Death by Baby Gear
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Oh my word. I had such high hopes of remaining normal after having a baby. I committed to keeping all baby-related items in the nursery and my house that I’ve worked so hard on would remain an “adult house” and there would be no sign of baby outside of the nursery. Psha!
We’ve got the swing and the gym in the living room, the pack ‘n play in our bedroom (for when I’m getting ready in the mornings), bottles and the bottle warmer always on the kitchen counter, and a bouncy seat that seems to travel from room to room. I almost forgot to mention that our stroller is so heavy that I have trouble putting it back in its place on my own, so it often just sits in the living room floor. Our family room is not large, so these large baby items take up a lot of space. I feel claustrophobic and like these things have taken over my house.
We live in a 2400 square foot bungalow. The attic was transformed into the master suite, so about 700 of those 2400 square feet are the master suite– the bedroom, sitting area, bathroom, closet, and laundry area. The baby and I rarely travel to the second floor and the last thing I want to do is lose my master bedroom to baby gear. We love our house and have no plans to move anytime soon, but I do find myself designing my dream room for all of this stuff. If I had it my way, I’d have a kitchenette and a bonus room where the baby and I would spend the day. All of his gear would be in there and the rest of our house would not have to be overrun with my entire baby registry!
These are some of my dream room ideas for all of this stuff. (My real dream room is a giant craft room with slate floors, but I’ll touch on that later)
photos from Pottery Barn Kids
Ideally, this room would be very, very large. Large enough to accommodate two sofas and a rocking chair. We’d have a large television and plenty of space for the huge baby swing that we have and all of the other baby gear. This room would also double as a media room for watching football games or the Academy Awards. We’d have one chalkboard paint wall that the baby could do whatever he wanted to when he gets older. Storage in this room is the most important thing.
Do you have a problem room? Do you have a dream room? What is it? What would it look like?
My dream room is a huge sunroom or screened in deck with retractable windows. Someplace that feels like you’re outdoors but can stay cool with a glass of sangria and a book in the Texas heat!
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I so feel your pain! It’s so hard to keep the functional baby items that you need out but still ensure your house doesn’t look like Chuck E Cheese at any given moment. I often wonder- what happens when baby needs toys to play with while we’re all in the family room together- will we even have space to walk?!
Rant over, I think my dream room would be a huge front porch with fans and misters, wide plank wood floors, deep seating with cozy throw pillows, somewhere on the water :)
