https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 05 May 2026 22:52:58 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/new-baby-room-dilemma#post-2732952 Sat, 06 May 2017 10:29:58 +0000 gingerbebe 2732952@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Banana330: then how about moving her crib and all her stuff to the new room now and let her make the room transition first?</p> <p>Just to be clear, we not want to buy a second crib and did not want to push DS either so he made the bed transition when DS2 was 6 months old and only because he started climbing out. DS2 slept in a bassinet for a while, then we put him in a PNP with the Dream on Me playard mattress and he slept in there comfortably until he was 10 months - ie 4 months after we made the floor bed transition for DS1 - because we were too lazy to disassemble the crib! </p> <p>So yeah if I were in your shoes I would move her crib and all that to the bigger room now and tackle the bed issue later. The PNP mattress is only like $35 so it was a no brainer for us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/new-baby-room-dilemma#post-2732906 Sat, 06 May 2017 07:39:09 +0000 mamabolt 2732906@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We moved DD in January before DS was born in April. Baby was keeping all her old furniture so we made a big deal about setting up the big girl room. She was 3.5 at the time and in the crib with the side off and moved to a twin bed. No jealousy in our fam doing it that way over a year later. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/new-baby-room-dilemma#post-2732903 Sat, 06 May 2017 07:10:18 +0000 Revel 2732903@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Banana330: we don't have the crib issue, would just be buying a second mattress because she's in a toddler bed right now. We keep bringing it up every few weeks to gauge her on it, but I don't want her to feel like baby is "taking" her room, even though she gets a better deal by moving. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/new-baby-room-dilemma#post-2732902 Sat, 06 May 2017 07:01:35 +0000 Banana330 2732902@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@gingerbebe: hmm I would be her room right now is the small room and really would fit just a crib or single bed not both. That's part of the reason we want to switch her. </p> <p>@Revel: I'm glad I'm not the only one who was considering switching rooms at about three months. </p> <p>I'm now debating just buying a second crib or doing a big bed transition. I do think she'll be ready to be out of the crib by Christmas but I don't want to push her. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/new-baby-room-dilemma#post-2732900 Sat, 06 May 2017 06:39:55 +0000 Revel 2732900@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Interesting thread, thanks for posting @Banana330:.</p> <p>I'm due end of August and the plan was to move my 4 yo daughter to the bigger room but so far she says she doesn't want to move, so I thought we might wait until baby is 3 months or so. Wondering now if we should push for the move a bit more in the next month or so... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/new-baby-room-dilemma#post-2732886 Sat, 06 May 2017 00:50:25 +0000 gingerbebe 2732886@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We transitioned our son to his floor bed but kept his crib in his room because we were too lazy to disassemble it (DS2 slept in a bassinet and then a PNP in another room just fine so it wasn't really a problem). We did put the baby in the crib with some toys when I needed to set him down for a minute or and DS was used to seeing him sleep in the PNP so he just made the association that crib-like beds were for the baby. He started calling the crib the "baby's bed" and that was that. Maybe you can transition her to the bed with the crib in the room and then make the switch that way. The rocker became a Pottery Barn Anywhere chair. Etc.</p> <p>One thing we did that I think really helped is we didn't change his room. Like we kept him in the same room but swapped out his furniture piece by piece so it was always his room. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/new-baby-room-dilemma#post-2732876 Fri, 05 May 2017 22:01:23 +0000 Foodnerd81 2732876@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I agree to do it before. Not only does it seem easier for your older one- you are going to have your hands full and be exhausted for the first few months after the baby is born. Get it out of the way now! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/new-baby-room-dilemma#post-2732870 Fri, 05 May 2017 21:21:35 +0000 LemonJack 2732870@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Another vote to move her before baby. I'm due at the end of this month. We set up DD's big girl room in March and moved her last month. I'm glad we moved her when we did because there was awhile where she was still referring to the nursery as her room and where she still wanted to sleep in her old toddler bed, which is the crib. She's good now, but I wouldn't have wanted to deal with that along with having a newborn as I anticipate that'll be stressful enough at first! