https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 11 Apr 2026 03:54:42 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/am-i-crazy-to-make-our-bathroom-the-new-nursery-for-baby-2/page/3#post-1611052 Sat, 03 May 2014 20:09:30 +0000 mossyslane 1611052@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cranberryapple: Have you seen this post by Joanna Goddard about how her youngest sleeps in the bathroom?<br /> <a href="http://joannagoddard.blogspot.com/2014/04/how-our-kids-sleep-its-weird.html" rel="nofollow">http://joannagoddard.blogspot.com/2014/04/how-our-kids-sleep-its-weird.html</a></p> <p>They seem to be pretty happy:) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/am-i-crazy-to-make-our-bathroom-the-new-nursery-for-baby-2/page/3#post-1611032 Sat, 03 May 2014 19:37:28 +0000 wonderstruck 1611032@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PawPrints: The bathroom would still also be used as a bathroom - she specifically said in the OP that even with the PnP in there, they would still have room to use the toilet, so when I read that I assumed it would still be used as a bathroom. She also said in a followup that people could still use that bathroom when baby isn't sleeping, so...yeah. Maybe I'm a germaphobe, but to me that makes it quite different from a closet (although depending on the closet I still might have some air circulation concerns, but maybe that wouldn't be a big deal.) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/am-i-crazy-to-make-our-bathroom-the-new-nursery-for-baby-2/page/3#post-1610917 Sat, 03 May 2014 17:36:08 +0000 Happygal 1610917@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cranberryapple: do you have pictures? I'd love to have a visual of your space.</p> <p>People have some strong feelings about this! I think babies in unconventional spots, like a bathroom, is probably much more common in city spaces. It may take some tinkering to find the configuration that works well for your family, but I wish you luck! Congrats on #2. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/am-i-crazy-to-make-our-bathroom-the-new-nursery-for-baby-2/page/3#post-1610910 Sat, 03 May 2014 17:19:34 +0000 SleepyMonkey 1610910@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cranberryapple: what did you end up doing? </p> <p>i am going to guess that people living in NYC or any other really expensive urban area felt ok with this. i think its fine too. you do whatever works for your family, making sure that it is a safe environment for your kids. there was an article about this recently!</p> <p><a href="http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20140428/upper-west-side/space-starved-parents-move-their-babies-into-bathrooms-closets" rel="nofollow">http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20140428/upper-west-side/space-starved-parents-move-their-babies-into-bathrooms-closets</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/am-i-crazy-to-make-our-bathroom-the-new-nursery-for-baby-2/page/3#post-1609782 Fri, 02 May 2014 18:39:06 +0000 PawPrints 1609782@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow, I did not see this thread when it was happening - just saw it got bumped up. I have to say I don't get the issue, at ALL. The baby will not remember being in a bathroom. If it's clean and not used as a bathroom, what's the problem? Embarrassment about not being an awesome super-mom with a gorgeous nursery? Seems fine to me, whatever works for you and your family. </p> <p>It also seems weird to me that people would suggest using a closet as the nursery but that the bathroom isn't okay. What's the difference? (As long as the bathroom isn't used as a bathroom). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/am-i-crazy-to-make-our-bathroom-the-new-nursery-for-baby-2/page/3#post-1609645 Fri, 02 May 2014 17:26:04 +0000 red_seattle 1609645@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think you do what you have to do to get newborn to a point where they usually sleep through the night--- and so that everyone else sleeps as best as they can in the mean time. (We live in a 750sq ft home-- I get it entirely when you have no choice but to work with the space you have.) if that means LO #2 sleeps in a bathroom until they start sleeping through the night or down to 1 wake up-- so that both kids can start sleeping in a room together-- then that's what you do. It's temporary. So who cares? </p> <p>As to the pack and play discussion: DS slept in the Arm's Reach Classic until we moved him to a big boy bed. (The Arm's Reach is kind of a glorified pack and play.) Not once did I feel like the mattress wasn't enough support or that it was otherwise an inappropriate place for a baby to sleep day in and day out until he was 21 months old. </p> <p>ETA: by mattress, I mean that we used the "mattress" (really more like a sleeping mat) that came with the co-sleeper. No pack and play or crib mattress. So no safety issues from putting a crib mattress in it or anything like that. </p> <p>Last thing-- You're handling some of these comments so well. Kudos to you for being such a good sport! