A kid’s closet can be a toy graveyard, a fort to play in, or a laundry nightmare. Getting your kid’s closet in order can make it a great place for playing, toy storages, and orderly laundry. Learn how to incorporate everything into your child’s closet, even if it’s a small space.

First, consider what you must keep in the closet. Because dressers can tip, many parents have tried to eliminate bedroom furniture in children’s rooms. This only elevates the need for closet storage. The closet can easily become a problem area. Kids generally own a lot of clothing to begin with. Adding toys, diapers and wipes, or a small play area to the closet may seem impossible. However, if you get things arranged correctly, you could be surprised at the amount of stuff you get organized inside the closet.

You can put a shelf about three feet off of the floor in the closet. The space underneath can be for playing, storing clothes, a toy box, or a laundry basket. Most of the things you need to organize can be accommodated by the large central shelf. Smaller shelving can be built on top of the main shelf to hold baskets and bins of socks, pajamas, underwear, and supplies. Another set of shelves can hold games, toys with small parts, t-shirts, or shoes. The hanging bar can be left in place for outfits and other items that need to be hung.

Another option would be to cut two or three short bars with a pipe cutter and work them in between several shelving units. This is a great way to keep dress clothes, school clothes, casual wear, and clothing that your child hasn’t grown into yet separated.

Make sure that you think about the different needs of a summer and winter wardrobe as you draw your design. In the winter, there are bulkier coats, sweaters, hats, mittens, scarves, and boots. Don’t forget to make room for these items when you’re planning out shelf space. Don’t forget storage for these items in the off season either.

Hang outfits on infant hangers or children’s hangers. Baby hangers don’t stretch and damage clothing. Plus, they’re easy to use, so that when you start to teach your child to hang their own clothing, it’ll be just that much easier. There are many options when it comes to infant hangers, from wooden baby hangers to decorative beaded ones. Choose the ones that match your child’s room décor and your kid’s closet will be complete.

About the Author: Kurt Adams is on the staff of Only Kids Hangers, a leading provider of infant hangers. The right baby hangers, like wooden baby hangers and children’s coat hangers, keep baby clothers organized and children’s hangers are great for retail stores.

Keeping the nursery organized is not an easy task, but is certainly necessary. It pays to have everything close at hand and in order when you’re taking care of a baby. It can get out of control really quickly if you don’t stay on top of it. Use these tips to get your nursery organized while simultaneously making it look great.

1) Categorize things in the nursery. Keeping related items together will make it easier to quickly straighten up and find what you need when you need it. Divide by medication, diapering, clothing, pins, emergency items, and also by how often you use things. You don’t necessarily need medication every day, so store it somewhere separate from your everyday needs, like diaper rash cream.

2) Get what you really need often organized first. Things like diapers, wipes, burp cloths, pacifiers, hand sanitizer, and tissues are needed often. Make sure that you can quickly and easily reach these things while also making sure that the baby can never reach them. A simple shelf or cabinet up high will suffice for these items. Use labeled bins, buckets and baskets so that you can quickly and easily find what you need and put it back. Don’t ever let your baby put diaper wipes in their mouths because the chemicals inside are dangerous.

3) Keeping toys organized makes playtime more fun for your baby. Start early teaching them how to categorize and organize. Separate the toys however you want. You can have quiet sections of toys, climbing toys, a reading corner, building toys, arts and crafts, and fine motor toys all organized into separate categories. Categories make it easy to clean up and like toys generally stay in their right areas.

4) Keeping the baby’s clothes organized can be one of the biggest nursery challenges. They outgrow them so fast, that you’re constantly changing things out. You have your clothes to give away, your hand-me-downs, the dirty clothes, the clean clothes that aren’t put away yet, and then there are the clothes that your child hasn’t grown into yet. We haven’t even made it to out of season clothes yet! If you don’t get a handle on it, it will sure get a handle on you. The easiest way to keep baby clothes smoothly rotating is to have big containers for each thing. Avoid using a dresser or drawers because things tend to get pushed back where you can’t see them. Use shelves, infant hangers, baby hangers, children’s hangers, baskets, bins, and other containers to organize tiny items.

About the Author: Kurt Adams is on the staff of Only Kids Hangers, a leading provider of infant hangers. The right baby hangers, like wooden baby hangers and children’s coat hangers, keep baby clothers organized and children’s hangers are great for retail stores.

