012 19:56:24 +0000 shopaholic 373476@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Cole: @chopsuey119: Oh yay! Glad there is some glimmer of hope! 10% is not bad! It's when I no longer see adult furniture anywhere and just toys everywhere that freak me out!<br /> @Cole: yeah, it makes sense the first year, there's nothing you can do about it.<br /> * Note I grew up with a Dad who yelled at me if I left my bookbag or my jacket anywhere but my own room. It was NOT free reign in my house growing up so I guess I'm not used to it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-babykids-stuff-everywhere#post-373466 Thu, 01 Nov 2012 19:53:37 +0000 shopaholic 373466@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>hahaha - it seems like there is no escape from all the stuff!<br /> @mrsjyw: Oh yeah! I forgot about the swing! That definitely has to be in the main living area.<br /> @bpcmarj: Good point! "safe area" </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-babykids-stuff-everywhere#post-373465 Thu, 01 Nov 2012 19:53:25 +0000 chopsuey 373465@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>90% of LO's stuff is in her room now.<br /> Every day about 10% of her stuffed animals and toys end up in our livingroom, DH's office, our room, the kitchen.. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-babykids-stuff-everywhere#post-373449 Thu, 01 Nov 2012 19:50:16 +0000 erwoo 373449@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a big house and yet there's stuff everywhere except their bedrooms. I guess b/c we spend most of our time in the main living area so their toys are there. Most of the basement has ride-on toys and a moon bounce. I actually like their rooms to be uncluttered of toys. When my LO is older I'd like to move a lot of their toys into their play room (which used to be our formal living room) and keep most of them there. For me it was inevitable! We just don't have ppl over for dinner much. LOL! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-babykids-stuff-everywhere#post-373447 Thu, 01 Nov 2012 19:49:40 +0000 Cole 373447@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My experience with families I work for has been that you can limit the stuff everywhere phase to the first year for each kid, after that it isn't too hard to reign it in- granted a lot of people don't but it can definitely be done! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-babykids-stuff-everywhere#post-373442 Thu, 01 Nov 2012 19:48:30 +0000 rachiecakes 373442@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>ugh yes </p> <p>I swore it would never happen but it makes DS happy and we're in a tiny townhouse. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-babykids-stuff-everywhere#post-373434 Thu, 01 Nov 2012 19:46:16 +0000 bpcmarj 373434@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Tiny apartment, lots of baby stuff in every room. Excersaucer in the living room, walker and pack n play in our bedroom, swing in the kitchen/dining room, tub in the bathroom, and she has a nursery, too! I wish we could keep it contained to her room, but I like to have a safe place to put her in each room! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-babykids-stuff-everywhere#post-373413 Thu, 01 Nov 2012 19:41:34 +0000 mrsjyw 373413@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>he's not even here yet and the corner of our great room is where the snugabunny swing is... i can only imagine how much baby clutter we'll accumulate! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-babykids-stuff-everywhere#post-373407 Thu, 01 Nov 2012 19:40:39 +0000 plaidpants 373407@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are those people. She's so small, but her stuff seems so BIG. It's everywhere. </p>