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/am-i-crazy-to-make-our-bathroom-the-new-nursery-for-baby-2/page/3#post-1472020 Thu, 06 Mar 2014 09:00:34 +0000 ktdid23 1472020@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My 2 cents is to move you, husband, and baby to the loft &amp; put your son in the Master bedroom with the intent to make the Master bedroom the kids room when they are old enough to share. </p> <p>That said, if you do put your newborn in the bathroom, please put a door hanging of some sort on the door signifying that it is a "bedroom". In the event of an emergency, first responders may not think to check the bathroom for a baby. </p> <p>Good luck!!! We are in a 1100 square foot condo &amp; I feel your pain on small living spaces :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/am-i-crazy-to-make-our-bathroom-the-new-nursery-for-baby-2/page/3#post-1470999 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 18:25:24 +0000 skipra 1470999@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't know if anyone mentioned this already (sorry didn't read through all the comments) - is there any way that you could put the PnP in the master and a crib up in the loft and put the baby in with your DS in the master until you are ready for bed and then move the baby up to the loft with you?<br /> I would just worry about having the baby in the bathroom if you need to use both of them - like a stomach bug running through the house or something. I wouldn't really like the idea of my baby sleeping in a bathroom if there was any other possible alternative. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/am-i-crazy-to-make-our-bathroom-the-new-nursery-for-baby-2/page/3#post-1470927 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 18:01:27 +0000 shopaholic 1470927@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Agree with PP, my first thought would be to move with your DH and baby #2 to the loft. I can't imagine any instance I'd use the bathroom as a nursery, but that may just be some weird hangup I have myself. I'd do those closet converts before that. Maybe you can put up some heavy curtains to block off the loft space. Also, babies tend to sleep through anything for the first few months. Maybe by then, you can have DS and the baby on same/similar schedules. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/am-i-crazy-to-make-our-bathroom-the-new-nursery-for-baby-2/page/3#post-1470849 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 17:32:41 +0000 immabeetoo 1470849@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cranberryapple: I have way more issue with the pack n play than the bathroom. There are mattresses for pack n plays, but they don't fit super well, and I would be worried from a safety standpoint until your baby was old enough to really navigate themselves around safely. If you decide to go with the bathroom, check into a travel crib or smaller sized crib that would be more sturdy and comfy for LO! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/am-i-crazy-to-make-our-bathroom-the-new-nursery-for-baby-2/page/3#post-1470818 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 17:25:57 +0000 Torchwood 1470818@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cranberryapple: Glad to hear you're handling the (kinda bitchy) negative responses so well! I can't ask questions like this, because I get really upset. And it looks like you got some good ideas out of it, so it was clearly a good question to ask! Oh well. On sites like the bump you'd probably have been flamed off the site, HB is still better! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/am-i-crazy-to-make-our-bathroom-the-new-nursery-for-baby-2/page/3#post-1470799 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 17:20:52 +0000 wonderstruck 1470799@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did some googling and it looks like this might be a good place to start - lots of reviews for CA companies that install temporary pressurized walls.</p> <p><a href="http://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc=pressurized+walls&#038;find_loc=San+Francisco,+CA" rel="nofollow">http://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc=pressurized+walls&#038;find_loc=San+Francisco,+CA</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/am-i-crazy-to-make-our-bathroom-the-new-nursery-for-baby-2/page/3#post-1470659 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 16:39:24 +0000 rawrasaur 1470659@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would try to enclose the loft. I doubt it would be that costly. My friends place has an open lofted 2nd story room and a unit down the way from them was on the market and they had easily closed it in. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/am-i-crazy-to-make-our-bathroom-the-new-nursery-for-baby-2/page/3#post-1470588 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 16:23:27 +0000 cranberryapple 1470588@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@rachiecakes: We'll definitely visit Home Depot and Lowes to see what can be done!</p> <p>@hilsy85: Even with DS, I've always brought him out into the living room to nurse on the couch. That's where I'm most comfortable, so it wouldn't be an issue. I am planning on getting a mattress for the PNP so it's more substantial that way. Hopefully this helps! </p> <p>@lawbee11: Renting our place out while trying to look for a different place would be a consideration. I don't think the rent will make up the difference in the mortgage though, and it'd cost a lot more to rent a 3 bedroom place, and it seems kinda silly to rent a two bedroom place, because our place is *technically* a two bedroom. :silly: </p> <p>@meredithNYC: Thanks for the support! :) </p> <p>@Mamaof2: I'm still happy I asked! I understand that with such a question, there's bound to be people who will agree, or in this case, a lot of people that strongly disagree, and that's okay. I have a friend, who is also a mother, and she did not hesitate to offer ways I could make the bathroom situation work, as she has seen my place personally, unless she was simply humoring me! Hahaha. For me personally, the bathroom is merely another room in the house. It's also a temporary solution as I intend for both kids to share the room eventually. (DS will be 25 months old at that time). I love the area we live in and I can see the four of us making it work here, even in this tiny (1017 square feet) condo. We don't need much here, but initially, I do recognize we need to be creative with our space, especially if we are to have guests that stay over to help out, and they usually sleep upstairs in the loft. I'd like to figure out a semi-permanent solution for enclosing the loft, either with curtains or room partitions, and I received some great ideas from this discussion here! :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/am-i-crazy-to-make-our-bathroom-the-new-nursery-for-baby-2/page/3#post-1469662 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 13:09:10 +0000 Mamaof2 1469662@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cranberryapple: Yikes! I bet you wish you never asked!