Nursery on different level of House?

mstrieder

I'd like some thoughts on having a nursery room on a different level. We just bought a house in August and a friend is renting a room from us on the main floor. So nursery options are 1) combine nursery with our bedroom upstairs in attic or 2) use the other spare bedroom on main floor as nursery. I'll be a FTM so any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

mamahawk12

Our master bedroom is on the main level of our house and all of the other bedrooms are upstairs. We kept the boys in our room until they were consistently sleeping through the night and we were comfortable with their sleep patterns - about 6 months. We invested in a nice video monitor for once they were in their own rooms. I was nervous at first about how it would work out but it has literally never been an issue. 

mstrieder

@mamahawk12‌ Alright. I'm feeling a little better.

musictchr25

@mstrieder We're in the same boat, but our bedroom is on the second floor and the nursery will be on the first.

We are planning on having our baby sleep in our room for the first few weeks, or until STTN, and then move into the nursery downstairs with a video baby monitor. It's probably going to be difficult and somewhat annoying for middle of the night feeding and changing, but I think we will manage.

delujm0

Is your friend's rental income necessary for your survival or are you letting them live there temporarily as a favor? I ask because if I was in their shoes and suddenly a baby moved in next door and was screaming in the night, I would be compelled to find an apartment. So if you need that income, I'd consider leaving the baby with you.

Aside from that, I think the baby is fine on another floor, I know a lot of people who do that. Our new house has a master suite on the main floor with a room intended to be the gym attached to it...we are making that into a nursery so that we won't have to go trucking upstairs at night. We'll probably move the kids up when they graduate from the crib...so around 2.

Cynthia1207

I'd combine at the beginning if you end up having a c-section. Going up and down stairs is very painful. If you have a vaginal birth, I wouldn't foresee a problem.

Workoutmommy

It is ok because more than likely he/she will be in your room for the first 3 months!

mstrieder

delujm0 said:

Is your friend's rental income necessary for your survival or are you letting them live there temporarily as a favor? I ask because if I was in their shoes and suddenly a baby moved in next door and was screaming in the night, I would be compelled to find an apartment. So if you need that income, I'd consider leaving the baby with you.

Aside from that, I think the baby is fine on another floor, I know a lot of people who do that. Our new house has a master suite on the main floor with a room intended to be the gym attached to it...we are making that into a nursery so that we won't have to go trucking upstairs at night. We'll probably move the kids up when they graduate from the crib...so around 2.

@delujm0‌ We bought the house independent of his rent contribution. It's more for him to get out from his parents house, have a low rent so that he can pay off his student loans and not be "living at home." We don't even touch what he pays us, it goes into savings for eventually remodeling our house. I'm liking all these suggestions of starting upstairs and eventually moving baby downstairs later on.

dirtymartini

We have a split level home with the master on the "upper" level and the other bedrooms on "lower" level.  I say "lower" because it's not really a basement, it's still mostly above ground.  Anyway, we'll be going down some stairs to get to the nursery.  We'll have baby in our bedroom for the first 3 months and then use a video monitor after that.

Schnurette

Our MB was on the main floor and there were three bedrooms upstairs. DD went into one of the rooms upstairs after the first couple of days (during which time she slept in my closet in a makeshift bassinet) and it was exhausting going up and down the stairs but I got really good at taking everything that I would need up with me (bottle, pump etc.) and all back down again when I was done.

And I lost a TON of weight really quickly and I attribute most of that to those stairs.

Our new house has two bedrooms on the main and one in the basement...I don't really want DD or the new baby in the basement so we are going to be moving our office into the basement bedroom and turning the office into a teeny tiny nursery. (It will fit the crib and change table but I don't think anything else will fit...so I have to rearrange our living room as well to make room for the rocking chair.) Once the new baby is around a year we will move DD into the basement and the baby into her old room. Or possibly us into the basement and baby into our room.

MayMomx2

I'm in a similar situation. We have a master on main house, great when loud kids are playing upstairs, but not for newborns.


On top of that we have to buy a wifi baby monitor because our regular video baby monitor isn't strong enough to reach all the way through our house.

I think we're going to bed share again, but we use a crib for naps. So I'm also a bit nervous about it.

nmac1015

Our master is down and all bedrooms up. We will have the nursery upstairs but the baby will sleep in our room for a while. We have a very large master and plenty of room for a bassinet and glider next to my side of the bed. Not sure how long we will do that but I want to BF and it'll just be easier when the baby is young. After that we will use a video monitor.