More Nursery Furniture Purchases

So we found a few more items online that we got for baby. Another rocker ($30) that we thought might go downstairs, a beat up old wooden dresser ($100) that will double as a changing table for us, and a small table to go by the upstairs glider ($15).

My wife spent a Saturday with the garage door open and wearing a ventilator for safety while spray painting the rocker white. Then she cleaned up the dresser for some future project. She's thinking about doing some sort of stenciling on it to pretty it up. The table is a bit rickety, but probably a few brackets or something can make it sturdy again. Then it'll just need some paint or stain to make it nice again.

We're slowly and surely making progress on the nursery. Only the original glider is in there so far, but soon we should be putting the other items in place. We're on pace to be done by November baby arrives, though!

First Baby Furniture Purchase

What I'm about to say probably isn't what most of the experts, or even anyone with kids, would suggest for a first piece of furniture for Baby. Let me say first that I'm generally a pretty easy-going guy. I let my wife pick most of the decorations in our house. I'll throw in my two cents once in a while and she'll try to take that into account if it doesn't completely ruin what she was already planning to do.

The one item I strongly felt would be a good purchase for the nursery was a glider that reclined. I think kicking back after Baby has just nursed and snoozing for a while will be quite convenient for my wife. She didn't exactly disagree so we've been keeping an eye out for a comfortable glider with good back support (for dear ol' dad - I've got a tricky back sometimes) that would recline.

It wasn't exactly planned, but we were strolling around Babies R Us one day and ran across a great rocker/glider. It was pretty pricey. Easily the most expensive thing that will go in the nursery, but I think it'll get a lot of use. And it can always be used in other rooms later so it is multi-purpose.