If you have a 2 story house, newborns sleeping downstairs

amcam24 · January 2010

What did your babies sleep in during the day? We had a one story house when Henry was a baby, so I just wheeled his pnp into the living room, or our room.

I know they can't sleep in the top part of the bassinet, should I just plan on using a bouncy or swing? I know when they are a little older, they will take naps in their rooms (hopefully!) but what do you do in the early days?

CaliJenny · January 2010

upstairs they have their cribs, downstairs we have 2 pack n plays set up all the time.

when they were newborns they each slept in the bassinet part of the pack in play (one in each one). Once they hit the weight limit on the bassinet (I think 15 lbs? I can't remember) we took the bassinet part out and they now nap in the pack n play itself for naps.

Sometimes one would fall asleep on the floor/in the swing/ or bouncy and we'd just leave them there and take the other one in to the pack n play.

We are a long way off from them napping in their rooms. That probably won't happen until they are in big beds and can walk up and down the stairs themselves.

sejabernathy · January 2010

I will have 2nd pnp in guest bedroom downstairs. If I am down stairs and its nap time, I don't have to lug them down...

Idk if they are upstairs and I have to go down. I think I may just really rely on my monitors and just have to go upstairs as necessary. I do not plan on leaving them upstairs for long periods of time while I am downstairs.

amcam24 · January 2010

I agree, we were in a tiny apartment, and I still made sure Henry was in the same room with me at all times.

I guess they can just sleep in the bottom of the pnp after the 15 lbs. (Honestly, my bassinet part is sagging just from one baby using it, so I don't even think I'll use it.)

jbl126 · January 2010

I had one PNP that they both could fit in at first and they napped in there. Then it was either the swing or bouncy, whatever they were in and fell asleep in. They are at daycare now during the day and sleep in cribs there so I am trying to get them to nap in cribs at home now. And yes, it is a lot of running up and down the steps. But hey, that is my source of exercise these days.

Temp159135562506975 · January 2010

the twins nap downstairs - unless i have a lot of stuff to do upstairs - b/c it's just too much work bringing them up/down and me having to gup and down if they fuss at all.

they used to nap in the bouncy seat and swing... sometimes on the boppy on their belly... lately they nap on the couch - i moved one of the couch pillows off so it's wider- and i put them both on together - and prop up a changing pad on the end so they can't roll off. They love to sleep this way - and i can sit right next to them if needed for fussing, etc.

Griffin used to do the same thing- around 15mo we started only crib for naps since he took only one nap that was longer - so it wasn't a lot of up and down.... we'll do the same with the twins.

macchiatto · January 2010

We started having them nap in their cribs at 7 weeks, and it went really well. Before that, we had a Bright Starts By Your Side bouncer and a Fisher-Price Rainforest Open-Top cradle swing in our loft area upstairs, and downstairs we had a simple bouncy seat and our Arm's Reach Original Co-sleeper (we didn't have a PnP at first.) Sometimes we would even let them nap on a blanket on the floor in the living room. (Or in boppys for their reflux IF I was watching them the whole time.) We don't have pets or older kids so the floor worked fine.

macchiatto · January 2010

amcam24:
I agree, we were in a tiny apartment, and I still made sure Henry was in the same room with me at all times.

Wow!

You might find that a bit more difficult to maintain when you have multiples.

amcam24 · January 2010

I didn't realize this was so weird! I didn't take him to the bathroom or anything. LOL. I obviously don't expect to be able to do that with twins, but I would like them on the same floor, esp when they are little.

Thanks for the replies everyone!

jennyvag · January 2010

We had a PnP in the living room, one in our bedroom and 2 cribs in their nursery. For the first few months, they napped in the PnP in the living room (together) until I transitioned them to their own cribs for naps. At night, for the first month, they slept in the PnP in our bedroom, but we moved them into the nursery when they were about a month & a half old.

RoseWhite · January 2010

I just started to put them down for naps upstairs in their cribs...but before it was: newborn lounger, boppys, bouncy seats, PnP and swing...whatever worked!

Adding: It's a great workout to go upstairs and downstairs every time they fuss! lol...at least that's what I keep telling myself

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