OK, so I realize I never did an initial nursery visit. I thought I had on my pregnancy blog, but then I went back to look and found no such post. Oops. So instead of a revisit, this will be more of a "before and after" because I always thought it was neat to see how nurseries changed as they were lived in. Ours really hasn't changed TOO much in the past year. I did finally get some curtains made (9 months late) and get something up on the walls (which are painted a light green that always shows up more yellow in pictures for some reason). Regardless of the amount of change, it's still my favorite room in the house.
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Sorry to switch things up with portrait/landscape, but there's a lot more to see from the doorway now! The swing was moved to our bedroom as soon as Ethan was born and last summer Ethan's daddy built him a bookcase for his toys and books. The dirty clothes hamper also made its way into the room because it's much easier to toss a soiled onesie over your shoulder from the changing pad than to juggle a naked baby while trying to open the closet door.
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A closer shot of the bookcase and the wall decor. Also notice that the fancy crib set has been replaced by a blue sheet and a breathable bumper. The bedskirt held in there until the last lowering of the crib, though! The "E" was made by me as explained in this post, but the prints were purchased off Etsy from this seller. I got them in colors to match the nursery, and they say "Someday I'll be taller than Dad," "Someday I'll sail the seven seas," and "Someday I'll have my own tools"
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Not too much has changed here. The stuffed bear has been moved to the bookcase to make way for Kleenex and hand sanitizer. The Boppy is no longer used since Ethan fills up my lap all on his own now. The other addition of decor is a needlepoint made by my mother-in-law. It's the last stanza of this poem, which I first discovered while I was pregnant. The first couple of weeks after Ethan was born, I couldn't think of it without tearing up, so when my mother-in-law brought this up when Ethan was 5-weeks-old, above the glider seemed like the perfect place for it, not only because it's the scene of much rocking but also because I knew if I was staring at it all the time, I'd start crying!
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Ethan's closet door no longer stores bibs and booties but shoes and socks. It went through a phase of storing both and was filled to overflowing, so I finally had to begin to pack away the newborn supplies. ::tear::
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Likewise, his closet no longer stores tiny newborn garments but big toddler clothes. The extra burp cloths and wet pads have been replaced by empty shoe boxes. A large underbed storage box in the floor of the closet is ready to be filled each time he outgrows an outfit.
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I finally got around to getting Ethan a growth chart, just after his first birthday (we'd marked his birthday height on the wall to be transferred once I decided on one). I had several cute ones picked out but ended up going with one from a website I had a coupon code for so all I had to pay was like $7 shipping. And I think it works just fine!
So there you have it. The transition from nursery to toddler room. Just like the room, Ethan has slowly changed over time, but it still seems like it happened in the blink of an eye. I remember sitting on the floor of the nursery when I was pregnant, resting my back up against the crib and imagining what it would be like once the room's occupant arrived. And I know the room will continue to change, reflecting Ethan's continued growth and then the arrival and growth of his future little brother or sister. Regardless of how it changes, I think it will always be my favorite room in the house.
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