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Unfortunately I don't haved time to read through what everyone else has said so please forgive me if I am repeating someone else. If you are breastfeeding, the first few weeks to months, you are probably going to want to be sleeping in the same room as the baby. Maybe you wont, but I found it to be much more convienient. So that would mean either the crib in your room if you have room for it, your in the baby's room, or a secondary sleeper in your room such as a pack n play if the crib doesn't fit.

A lot of the other stuff people call "must haves" are really just a matter of personal preference I think and unfortunately it is hard to tell whether or not you will want/need these things until you want/need them. Fortunately in this day and age pretty much the day you decide you want something you can basically go out and have it within an hour or so, unless you are mail ordering some specialty or designer items you can wait on getting a lot of stuff until YOU have decided it is a must have. Of course this does not help if you are looking to put together a baby shower registry.

I second the extra long walk through gate. We have one (not the same as mentioned above) and while it is not pretty, it is perfect. If you are going to be putting a gate at the top of the stairs, definately do NOT use one of the pressure mounted gate. If baby puts enough weight on it, which they eventually will, there is the chance the gate could come loose and it and the baby will careen down the stairs. There is a chance your child may not even be interested in it at all, or if you have a kid like mine, all obsticles present as challanges. Good luck.

I could never have that chair in my daughters nursery. I would never leave it ;-)

i agree that the Wendy Anne one looks like a good option.

my tv is mounted like the one in the picture....above the fire place. unfortunately there is no where else in the room it can go thanks to a bunch of window and a sectional. it is too high. period. the only way you can comfortably watch it for any period of time is if you are slouching WAY back or lying down. eventually, once there are kids in our home we will have to figure out something else cuz i certainly don't want them having to crane their necks to watch tv...perhaps intensive to start finishing the basement ;)

My grandmother in law does this. and i anthough don't mean to sound ungrateful but i really really hate it. it is totally contrary to what giving a gift is about. i've ended up with my own closet full of gifts we've gotten from her that totally have nothing to do with me or my husband, just random "finds" or sales that she has picked up that i wouldn't even consider giving to something else. If you find something that is perfect for some one, get it for them as a gift, otherwise get a bottle of wine or flowers or something consumable that your giftee wont feel obligated to hang onto.

i clean up after my dog every time she goes cuz she thinks it's a snack.

I find it's refreshing to look at a celebrity home that showcases their normalness. most creative/artistic types I know do not keep a tickity-poo tidy house. Unfortunately a lot of the celebrities showcased nowadays are not actually "artist" of any medium, just pretty faces. They obviously live and work in this apartment, it's not just somewhere to show off their success. If you look beneath the clutter, their are some really nice pieces, that dresser certainly sings to me.

even if this is an owned space most condo boards have pretty strict rules about balconies and what can be put on them and hung even including potted plants and Christmas decorations both for safety and as mentioned before for aesthetic reasons. Rent or own, if you must do this, check first.

absolutely Ikea...I have two of them in my basement that i'm not using any more...they are just over the depth of a CD.