{"id":4314,"date":"2009-03-16T15:35:43","date_gmt":"2009-03-16T19:35:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thehappyhousewife.com\/?p=4314"},"modified":"2010-12-01T14:04:30","modified_gmt":"2010-12-01T18:04:30","slug":"make-room-for-baby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/make-room-for-baby\/","title":{"rendered":"Make Room for Baby"},"content":{"rendered":"

There have been several great posts lately about the cost of having a baby. When you are on baby #7 things are pretty cheap. You own everything you could possibly need and you know what works and what doesn’t. All babies are different, but the learning curve is not very steep.<\/p>\n

One question that does arrive when you already have a lot of kids is where to put the baby? Even when we had extra room, I have always preferred to keep the baby with me. It seems to simplify those middle of night feedings and I like being able to keep my “ears” on the baby.<\/p>\n

My very kind and helpful friend helped me clear out my room <\/a>a few weeks ago and it has stayed pretty neat. Last weekend her husband came over and helped my husband move furniture and set up the cradle while I sorted clothes. If you remember the corner of my room looked like this.<\/p>\n

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They moved the dresser to the window to make room for the cradle. Now the room looks like this.<\/p>\n

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The bin below the cradle holds sheets, blankets, and other baby linens for easy access.<\/p>\n

While there has been much debate on the necessity of a changing table, I prefer some sort of elevated surface to change the baby since I had back surgery a few years ago.
\nI do not however spend money on changing tables. Fourteen years ago my dad bought this secondhand dresser for $30. It makes a perfect sized changing table with the changing pad<\/a>\"\" placed on top.<\/p>\n

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This dresser is in our bathroom, a perfect place to deal with diapers. I emptied the top drawer of the dresser to hold baby items.<\/p>\n

We also installed a shelf, that had been sitting in our garage, and a hanging rack from Ikea<\/a> to help organize wipes and other diaper changing necessities.<\/p>\n

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Total cost to make room for baby…<\/em><\/p>\n

$16 <\/strong><\/p>\n

By utilizing items we already had in our home as well as hand-me-downs we have created a nice cozy space for our little one.<\/p>\n

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This post is linking to A Beautiful Life<\/a>, Blissfully Domestic<\/a>, Tightwad Tuesday,<\/a> Tackle it Tuesday<\/a> and Talk about Tuesday<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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