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[quote=Anonymous]We lived in a one bedroom until DC2 arrived - and then we could not take it any more and bought a house! I think having very little furniture was what made it possible.

DC1 slept in his small bed in our bedroom until we moved when he was 6. DC2 slept in the Mini Stokke crib in the living room for naps, but co-slept with us during the night.

Big items apart from bed:
We had a large Stokke Xplory stroller (unfolded!) near the door, and a Stokke highchair for him at our small dining table. A bouncer, then when he outgrew it (and it broke) a small play-yard. We changed him on a dedicated coffee table for the first year (so I could kneel and not hurt my back) then recycled it into a TV stand.

Small items:
We had extremely few toys! Kids have far too much these days. Buy open-ended things they can use creatively, like wood blocks or planks (not for newborns, of course). Borrow books at the library.
We had a small mixer for baby foods and a stand for bottles on the kitchen counter. Small baby bathtub that we stored under his bed. Baby clothes take up so little room, stuff them in a drawer.

Remember that in Europe and Japan this would be done as a matter of course, since square footage is so expensive (none of US cities made it to the top ten most expensive places to live in this year).

Enjoy your little one!
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