Nesting is the word used to explain the behavior of an expectant mother preparing for the arrival of her baby. The nesting instinct gives her a surge of energy and makes her feel like she needs to start preparing her home for the baby. The nesting instinct hits most women just before their baby comes. Not everyone has a nesting urge, but most women report that they do. Whether or not you nest is no indication of how much you care or how good of a mother you will be.

Most people that nest say that they have a surge of energy or they feel nervousness that won’t allow them to sit still. Not everyone cleans or prepares their home, but most women get the energy. Cleaning is just a good way to exert that energy for most expectant mothers.

Some women don’t necessarily have a “surge”, but they feel like they need to clean, paint, or suddenly get the nursery ready. Many women may not associate what they’re doing with nesting because the cues can be subtle. Some women think that it’s perfectly logical to prepare the home for baby and that it’s not necessarily an instinct to do so.

Nesting may make you clean the house more thoroughly than you have before. You may feel panicked about having everything perfect so that you don’t have so much to do after the baby arrives. This type of nesting can be a healthy way to prepare for the baby and also help you to save some much needed energy after the baby is born.

While you’re nesting and cleaning, think about what will make things easier on you later. This doesn’t necessarily mean that you should scrub every inch of your home, but it does mean that you should try to get organized as you clean. Getting organized will help you put your mind at ease. You won’t have to worry about where something is or if you have everything you need, because you will know that everything has a place and you can easily check those places.

Having the closets organized can be a big help later. Arrange the nursery closet in a way that will help you to find the things that you will need for the baby quickly and easily. Medication, diapering supplies, extra sheets, blankets, socks, and all sorts of clothing and accessories can be easily organized in the closet. Keep little things in separate, labeled bins so that you can quickly find things when you need them. Use baby hangers or children’s hangers for outfits that you don’t want to get wrinkled or stretched out. Infant hangers save space and protect baby’s delicate outfits.

When your home is organized in a sustainable way, you’ll be able to relax more and feel more prepared for your baby’s arrival.

About the Author: Kurt Adams is on the staff of Only Kids Hangers, a leading provider of infant hangers. The right baby hangers, like wooden baby hangers and children’s coat hangers, keep baby clothers organized and children’s hangers are great for retail stores.

Are you feeling that surge of pregnant energy and motivation to get ready for the arrival of your baby? Many mothers report an unusually strong instinct to clean, prepare and stock up on necessities sometime during their pregnancies. The term “nesting” refers to the activities that birds and other animals perform while preparing their nests or living quarters for the birth of their babies or the laying of their eggs. Humans are no different.

There are a few ways to tell if you are nesting. With some people, it is very obvious. They will have a willful and determined mindset about getting everything done in time. Some women have been known to delay going to the hospital and ignore their progressing labor just so they can get a little more cleaning in! But with other women, they may slowly prepare and never really feel an urgency to get ready for the baby’s arrival.

If you are nesting, you may feel the need to do some unusual things. Many women become very obsessive about cleanliness. They may do thing like remove baseboards to clean behind them. They might have the carpets steam cleaned over and over again. They may jump up in the middle of the night to make sure that the entire kitchen is germ free. Lots of women will engage in repetitive behaviors that will seem irrational, like organizing the same drawer over and over again. They may fold and unfold clothes multiple times, making certain that they are all just right.

Although these behaviors may seem odd or totally senseless, they are usually perfectly safe to carry out. Make sure that you do not over exert yourself or expose yourself to harmful cleaning chemicals. Always clean in a well ventilated area and wear gloves. If you feel the urge to take apart furniture to clean all of the joints and screws, please ask an understanding friend or partner for help. Avoid lifting heavy objects or any activity that could be harmful to you or your baby.

Have fun with nesting. It can be invigorating to be active in the last weeks of your pregnancy. You may be able to get so much done that you go into labor with a calm disposition. Clean the nursery, decorate, stock your baby items and get ready for your baby.

Getting the nursery ready is the most common nesting urge. It is fun and helps you mentally prepare for having a baby in the house. Fold the little pajamas, wash the tiny sheets and hang the precious outfits on tiny baby hangers. When your nursery is ready, chances are, you will be too.

About the Author: Kurt Adams is on the staff of Only Kids Hangers, a leading provider of baby hangers. The right infant hangers keep baby clothers organized and wooden baby hangers are great for retail stores. For more information, please visit www.onlykidshangers.com.

