Saturday, January 2, 2010
Furniture
We cleaned out of couple of drawers, but some kind people gently explained to us that that wasn’t really appropriate for the baby to sleep in, so we’ll be getting a nice padded cage shortly. Now we need to fill the rest of the empty room. Being my kid (see above entry), Lincoln will find a way to hurt himself the second he is able to move around on his own. I haven’t seen any round, corner-less furniture, so I’d settle for whatever he is least likely to roll off/knock over/fall out of.
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Check "Baby Bargains" - they give a great list of furniture and what's great. Funnily enough, the cribs at Ikea get some of the best ratings. Cheap and safe. That's key.
ReplyDeleteWe got Raggazzi furniture. Great stuff. Looks baby enough now that its cute, but will be perfect for him to grow with too. Romina is an even better brand.
I just have a dresser, cribs, changing table and book shelf. make sure you bolt a bookshelf. i use the shelf for books, statures of their baby things and got baskets to put things like diapers, wipes, bath stuff and everythign else that i didnt know where to put.
ReplyDeleteWe only had borrowed and second hand stuff. My kids survived. The top of a dresser, with a molded pad fastened to the top makes a good change table. Of course, buy a good pad with a good safety belt.
ReplyDeleteRemember to run the serial numbers from any used furniture for recalls. They are rare, but it is worth the effort.
ReplyDeleteYes, run your serial numbers for recalls.
ReplyDeleteHowever, the minimalist here (also known as med student and resident during the times of my kids being born) -- lived on minimal baby furniture. Never had anything other than a PACK N PLAY (Graco). Had the changing table option, bed slightly lower, and for when they got too big for the bed part, they went down to the bottom of the play area. I didn't think that it was ghetto at all. And we were moving/traveling a lot, so the bed could travel with us for some semblance of normalcy for the babies.
And no slats or concerns about needing stupid bumpers or not.
I recommend not using a bumper, the AAP recommends not using them as well. If you want a bumper, and don't care about decorations matching...there are ones that let air flow through the crib, isn't big and bulky and prevents the baby from getting anything caught in between the slats of the crib. They are sold at Babies R Us as well as online. (example: onestepahead.com).
ReplyDeleteFor the changing table, make sure you get a pad that has the raised sides...if it is flat, the baby can roll off - even if you are standing right there! (speaking from experience here - even though I was able to stop him from completely rolling off)
Have two changing pad covers, one to have as back up incase of baby leakage.
Glider/rocker chair with arms is great, whether you are nursing or not.
I found you round, corner-less furniture! LOL! Check it out: www.roundandroundchildrensfurniture.com
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