Baby Turtle's Room Tour!

**NOTE: This was written before I had baby turtle. I have since then edited the room to function for us, which should be upcoming in a post at some point. Time is pretty valuable right now, story of a new mom's life**

Welcome to Baby Turtle's Room! It took me about 6 weeks to actually get it to this point. Thank goodness for nesting lol. I blame any time delays on bladder breaks and munchies breaks! My idea for this room was pink and grey chevrons with elephants. HOWEVER: I did not realize that baby stuff is ~expensive~. So my next resort was to buys bits and pieces and hope they all match ;)


View from the door

I have a toy box that I want to put under the window but it needs some major TLC. I want to paint it a solid white and somehow get baby turtle's name on the top. But this will be a post-partum project. Just like the baby furniture. I wanted to paint the baby furniture white with pink accents. Like on the bars of the crib, top of the changing table and insides of the drawers of the changing table. But being 8 months preggo at the time I decided this, I knew it wasn't going to happen. And Hubs works all day. Sad face.

Left Wall

This is the action wall. Fashion, diapers and hampers. All in one central location. The main reason the big gorilla box is there is to act as a stand for the diaper champ and hamper. I bought the diaper champ off of someone and didn't realize how short it was. (It maybe hits my hips on the ground. No one has time to wrestle a baby and dirty diaper at the same time!) And the hamper is from Target's Dollar Spot. I figured, with as little as baby clothing is, this could easily accommodate baby turtle's laundry. *fingers crossed for preggo logic working*

Mini Station #1: Small trashcan, Diaper Champ, Hamper all on
top of a gorilla box full of stuffed animals. (Confession: they're
all my stuffed animals that I'm "giving" to baby turtle. Here's to
hoping she wont destroy all of them lol)

I made both the bow holder and headband holder long before I even contemplated making this blog. But in all seriousness, it took me like 5 minutes to make the bow holder and 10 minutes to make the headband holder, only because I had to  individually glue on the clothespins! If life allows me, I'll recreate these projects and post about them :)

The wall of hair~! Most of the headbands were a gift at our baby
shower. The bows were purchased from Hold The Confetti and
the flower clips are from Miss Maddies Closet. The other random
ones are *confession* mine that I've passed to Baby Turtle.

We didn't buy too many NB sized clothes. Figuring that newborns grow up in a blink of an eye, more of the purchasing focus has been on 3+ month sized clothing. This drawer pretty much contains all of her NB clothes, minus the few that are in her diaper baskets in the living room, our bedroom, and hospital/diaper bag. And we're in Arizona. The chances of her needing to go outside and actually wear clothes are very limited. Like doctor visits and possible a visit to work to show off her cuteness once. If I don't want to be in the heat, I'm pretty sure she won't want to be either!

Drawer #1: Clothes!

Drawer #2: Accessories? The left side contains baby leggings.
There are always coupons/promos going on that site! That's why
I have so many!The right side mainly has burp cloths and bibs.
I stuffed her hats there too  

Drawer #3: Blankets!

Hubs and I are going to try our hand at cloth diapering. Since newborns are so small but grow so quickly, we got mainly prefolds and covers to last her. I got my covers and prefolds at Kelly's Closet. They are always having some sort of coupon/promo that makes it even harder NOT to buy cloth diapers! I also bought a couple of NB pockets, mainly because the store I stumbled upon was having a closing shop sale. $7 for a NB pocket diaper with insert? Heck yes! Her diaper baskets in the living room and our room look pretty much like this but about half the size plus a few outfits for the inevitable spit up.

Drawer #4: Diapers! These are some of her prefolds, covers,
NB sized pockets and fitteds. And the random Snappi that's just
chilling on top of it all.

We also plan on using cloth wipes, but not until we finish all the Honest Company wipes that I had already bought and the Huggies wipes that we got at our baby shower. Why waste them?

Drawer #5: Wipes! We got these wipes at our baby shower :)

My "First Aide Station" has all of my aiding needs. Medicine dispensers, 4-in-1thermometer, nose sucker, etc. It also has my extra baby supplies at the bottom. I stuck all the things I plan on using on top for easy access. My fluff stash (aka diaper stash) is relatively small compared to most. The top two shelves are diapers. The top is for non-pocket diaper types (A1O, A12, fitteds) and the bulk of the stash is pocket diapers. I bought most of mine off of Zulily whenever they would have cloth diaper sales. The third shelf has extra inserts that I've bought or been given. Don't mind the little egg shaped thing that's just chilling there. It's a dehumidifier, to suck out moisture around the inserts so they don't get all mildew-ey or moldy. And funny enough, right below that is an actual humidifier.

(Right)The First Aide Station: A lot of it is
comprised of Honest Company products.
(Left) The Fluff Stash! This will need it's own
post lol. So much fluff!

Her crib. We don't plan on letting her sleep in the crib overnight for a while, but it's all set up and ready to go. For the meantime, I stuck her extra stuffed animals in there to fill the empty void.