Closets aren’t generally designed for children. They are made to hold adults clothes on a bar, and then, if you’re lucky, they will have a few shelves for storage. Even then, the shelving usually does not make the most efficient use of the space. Restructuring your kid’s closet can help you to make room for all of those extra things that kids need. Use these tips for not only making the most efficient use of the space, but also for eliminating the need for extra furniture in the child’s bedroom.

1) Make a list of what all you would like to store in the kid’s closet. Remember that kids usually have some clothes that they have not grown into yet, or that you are saving to hand down to a younger child. There will also be out of season clothes, school clothes, dress clothes, shoes, and play clothes. If you plan right, you can also keep pajamas, underwear, swimwear, socks, sports equipment, and backpacks in the closet. Freeing up space around the room makes it easier to keep organized and gives your child lots of room to play.

2) Get rid of what you can and donate it to charity or hand it down to another child. Plan for things that normally cause the closet to become disorganized. You can use large bins in the bottom of the closet for clothes that the child has outgrown, has not grown into yet, and for dirty laundry. These three things in the bottom can help you to effortlessly keep the closet under control.

3) Use the top shelf of the closet for long-term storage and for things that need to be kept out of reach. If the top shelf is far from the ceiling, you may want to move it up. You can add shelving to the sides to extend the top shelf out to the front of the closet if you need more space. You may even decide to add a second shelf up high. These are great for suitcases, out of season clothes, blankets, and keepsakes.

4) Children’s clothes are small, so you don’t need a huge space for hanging. You can add shelving about three feet up from the floor. Use cubby hole type shelves up the sides of the closet for shoes, board games, tubs of blocks, and other small things that need to be put away. Use the other shelves for baskets and bins that hold socks, underwear, pajamas, hats, gloves, and other small apparel. Hang most of your child’s clothes on infant hangers or children’s hangers so that you don’t have to sift through stacks of folded clothes when you need something. Children can manipulate baby hangers easier than adult hangers, so you can teach them to hang their own clothes when they’re old enough.

About the Author: Kurt Adams is on the staff of Only Kids Hangers, a leading provider of infant hangers. The right baby hangers, like wooden baby hangers and children’s coat hangers, keep baby clothers organized and children’s hangers are great for retail stores.

Preparing the nursery for your baby to come home can be exciting and overwhelming at the same time. Getting a special place ready for your baby is an important step in preparing for having a child. You will need to consider safety, clothes, toys, cleaning and diapering, all while trying to stay organized. Stocking up and organizing the room in a way that helps you accomplish this is easy when you follow these steps.

1) Your baby furniture will likely be where you spend most of your nursery budget. Choose well made furniture that can grow with your child. The furniture should not be chosen to go with a specific theme, or it won’t last you very long. If you choose used furniture, check for recalls or safety standard changes before you purchase. All furniture in the nursery should be securely anchored to studs inside the walls.

2) You can really pull a theme together by selecting bedding and curtains. There are lots of cute and wonderful baby room themes out there to choose from. You can either choose the bedding and center the theme around the one you love, or use something else, like a toy or a piece of art, and then match the bedding to that. Make sure that you don’t overfill the crib with thick bumpers, pillows or stuffed animals that could pose a suffocation hazard for the baby.

3) Make sure that the room is safe. Hot bulbs, cords that can be pulled, exposed outlets, unanchored dressers, and cords hanging from blinds or drapes are all serious hazards in a nursery. Your cleaning, diapering, and medical supplies should also be out of reach. Use the closet to keep dangerous items, like baby oil, baby wipes, and medications out of the child’s reach. You can add lots of small shelves to the closet to help you stay organized. You can even eliminate the need for a lot of baby furniture by efficiently utilizing the closet. This can help you to save room for toys in the nursery.

4) Instead of stacking and stuffing things into dresser drawers, consider hanging them on infant hangers in the closet. When things are hung, they are easy to see and organize. They don’t get wrinkled or damaged either. Using baby hangers helps to keep the shoulders and neck from being stretched on tiny garments. Children’s hangers are also easy for toddlers to use, so your child can grow into them and use them for many years.

About the Author: Kurt Adams is on the staff of Only Kids Hangers, a leading provider of infant hangers. The right baby hangers, like wooden baby hangers and children’s coat hangers, keep baby clothers organized and children’s hangers are great for retail stores.

