Organising a baby nursery can be a daunting task for new parents. As they have to put all the essential stuff in such a way that they have a functional and clutter free nursery.
A chest of drawers is an important piece of furniture in your baby nursery. It is really necessary to have it organised so that you don’t have to deal with a mess whenever you are looking for something.
Don’t worry! Babymore is here to help you organise your baby chest of drawers or chest changer with our easy tips and tricks.
First things first! Start by having a layout in your mind about the things you are going to keep in the drawers. These should be the ones you are going to need on a daily basis. Now divide these essentials into categories and assign each drawer a category.
It is good to have all the diapering supplies in the top first drawer. As you will be dealing with diapers changing a lot, especially in the first few months. Arrange your baby’s diapers, wet wipes, rash creams, diaper bags, diaper changing sheets and changing pad covers in this drawer. It’s going to come in handy especially if you are also using your chest of drawers top as a changing station for your baby.
You’ll be needing a whole drawer to store your baby’s cute little clothes. Separate the clothes on the basis of type and size. Now place all clothes of one type like onesies in one side of the drawer. In the same way you can put all t-shirts and pyjamas on the other side. This is going to save you a lot of your time especially when in a hurry.
A life saving hack is to organise all the clothes by using the ‘file folding method’. By filing the clothes you can see everything at a glance and easily find what you need in no time.
Here is a tip for you: Use an expandable, flexible and removable drawer divider. A chest of drawers is a big piece of furniture. Drawer dividers can help you categorise your stuff easily in those big drawers. They also keep clothes separate and in place so you can easily find what you need. If you want to, you can also make these dividers by yourself by using cardboard.
You can use this drawer to organise all the accessories for your baby like nail clippers, hair brushes, combs, pacifiers and pacifier clips. Along with these things you can also keep your baby’s medical essentials like ointments, creams, thermometer and nasal aspirators in this drawer. To organise all these things you can use plastic or fabric drawer organisers, depending upon the items and space in your drawer. They’ll help you find things easily and also give your drawer a neat and tidy look.
In this drawer you can place all the swaddles and blankets for your little one.
Along with them make some room for all the baby bibs, burp cloths you have.
You can also store those extra cot bed sheets you have in this drawer.
If you have a fifth drawer you can use it to store all the backstock of baby essentials like diapers and wet wipes. You can also store seasonal baby items in this space. This will make your nursery clutter free and you’ll be able to easily replenish your supplies whenever needed.
You can smartly utilise this place and convert it into a changing station by simply placing a changing mat on it. If you have space, you can also place a diaper caddy on top of the chest of drawers or chest changer. This way you can easily skip buying a separate changing table and save your money as well as space in your baby’s nursery.
You can use drawer liners as they will protect the base of your drawers and keep things from slipping and getting messy.
Labelling the contents of each drawer and then organising it according to labels will make it way more easier to find what you need. It’ll also save you time when you’ll be putting back those things. You can use a label maker for this purpose. If you don’t have one, you can simply use paper and pen to make handwritten labels for each drawer.
Update your clothes drawer according to the size and fabric needed for your baby. Only in-season clothes that fit perfectly to your baby should be in the drawer. Stuffing the drawer with extra unnecessary clothes is just going to create a mess. You should keep all small size clothes and off season clothes in a closet or box where you can properly store them.
Hope these simple tips & tricks are going to help you a lot to keep clutter free drawers for you and your baby.
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