I’m 31 weeks pregnant. We’re finally getting around to sorting out some stuff for when baby arrives. You know, stuff. Like spaces to put tiny wee clothes. And somewhere for the little one to sleep.
Since baby is rooming in with us, we’re got a very limited space to play with. I felt really sad for a while that I wouldn’t get to do the whole “let’s plan and decorate a nursery” for my first baby. But in the end I am so excited about sharing and being close.
As a result, the room is starting to look more and more like a baby’s room that happens to have a queen sized bed in it. I like this.
Here’s a bit of a visual description of how the room is starting to look. If you’re an Ikea fiend like me, you’ll recognise a bunch of these items: the white Hemnes drawers, the Branas basket, the cute Spoka nightlight lamp, the Ribba frame. We do actually have all of these bits and pieces. We also have the Manhattan skyline wooden blocks from Muji. But the rest is just similar in look and feel to our room.
The walls are bright yellow and the trim is blue (something I hope to rectify soon – I love yellow but the blue trim is just way too 1990s for me!). And other things on the agenda are new blockout curtains, sheets for the cradle, and a few other things.
It’s fun.
