https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 04 Jul 2026 06:16:10 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-furniture-was-really-functional-for-you-in-nursery#post-1325161 Tue, 07 Jan 2014 12:28:01 +0000 babynumber1 1325161@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@runnerd: For an infant we did everything in our room. We had a pack and play with changing table on top and kept her most used clothes in the linen closet in our bedroom. </p> <p>She went to her room at 3 months and we constantly use her glider (last night I rocked her due to a cough) and she is 19 months. Plus she loves to play on it. </p> <p>We still use her changing table every day. It is a great station for getting dressed, keeping up with brushes, diapers, clothes, etc. Ours is a dresser that we already had that was painted to match her room. Its sturdy and has plenty of room for use. The shelves above have been invaluable. </p> <p>*I am attaching a pic of changing station. I seriously love this setup- it works so well for us still. </p> [attach=1543/14/mz1kiq.400x600.427953_10100262296018721_25016894_42871584_562289956_n.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-furniture-was-really-functional-for-you-in-nursery#post-1325141 Tue, 07 Jan 2014 12:22:13 +0000 Pepper 1325141@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Since LO didn't sleep in his nursery right away, we didn't use everything immediately. In the beginning, we used the changer on top of his dresser every night after his bath. Now that he's older and way more squirmy, we just change him wherever. Usually on the ground or on top of our bed. </p> <p>We now use the glider in his room every night. We feed him a bottle while gliding, then transfer him to his crib. </p> <p>We've always used his dresser for clothes. He has a built in bookcase/shelving system in this house that we use for toys and whatnot. He has a standalone bookcase too, but we moved that to the playroom. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-furniture-was-really-functional-for-you-in-nursery#post-1325120 Tue, 07 Jan 2014 12:16:41 +0000 purrpletulips 1325120@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our furniture was pretty minimal and all used regularly: crib (DD/DS were in this from day 1), dresser with changing pad, glider (moved to our room when DS arrived since there wasn't room with DD's bed in the room too). I used our glider all the time with both for nursing/story time. The changing station was pretty much the only place we changed diapers, once they outgrew the pad we just change them on the dresser top. Definitely suggest going that option vs. a changing table since it will save space and have multiple purposes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-furniture-was-really-functional-for-you-in-nursery#post-1325099 Tue, 07 Jan 2014 12:10:47 +0000 littlebug 1325099@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Other than the crib and the dresser (which we also use as the changing table), the glider has been the most-used piece of furniture in the room. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-furniture-was-really-functional-for-you-in-nursery#post-1325088 Tue, 07 Jan 2014 12:06:59 +0000 looch 1325088@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We used everything, with the exception of the crib, right away.</p> <p>In the nursery: crib, chair, night stand, armoire, sofa bed, bookshelves<br /> In the bathroom: changing table </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-furniture-was-really-functional-for-you-in-nursery#post-1325084 Tue, 07 Jan 2014 12:05:30 +0000 T.H.O.U. 1325084@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We used the changing table right away. </p> <p>Crib we started using around 10 weeks when we moved her because she was too noisy </p> <p>Rocking chair we used much later on when we started rocking instead of nursing to sleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-furniture-was-really-functional-for-you-in-nursery#post-1325039 Tue, 07 Jan 2014 11:55:35 +0000 LulaBee 1325039@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We got a hand me down glider that I hated and got rid of fairly quickly. What we do use more than anything else in her room (at 17 months) is the loveseat we already had and decided to stick in there. My husband, daughter and I are on it together reading every night and on weekends. I nurse her on it daily (and throughout the night, ugh). We sleep on it with her when she's sick. It's been our necessary piece of furniture. Even when she slept in an Arms' Reach Cosleeper in our room, I walked down the hall to nurse her on the loveseat every night, just seemed easier.</p> <p>We also use her crib (been in it since 3 months), dresser with changing pad on top, and an Expedit bookshelf from Ikea. Her room is my favorite room in the house! :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-furniture-was-really-functional-for-you-in-nursery#post-1325036 Tue, 07 Jan 2014 11:54:25 +0000 yoursilverlining 1325036@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A glider/rocker in the nursery was not useful - but our glider was absolutely necessary. LO is almost 19 months and we use it every day still. We just bought a glider that was pretty and fit with our other furniture, and had it in the living room.</p> <p>LO never used her crib, so that was a waste of $$. