1. Plan Layout
2. Choose Paint Color (custom mix #6) & Buy Paint
3. Take ‘Before’ Pictures
4. Find Perfectly Sized/Priced Dresser on Craigslist
5. Somehow get seller of Craigslist Dresser to e-mail me back, then buy dresser
6. Paint Room
7. Buy good quality bunk beds and mattress
8. Buy remaining furniture as cheaply as possible, then begin furniture rehab
9. Pick out fabrics/pattern so Grandma Denny can make quilt
10. Buy/make accessories for room, find/make curtains, buy blackout roller shade for window
11. Move in furniture, decorate room, move in Alethea’s book/toys
12. Convince Alethea to sleep in big girl bed so baby can use crib
DEADLINE FOR ALL OF ABOVE: January 4th 2011
My sister and I are 2 years and 9 months apart. My parents put Katie in her big girl bed about 4 months before I came along. They took down the entire nursery, and set it back up about a month before I was born. That way it was easier for Katie to transition to the big girl bed. There was no more baby stuff in the nursery, it was time for her big girl stuff and big girl room. And then when they set it up again, they explained that it was for the new baby that was coming. This way the new baby wasn’t getting Katie’s things… Katie had time to adjust to her big girl stuff and accept that the baby would get the baby room….
Just food for thought. I know you’re busy and probably won’t feel like taking apart and setting up the nursery again, but it might help Alethea’s transition!
I can’t wait to see pictures of Alethea’s big girl room!
Hey Jenny,
Thanks for the tip. I think that sounds like a fabulous idea, but I don’t think there is any way we have enough time to get Alethea’s room set up and then also tear down and re-set-up the nursery. We may move the crib to Alethea’s big girl room for a while if we can, so that she gets used to sleeping in the room before we introduce the big bed, but we’ll see how fast we can get the room set up. All the options make the transition very complicated and I have no idea how she will take it, but we do have a deadline, so we’ll just make the best of it that we can in the time that we have.
Elise