Generally speaking, babies are small and delicate, taking up
a little amount of room. So why on earth do we need so much stuff for their
needs? And where do you put it all? In this article we are going to reveal some
top tips from parents, on how to store all of your baby’s bits and bobs without
having to give up your own bedroom to use as a storage cupboard.
Baby nursery storage tips
I remember when we had our first child. We had earmarked
the spare room as the nursery, bought a couple of boxes of nappies, a few
armfuls of clothes, mobile and other essentials. It looked a lot, but there was
still a bit of floor space. Then we got the cot, and the baby changing unit,
and the nursing chair. Then we realised that in order to put our darling little baby into his cot we’d
pretty much have to throw him in there from the landing. Talking with other
parents and thinking back to how we coped, I thought it would be helpful to
collect together a few top tips for coping with storing all of your baby’s
items more efficiently.
You certainly don’t want to be tripping over things in your
child’s nursery, especially if you happen to be holding them at the time and
neither do you want to be floundering about desperately looking for the wet
wipes while holding a poo covered wriggly mess that’s in danger of weeing any
second if you don’t get a nappy on right away. (That’s a particular danger with
baby boys by the way – and yes, I know)
First of all, take a look at the cot. Many cots have a
rather odd design when you think about it. The mattress base is a good foot or
two above the floor, yet the sides come right down to the floor, or very near
it. Why? It makes sense to make more use
of the space underneath your cot, so look out for cots which either have a
shelf underneath the base, or simply allow you to slide boxes or baskets of
things underneath. It’s a great place to store those large bumper packs of
nappies.
Nappy storage nags are a boon. Often you end up pulling
nappies out of the box they came in and because of this you end up with that
huge box sitting in the middle of the room taking up space. You can find a
number of gorgeous nappy holders, often disguised to look like fluffy animals
and these attach either to a wall, or hang from the ceiling or the back of the
door. You can ram a good twenty or so
nappies in there at least, sometimes up to fifty and this makes it much more
convenient as well as saving a good deal of space. The back door is a great
place to store things as it clears the floor considerably. Be ruthless. You can easily find that at
least a drawer full clothes no longer fit or aren’t suitable. Babies grow
quickly and so it is important to check through the drawers, cupboard or
shelves to identify clothes which your baby has grown out of, either selling
them or packing them away in storage. Clothes which are too large can be sorted elsewhere until they are needed and if you have a large winter
coat in your child’s nursery and it’s July, you may find it better to put this elsewhere.
Shelves are a boon. You can go to any DIY store and pick up
a couple of shelves, which can be fitted easily in minutes. Don’t put them
above our child’s cot or above where they have their nappy changed, but you’ll
find that having a couple of shelves on the wall for things such as their thermometer,
medicines and nappy cream is a real help, keeping things handy, whilst not taking
up vitally needed space.
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