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From: peggy@ism70.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.kids
Subject: Making room when baby makes three
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Date: Thu, 7-Nov-85 13:28:00 EST
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Posted: Thu Nov  7 13:28:00 1985
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Nf-From: ism70!peggy    Nov  7 13:28:00 1985


I am interested in any comments or suggestions that readers of net.kids have
about living in a 1 bedroom home with a newborn.  Has anyone out there tried
it?  My husband and I are expecting our first child in May.  We are living
in a very large one bedroom duplex in one of our favorite parts of town and
the rent for a unit with an additional room would be between 1-1/2 and 2
times what we currently pay.  At this time we'd be able to barely slide by
with the extra rent, but that's not counting the extra expenses that the
baby will bring.  We plan to be able to move sometime before our baby's
first Christmas but, in the meantime, we would like to stay where we are.
We had originally considered some sort of temporary construction work that
would create a room for either the baby or for us, but now we're thinking
that it really isn't necessary.  Now, we're starting to consider either
sharing our room with the baby, moving the baby into the living room (it's
about three times the size of our bedroom), or putting the baby in our room
and moving our bedroom into the living room in some sort of creative way
(beats me how just yet, but I'm sure we could think of something).  I can't
imagine that sharing our room with our baby would be that difficult for six
months (maybe it's the maternal instincts that I've been feeling so strongly
lately, but right now I think I'd love to share our room with our baby), but
some of the people who we've talked to feel very strongly about us having a
private space available where we can be by ourselves when we need to be.
Any comments or suggestions would be appreciated.  We have no idea what to
expect...