Do You Have What it Takes to Design Your Baby’s Nursery?
It’s a tricky thing to design your first baby nursery. Many couples have two (or more) babies and so maybe they have the opportunity to do it a couple times. We had one opportunity since our first pregnancy was a set of twins – or a “litter” as someone called them once. I was maniacal about not wanting to paint the nursery pink or baby blue and Tere agreed we should keep it gender neutral. With all of our pregnancy complications, we ended up doing almost nothing. Actually less than nothing. All we did was add a crib and rocker to our home office. That was it. It was now an office/nursery. The babies slept in the same crib for about six months. To be honest, they could have slept together for a really long time but inevitably one of them would kick the other while sleeping and immediate crying would ensue. We decided to separate them. Although the desk stayed, we did move out everything else from the room and added the second crib. What happened next was absolutely my fault. I take full ownership. Read More