</p> <p>I say do what you need to do to make it work!</p> <p>How old is your DS? Can you move him to the loft area? I think if you hung some curtains on wire to block it off and used a box fan or noise machine it would work!</p> <p>Personally I would want the newborn close to me with the 100 night awakenings!</p> <p>So maybe you, DH and NB in the bedroom and DS in the loft?</p> <p>Good luck with whatever you decide! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/am-i-crazy-to-make-our-bathroom-the-new-nursery-for-baby-2/page/3#post-1469569 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 12:46:18 +0000 meredithNYC 1469569@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I probably wouldn't do it myself, but some of these comments are not the nicest. I don't have any suggestion - just wanted to wish you luck! We lived in NYC for long enough to know people who had to get super creative w/ tiny space. It's definitely not easy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/am-i-crazy-to-make-our-bathroom-the-new-nursery-for-baby-2/page/3#post-1469553 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 12:41:57 +0000 Mommy Finger 1469553@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>FWIW, we lived in a one bedroom condo when DS was born. His first 7.5 months, he slept in a pnp. At first, it was next to our bed in our room. When he started sleeping through the night, we moved him to this little hallway where the laundry is. It was right off of the front entrance and kitchen so we hung up a blackout curtain for the light, a small fan for air circulation, and used a sound machine. We didn't try to be quiet and would regularly make dinner, which would require banging a few pots and pans around. It was never an issue. As most people have said, I would try to make the loft work first as a temporary solution since I think the kids could be moved to the same room once the youngest sleeps through the night.</p> <p>ETA: I don't think using a clean/unused bathroom is the worst idea. You do what you need to do to make it work for your family. I just think you have the other option of using the loft before going that route. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/am-i-crazy-to-make-our-bathroom-the-new-nursery-for-baby-2/page/3#post-1469547 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 12:40:52 +0000 LovelyPlum 1469547@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm all for creative space solutions, and if you needed to do it for a short period of time, I'm not sure it's a huge deal. But for everyone's long term comfort and sanity, I don't know that it sounds like a spectacular idea.</p> <p>I agree with the getting creative with the loft concept. IKEA furniture and pressurized walls sound like great solutions to explore, as does the idea of a blackout curtain. Our baby will not have a dedicated nursery, because we're also in a one bedroom, but it was important to me to have a dedicated space for baby. Sometimes, it's just hard to come up with how this could work.</p> <p>Maybe take a step back from your space to give you some fresh perspective on what it could be, given the right furniture and tools. I read blogs, looked at pictured, poured over IKEA catalogues, and studied the tiny house movement for ideas of how we could best make a space work.</p> <p>Good luck! I'm sure you'll figure out how to make your space work. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/am-i-crazy-to-make-our-bathroom-the-new-nursery-for-baby-2/page/3#post-1469518 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 12:31:56 +0000 MarieJ 1469518@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lawbee11: +1! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/am-i-crazy-to-make-our-bathroom-the-new-nursery-for-baby-2/page/3#post-1469495 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 12:26:09 +0000 MamaMoose 1469495@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For me, having my child sleep in a pack n play in a bathroom for any period of time is not a viable solution to space issues. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/am-i-crazy-to-make-our-bathroom-the-new-nursery-for-baby-2/page/3#post-1469489 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 12:24:58 +0000 CottonCandy 1469489@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@wonderstruck: I 100% agree. There is no reason you have to put your child in a bathroom to sleep when you have a loft that you are not using as a bedroom. I would feel terrible doing that to my child, especially if it weren't completely necessary. Not only do I think its unsafe, but how about unsanitary? I don't care how well you clean your bathroom, its still a bathroom! Never..... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/am-i-crazy-to-make-our-bathroom-the-new-nursery-for-baby-2/page/3#post-1469477 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 12:21:56 +0000 wonderstruck 1469477@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm going to be blunt. I think this is a horrible idea. You and DH can use the loft space and the kids can have the bedroom. Yeah, they might disturb each other's sleep a bit. But having your kids share a room is an option. Having your child sleep in a Pack n Play in a bathroom for a year should NOT be an option. I think that's insane.</p> <p>Personally, I'd be finding a bigger place, even if it meant moving further away where you'd have a bit of a commute and would have to work instead of staying at home with them. I cannot imagine having two kids in a one bedroom condo. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/am-i-crazy-to-make-our-bathroom-the-new-nursery-for-baby-2/page/3#post-1469438 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 12:12:18 +0000 lawbee11 1469438@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I won't even pump in a bathroom for my LO, so no, I wouldn't have her sleep in a bathroom. I would try to make the loft work for now and I would definitely look into options for moving to a bigger place...I know you own where you live now but maybe you could rent it out? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/am-i-crazy-to-make-our-bathroom-the-new-nursery-for-baby-2/page/3#post-1469407 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 12:07:30 +0000 hilsy85 1469407@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Eh, We've had LO sleep in the bathroom in a pNP while at a hotel for a week or so at a time. As long as the bathroom isn't getting used for bathroom things (so it's basically a non working bathroom) then I don't really see the issue. </p> <p>That being said, I can't imagine it would be very comfortable for you to do night feedings in there, nor do I think a pNP is a good long term sleep solution. So I wouldn't do it for those reasons, but I don't think it being a bathroom is really a big deal at all. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/am-i-crazy-to-make-our-bathroom-the-new-nursery-for-baby-2/page/3#post-1469039 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 10:34:39 +0000 rachiecakes 1469039@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@locavore_mama: that would be my idea!</p> <p>@cranberryapple: my DH is not handy AT ALL either, but a friend's DH built beautiful French doors on their loft and it wasn't too expensive either. maybe someone could refer you to someone who could do it at a Lowes or Home Depot? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/am-i-crazy-to-make-our-bathroom-the-new-nursery-for-baby-2/page/2#post-1469028 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 10:31:29 +0000 MrsTiz 1469028@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think i'd rather move further away into cheaper housing so I could get a more appropriate sized house for my family of 4, even if that meant a longer commute. </p> <p>I would never put my LO in the bathroom to sleep, expecially not long term. It's a bathroom..which I'm going to assume has no windows? If it doesn't, it's 100% illegal to make it a bedroom..you have to have to have a way in and out of a bedroom that aren't the same door. What if your master bedroom catches on fire? How will you get out of the nursery? You wont. </p> <p>Sorry OP, I'd do absolutely anything BUT that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/am-i-crazy-to-make-our-bathroom-the-new-nursery-for-baby-2/page/2#post-1469020 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 10:28:13 +0000 mrs. wagon 1469020@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I agree with others that making the loft work would be my first option (which is obviously your first option as well!). I like the idea of renting a pressurized wall as long as it's ok with your HOA, or maybe even getting a few tall Ikea cabinets to create a wall-like structure? Plus, more storage! Obviously I don't know what your loft setup is like! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/am-i-crazy-to-make-our-bathroom-the-new-nursery-for-baby-2/page/2#post-1469017 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 10:28:05 +0000 mrsjyw 1469017@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@oliviaoblivia: ditto.</p> <p>I'd say be in the loft with nb baby and son in master. or even couch with nb baby with son in master. before ever considering a bathroom. </p> <p>Or, I'd move! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/am-i-crazy-to-make-our-bathroom-the-new-nursery-for-baby-2/page/2#post-1469008 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 10:26:28 +0000 Mirage 1469008@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think having your new baby sleep with you in the loft, and your LO having the master for now is a great idea. Babies adjust and if the new baby is used to the noises of the loft he/she will be fine with it. And a partition is a great idea!</p> <p>I would also be interested in looking into the legalities in your area. It may not actually be legal to use that bathroom as a bedroom. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/am-i-crazy-to-make-our-bathroom-the-new-nursery-for-baby-2/page/2#post-1468945 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 10:07:59 +0000 pui 1468945@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think that surely there must be another solution. I can't really give a suggestion without actually visiting your place, but I just can't imagine putting a baby in the bathroom is the only solution.</p> <p>I don't think it's necessarily the worst thing ever if your baby sleeps in the bathroom, I just think there must be a way to reorganize the space you have so that the baby doesn't have to sleep in the bathroom. </p> <p>I wouldn't want to sleep in a bathroom, so I wouldn't want my baby to sleep in one either. </p>