Mom's on #2 or more...

Am I the only one that is re-using DC#1's nursery?? I'm just venting b/c everyone asks me about DC #2's nursery...is it done yet, when are you re-painting it...ect. DC#1 is 20 mos old, we are just moving him into his big boy room and DC#2 will go into the nursery, I feel like everyone is so shocked to hear that I'm not RE-doing it. eta: I'm team for both pregnancies.

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We are redoing a room for #2, but only because DD (3) is already in her "big girl room". If her room decor was too babyish then I would totally put the new baby in it.

We are also team and were with DD#1 but I didn't do a nuetral room. I just picked out the bedding and bought it after I had her. I purposely picked out a decor that she could have for years so I wouldn't have to redo it.

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We're reusing too! Our son will be 22 months when the baby comes, so he will be moving into a different room, with a more "big boy" theme, and the baby will just go right into the already set-up and designed nursery. It seemed to make sense since they will be so close in age. We are also team for both.

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we are reusing the nursery - DD#1 moved into a big girl room and DD#2 will go into the nursery when she gets here. We had purposely picked a border that had both pink and blue in it and would mean that if DC#2 was a boy, a quick paint job would be all we needed to change. But DC#2 is so its an easy move. I havn't gotten any pressure to "redo" it.

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We are even worse! DC#2 is staying with us in a crib in our room and then sharing with 4 yo DC.

Don't feel pressure to change anything....

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even better... they're going in the same room. We got a toddler bed for DS1, DS2 is getting the crib. I didn't even move the bedding over.

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we are redoing DS nursery for this one - however, I never really loved his nursery - we just settled bc we couldnt decide and needed to get it done. Plus I am a compulsive redecorator - hell, Ive redone our MBR 3 times in the 5 years we have lived here.

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I dont have the time, money or patience to re-do the nursery. room was mint green & beige. I'm now having a and adding some pink accents to girly it up a bit. I purchased a gender neutral set for that reason. VERY glad I did!

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we are not re-doing either and they will share the room once the baby is out of the bassinette. If this baby is a boy, I will get some new bedding for the crib because DD's is pink and girly but thats about all I am going to do regarding decor. Nobody has said anything about our plan and I wouldnt expect them too. Nothing I can do anyway, they have no choice but to share at this point!

Message edited 7/9/2011 8:46:27 AM.

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hopefully we will be in a new house by the time #2 gets here so we will have to do both rooms but if we were to stay here baby #2 was to inherit dc's nursery.. my DCs will be about the same age difference as yours, are you keeping dc #1 in a crib or moving to a toddler bed? That is my dilemma on whether or not to buy another crib.

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Me too: it's why I did it gender neutral!
DS spends no time up there & another crib will be a waste.. he'll be 19-20 months by the time we use a crib with #2 & I'lll just move him to a toddler bed.

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I am kind of re-using it. We moved DS into a different "big boy" room and the nursery will remain in the same room, same paint color. But I am changing out the curtains and bedding and adding some pink accents since this one is a

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This is what we did. We moved my first DS to his big boy room. And my sencond DS (we were ) has the nursery. I was going to get new bedding but decided I liked what I had so we just replaced the bumpers b/c my first ds had them in his crib for 2.5 years so I had thrown them out.

Otherwise DS#2's room looks the SAME exact way (down to what is on the walls even) as it did when DS#1 was a baby!

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My son is using the same nursery that our second had. I was only going to change bedding if it was a girl but we weren't repainting no matter what so no you are not alone.

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we're doing the same as you. Making my son his big boy room and putting #2 right into his nursery and not changing a thing.

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We moved DS to a big boy bed at 2. We re-used all of his furniture. And in the fall we will be handing it down in awesome condition to my BIL for his first child.

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We did exactly this, and it worked out really well!

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Charlie is staying in her room (it is the larger of the 2 bedrooms) and we are repainting it as well. Baby #2 is going into the smaller room with all of Charlie's furniture, bedding, etc. I don't see anything wrong with recycling

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WE didn't even have a nursery fro #2. She slept in our room for the first 12 months. WE turned DD's huge bedroom into 2 rooms. WE used DD #1 crib for the babys crib. DD #2 was sleeping in her big girl bed before the baby got here.

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We transitioned into his big boy room which has been his playroom since we moved into the house last year. We purposely did a gender neutral nursery so we could reuse it. Now will be in the nursery and we got a new dresser in white, new wall art and a new rug all with pink accents. The only reason we got these new things is because we moved those things from the nursery into big boy room. No waste!!

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We're toally re-using. I'm having another DS and DS#1 is moving into the bigger room and a big boy bed. I don't know why people would be shocked.