https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 24 May 2026 00:33:17 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursery-necessities#post-754526 Wed, 01 May 2013 11:41:22 +0000 anbanan15 754526@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our room is small as well and we originally only had a crib and dresser/changing table (we got the combo unit with the hutch top that matches our dresser, minus the hutch top....we wanted the pieces to work and fit enough clothing for when he was a teenager also). We recently added a low storage unit for toys that is sort of Montessori style. That is it for furniture and plenty of it for us. We do have this awkward corner of space that can't be used for anything that I want to turn into a reading nook. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursery-necessities#post-754507 Wed, 01 May 2013 11:27:22 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 754507@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: Your large window reminds me so much of my window wall. When your baby becomes a toddler are you planning to add a kid-size table and chairs? </p> <p>A few of you would omit a seat. Our guest bedroom is very close to the nursery, so I will have a place to sit. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursery-necessities#post-754312 Wed, 01 May 2013 10:23:40 +0000 hellobeeboston 754312@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a pretty small room as well. I would say:</p> <p>crib<br /> dresser with changing table top (we have a dresser that is the exact size of the changing pad with no extra room on the sides)</p> <p>Those are the only 2 necessities IMO -- changing table is super useful so you don't have to bend over to change the baby all of the time- we were doing that in the beginning and i was really hurting my back. Crib - obvious.</p> <p>bookcase is nice to have. but i've seen a lot of people do cool shelves on the wall which would work out well -- our bookcase also doubles as the only surface in the room for a small lamp with a dimmer.</p> <p>we got a glider &amp; ottoman, and while it looks nice - I've sat in it with the baby about 5 times. BUT - we have a twin bed in the room and I always nurse him there --- if my husband feeds him a bottle he'll sometimes sit in the glider, but will also sit on the twin bed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursery-necessities#post-754295 Wed, 01 May 2013 10:17:00 +0000 Meltini 754295@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our nursery is still living in my head but right now I am planning on a crib, changing table (we already have a dresser but it is way too tall to act as a changing table too), glider/recliner, and a small bookcase. We also already have a very small end table in there already and that will probably be over by the glider so I will have some place to set things while I am rocking or nursing. Right now, I have no plans to replace the glider when LO is a toddler. I know I was rocked occassionally up until I was 4 years old (after bad dreams and when I was sick). I think the same thing was true for my husband too.</p> <p>ETA: If I was furnishing the room from scratch I would buy a crib, low dresser to act as a changing table, book shelf, and a glider/rocker. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursery-necessities#post-754283 Wed, 01 May 2013 10:13:10 +0000 tysonja 754283@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>for us, the bare neccesities were:</p> <p>crib, medium sized dresser (we got a small baby sized one and it's way too small), somewhere to change the baby. </p> <p>:)! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursery-necessities#post-754182 Wed, 01 May 2013 09:32:16 +0000 immabeetoo 754182@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have loads of books so a bookcase is a must for us but you could also store in bins. We had a dresser that we used as a changing table but LO is sooo wiggly and squirmy we just change him on the floor, and took the dresser out and keep his clothes in the closet. End table is small but holds the monitor &amp; white noise machine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursery-necessities#post-754168 Wed, 01 May 2013 09:23:56 +0000 Foodnerd81 754168@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO isn't here yet, but our nursery is small and we are keeping our old queen size bed in there for our moms to stay in when the visit in the beginning, when baby is still sleeping in our room. So our plan (and I cannot vouch for how well this will work, but I think it will be OK) is to have:<br /> queen bed<br /> crib<br /> dresser/changer<br /> blackout curtains</p> <p>I figure books can go on the bottom shelf of our regular bookshelves in the living area for now, though we probably will put some up on the wall in the nursery too. The glider will go in the living room for the first few months. Once the baby is routinely sleeping in the nursery all night, we will reevaluate if we still need the bed in there and might get rid of it or go down to a twin, then move the glider into the nursery. I will definitely have some kind of surface-- table, window sill-- to put a drink and my iphone or something on next to the glider, wherever it lives. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursery-necessities#post-754144 Wed, 01 May 2013 09:07:59 +0000 looch 754144@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Room darkening curtains/blinds were also on our "must have" list. Made naps during the day so much more effective. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursery-necessities#post-754050 Wed, 01 May 2013 08:19:29 +0000 hilsy85 754050@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We also have a small room--10x10, and we have a crib, bookshelf, glider, and dresser-as-changing-table. We haven't found that we needed any additional furniture! Here's a pic. ETA the bookshelf is to the right of the crib:</p> <p>[attach=1319/13/mm4foh.396x600.Leo_newbornsession_LindsayMaddenPhotography-01.jpg] </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursery-necessities#post-754045 Wed, 01 May 2013 08:16:57 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 754045@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH is back on the baby train again now that I kept my job. My Ihead is spinning since we are *really* doing this. I'm scared. I spoke with a mommy friend and she was so refreshing. She admitted motherhood is challenging, but is so well worth it. </p> <p>Ok, so as crazy as this sounds on my list of priorities I keep thinking about the baby's room and I what we really need. In a perfect world I would make the closet into a total wardrobe area with drawers and chabging table, but is a smidge shallow. Ikea's Stolmen series works though. </p> <p>The room is small 10 x 11. One wall is taken up by the closet, the opposite wall has the window centered on it. The window is large and ends about 17" from the floor, so putting furniture in front of it will not work. The window covering are wood plantation shutters and I don't want to scrape those. </p> <p>The other two walls in the room have no access issues, however the door is on a diagonal and cuts into one wall a bit. </p> <p>So my question is this: which furniture is a must?</p> <p>Crib<br /> Chair/ Glider<br /> Freestanding bookcase (I don't want to attach shelves or ledge to the wall)<br /> Changer/ Dresser w/ change pad<br /> End table</p> <p>Once baby becomes toddler, would you repfeellace the glider with a small table and chair set? I have seen some low bookcases double as the change table, but that seems unsanitary for the boo I s and toys. </p>