A kid’s closet can be a toy graveyard, a fort to play in, or a laundry nightmare. Getting your kid’s closet in order can make it a great place for playing, toy storages, and orderly laundry. Learn how to incorporate everything into your child’s closet, even if it’s a small space.

First, consider what you must keep in the closet. Because dressers can tip, many parents have tried to eliminate bedroom furniture in children’s rooms. This only elevates the need for closet storage. The closet can easily become a problem area. Kids generally own a lot of clothing to begin with. Adding toys, diapers and wipes, or a small play area to the closet may seem impossible. However, if you get things arranged correctly, you could be surprised at the amount of stuff you get organized inside the closet.

You can put a shelf about three feet off of the floor in the closet. The space underneath can be for playing, storing clothes, a toy box, or a laundry basket. Most of the things you need to organize can be accommodated by the large central shelf. Smaller shelving can be built on top of the main shelf to hold baskets and bins of socks, pajamas, underwear, and supplies. Another set of shelves can hold games, toys with small parts, t-shirts, or shoes. The hanging bar can be left in place for outfits and other items that need to be hung.

Another option would be to cut two or three short bars with a pipe cutter and work them in between several shelving units. This is a great way to keep dress clothes, school clothes, casual wear, and clothing that your child hasn’t grown into yet separated.

Make sure that you think about the different needs of a summer and winter wardrobe as you draw your design. In the winter, there are bulkier coats, sweaters, hats, mittens, scarves, and boots. Don’t forget to make room for these items when you’re planning out shelf space. Don’t forget storage for these items in the off season either.

Hang outfits on infant hangers or children’s hangers. Baby hangers don’t stretch and damage clothing. Plus, they’re easy to use, so that when you start to teach your child to hang their own clothing, it’ll be just that much easier. There are many options when it comes to infant hangers, from wooden baby hangers to decorative beaded ones. Choose the ones that match your child’s room décor and your kid’s closet will be complete.

About the Author: Kurt Adams is on the staff of Only Kids Hangers, a leading provider of infant hangers. The right baby hangers, like wooden baby hangers and children’s coat hangers, keep baby clothers organized and children’s hangers are great for retail stores.

Keeping the nursery organized is not an easy task, but is certainly necessary. It pays to have everything close at hand and in order when you’re taking care of a baby. It can get out of control really quickly if you don’t stay on top of it. Use these tips to get your nursery organized while simultaneously making it look great.

1) Categorize things in the nursery. Keeping related items together will make it easier to quickly straighten up and find what you need when you need it. Divide by medication, diapering, clothing, pins, emergency items, and also by how often you use things. You don’t necessarily need medication every day, so store it somewhere separate from your everyday needs, like diaper rash cream.

2) Get what you really need often organized first. Things like diapers, wipes, burp cloths, pacifiers, hand sanitizer, and tissues are needed often. Make sure that you can quickly and easily reach these things while also making sure that the baby can never reach them. A simple shelf or cabinet up high will suffice for these items. Use labeled bins, buckets and baskets so that you can quickly and easily find what you need and put it back. Don’t ever let your baby put diaper wipes in their mouths because the chemicals inside are dangerous.

3) Keeping toys organized makes playtime more fun for your baby. Start early teaching them how to categorize and organize. Separate the toys however you want. You can have quiet sections of toys, climbing toys, a reading corner, building toys, arts and crafts, and fine motor toys all organized into separate categories. Categories make it easy to clean up and like toys generally stay in their right areas.

4) Keeping the baby’s clothes organized can be one of the biggest nursery challenges. They outgrow them so fast, that you’re constantly changing things out. You have your clothes to give away, your hand-me-downs, the dirty clothes, the clean clothes that aren’t put away yet, and then there are the clothes that your child hasn’t grown into yet. We haven’t even made it to out of season clothes yet! If you don’t get a handle on it, it will sure get a handle on you. The easiest way to keep baby clothes smoothly rotating is to have big containers for each thing. Avoid using a dresser or drawers because things tend to get pushed back where you can’t see them. Use shelves, infant hangers, baby hangers, children’s hangers, baskets, bins, and other containers to organize tiny items.

About the Author: Kurt Adams is on the staff of Only Kids Hangers, a leading provider of infant hangers. The right baby hangers, like wooden baby hangers and children’s coat hangers, keep baby clothers organized and children’s hangers are great for retail stores.

