https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 17 Apr 2026 14:32:05 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursery-without-walls-eek#post-143344 Tue, 01 May 2012 09:46:41 +0000 Mrsbells 143344@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>our nursery is actually just one corner of our bedroom, since we live in a one bedroom place. Its working out fine so far </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursery-without-walls-eek#post-143340 Tue, 01 May 2012 09:45:06 +0000 Mrs. Stroller 143340@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Everything will be ok no matter what you choose to do. We put baby stroller in his own room at 2w because he made so many little noises at night that I was waking up and just laying awake and waiting for him to actually wake up to eat. Emotionally, I wasn't ready to move him, but we did and put a loud white noise machine under his cradle. Everyone's sleep was much better. I think having the baby in your room will work, but I highly recommend the white noise machine. It's our #1 loved baby item still at 4mos! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursery-without-walls-eek#post-137929 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 20:55:30 +0000 mrs. wagon 137929@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hehe... I totally feel you on the freakout. But you will have at least a few weeks to a few months to figure out when to do the work since the baby will be in your bedroom at the beginning, especially if baby will be born early...! If I were you I'd finish assembling the furniture, put it all in the space where the nursery will be, and let hubby handle getting the nursery walls up and dealing with the contractor... and whenever they're ready, you can move baby into the nursery then. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursery-without-walls-eek#post-137917 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 20:44:30 +0000 TubeAlloy 137917@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks so much for the input! It sounds like just putting the furniture where it would have gone anyway and worrying about the walls in a few months is the way to go.</p> <p>Just a week or so ago, I was telling people how babies manage to live in less than ideal conditions all over the world, so whatever happens with our renovations, our baby will be fine. It was a shorter trip than I like to admit from there to freakout land, ha! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursery-without-walls-eek#post-137859 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 20:09:20 +0000 chopsuey 137859@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would pass on the room dividers.. I think you'll be fine!!<br /> Especially for the first few months.<br /> Friends of ours put their LO's crib, dresser, swing, everything on their landing..? The area right outside their master bedroom. They even hung all of his clothes over their washer/dryer! They lived like that for about 6 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursery-without-walls-eek#post-137857 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 20:09:12 +0000 Mrs. Yoyo 137857@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If you think you can do it by the time he's a few months old, I wouldn't worry about it too much. We didn't move our kiddo into his nursery until 11-12 weeks. Until then, he slept beside our bed, napped in the swing, etc. They're so sleepy the first few months that they generally don't have a problem conking out wherever. </p> <p>If I were you I would probably go ahead and set up what you can, then wait it out. A room divider probably wouldn't muffle much noise, although you could try it plus a white noise machine if you're really concerned about baby having a quiet place of his or her own. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursery-without-walls-eek#post-137834 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 19:57:21 +0000 TubeAlloy 137834@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Has anyone dealt with trying to set up a nursery area without having an actual nursery?</p> <p>Our upstairs has our bedroom, which is normal size, plus a huge front room, part of which we planned to section off with walls to make a nursery, at least for a couple of years. My husband was in charge of making this happen and sort of dragged his feet on it, then the walls got folded into work a contractor was going to do to renovate our upstairs bathroom. This was nerve-wracking but bearable back when the work was going to start approximately next week, when I would theoretically have about five weeks before delivery. </p> <p>However, on Friday we learned that due to some fetal growth issues, they may deliver me very soon, and almost certainly within 3-3.5 weeks. My husband decides there's just no way we can survive doing the bathroom renovation now. I agree with him, except that without the larger bathroom renovation, it's not really worth it to the contractor to spend the time to just put up the nursery walls. It looks like if we want walls from this guy, we'll just have to suck it up and have it done along with a full bathroom renovation at some point, maybe a month or two after the baby arrives. Is that a crazy thing to try?</p> <p>So I am having a baby within the next three weeks. I have assorted baby furniture and other items in various stages of assembly in a pile in my home, and no walls for a nursery and no prospect of having walls until the baby is at least a couple of months old. I'd really prefer to have him sleeping in his own room by around six months.</p> <p>I realize a lot of this may be hormones, but I am freaking out. Any suggestions on what I can do? Is it even worth it to get room dividers as a temporary solution just so there is a separate baby space? Should we just set up the furniture where the nursery would have been so at least there is a space in the larger room to change the baby/keep his clothes, etc.? We were planning to have the baby sleep in one of those cosleeper bassinet things in our bedroom for the first few months, so I guess we don't need a separate room for a crib right away. </p> <p>In short, has anyone had to deal with a similar situation? And how did you do it? We're in the NYC area, so I'm tempted to just see if we can put up temporary walls if I can find a way to bring it up without my husband getting totally defensive about it. </p>