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1. We chose the closest room to us. Our second option is right next door to the first, but we both agreed that at 4 in the morning it was nice to have the room even a few steps closer to us. Natural light might not be so good for a baby during nap time- we have black out blinds on our windows to keep the light away.

2. Her room does have a ceiling fan but we don't use it. We have an insulating fan that we use at night- it circulates the air without the cold air getting on her and it is good for white noise.

3. I think a sofa is an awesome idea! LO's room is small so the glider works for us, but on vacation we usually just use any chair or couch when giving her the bedtime bottle and they all work fine. I just rock her myself.

YOU WANT A GLIDER! trust me! Ours broke (going to get a new one today) and getting on and off the couch or bed that are in her nursery is a huge PITA. Anyways

1. We only have pme s[are bedroom, but both of our rooms in our house could be considered "master" beds. One thing to think about with all the windows and natural light - at some point, you might need blackout curtains .Liv slept through light, dark, whateverm until about a month ago (at 6 months old.) now, any light AT ALL in her room wakes her up. You want a quiet room for sure, but that wasnt high on my priority list. They have to get used to some noise at some point, plus there is always a white noise machine. Temperature control is very important. Closet space - its a plus, but honestly, not a deal maker or breaker. Youll find a system for organizing the clothes regardless of closet size (Liv has a TON of clothes and we took the room with the walk-in closet. Hers is smaller, but we have that and her dresser, which we use more than the closet.)

2. Yes, it has a ceiling fan.,Our pedi recommended that if we can install one or already have one - do it or use it on low/mediium. I suppose a floor fan or something would work as well.

3. I didnt want a glider at first bc I thought it was unnecessary. Then when I used the one in our hospital room for the 4 days I was there (c-sec) I realized that the large chair and bed in there wouldnt cut it. You spend a lot of time in there, gliding in the glider is very soothing, and now its a vital part of our bedtime routine. We went the cheap route and ordered one just to be sure. Now its broken (like I said, cheap) so we're going to PB kids for a good one bc we think its that important.

our choice was easy because the nursery is right across from our room and further from street noise, and only has one window. The other room is down the hall, facing the street, and has two windows.

And trust me, you want a glider!!! When baby is 20 lbs it's difficult and tiring to rock them yourself. Just don't get one that's TOO comfortable because you will fall asleep in it! Do the getting up with no hands test before buying... you gotta be able to get up on your own with a sleeping baby in your arms.

We have a sofa bed from IKEA in our nursery. It was a godsend in the early days because I could just crash there in the night and not disturb my husband.

Now, we use it as another play area, it's the perfect height for DS to stand and play with his magna doodle and xylophone.

1. We had two rooms to choose from and they were both equal distance from our master. But one is close to the laundry room so we ruled that one out because we planned on doing laundry round the clock (which is what ended up happening!). The room we ended up choosing had more sunlight than the other room so we installed blackout curtains (highly recommended). I think for us, noise control was definitely the biggest consideration.

2. We don't have a ceiling fan and don't plan on installing one either. We used a humidifier a lot in the beginning (he had reflux) and that helped a lot so a ceiling fan would've been useless for us.

3. I'm still shopping for a glider. We didn't have one with our first baby and I'm kind of wishing we had!