Originally posted by: paulney
Heh. We also had a bunch of toys arranged in bed, blankets, little handkerchiefs, other crap hanging around, what not. Baby arrived, and all of this went straight into the box until she was 2 months old. Toys are useless, and get in the way when you need to change the baby at 3 am. You don't want her to choke on those extra blankets either.
In the end, the room turned into pure function: a changing dresser _very_ close to the crib, so that you could quickly lift the baby from the bed and onto the changing pad. A diaper geenie at hand. A stockpile of fresh linens and diapers. I don't think we installed a mobile until she was 1 month old and started to focus her eyesight. Until then all you need is talk to her/him and feel you both are there.