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A closet organizing system for your nursery means more time enjoying your new baby and less time being scattered and frazzled.
Here are some basic ideas you can use when organizing your nursery closet.
You'll always think better on paper. Write out everything you'll be
putting in your baby's closet. If you're unsure if something will go in
a closet or in a dresser, make a space for it in the closet organizing
plan; it's easier to move it out to somewhere else, than to cram it in
when it wasn't planned for.
Your baby may be small now, but if this is your first child, you'll be
surprised how fast he or she will grow! In a matter of months, you may
have a climbing, crawling little monkey! You need to think safety first
when planning your closet organizing so that your precious little one
will stay secure. Think both in terms of putting unsafe items high and
behind closed, secure doors or drawers and how you can discourage climbing in your nursery's closet organizing system.
You have plenty of things to get accomplished in a day now with your
new baby and while you must clean, you can certainly keep it efficient.
Use only washable closet accessories in your nursery closet and opt for
clean lines that don't catch grime.
Your nursery may one day turn into a toddler's bedroom. Closet
organizing systems that start out as nursery organizers have to be able
to transform themselves into organized toddler spaces and beyond.
So look for closet organizing accessories that can be rearranged and
restacked. You may want the clothes bar high up now for your
convenience, but in a couple of years you're going to want to start
teaching your child how to hang up his own clothes and you'll need that
clothes rack (and hangers) to be the right size (and moveable) for the
job.
A nursery closet that does double-duty as an older brother or sister's closet, must be super organized.
Try not to mix the two children's items in the closet system. It will
help your older child feel very grown-up when you show him he has his
own 'special' closet section, just for his things. That will encourage
him to use the closet, too and help him help you with the new baby.
Believe me, your older child may still be small, but his extra pair of
hands and feet will come in handy now that you're caring for the new
baby.
- Include a pad and pencil.
Nursery closet organizing systems aren't be complete without a pad and pencil hanging somewhere discretely inside.
Why? Because you'll need a place to jot down needed supplies and you
won't want to have to remember to write it on your main shopping list
in the kitchen or office. A pad is better than a dry-erase board, too,
because a pad allows you to tear your list off and carry it with you to
the store. Try doing that with a dry-erase board!
==> The point is, the more efficient you can make your nursery
closet organizing, the more these organizing systems will serve you and
help you throughout your busy day.
Keep a camera of some sort in your nursery closet and you'll always be ready when those special moments come. It's just another way to let your closet organizing system work for you, not you for it!
Colleen Langenfeld is a mother with over 25 years of parenting experience and helps other busy moms at http://www.paintedgold.com.
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