https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 06 Apr 2026 20:57:20 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/august-2016-gear-registries-and-nurseries/page/9#post-2717671 Wed, 29 Mar 2017 07:23:56 +0000 gotkimchi 2717671@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrschickpea: thanks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/august-2016-gear-registries-and-nurseries/page/9#post-2717661 Wed, 29 Mar 2017 06:37:14 +0000 mrschickpea 2717661@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@gotkimchi: it has been so great! I can't imagine what that closet would look like if we just left it with the one bar to hang clothes from! I keep her shoes, headbands/bows, and next size up clothes in the drawers and I have some stuffed animals and baby odds and ends on the open shelving in the middle. And I love having the different hang bars for her clothes, I keep all her sleepers on the bottom. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/august-2016-gear-registries-and-nurseries/page/9#post-2717554 Tue, 28 Mar 2017 16:21:36 +0000 gotkimchi 2717554@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrschickpea: how is your closet system working for you? I think we're installing this in our kids rooms and I'm just wondering if you like it? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/august-2016-gear-registries-and-nurseries/page/9#post-2584573 Tue, 12 Jul 2016 08:02:30 +0000 pwnstar 2584573@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Silva: Your nursery looks great - very serene. </p> <p>@Umberto: Simple is so underrated. And re-purposing the desk was a genius idea! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/august-2016-gear-registries-and-nurseries/page/9#post-2584489 Mon, 11 Jul 2016 21:39:46 +0000 pregnantbee 2584489@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Umberto: Looks great. Love all the clean lines and reuse of the desk. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/august-2016-gear-registries-and-nurseries/page/9#post-2584481 Mon, 11 Jul 2016 21:21:56 +0000 Umberto 2584481@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love seeing other people's nurseries :)<br /> We kept ours really simple (and probably a little dull for a lot of people) but it's a tiny room and I didn't want to feel cluttered.<br /> Re-purposed my old, crappy desk to be the change table, DH built the base to make it a better height. </p> [attach=7112/16/oa6jwl.600x600.13649499_10209863273837434_1355483028_n.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/august-2016-gear-registries-and-nurseries/page/8#post-2583781 Sun, 10 Jul 2016 15:02:57 +0000 pregnantbee 2583781@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Silva: LOVE. Nicely done, mama. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/august-2016-gear-registries-and-nurseries/page/8#post-2583777 Sun, 10 Jul 2016 14:50:54 +0000 Silva 2583777@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p> [attach=2486/16/oa474v.448x600.image.jpeg] [attach=2486/16/oa474w.448x600.image.jpeg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/august-2016-gear-registries-and-nurseries/page/8#post-2583388 Sat, 09 Jul 2016 04:00:23 +0000 T.H.O.U. 2583388@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LCTBQE: yes I agree having either three bras or two bras and some tanks. You have to be pretty diligent about washing because of the risk of thrush. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/august-2016-gear-registries-and-nurseries/page/8#post-2583329 Fri, 08 Jul 2016 19:41:39 +0000 pregnantbee 2583329@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LCTBQE: I'd get at least 3 nursing bras b/c there's always the possibility of spit-up and other yucky things landing on it. You'd want an extra available at all times between washes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/august-2016-gear-registries-and-nurseries/page/8#post-2583326 Fri, 08 Jul 2016 19:34:09 +0000 LCTBQE 2583326@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@stratosphere: *supremely* helpful reply, thank you for this. I'm about the same size as you, so going to take your advice and get the bravado bra in 3-4 weeks. just curious, do you think two nursing bras total would suffice? I really hate having a lot of stuff. </p> <p>also aggghhh I can't believe how quickly we're all going to be due! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/august-2016-gear-registries-and-nurseries/page/8#post-2583001 Fri, 08 Jul 2016 08:45:05 +0000 ShootingStar 2583001@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T.H.O.U.: We had something similar in the living room with DS. We had a changing table there and kept a bunch of burp cloths, cloth wipes, and a wet bag for dirty stuff. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/august-2016-gear-registries-and-nurseries/page/8#post-2582976 Fri, 08 Jul 2016 07:48:29 +0000 T.H.O.U. 2582976@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Also while talking laundry, we have a bin for kids clothes that sits on top of our washer and then the regular hamper in their room. We found ourselves doing a lot of changes in the living area (which is closer to the laundry room) and just having general dirty burp cloths and stuff so it was nice to have a close spot to be able to toss them into. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/august-2016-gear-registries-and-nurseries/page/8#post-2582929 Fri, 08 Jul 2016 06:17:12 +0000 ShootingStar 2582929@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a wicker hamper with a cloth liner for DS. We never had any problems with things getting gross though. If something got pooped on I washed it right away. We never had much issue with just pee. I got tired of dealing the liner though, so for DD I got a canvas hamper that's treated on the inside so it's wipeable. <a href="http://m.landofnod.com/i-think-i-canvas-pink-hamper/s465685" rel="nofollow">http://m.landofnod.com/i-think-i-canvas-pink-hamper/s465685</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/august-2016-gear-registries-and-nurseries/page/8#post-2582886 Thu, 07 Jul 2016 22:22:52 +0000 stratosphere 2582886@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LCTBQE: a bit late on this, but I have and love the Bravado bras. I think 36 weeks will prob get you about the right size. My LO came unexpectedly at 37+0 so I didn't have one yet and then my milk came in at 3/4 days pp, and then I went bra shopping about two days after that while I was still engorged. That was a mistake - I only stayed that big for a week or two and then went back to more or less the size I was during late pregnancy. But I am by no means busty (I'm a 32C/34B when not nursing) so I am guessing things may change more radically and perhaps for longer for better endowed ladies. