@sofie With our 1st, we were in college. We lived with roommates (a couple) in a 2bd place. Each couple had a room & a bathroom. So, our “nursery” was our bedroom at the foot of our bed. He slept in a pack n play, diapers were on a center across the room, & his clothes went into a laundry basket in a corner. Baby toys got punted to the living room. He stayed with us until he was 1.5, out of necessity.
We finally got a 2bd place to ourselves & well, I’m pregnant with #2. So plan is the same…1.5 year old got his own room & his little sister got to room with us. It took us months to actually clear the space we were using for her, but we finally did it at 8 months along. She stayed with us until she was 14 months. We recently kicked out to her brother’s room because she decided to show off her new skills of trying to climb out of the pack n play. So, now she’s in the room with him sleeping on the pack n play mattress on the floor, because she hates the full bed in there.
We were hoping to rent & move to a 3bd place, but car troubles wiped that fund out & covid didn’t help. So we’re still in our apartment, moving our 3rd baby into our room in that same pack n play, & will probably continue to room share until he is a year old, like with his siblings. We’re going to have to move next July. Our kids will never have a true nursery & that’s okay. They have what they need & that’s what matters. I’d love to design a nursery, but designing a room in general is fun for me. If it’s designing his future toddler room, that’s okay too!
My now 3.5 year old & 1 year old share a Mickey Mouse-esque room. It’s not full Mickey Mouse, but they have a sheet set & pillow cases that are Mickey Mouse. When we move, our plan is to separate the kids, give our oldest his own room, & have the younger 2 share on twin beds until my daughter needs her own space/privacy. We’ll make their room Mickey Mouse or something else, if my oldest still wants to keep the Mickey theme. I made the Mickey Mouse blackout curtains. I don’t know if this will work, but designing their rooms is just as fun as designing a nursery! It brings me joy as a mom to see them delight in their rooms.
its really not a big deal. I was stressed about it too, but ended up not needing it anyway.
plus a bunch of cardboard boxes that are "organizing" things until we get it together and ikea stuff is back in stock. Her changing table is a skiphop changing pad on the counter in the master bed (which is a converted kitchen, my house is weirs but works for us).