Sleeping Arraingements

[britt33]

Hey Everyone,
Me and my husband just need a little advice about sleeping arraingments when the baby comes. Should the baby sleep in our bedroom with us? We will be having a one bedroom that has two doors that swing open to connect the living room and bedroom. We thought that this would be great because when she started to cry either one of us could go to the living room, close the doors and care for our little one. Does anyone think that this will be an issue?

[KM604]

We co-slept for about 6 or 7 weeks because I was so afraid of her not breathing or choking on spit up or whatever (can we say first time parent?, haha).  Then from that time on she has been in the pack-n-play next to our bed.  I don't know if it is more out of ease or because of nerves but we've become "comfortable" with having her in our room.  My daughter is now almost 8 months and I think we are going to transition her into her nursery.  She stayed at my mom's house the other night, obviously away from us, and did fine.  

[martikadragoon]

I coslept with my first DS for about 2 months (when he was home..) I plan to cosleep w/this baby also. We do keep a bassinet in the room at floor level so that if we want to put him in there to sleep (this new one we will) we can just lean over and place him in and go to bed ourselves.

[LauraB78]

I think it depends on whether or not you able to breastfeed.. I think if you breastfeed, co-sleeping is okay for the first 3-6 months, if not breastfeeding, I think baby should be in the nursery. Just my opinion.

[tinytoes200]

i have a 1 year old sleeping in her bed beside my bed,and when we wake up theres the 2 year old lying across our pillows,and im preggs again so this should be fun... i dont care where mine sleep, just once i get some sleep!

[britt33]

Everyone,
Thank you so much for your comments and advice. Im guessing that it depends on the person and how well the baby sleeps at night. I will defiantly take everyones advice and use it. Thanks again!! :)

[Limonada]

DS was sleeping in his own room after the first 2 nights of being home.  It's more of a pain for getting up at night, but you reap the rewards later when they're actually able to sleep by themselves because they haven't known anything different.  To this day, at 3 years of age, DS doesn't expect to sleep with us.  DH's oldest sister had her boys in her room/bed and had a heck of a time getting them out later.  

[luv2bmommy]

I think it sounds fine. whichever works easier for your family. ive taken a lot of critisim for it, but Ive always coslept with my daughters, and plan to with the one on the way. nobody believes me when i say this but its true, my kiddos slept through the night starting only at a couple of days old! lol they woke from time to time to eat, but not very often and never more than twice a night and they were back to sleep immediately after.

[Riot_Queen]

Ivy's gunna be a year old on the 10th and she still sleeps in the same room as her father and I.

Even though SIDS is unpredictable, it is stated that there are fewer cases of SIDS with babies that sleep in the same room as their parents for the first 6 months atleast.
I thought a year would be sufficient enough.
We've got a room set up for her, and in a couple of weeks we're gunna let her sleep in her own room.
We don't really have a choice in the matter anyways because we have baby #2 due in November and we won't have room for 2 cribs in our bedroom.

I think it's actually better to have the baby in the same room as you for atleast the first 5-6 months.
And trust me, specially because I breastfed, it made it a BUNCH easier for hubby n I.
I just had to sit on the side of the bed, reach in and pull Ivy out of her crib, take her back in the bed with me, lay back down with her and let her feed, then put her back in the crib.
It was much less of a hastle than to have to get up and go into another room to either get the baby and/or make a bottle.

Hope this helps!

[kerriekab]

All the info on the net ive read says u should have the baby in the room with u for the first 6 months!!! I think this is so u can keep an eye on then and for ease of feeding. I think ur living situation sounds ok though because u should still be able to keep an eye on him and hear if he cries.

[DMK1981]

I have 3 kids and 1 on the way. I have always started out with them sleeping in their bassinets right beside my bed. I am the type of mother, when I wake up, it's in a panic to make sure they are breathing. I am so afraid of SIDS and scared they might get choked. (I am a WHAT IF kinda person. What if this happens, what if that happens! ) It drives me nuts!  As they got older, I put them in their crib but never at the begining! It was also easier for me because I breastfeed my kids. They would eat every 1 to 2 hours and I would just put them in bed with me, feed them, burp them & put them back in their bassinets.

[JoyRenee]

Bassinet in our room for first weeks, months. Then off to her crib, in her room.

[happy_mommy]

we were going to have to share a room with our baby but are moving at the end of this month early next month, his bedroom will be downstairs so we will get a bassinet and have him sleep in our room but as soon as he starts to sleep in longer shifts we will move him to the nursery.  You could always try doing your plan and if I doesn't work it is easily fixable!

[dnikki0928]

When we had our son we had him sleep in his nursery. It was just as easy to walk right down the hall and get him up. Plus we pre-made all his bottles that evening so we didn't have to mess with measuring in the middle of the night. And we took turns getting up and we would write down in a notebook diaper changes, what time, how much he ate ect. It worked really well

[Victoria01]

I had my son sleeping in our bedroom, in his bassinet, until his was almost three months old then I moved him into the nursery. It was just easier for me when he would wake at night to feed. It was when he started sleeping 6 hours or so at a time I moved him.