We were lucky enough to have enough room and set up a gorgeous nursery but...what a waste of money! DS slept in a bassinet in our room til he outgrew it and then was supposed to move into the cot, which was set up in the nursery...DH had to pull it down and put it back up in our room, DS is still happily sleeping in our room. For months, the change table (with most of his stuff on the shelves underneath) was in the family room, so really the nursery is just a storage room for nappies and wipes (toys r us just had some great specials on )
Update - this is working quite well because DS is such a good sleeper. He has his day naps in a bouncer in whatever room we are in, I was co-sleeping but he's going longer between sleeps now so I put him back in the bassinet in our room after each feed. Other half has been sleeping in the lounge but has been sneaking back in with me now the baby isn't awake so often. The change table is cluttering up our hallway but it works.
The only downside so far has been the cat. The bassinet has a basketty thing underneath it for storage, I've been using it for baby clothes, and the blasted cat has decided to sleep under there.
That's a good idea - we just put some hard toys and things in there to annoy the cat, she moved to the top of a wardrobe but we have to keep an eye on her. She comes down to investigate at 4am when I change the baby in the middle of the night (he's Mr Poops-a-lot).
We have no nursery. Up until 6 weeks ago, we had no cot. We have no change table. We have no bassinet. Missy moo sleeps with us in our bed, her cot is next to our bed (she is rarely in there though).
I wouldn't have it any other way and plan on keeping things the way they are until she is around 18 months - 2 years!
She doesn't know any different - and quite frankly, she is too young to care!!
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