Nesting is the word used to explain the behavior of an expectant mother preparing for the arrival of her baby. The nesting instinct gives her a surge of energy and makes her feel like she needs to start preparing her home for the baby. The nesting instinct hits most women just before their baby comes. Not everyone has a nesting urge, but most women report that they do. Whether or not you nest is no indication of how much you care or how good of a mother you will be.

Most people that nest say that they have a surge of energy or they feel nervousness that won’t allow them to sit still. Not everyone cleans or prepares their home, but most women get the energy. Cleaning is just a good way to exert that energy for most expectant mothers.

Some women don’t necessarily have a “surge”, but they feel like they need to clean, paint, or suddenly get the nursery ready. Many women may not associate what they’re doing with nesting because the cues can be subtle. Some women think that it’s perfectly logical to prepare the home for baby and that it’s not necessarily an instinct to do so.

Nesting may make you clean the house more thoroughly than you have before. You may feel panicked about having everything perfect so that you don’t have so much to do after the baby arrives. This type of nesting can be a healthy way to prepare for the baby and also help you to save some much needed energy after the baby is born.

While you’re nesting and cleaning, think about what will make things easier on you later. This doesn’t necessarily mean that you should scrub every inch of your home, but it does mean that you should try to get organized as you clean. Getting organized will help you put your mind at ease. You won’t have to worry about where something is or if you have everything you need, because you will know that everything has a place and you can easily check those places.

Having the closets organized can be a big help later. Arrange the nursery closet in a way that will help you to find the things that you will need for the baby quickly and easily. Medication, diapering supplies, extra sheets, blankets, socks, and all sorts of clothing and accessories can be easily organized in the closet. Keep little things in separate, labeled bins so that you can quickly find things when you need them. Use baby hangers or children’s hangers for outfits that you don’t want to get wrinkled or stretched out. Infant hangers save space and protect baby’s delicate outfits.

When your home is organized in a sustainable way, you’ll be able to relax more and feel more prepared for your baby’s arrival.

About the Author: Kurt Adams is on the staff of Only Kids Hangers, a leading provider of infant hangers. The right baby hangers, like wooden baby hangers and children’s coat hangers, keep baby clothers organized and children’s hangers are great for retail stores.

Keeping children’s or a baby’s closet neat and clean can seem like an impossible task. However, if you follow these simple steps and suggestions, you can keep it organized quite easily. Some key elements of an organized kid’s closet are having a place for everything, making it easy to keep up with, and involving the child in keeping it organized as soon as they are old enough to do so. Follow these steps and your kid’s closet will no longer be a worry for you.

1) Most parents are avoiding using dressers to hold a kid’s or a baby’s clothes because of the tipping hazard that they pose. Dressers are tempting for children to climb. There is a real danger of the dresser tipping and trapping, seriously injuring, or killing a child. Therefore, if you do use a dresser, it should be securely anchored to the studs in the wall. Banning dressers from your home is possible if you get your closets set up in a way that handles the clothing in an efficient and accessible manner.

2) First, make an assessment of what all you want to keep in the closet. Pull out things that are already there and separate everything into piles. Be specific; Separate socks from tights, dress clothes from casual, and shirts from onesies and bodysuits. The more you keep things separate, the easier it will be to organize and keep it that way.

3) Figure out how much space you will need for each thing. Baskets are popular with parents because they’re so easy for children to see what is inside. Not only are they helpful for you or your child to see what you need, but they are also really easy to put clean clothes away in. Children as young as six months old like to throw socks into the basket. Getting them to help as young as possible will help you to establish responsibilities with them from early on.

4) Choose baskets or containers with open tops so that they are very easy to access. You should be able to hold a laundry basket, reach in, and put all of the little things away with one hand. Throw in socks or place small stacks of onesies and pajamas into their respective containers. Make it as easy as possible to maintain the organization of the closet.

5) Hang small baby clothes on infant hangers or baby hangers. Regular hangers can stretch out the necks and shoulders of small baby clothes. You should use children’s hangers for bigger kids for the same reason. Small, kid’s hangers are also easier for children to handle, so they are more likely to be able to help you hang their clothes from a young age.

About the Author: Kurt Adams is on the staff of Only Kids Hangers, a leading provider of infant hangers. The right baby hangers, like wooden baby hangers and children’s coat hangers, keep baby clothers organized and children’s hangers are great for retail stores.