Outfitting the Nursery
Sarah and I have been struggling to outfit the nursery. Knowing that our baby is a boy hasn't helped as much as we thought it would. The main issue, no doubt, is that we have expensive taste, but this is the story of our lives, and we're reasonable enough not to spend hundreds of dollars on bedding destined to be encrusted with all sorts of excrement.
Aside from his parents' tendency toward the high end, the baby faces several other obstacles to decorating his room. First, boy stuff is cheesy. Yeah, the safari theme or the vehicles theme are cute enough but, really, they're kind of annoying, too. Sarah and I have to spend a lot of time in this room--a room, I might add, we've barely stepped in since completing the renovation. The decor should be something we like.
I also have this fear that we'll put something in his room that will secretly freak him out. Years later, when he's settled down and successful (a father can hope!) he'll come over for dinner and say, "You know that giraffe statue? It really freaked me out." And we'll hem and haw and wonder why he didn't think it was as cool as we thought it was. Grown-ups easily forget they have a different perspective than babies do.
Anyway, back to the themes. So, cartoony animals or vehicles aren't going to work. We then thought just solids or geometric patterns, but the reasonably-priced options are really over the top--crazy patchwork jobs with color combinations that don't quite work. The search continues.
The other issue is the crib. The crib styles we like, and match the aesthetic of our home, don't come in a "convertable" model. This means that the bed grows with the kid, making this $800 piece of furniture last more than two years. We'd like to go in this direction, but we're struggling to find something we like.
So these appear to be the trials and tribulations of parents-to-be. We're perhaps over-thinking the whole thing, but our friends and family know that this is par for the course for us, a safety zone that has seen us through sickness, health, and home renovations.
Aside from his parents' tendency toward the high end, the baby faces several other obstacles to decorating his room. First, boy stuff is cheesy. Yeah, the safari theme or the vehicles theme are cute enough but, really, they're kind of annoying, too. Sarah and I have to spend a lot of time in this room--a room, I might add, we've barely stepped in since completing the renovation. The decor should be something we like.
I also have this fear that we'll put something in his room that will secretly freak him out. Years later, when he's settled down and successful (a father can hope!) he'll come over for dinner and say, "You know that giraffe statue? It really freaked me out." And we'll hem and haw and wonder why he didn't think it was as cool as we thought it was. Grown-ups easily forget they have a different perspective than babies do.
Anyway, back to the themes. So, cartoony animals or vehicles aren't going to work. We then thought just solids or geometric patterns, but the reasonably-priced options are really over the top--crazy patchwork jobs with color combinations that don't quite work. The search continues.
The other issue is the crib. The crib styles we like, and match the aesthetic of our home, don't come in a "convertable" model. This means that the bed grows with the kid, making this $800 piece of furniture last more than two years. We'd like to go in this direction, but we're struggling to find something we like.
So these appear to be the trials and tribulations of parents-to-be. We're perhaps over-thinking the whole thing, but our friends and family know that this is par for the course for us, a safety zone that has seen us through sickness, health, and home renovations.
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