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-furniture-was-really-functional-for-you-in-nursery#post-1325026 Tue, 07 Jan 2014 11:50:00 +0000 Mrs. Grizzly Bear 1325026@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Through both kids, I've needed 4 items: A place for the baby to sleep, a place for the baby's clothes, a place for me to sit and feed/rock/soothe, and a place for me to put a bottle/burp cloth/pacifier down next to my chair. </p> <p>For DS that meant glider, crib, a changing table and book shelf (no closet in his room at the old house so I used bins to store and organize his clothes) and a side table. </p> <p>For DD, that meant a chair (glider for a few months, then reg chair when DS tipped the glider, then back to glider in her room), a crib, my old child-sized dresser, and a bookshelf next to my chair. </p> <p>Everything else? Gravy. The changing table and pad set up is good for about nine months, then I started having to change the kids in their crib or on the floor because they were just too strong/wiggly/etc for the changing table. But I still use the changing table as storage for the bins to organize things like crib sheets, blankets, so forth. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-furniture-was-really-functional-for-you-in-nursery#post-1325022 Tue, 07 Jan 2014 11:49:11 +0000 Ash 1325022@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I 100% recommend a glider! It's nice to be able to go to a peaceful, quiet room to rock a fussy baby. And if you breast or bottle feed (it doesn't matter which), it's a nice comfy place to do it.<br /> And we just have a dresser that we use as our changing table that we love! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-furniture-was-really-functional-for-you-in-nursery#post-1325013 Tue, 07 Jan 2014 11:47:23 +0000 loveisstrange 1325013@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She has a crib, rocking chair with end table, dresser with changing pad and a bookshelf.</p> <p>I would say the only thing we never used was the changing pad on the dresser. I am SO glad we didn't buy a changing table. If we had a ranch (we live in a 2 story) this probably would have gotten used more, but we just ended up changing her on the floor in the living room all the time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-furniture-was-really-functional-for-you-in-nursery#post-1325008 Tue, 07 Jan 2014 11:44:29 +0000 prettylizy 1325008@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think this may depend on the layout of your house too. For us, we have a raised ranch so the bedrooms are on the same floor as our kitchen dining and family room. We used her dresser/change talbe combo for almost every single diaper change. The rocker got more use between 6months and 1.5 years of age, but it's a nice piece of furniture we'll move out in to our living room once baby 2 outgrows it's use.<br /> We also bought cubby storage for the closet and it was super usefull. The dresser held diapers, wipes and accessories, the closet cubby held blankets, clothes etc. and now toys as she has gotten older. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-furniture-was-really-functional-for-you-in-nursery#post-1325006 Tue, 07 Jan 2014 11:44:05 +0000 Greentea 1325006@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I loove love our stokke sleepi crib. Worth every penny. No corners to bump into. Baby does 360s in it "walking" on the pegs. We used a tall and long dresser for a changer and it is the best. I need everything up there at once ... I wouldn't want a changer that I had to bend and gets things out of? I also never had a glider... and everything is in our master! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-furniture-was-really-functional-for-you-in-nursery#post-1325004 Tue, 07 Jan 2014 11:42:47 +0000 mlm2934 1325004@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks for all the input, I think my biggest take away, is that the items will be used, but maybe not in the nursery for the first few months. I like idea of keeping the glider and a change pad on our dresser in our room until baby gets older and then moving those things back to nursery! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-furniture-was-really-functional-for-you-in-nursery#post-1324998 Tue, 07 Jan 2014 11:40:30 +0000 edelweiss 1324998@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>the crib and comfy chair were the most important. we have a little shelf table that was handy for storing things.</p> <p>we have a diaper changing pad that we used on top of the dresser in our bedroom, but honestly we could have done without it. these days we just change LO on the floor (carpeted) with a flat mat like this one:<br /> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Kushies-Deluxe-Flannel-Change-Bubbles/dp/B00568MOOG/ref=sr_1_1?s=baby-products&#038;ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1389112747&#038;sr=1-1&#038;keywords=diaper+change+mat" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Kushies-Deluxe-Flannel-Change-Bubbles/dp/B00568MOOG/ref=sr_1_1?s=baby-products&#038;ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1389112747&#038;sr=1-1&#038;keywords=diaper+change+mat</a></p> <p>or a disposable wee wee pad that we have for our dogs. we could have gotten away with this from the get go, but i think i was trained to think i needed a higher diaper changing surface. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-furniture-was-really-functional-for-you-in-nursery#post-1324963 Tue, 07 Jan 2014 11:35:33 +0000 septca 1324963@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our nursery has 5 pieces of furniture, 3 of which I use daily.</p> <p>Must-haves:<br /> Crib - use is obvious :wink:<br /> Dresser with changing pad on top - use for 90% of diaper changes and to store DD's diapers/clothes/etc.<br /> Rocking chair - use for wake up and bedtime feeds every day (also a convenient place to throw dirty clothes while I change DD)</p> <p>Also nice:<br /> Daybed with under-bed storage - our nursery used to be our guestroom, so I didn't want to lose our extra bed entirely. I have slept in DD's room a handful of times (we moved her to her own room immediately), and we plan to move DD to the daybed when we have #2<br /> Bookshelf - holds all of DD's books plus a clock, her white noise machine, some knick knacks. Also gives me a place to set my coffee in the morning (in easy reach of the rocking chair).</p> <p>We also have a set of plastic drawers in DD's closet where I store clothes that she has outgrown/doesn't fit into yet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-furniture-was-really-functional-for-you-in-nursery#post-1324949 Tue, 07 Jan 2014 11:32:40 +0000 Mamasig 1324949@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have regular furniture plus a crib and rocking chair in the nursery. We used the rocking chair a lot in the beginning but then DS stopped wanting to be rocked. We hardly use it now. </p> <p>I had gotten a changing pad to put on too of the dresser and literally used it once. We have diaper changing baskets in the den and bedroom. I just change his diaper either on our bed or on the couch. It was too much of a bother to go all the way back to the nursery to just change a diaper. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-furniture-was-really-functional-for-you-in-nursery#post-1324945 Tue, 07 Jan 2014 11:31:52 +0000 kiddosc 1324945@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We use all of E's nursery furniture daily still at 20 months. </p> <p>We have a dresser like the picture below. It's designed to have a changing pad on it and we've always used it for every diaper change and it's where he gets dressed. </p> <p>We moved him to his room at 6 weeks and I spent many hours in our glider nursing him at night and rocking him back to sleep. Rocking is still part of our bedtime routine. </p> <p>Then we have a crib of course, and a bookshelf in his closet used to store extra clothes, toys, books, etc. </p> [attach=1439/14/mz1hx4.315x315.dresser.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-furniture-was-really-functional-for-you-in-nursery#post-1324914 Tue, 07 Jan 2014 11:23:44 +0000 Smurfette 1324914@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We use it all!! Changing pad on the dresser. I am no longer nursing but I still use the glider every single night with her. And it was worth its weight in gold for all those middle of the night wake ups once we moved her into her room. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-furniture-was-really-functional-for-you-in-nursery#post-1324905 Tue, 07 Jan 2014 11:20:14 +0000 Alivoo01 1324905@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Cara M. 17: Same here! I use our glider almost daily for nursing and rocking to sleep. We use the top of our dresser as our changing table and just put a changing pad on top. It's actually DS's favorite spot in the house! haha! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-furniture-was-really-functional-for-you-in-nursery#post-1324890 Tue, 07 Jan 2014 11:16:55 +0000 Beebug 1324890@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love seeing how differently everyone used everything!</p> <p>We never changed her anywhere else but her change table in her nursery when home, so that was a biggie for us in terms of usage! </p> <p>We had a rocker in her room (old school, wooden rocker), and a recliner in our room, and I would have killed for a rocker/recliner combo.</p> <p>We moved to a bungalow recently and I am interested to see how we use the house differently with a nb for the next one! I used to move her bassinet up and down the stairs every day and won't have to do that this time! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-furniture-was-really-functional-for-you-in-nursery#post-1324884 Tue, 07 Jan 2014 11:15:46 +0000 Mrs. Taco 1324884@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would say the #1 piece was/is the glider. I use it everyday, multiple times a day...with a curious LO at 7 months, it is now the best place to feed her because anywhere else in the house, she is too distracted.</p> <p>I also use our changing table a ton...I love the organization/storage under it which I wouldn't have if I only used a changing pad. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-furniture-was-really-functional-for-you-in-nursery#post-1324883 Tue, 07 Jan 2014 11:15:13 +0000 Anagram 1324883@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@runnerd: regarding changing table/pad and portable changing table. We did both. The diapers and wipes I kept in the storage cubes which I would move to the LR during the day and change LO on the couch on my diaper bag changing pad when she was a newborn. But the changing pad was handy at night because I didn't want her peeing or pooping on our bed accidentally when the diaper was off during night time changes. Now at 6 months, we do all diaper changes on the changing pad in her room. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-furniture-was-really-functional-for-you-in-nursery#post-1324878 Tue, 07 Jan 2014 11:14:23 +0000 blackbird 1324878@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We use everything (which is minimal). A tall dresser, a bookcase, the crib, and the changing table </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-furniture-was-really-functional-for-you-in-nursery#post-1324875 Tue, 07 Jan 2014 11:13:18 +0000 Anagram 1324875@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@runnerd: We didn't sue our nursery at all in the beginning (it was still mainly a guest room), but everything we bought for our nursery was used other places.</p> <p>-We bought a glider, but use it in our Living Room.<br /> -We bought a changing pad to put on top of a dresser, but put it on our dresser in our room. Use it constantly<br /> -We bought these cute storage cubes for diapers, wipes, diaper cream, etc that we put on our own dresser. Use it constantly<br /> -We bought a crib that we set up in our room and we have used it from Day 1 for night time sleep. LO slept anywhere for naps until I nap trained at 4 months and now all naps are in the crib too.</p> <p>LO is 6 months next week and just 5 days ago, we moved everrrrything (crib, changing pad and changing supplies) to the other room which is now the nursery. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-furniture-was-really-functional-for-you-in-nursery#post-1324856 Tue, 07 Jan 2014 11:09:24 +0000 mediagirl 1324856@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We actually used a lot of the normal nursery furniture.</p> <p>I use the glider every single day. Our bedtime routine includes rocking, reading three books and singing three songs, while in the glider. It was $250 well spent (by my mom...) :) I didn't use it as much until she was a little older because gliding wasn't her thing. Full on body slams (or so they seemed) were her thing when she was 0-3mo.</p> <p>I love our changing table because it has slots under it for baskets where I keep diapers, wipes, blankets, bibs, all the extra stuff.</p> <p>We have a dresser now, we didn't need one until she was 9 months and clothes got bigger.</p> <p>We also have a bookcase, which is one of those 9 cube bookcase things you can find at Michael's or Target. I put her books in there and a few toys. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-furniture-was-really-functional-for-you-in-nursery#post-1324855 Tue, 07 Jan 2014 11:09:23 +0000 illumina 1324855@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The only thing that is really invaluable (other than her cot) is the changing table over the cot. It's such a handy place to have it and saves space. We do have a recliner in there and I use it for night feeds--but I would say we could live without it if we were pushed for space. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-furniture-was-really-functional-for-you-in-nursery#post-1324850 Tue, 07 Jan 2014 11:08:47 +0000 Adira 1324850@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For the first 3 months, we didn't use anything in our nursery. We had a changing pad on top of our washing machine on the first floor, a bassinet in our bedroom, and we moved the rocking chair from the nursery to the living room.</p> <p>But once Xander started getting distracted eating, I moved the rocking chair back into the nursery and it's been crucial there! I use it every day to nurse him and read stories to him (he's 10 months). I also couldn't live without the end table next to the rocking chair, where I have a lamp for nighttime nursing and reading before bed (dimmer than the overhead lights to set the mood), keep my water, put my phone there, and have other things. We almost exclusively change his diaper in the nursery now, so we have a changing pad on a dresser in his room. And the crib, of course, is where he sleeps. I also have a bookcase to keep his books and some random toys. Plus my video monitor sits on top of it looking at his crib. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-furniture-was-really-functional-for-you-in-nursery#post-1324837 Tue, 07 Jan 2014 11:07:30 +0000 KT326 1324837@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a lazy boy rocking recliner and at 21 months we still use it everyday! I would always fall asleep nursing and it was so nice to be able to lean back. Even now when he is sick we sometimes sleep in the rocker. </p> <p>We used a changing pad on the dresser until he was about 8 months then we just moved it to the floor and kept a basket of changing supplies nearby. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-furniture-was-really-functional-for-you-in-nursery#post-1324831 Tue, 07 Jan 2014 11:06:54 +0000 Mrs. Jump Rope 1324831@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@runnerd: we put a changin pad on the dresser instead of getting a changing table... Then never once used it. </p> <p>I barely used our glider, either. I'm glad I didn't spend a lot of money on one. </p> <p>I don't plan on putting either in our next nursery. </p>