Our plan is to keep the pack-n-play in the living room for her to sleep in during the day (at least at first) and have her in her crib in her nursery at night. We have nothing set up for her in our bedroom. Last night at our baby boot camp class we were told that the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends having the baby sleep in your bedroom for the first 3 months and this reduces the chance of SIDS.
Now I don't know what to do. What are your plans? Moms - what did you do? TIA!
Re: Where will baby sleep?
DD 1/29/07 -
I have her in the pack in play in the living room and for now she is in the bassinet in our bedroom at night. I was actually planning on moving her to her crib this weekend. I'll re-think that though now as I am terrified of SIDS. We originally put her in our room since it would be easier when I was breast feeding but since I'm not doing that now it really doesn't make much sense for her to be with us since her room is 2 doors away and that's where I end up taking her to feed her anyway. But, my sister always put her kids into the cribs right away and swears they slept better in there than anywhere else. So, I guess my answer is........I don't know eihter!
We plan to try the crib in the nursery at night from Day 1, but we'll be flexible to do whatever works best for us. There will be room in our bedroom for the pack-n-play, if needed, but I'd rather try the nursery from the start, even if it means more up-and-down for me at night to BF.
I've just heard nightmare stories about parents with best intentions to move the baby from their room to the nursery within a few months, but who get trapped into situations where the kids end up not being able to sleep anywhere but in the parents' room. A coworker of mine still has his daughter in their room, and she's nearly two.
Then again, if we're advised to do something different at our childcare classes, obviously we'd consider an alternate plan.
Ali still sleeps in teh PNP in the living room during the day (she is right now!)
We tried having her in the basinette in our room, but between her being so noisy with grunting and moving and us snoring, no one slept too well. DH and I also did the sleep on the couch for half the night while DD was in the PNP until she was about a month old, then we put her in the crib in her room right next door and we all slept better.
I know the AAP has babies best interest in mind, but some of their recommendations don't always make sense or seem based in reality to me. I keep in mind that they are recommendations, and if they don't work for us, they don't work for us.
Remember there are many other precautions you can take to avoid SIDS - not smoking or having the baby near smoke, having a fan in the babies room, back to sleep, using a pacifer, making sure the baby doesn't get to hot, no loose blankets, etc. Having the baby sleep in your room until 3 months is just one of them.
He will be in the PNP in our room. Daytime naps downstairs really aren't an option, he will be in either his crib or the pnp in our rooms. Our dogs sound like elephants running through the house, and they bark more when they are downstairs for some reason. Wierdo dogs!
We have E in a bassinet in our room. I'll be sad when he outgrows it b/c it's so easy for night time feedings and I love having him close by. He used to be SUPER noisy at night but not so much anymore (watch now that I said that he'll be a grunting machine again).
I recently heard a pedi at Hershey suggesting to have the child where you want them to sleep long term by 4 months. E will be in his crib before then.
TTC since Jan 07. Dx with PCOS Jan 08
This is exactly what we did!