Anonymous
05/26/2015 18:31
Subject: Are you putting baby's name on his/her nursery wall?
OMG with the criticism of the name wall thing!
It never occurred to us to do this, because we suck at decorating and our nursery literally has "art that we did not know where else to put in the house" (sorry if that makes me a bad parent to DCUM). But now that DC is 1.5 and is really interested in letters, I actually would love to have her name on the wall for her to learn it. Maybe we'll do it for both DC and the new baby when we move.
It never occurred to us to do this, because we suck at decorating and our nursery literally has "art that we did not know where else to put in the house" (sorry if that makes me a bad parent to DCUM). But now that DC is 1.5 and is really interested in letters, I actually would love to have her name on the wall for her to learn it. Maybe we'll do it for both DC and the new baby when we move.
Anonymous
05/26/2015 18:30
Subject: Are you putting baby's name on his/her nursery wall?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The bigger question for me is why you feel so strongly about not telling YOUR MOM what name you have chosen.
Not OP, but we're Jewish and it's custom not to tell people the name before birth. Some go so far as to not use it until the Brit Milah or the baby naming ceremony.
Yes, Jewish too, and the superstition expressed by the previous poster who said "tempting fate" also sounded Jewish to me. So in other words, the reason for not letting the parents in and not telling the name to the parents is actually the same reason not to get the letters until baby is born.
Anonymous
05/26/2015 17:09
Subject: Are you putting baby's name on his/her nursery wall?
Anonymous wrote:The bigger question for me is why you feel so strongly about not telling YOUR MOM what name you have chosen.
Not OP, but we're Jewish and it's custom not to tell people the name before birth. Some go so far as to not use it until the Brit Milah or the baby naming ceremony.
Anonymous
05/26/2015 14:40
Subject: Re:Are you putting baby's name on his/her nursery wall?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:So there's been a lot of talk about wooden letters, but what about decals like this:
I like it.
I like it too.
It's ok. I honestly think some of the perception of these posted decals has to do with the name itself, at least as far as DCUM goes. A 'classy' name like Nathan will get a better response than if that decal said "Brayden."
I'm 35 weeks and we just put up a decal similar to this one (we are pretty set on the name and have already told our family). It's the main focal point of the room and I have tried to use a lot of neutrals/soothing main color, solid color bedding, and hidden storage to keep the room from getting too cluttered and busy. As a PP noted though, in real life people's homes do tend to end up with some toys and such scattered about. That is okay with me because I'm not trying to live in a catalogue. I'm bringing an actual little person home and the way we have his room decorated makes me happy!
And I'm not a redneck or teen mom
If you are going to keep the name secret or may end up changing it, I'd probably hold off on putting the decal up though.
Anonymous
05/26/2015 13:21
Subject: Are you putting baby's name on his/her nursery wall?
Anonymous wrote:Here's the thing about that Megan example:
- The rest of the photo is EXTREMELY clean/plain. Even the 3 books (which are adult book size, not kid book size) have plain white covers on them with no text. Only one book end. A single flower.
- The paint job is immaculate. There is wainscoting on the bottom, in white (which - most people wouldn't do that it a kid's room because it will get dirty easily as the kid gets older)
- White curtains
- Nothing "busy" outside the windows
All of the "professional" photos of the names on the walls that have been posted look cute. But when you get into reality with stacks of diapers on a dresser, probably some sort of patterned bedding, full wall color (people would do well to pick more neutral tones for the wall and bring color in through decorations, but I digress), non-white curtains, looking out into a subdivision with cars parked on the street and other houses and toys in the yard, other wall hangings - it just starts to look busy and cluttery.
I'm not going to judge people who put baby names up in nurseries. I see the appeal. But people just need to be realistic about what you see in those stock photos you post (the Nathan one has a decorative pillow in the crib!!! really!!!) versus how it is going to look in real life.
Excellent point. This is not the way most people live. But given the reality of clutter, etc. I think it's the clutter that makes the nursery look worse than the name on the wall. That said, it isn't my taste and I'm not doing it. But I have no problem with someone who wants to do it.
Anonymous
05/26/2015 13:09
Subject: Are you putting baby's name on his/her nursery wall?
Anonymous wrote:A craft-inclined relative made a very cute sampler for each of our kids, with their name, birth date, and whimsical embroidery such as flowers and cute animals. She prepared it so that she'd only have to add the date after the birth.
We display them proudly and our children love them. Yes, my son loves his sampler with flowers and cute animals. So does my daughter.
The classy, non-teem-momm, non-redneck crowd can clutch their pearl till the cows come home. We decided to go the way of what we enjoy and what makes us smile, not the way of what people think.
My mom makes these for each grandchild to match any theme we might have chosen. So our daughter's has jungle animals. She's now almost 5 and we've moved and she chose purple walls and flowers/owls in her new room. Still have the cross stitch hanging up.
And we did name letters in her nursery, but didn't hang them until after we brought her home. I had name letters in my room 35 years ago. Kids love having their name on things.
We'll get letters for baby #2, but likely after he's here because we can't seem to settle on a name and will likely go into delivery without a name picked out this time.
Anonymous
05/26/2015 13:07
Subject: Are you putting baby's name on his/her nursery wall?
