I know i did!
when i was carrying Ella for the 9 months...
All i could think of was a pretty painted room with designer decals on the wall
A winter white cot with couture linen, the most prettiest changing table, above it a whimsical shelf with the cutest mobile hanging from it.
white woven baskets with the interiors clad ed in the sweetest pastels, stocked with an array of the best diapers and cream and everything in between
Beautiful toys on a carved shelf, maybe also a center rug with a glider that matches the whole room...
but than all that changed... when we realize we were going to Perth...
even than i still imagine how wonderful it was to provide such a beautiful haven for my precious baby...i daydream about going shopping and doing up her room in our new house...
than of course that dream never came to reality...
the constraints of a rented house, the lifestyle we have with the baby...
so we came to a conclusion the only way she was going to have a room many dream about is many many years later... when she is old enough to actually remember it...
me breastfeeding her at midnight, 3am and 6am and sometimes in between... just a waste for her to have her own room... and i came to realize it's just easier to change her diaper and change her after baths all in that one spot where everything is within reach, even more for the midnight diaper changes, so much easier to store her clothes in a sterile plastic bin that's integrated with our own walk in closet...so that when we are putting away our own clothes, we don't have to walk into another room to put away hers.
everything is to a minimal so there's no fuss no muss.. and what we actually get back is more quality time with her...
it really so much work with taking care of the baby the best way possible , juggling school, work, cooking & laundry... i don't know how i do it all...
the conclusion is i needed things to be simple, easy, organized & cost effective!
I used a simple diaper trolley from ikea that's just at the tip of her bed and ours... top shelf sits her heater, we turn it on especially when we undress her for baths and diaper changes in the morning when it's freezing, 2nd shelf stores little baby things like thermometer, medicines, cotton buds,nail clippers, powder, creams and oils etc
3rd shelf are wet wipes, paper tissues and diapers... and i just sit on the floor and change her either on our bed or hers, with everything within reach :) plus now she is trying to roll all the time it's pretty safe.
we also have a corner in our walk in closet that has her dresses hanging - baby hangers!! Yes.. Eileen god ma bought them for Ella on her last trip here, and a labeled plastic drawer unit that doesn't take up too much space... the reason why each drawer is labeled ie : tops/bottoms, sleepers ... linens, so that daddy knows where everything goes.. but i still end up putting stuff away grrr!
just the other day... we three were folding cranes in our bedroom and we made a cute mobile and daddy put it up downstairs where she naps . . .

I love time with my 2 precious babies :)

oh well.. time to go hopefully i can load up her 6 month mugshots soon :) she's getting cheekier day by day ... sigh..i luff my little munchkin...