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/august-2016-gear-registries-and-nurseries/page/8#post-2582506 Thu, 07 Jul 2016 13:48:31 +0000 agold 2582506@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pregnantbee: I like that one!!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/august-2016-gear-registries-and-nurseries/page/8#post-2582482 Thu, 07 Jul 2016 13:27:32 +0000 pregnantbee 2582482@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@agold: For my son's room -- holds maybe 3 days of laundry (remember, less frequent changes of outfits), I got this open top plastic bin from Target:</p> <p><a href="http://www.target.com/p/room-essentials-y-weave-bin-large-black/-/A-14903792" rel="nofollow">http://www.target.com/p/room-essentials-y-weave-bin-large-black/-/A-14903792</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/august-2016-gear-registries-and-nurseries/page/8#post-2582477 Thu, 07 Jul 2016 13:20:44 +0000 T.H.O.U. 2582477@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@agold: No, we just have a basic white one. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/august-2016-gear-registries-and-nurseries/page/8#post-2582468 Thu, 07 Jul 2016 13:12:55 +0000 agold 2582468@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T.H.O.U.: @pregnantbee: I agree about plastic hampers. Do you have "cute" ones? My husband said I can't have all things picture perfect. But I'm not yet giving in on the hamper. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/august-2016-gear-registries-and-nurseries/page/8#post-2582451 Thu, 07 Jul 2016 13:01:39 +0000 pregnantbee 2582451@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@agold: I'd 100% recommend plastic due to the potential wetness of baby's clothes. For my son's room, we've just been using a small square plastic bin from Target. Haven't gotten anything yet for baby girl's room. In the beginning, we just put everything in the bigger laundry basket in our room since we washed everything together. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/august-2016-gear-registries-and-nurseries/page/8#post-2582404 Thu, 07 Jul 2016 12:26:57 +0000 T.H.O.U. 2582404@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@agold: I always wanted a plastic hamper in case there were small spots of poo or spit up. We just wipe it with a bleach wipe every now and then. </p> <p>I have the hamper on the left side of the changing table (by the head) and on the right side I have the trash can/diaper genie </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/august-2016-gear-registries-and-nurseries/page/8#post-2582394 Thu, 07 Jul 2016 12:09:42 +0000 agold 2582394@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T.H.O.U.: I feel like I have the same set of blankets that you have. And yes.... I'm totally imagining poop getting all over everything!! :silly: </p> <p>Speaking of poop getting on things.... what kind of laundry hamper do you girls have for your baby nurseries? I got some sort of wicker one from land of nod, but the liner I bought to go in it doesn't actually fit. I don't think I want a wicker hamper without a liner because of cleaning concerns. So what kind do you all have and do you have it in or out of the closet?? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/august-2016-gear-registries-and-nurseries/page/8#post-2581998 Wed, 06 Jul 2016 20:39:23 +0000 T.H.O.U. 2581998@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@agold: luckily they do wash nicely. So many times too baby would have a blow out of a diaper leak at a nap time while swaddled. So it wasn't even really by choice but they got dirty/used! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/august-2016-gear-registries-and-nurseries/page/8#post-2581997 Wed, 06 Jul 2016 20:38:23 +0000 T.H.O.U. 2581997@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just folded blankets and we have 7-8 muslin (one per day) plus 7 or so fleece/cotton ones that aren't really big enough for a swaddle but could cover a baby or be used as a changing pad or for spit up. And then 2-3 fuzzy warmer blankets. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/august-2016-gear-registries-and-nurseries/page/8#post-2581881 Wed, 06 Jul 2016 16:35:38 +0000 agold 2581881@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ShootingStar: My husband is oddly obsessed with swaddling blankets, too! He thinks they are a top essential that baby MUST have. :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/august-2016-gear-registries-and-nurseries/page/8#post-2581877 Wed, 06 Jul 2016 16:28:12 +0000 ShootingStar 2581877@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@agold: Use them for it! We had a ton that barely ever got used. DH for some reason bought like a million of them. No joke, I have a set in a box I never even opened. Spit up happens, and muslin washes really easily. Better they get some use than just sit there :silly: . </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/august-2016-gear-registries-and-nurseries/page/8#post-2581771 Wed, 06 Jul 2016 14:36:26 +0000 agold 2581771@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pregnantbee: @pwnstar: I'm laughing right now about the thought of what will happen to cause me to use one of those nice muslin blankets to wipe up something yucky! I really think I'm going to be one of those new moms that gets shocked multiple times a day. I'm still trying to have a nice outlook on how all of this is going to go down. But... I know that time will tell! :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/august-2016-gear-registries-and-nurseries/page/8#post-2581755 Wed, 06 Jul 2016 14:24:51 +0000 pwnstar 2581755@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrschickpea: Your nursery looks beautiful! Such a lovely, serene environment for your LO.</p> <p>@agold: One of the funniest parts of being a new parent is laughing at yourself (and with your DH) about doing things you swore you never would, situations you didn't imagine/anticipate, etc. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/august-2016-gear-registries-and-nurseries/page/8#post-2581747 Wed, 06 Jul 2016 14:14:11 +0000 pregnantbee 2581747@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@agold: That's a LOT of blankets. At the rate you will end up doing laundry, you'll be just fine :)</p> <p>ETA: Like @pwnstar: said, you won't believe what you'll do that you never thought you'd do. I've caught puke with one hand! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/august-2016-gear-registries-and-nurseries/page/8#post-2581727 Wed, 06 Jul 2016 13:49:11 +0000 agold 2581727@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T.H.O.U.: @mrschickpea: I currently have 7 aden &amp; anais muslin blankets and then about 15 or 20 of the other cotton kinds. Does that seem like a sufficient amount? I feel like the muslin ones are a little fancier and I can't imagine using it to wipe up throw up or whatever unless in a bind. But the other cotton ones seem a little more multi purpose. </p>