Wow, this thread has legs. Who'da thunk it. The baby's name on a wall...or not.
Anonymous
05/26/2015 13:06
Subject: Are you putting baby's name on his/her nursery wall?
Here's the thing about that Megan example:
- The rest of the photo is EXTREMELY clean/plain. Even the 3 books (which are adult book size, not kid book size) have plain white covers on them with no text. Only one book end. A single flower.
- The paint job is immaculate. There is wainscoting on the bottom, in white (which - most people wouldn't do that it a kid's room because it will get dirty easily as the kid gets older)
- White curtains
- Nothing "busy" outside the windows
All of the "professional" photos of the names on the walls that have been posted look cute. But when you get into reality with stacks of diapers on a dresser, probably some sort of patterned bedding, full wall color (people would do well to pick more neutral tones for the wall and bring color in through decorations, but I digress), non-white curtains, looking out into a subdivision with cars parked on the street and other houses and toys in the yard, other wall hangings - it just starts to look busy and cluttery.
I'm not going to judge people who put baby names up in nurseries. I see the appeal. But people just need to be realistic about what you see in those stock photos you post (the Nathan one has a decorative pillow in the crib!!! really!!!) versus how it is going to look in real life.
- The rest of the photo is EXTREMELY clean/plain. Even the 3 books (which are adult book size, not kid book size) have plain white covers on them with no text. Only one book end. A single flower.
- The paint job is immaculate. There is wainscoting on the bottom, in white (which - most people wouldn't do that it a kid's room because it will get dirty easily as the kid gets older)
- White curtains
- Nothing "busy" outside the windows
All of the "professional" photos of the names on the walls that have been posted look cute. But when you get into reality with stacks of diapers on a dresser, probably some sort of patterned bedding, full wall color (people would do well to pick more neutral tones for the wall and bring color in through decorations, but I digress), non-white curtains, looking out into a subdivision with cars parked on the street and other houses and toys in the yard, other wall hangings - it just starts to look busy and cluttery.
I'm not going to judge people who put baby names up in nurseries. I see the appeal. But people just need to be realistic about what you see in those stock photos you post (the Nathan one has a decorative pillow in the crib!!! really!!!) versus how it is going to look in real life.
Anonymous
05/26/2015 13:01
Subject: Are you putting baby's name on his/her nursery wall?
We put letters on the wall of both boys rooms when I was about 37 weeks along when we settled on a name. We only told our parents (baby's grandparents) the name, and no one else wanted to see the room before the birth.
It did feel a bit like tempting fate, but by then the baby had that name in my head, so it's not like I could have reused the name if the baby died or was stillborn at that point. Plus, the entire nursery was set up, so adding the name didn't feel more like tempting fate in terms of the fear of having to come home to a nursery empty handed.
It did feel a bit like tempting fate, but by then the baby had that name in my head, so it's not like I could have reused the name if the baby died or was stillborn at that point. Plus, the entire nursery was set up, so adding the name didn't feel more like tempting fate in terms of the fear of having to come home to a nursery empty handed.
Anonymous
05/26/2015 13:00
Subject: Are you putting baby's name on his/her nursery wall?
Anonymous wrote:This is nuts. OP just wants to know if you'd put the name up before baby is born.
I wouldn't. Feels weird to me. Also wanted option to choose a different name from the front runner in the hospital.
Re-read her question.
She wants to know whether people are putting it up at all.
I don't, but there was plenty of time to put up wall decoration after my babies arrived-- if you and your husband like it, OP, just put it up after baby is here. Decals are easy.
Anonymous
05/26/2015 12:47
Subject: Are you putting baby's name on his/her nursery wall?
This is nuts. OP just wants to know if you'd put the name up before baby is born.
I wouldn't. Feels weird to me. Also wanted option to choose a different name from the front runner in the hospital.
I wouldn't. Feels weird to me. Also wanted option to choose a different name from the front runner in the hospital.
Anonymous
05/26/2015 12:04
Subject: Are you putting baby's name on his/her nursery wall?
Of the two, I prefer to the way it's done in the Megan example over the Nathan example.
I also agree that I would not put it up before the baby is born. And I would not exclude my family from the nursery. there's a bit of a mom-zilla feel to that.
I also agree that I would not put it up before the baby is born. And I would not exclude my family from the nursery. there's a bit of a mom-zilla feel to that.
Anonymous
05/26/2015 12:01
Subject: Re:Are you putting baby's name on his/her nursery wall?
Agree that execution is important. Both this example and the decal above are well-done and look nice, but I've seen other examples that don't look as good (regardless of the name itself).
Anonymous wrote:If you mean hanging letters like this, just don't put them up until the baby comes.
Anonymous
05/26/2015 11:58
Subject: Are you putting baby's name on his/her nursery wall?
Sorry, but use of the word "aesthetic" in the context of a kid's room makes me laugh.
Anonymous
05/26/2015 11:41
Subject: Re:Are you putting baby's name on his/her nursery wall?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:So there's been a lot of talk about wooden letters, but what about decals like this:
I like it.
I like it too.
It's ok. I honestly think some of the perception of these posted decals has to do with the name itself, at least as far as DCUM goes. A 'classy' name like Nathan will get a better response than if that decal said "Brayden."