If DC#2 is/was the same gender as DC#1.....

So when my DS was born we did a cars/trucks theme in his nursery. And now at almost four years old, he is obsessed with cars No surprise since DH is also car obsessed.

Now that I know that DC#2 is also a boy, do I keep the same nursery theme? All of the nursery items (quilt, wall hangings, lamp, valance, etc.) are in perfect condition. I'd probably just get a few more sheets. But part of me feels that the new baby should get his own theme (although I think a love of cars will be coded on his DNA )

What did you ladies do? Same theme or different?

Re: If DC#2 is/was the same gender as DC#1.....

Well, in my case I can't. DS had a "forest" theme. I LOVED his room. We had a tree mural painted on the wall and did the room amazing. A little over a year later we moved. LOL! All that work, but someone else can appreciate the hard work we put into it.
Now, DS is in mostly an empty room b/c we're moving him to the biggest room and doing a "nautical" theme in there. He loves fish and the beach, etc.
We don't know what #2 will be. Team
I think we'll pick out stuff for both sexes and go from there. I don't want any theme this time, but a color.
Although... I can't say till I pick out the bedding
For you... I say if everything looks great then why not keep it as is. Then you can change it sooner than later and you know you got good use of everything

Re: If DC#2 is/was the same gender as DC#1.....

In my case I cant since #2 is a boy and #1 is a girl! Also DD will only be 16 months so she is still technically in her nursery!

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I just went with it.....first time around, I felt a classic Pooh theme/jungle.....

this time, nautical

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I picked a gender neutral theme for DD - it's actually blue, green, white & a little brown - so we're keeping it for #2, regardless of gender.

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We didn't do a them - not my style - so it's not a big deal -

The nursery is painted blue and cream plaid - so I'm just getting new bedding and stuff for #2, and moving Sean into our current room (repainting etc) and we're moving to the newly renovated master suite upstairsl -

Re: If DC#2 is/was the same gender as DC#1.....

not preggo, but I'm less than a year off this board, so to answer your question, I have 3 boys. I changed themes between 1 & 2, but kept the nautical theme from 2 to 3 (plus they are close in age so everything was in excellent condition)

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DS #2 is getting DS #1's room as it is. DS #1 is getting his own big boy room, as DS #2 will when he is old enough to move downstairs (we are upstairs).

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they're sharing a room, so we're keeping it the same. DS1 will have his quilt from his crib bedding in his toddler bed.

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We made #1's room a room he could grow into. #2 got his own theme (also something to grow with)

#3 will get a new nursery too.

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We did a different theme....since he is in the same room as DS #1 when he was a baby, we thought it would be weird to have him in the same room and have the same theme.........like it would never be DS#2's room

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We were team green with my 1st DS so as of right now we are keeping as it is. I want to change it to a sports team since they are both boys.

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if they are same gender we are keeping the nursery as is, and moving DD into another room and getting her big girl furniture etc. If its a then we will just put him in the new room with new decor (I'm not really into themes though, so it will just be a color scheme more than anything).