The moment I found out I was pregnant, I knew I wanted a calming, neutral nursery with pops of blue or pink (boy or girl). Then came the challenge of choosing a theme. Since Jimmy and I both love boating and being around the water so much, I chose nautical. But I didn’t want cheesy nautical. This is my baby boy’s Natural Nautical Nursery Tour.
Calming Natural Nautical Nursery
Parent’s Bed
The American Academy of Pediatrics now recommends babies sleep in their parent’s room for the first six months. Rather than do that and have both Jimmy and myself awake a lot, I chose to put a bed in Baby’s room so one of us can sleep in here and the other can actually sleep.
Closet
I wanted to have a variety of sizes ready to go; I know he’ll be growing quickly. I bought closet dividers to separate the sizes. There are baby hangers on the top shelf with clothes pins that I use these to attach pants to the small hangers. The closet has his dress clothes and jackets.I also have extra diapers on the floor of the closet (and a spare king size quilt for some reason).
Changing Table
I debated not getting a changing table because their usable time is limited (babies that roll over could roll off ahhh), but decided to get one for the storage and for using while he’s little. On the shelves, I have: baking powder – put some in the diaper pail each time you throw away a diaper, extra changing pad covers, waterproof changing blankets – for when he’s bigger and it’s easier to change him on the floor, trash bags, a diaper organizer, burp clothes, lotion, wipes, diapers. Next to the changing table is a humidifier and the hamper – I attached a small mesh bag for those itty bitty socks and mittens.
Glider
I wanted an easy path from crib to changing table to glider so I arranged the three in a row. I’m going to use the salt lamp as my nighttime nursing lamp – it gives off a nice warm orange dim glow that should be calming for both Baby and me.
dresser
The dresser is directly across the room from the changing table. This is actually my dresser from my room at my parents’ house from back in the day. I used blue masking tape to label all the drawers to make it easy for whatever kind soul is helping me with laundry/packing/dressing Baby. The dresser contains his clothes, pacifiers, shoes, blankets, extra sheets & waterproof mattress liners, feeding supplies, sleep sacs, swaddlers, towels, and washcloths, The bookshelf was also mine from my college apartment. Pretty confident I got it at Target. The bookshelf holds his book collection, baby monitor, white noise machine, and his file (I’m putting copies of all his important documents in here).
dresser organization
I rolled all of his clothes to make it easy to see everything in the drawer. Also, baby clothes are small, so rolling them made a lot of sense. They are organized by size and type. I labeled each of the drawers and the divider with what is in each. For example: “0-3 mo Pajamas” or “Mittens.”
crib
