So we haven't forgotten about this blog, or the house, but we're still adjusting to life with baby. We're exhausted, but we're loving every minute of it (although some minutes are far more coherent than others).
We fully intend to start hanging the rest of the drywall for the utility closets and getting those buttoned up in the next few weeks. We'd love for the washer/dryer to be closer to the bedroom, especially now that we find ourselves doing a lot more laundry with the baby around.
Stay tuned, and we'll hopefully get back into a regular cadence of updates soon!
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Thursday, July 02, 2009
Changing Table
This is kind of a crossover blog post. It's baby-related but really probably belongs with other posts of its kind (i.e. construction-related).
We'd set up a changing station for our new baby Arlo in the second bedroom before he was born. But once we had the baby, changing diapers at 3AM seemed easier to do closer to our room. Plus, a couple of friends of ours who have a child always changed their kid in the bathroom so that the child started to associate the bathroom with potty-related activities. In short, we needed to come up with a new solution.
First we tried changing the baby on the floor. This worked fine, but bending over was tough for me in the small bathroom and it was impossible for my spouse and her healing C-section incision.
I had a thought to make a fold-down changing table. After taking some measurements, I found that the space between the sink and the wall was was adequate and so was the height of the sink. Finding the time to go to Home Depot was a little challenging, but I finally did yesterday. The table is 36" wide and 18" deep and 32" high. It went together pretty quickly. The only thing I have to do is put a finish on it to protect it from torrents of pee. I'm going to use the linseed oil and beeswax finish that we got for the built-in bookshelf (that is as of yet unfinished).
We'd set up a changing station for our new baby Arlo in the second bedroom before he was born. But once we had the baby, changing diapers at 3AM seemed easier to do closer to our room. Plus, a couple of friends of ours who have a child always changed their kid in the bathroom so that the child started to associate the bathroom with potty-related activities. In short, we needed to come up with a new solution.
First we tried changing the baby on the floor. This worked fine, but bending over was tough for me in the small bathroom and it was impossible for my spouse and her healing C-section incision.
I had a thought to make a fold-down changing table. After taking some measurements, I found that the space between the sink and the wall was was adequate and so was the height of the sink. Finding the time to go to Home Depot was a little challenging, but I finally did yesterday. The table is 36" wide and 18" deep and 32" high. It went together pretty quickly. The only thing I have to do is put a finish on it to protect it from torrents of pee. I'm going to use the linseed oil and beeswax finish that we got for the built-in bookshelf (that is as of yet unfinished).
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