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/new-baby-room-dilemma#post-2732717 Fri, 05 May 2017 12:31:11 +0000 Smurfette 2732717@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She was already in a big bed but then we had to get her a new dresser. She was totally fine with the dresser moving. Didn't care at all about the crib going up in the nursery cause babies sleep in cribs and she is a big girl. Her only complaint when we moved the rocker was that how would we rock her? But she got over it quick cause not like we used it much in her room anymore anyway. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/new-baby-room-dilemma#post-2732706 Fri, 05 May 2017 11:56:35 +0000 avivoca 2732706@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We moved DD1 before the baby came. In July, we assembled her big girl bed and rearranged the room. We told her that the crib was going to be for baby sister and because she was a big girl, she got to sleep in a big girl bed. She only wanted to go back to the crib once, but we kept reminding her about how the crib was for babies and she was a big girl. Baby sister was born in October and moved to the crib in December. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/new-baby-room-dilemma#post-2732703 Fri, 05 May 2017 11:46:42 +0000 snowjewelz 2732703@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Banana330: I totally understand.. I'd just be nervous that it'd be harder to help her when you already have another baby to tend to! Right now we split bed time with the two of them; it was hard for me to listen to her fight bed time with DH since I was always the one that put her to bed too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/new-baby-room-dilemma#post-2732702 Fri, 05 May 2017 11:44:05 +0000 Banana330 2732702@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@snowjewelz: We were planning on moving her a few months after the baby came, I just wonder if she's ready yet or we need a wait a bit longer. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/new-baby-room-dilemma#post-2732701 Fri, 05 May 2017 11:42:19 +0000 snowjewelz 2732701@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Banana330: I say this b/c I completely failed in that area! We took SO long to assemble all the stuff for DD1's big girl room... Plus the baby came 2 weeks early, so literally the day we came home was the day we moved her and I'm pretty sure it stressed her out more to adjust to so many things at once. She was taking naps in her room but slept with us at night. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/new-baby-room-dilemma#post-2732699 Fri, 05 May 2017 11:38:36 +0000 Banana330 2732699@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LBee: Interesting I never really considered her being possessive about things in her room, but she very well could be! Ya the plan would be to leave most of the furniture in there and get her all new stuff... </p> <p> @snowjewelz: so true. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/new-baby-room-dilemma#post-2732695 Fri, 05 May 2017 11:34:09 +0000 snowjewelz 2732695@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd move her before the baby. Adding a sibling is enough of a transition; so the less newness for her at the point when baby comes, the better IMO. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/new-baby-room-dilemma#post-2732688 Fri, 05 May 2017 11:12:19 +0000 LBee 2732688@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't have past experience, but I'm currently pregnant (due in October) and we just made my son's big boy room. He is thrilled about the big boy room, but very incredulous concerning the plans for *HIS* crib, dresser, etc. We've been presenting it as we aren't sure what we are going to do with it (they are in the "spare room"), but he quickly has started saying he doesn't want the baby to use his crib. I believe @jape14's son is having a similar experience and currently holding his rocker hostage. </p> <p>If it were me, I would deal with it now as much as you can, if it's in the budget. Especially since it sounds like you are straight up giving the baby your DD1's room. I think there can be a wide array of feelings at the arrival (and few months after) of a new baby and it seems like adding on such a huge change might amplify that.</p> <p>ETA: We moved several things out slowly. He took most issue with the first thing (his crib). We most recently took the rocker and he didn't even care. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/new-baby-room-dilemma#post-2732684 Fri, 05 May 2017 11:05:50 +0000 Banana330 2732684@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're having #2 in September. We were going to move DD1 in to the spare bedroom and make a big "boy" (her choice) room for her. But we weren't planning to do that until november or so a few months after baby. </p> <p>We want to reuse our crib, rocker and dresser for DD2, who will sleep in a bassinet in our room until Christmas. Last time I fed her in the nursery as not to disturb DH. Should I move the rocker and come up with an interim dresser option in the spare room until we redo it for DD1 or is it better to move her before the baby and have the baby's room ready to go by Sept? </p>