Where did/do your babies sleep in the beginning?

kelliwill

I am curious where your little ones slept in the first few months.  DH and I have the arms reach co-sleeper but the girls don't rest well and just wake each other up.  It lasted one night.  So, currently we are in the living room and each girl is in the basinette sleeper attachment portion of a pack n play.  It vibrates and plays music and they love it.  Actually we had one and they both loved it so much that we had to get another one.  So, they sleep in them and I sleep on the couch.  DH sleeps in our room and comes in when it's feeding time.  I am hoping to transition them out of the basinette and into the top flat sleeper part of the pack n play.  We have angelcare monitors and we can't use them where they are currently sleeping.  They are 7 weeks now and don't know if they will do okay sleeping in the bigger space and wondering what other MoM's have done.  Can you share your sleeping arrangements and when did your LO's transition to their crib?  I am hoping they will go to their crib at 3 months?  I am also wondering if it's better to do a transition type of thing or just jump right in and see how it goes.  Any suggestions?  TIA!

ErinCB

They sleep in their cribs, each in their own. I actually sleep in the nursery most nights (have a fully reclining chair in there) since it's just easier for me, feeding-wise. And, our monitor is currently out of batteries and we need to get more, LOL!

But they do fine in the big space. Babies don't "need" a small space to sleep in when they are small, bassinets are more of a convenience for parents to have them sleep nearer to them/in their room (or living room as the case may be ) for nursing, frequent wakings, whatever.

If you're worried about it, try transitioning to it during nap time and see how they do. Also, are you swaddling them? That may help them to feel more secure and comfy if you move them. But, IMO, they should do just fine in a bigger space.

jbl126

When we brought the girls home, they slept right in their own cribs in their room. DH and I slept in our room.  At first we had them in the same crib but that only lasted about a month, if that.  Our room wasnt big enough to have them in there with us.  And I never had to worry about transitioning them to their own room or crib.

jacobandcrystal

Our girls share a crib at night (with sleep positioners).

During the day they either nap in one PNP (the bottom), or their bouncers.

macchiatto

We started them out in the Arm's Reach Original cosleeper in our room but DH and I couldn't get any sleep! So we moved them to a shared crib in the nursery when they were less than 2 weeks old. (They shared till 6m, when we stopped swaddling.)

heathb21

Mine slept in their bouncy chairs in the living room (I slept on the couch) for the first 2 months.  After that we transitioned them to their cribs. We tried them in the same crib, but they moved way too much, so they went right to seperate cribs.   After the 2 months, we decided not to use the pack and play and put them right in the crib, so we didn't have to transition them again.

Shannonlea

Ours slept together in the top part of the pack n' play until 4 weeks.  After they outgrew that, we moved them to one crib in the nursery and its heaven.  They nap and sleep at night there and I don't hear every little movement, which used to keep me up.  We made the transition by starting with a couple naps and once they took to it, we just started putting them there all the time.

ZaIrery

We bedshared for the first month or so, and then had them in their PnP in our master bedroom together until a few weeks ago. Now, they are in their separate cribs in the nursery. We jumped right in rather than try to transition. They did very well (let's not count this week: 4 mth wakeful & painnnful).

Bride7-14-07

Since day one when we brought them home, they slept in their crib. They shared the same crib with sleep positioners for 2 months and then we seperated them.

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we used 2 arms reach cosleeper minis - they never slept together. And they were STTN by 8w. they never wake each other up - even now in their room in their own cribs.  They are used to noise- so one crying doesn't bother the other thankfully.

and FWIW- one night of anything isn't a good trial... babies often take a few nights to get used to anything... so i wouldn't throw out ideas after one try as you go on with parenting - give things some time.