Her crib corner :)

Close Up of the Art Work from Sweet Melody Designs
I had to get this set from her! The picture in the top left corner
was the inspiration for the whole theme of the room:
Pink, Grey, and Elephants <3



Close Up of the Art Work from Around the Block AZ
I had this customized with the pink and grey chevrons in the
background. I love this quote!
 

Some special stuffed animals. The large elephant, Hubert, was a
gift from my dad when I left for the Air Force. The teddy bear
was the first plushie Hubs won me when we were dating,
affectionately named Teddy Bear lol. The big turtle is baby
turtle's first gift from her uncle in NC. The little turtle
and the yellow spotted dog are a gift from her grandma in NC.

Her closet is more so a place of storage.


Baby turtle's closet! Most of it's stuff that
she'll be too small for or mommy tools :)

Her book collection!

What's in my Hospital Bag?

Ah, the main bulk of the whole packing for the hospital. I packed a total of three bags: the diaper bag, clothing bag, and misc bag. On top of that, there's the pillows that wouldnt fit in a bag. And of course, the carseat (which i dont have a picture of soley because it's outside in the car and with the temps already hitting 90 at 930 am, I've deemed it too hot to go outside :P)

First up is the clothing bag. I managed to fit Hubs and my clothes into one medium sized duffel bag. This is of course, assuming that we only stay for one night at most.

 

The magical duffel bag

I degsinated this little pocket for this one chapstick. I've read
EVERYWHERE that chapstick is the one thing that moms
forget to pack and desperately need while birthing. Putting it
in this pocket will make it easy for hubs to find while I'm
screaming bloody mary lol.

A wetbag for laundry and cheap underwear for the post-partum
bleeding. I bought this 7 pack for I think 5 bucks or so. I won't be
feeling too butthurt if I have to toss them ;)

Fuzzy socks with rubber non-slip blobs at the bottom.

A large fluffy towel. I've read that the hospital ones are a bit
small and on the thin side. I like my towels big and fluffy lol

Hub's clothing pile. He has swimming trucks, an extra t-shirt,
lounging pants, boxers and socks. He loves loves loves his
green socks. In all seriousness, he only wears white socks when
he has to wear his PT uniform.

Pajamas for me. I have a night gown on top, for after birth, and
a pair of yoga pants and large t-shirt for before birth.

Super soft silky robe.

Two maxi dresses for going home/recieving visitors if we have
any come by.

Sleep nursing bras. The left is a Lamaze and the right is a
Motherhood Maternity.

A normal nursing bra.

The second bag that I packed has EVERYTHING else. Tolietries, food, paperwork. I stuffed it all into this poor Target bag lol. Everything inside is organized into smaller bags. The last thing I need is to be in the middle of a contraction and Hubs asking me where something is lol. I'm trying to prevent potential labor induced murder while I try and give birth.

The poor Target bag!

Stuffed to the brim!

The food stash plus two waters

(Clockwise from the top left) Blue Diamond Wasabi flavored
almonds, A baggie full of Cliff bars and honey sticks (I heard
this is a great source of energy while birthing), banana chips,
3 gopicnic lunch packs (I LOVE these lunch packs. They are like
a meal for me, moreso a snack for Hubs. That's why he gets 2 lol),
and lastly, Monsters for Hubs.

Dental Hygine Kit

Lots of travel sized dental care products :)

One of those rice/bean filled pillows, for relaxation purposes.

A baggie of maxi-pads. I know the hospital gives them, but I
brought some incase they were uncomforable for me.

Mini wet bag filled with mama cloths I bought from
Kelly's Closet

 

For those who don't know, mama cloths are resuable cloth
pads. I know it sounds kinda gross, but thinking about it, I
figured I'd give it a try. I mean, we wash clothes when there's
period leaks. What's a designated pad going to hurt?

 

A folder with paperwork, Bradley
workbooks and pamplets.

The bag of hygine :)

Just travel sized body wash/shampoo/conditioner and a mini
loofah.

A bag of misc stuff. I'll divide it into groups that make sense

Relaxation: eye mask, lavender massage oil and anti-stress
cream for the temples.

Misc tolietries: facial wipes, meds for the Hubs, deodarent,
lotion, face moisturizer and Q-tips.

New Mama Bottom Spray. This is for...soothing down there
after birth. I've read about numerous moms that rave about how
this spray really really helps.

Hair! Who can forget about hair!

The third bag is the diaper bag, but that's it's own post. You can read about my Diaper Bag [Hospital Edition] here!

The last bit that we have packed pillows. I have a Boppy pillow to help with nursing and two regular pillows. I like fluffy pillows and I want to avoid discomfort with flat hospital pillows. Plus the pop of color should be a moral booster (and prevent the hospital from taking my pillows!) The things that we'll be bringing that aren't packed are my camera (and it's charger!), our phone chargers and laptop. Is it kinda dorky that i plan on bringing Frozen and playing "Let it Go" while I deliver? I think it would be a good moral booster but Hubs begs to differ.