I think you're doing the right thing by wanting her to be her own person. Of course, you and copilot tastes and actions will influence her, but she won't be "marked" from so early about who she should be. Here the stress is not so great and J's cradle was in our room for a couple of years, so there was no theme there and her bedroom was basically a playing room (as the rest of the flat :P).
As you are discovering, people have a tendency to tell you how your daughter/son (mainly when they're babies) should be raised (even strangers!) and I find it very annoying.
We're going to have her crib in the nursery, but a space for her to sleep in our room for probably the first year or so. So mostly I want her room to be a fun play space (and sleeping space at times) that can change when she's ready to tell us what she wants.
Yes, I definitely think that's the case. And probably will be the case while she's pretty young. I'm imagining (though maybe it's a fantasy) that people will back up off the "how to raise her" thing when she's a bit older because I do know a lot about young children and they may remember that. :P But who knows?
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I think you're doing the right thing by wanting her to be her own person. Of course, you and copilot tastes and actions will influence her, but she won't be "marked" from so early about who she should be. Here the stress is not so great and J's cradle was in our room for a couple of years, so there was no theme there and her bedroom was basically a playing room (as the rest of the flat :P).
As you are discovering, people have a tendency to tell you how your daughter/son (mainly when they're babies) should be raised (even strangers!) and I find it very annoying.
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We're going to have her crib in the nursery, but a space for her to sleep in our room for probably the first year or so. So mostly I want her room to be a fun play space (and sleeping space at times) that can change when she's ready to tell us what she wants.
Yes, I definitely think that's the case. And probably will be the case while she's pretty young. I'm imagining (though maybe it's a fantasy) that people will back up off the "how to raise her" thing when she's a bit older because I do know a lot about young children and they may remember that. :P But who knows?
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