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sleeping in nursery

natalee215natalee215
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In light of Carollyn's post, am I crazy to think that our baby will be fine sleeping in his/her own room from the beginning?  Our plan is to start out with the baby in his/her own room so that we don't get into a habit that we have trouble breaking later.  Is this realistic?  I wasn't even planning to buy any type of a bassinet or co-sleeper.  I'm not sure if this matters, but keep in mind that I'm not planning to BF.
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  • AprilJTAprilJT
    Some people start with the baby in the nursery from the very beginning.  I know my SIL has put both of her kids in the nursery from day one and never had a problem with it.  Rowen wasn't having any part of that though.  But honestly I don't think I would have been ok with it that early.  He was so tiny and I wanted him close.  Plus it was so much easier in the beginning when I was breastfeeding.  I didn't even have to get out of bed to feed him.  He started sleeping in his own room at 6 months which was also when he started sleeping through the night, so it worked out well for us. 
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  • AshNicole331AshNicole331

    Sophia slept in her bassinet for maybe a week before moving to her crib. I say "moved to her crib" loosely because Sophia still sleeps with us part of the night, most nights. We're convinced that she hated the bassinet, she WOULD NOT sleep in it.

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  • lindeenweddinglindeenwedding member
    That's what we did. Alexa was in her crib in her room for the first 6 months. Then she got sick for a good month and in order for us to get any sleep we had to bring her in our room for the second half of the night. Then Eric decided he liked that arrangement better so that's still what we are doing...
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  • DreamsBride411DreamsBride411 member
    We were set on having Mari in her own crib in her own room my entire pregnancy. I didn't buy a bassinette either. However, we put Mari in her crib the first night w/o a sleep positioner, just two rolled up receiving blankets at her sides and she literally thrashed and cried every 15 minutes all night. So then I bought a sleep positioner thinking it would help... And no... Same thing the next night. Then she started doing this gagging choking thing and I was afraid to have her sleep in her room because I was afraid she was going to choke in her sleep (from spit-up) and I wouldn't hear her, so I slept her in her stroller's bassinette next to our bed and sure enough, she's sleeping well. I ALMOST pit her in her own room the other night, but I tried it when she was napping and I saw her starting to freak out on the monitor. Peter says she can sense us being near. Now, the really backwards thing about this is that even though I BF, I get out of bed and feed her in the glider in her room. Just more comfy for me. My advice to you is not to get a bassinette and not let baby sleep in your room unless absolutely necessary. If you feel like you need baby near you when the time comes, you can always buy one then.
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  • BlondeBeachBride08BlondeBeachBride08
    I think it really depends on the baby, and it's something you can't predict. Some babies have a high need for close contact, some are more independent. I'd say plan to put baby C in the crib with recognition of the possibility that it may not work right away and have a contingency plan. Our plan is the keep the baby in our room in the pack and play for the first 3-6 months. But I recognize that things may not work as planned. If no one is getting any sleep, we will transition the baby to the crib.
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  • trevesstrevess

    Nat- please don't feel like you are doing something "wrong" by considering that.  Everyone has different opinions- that is what makes the world go 'round!!!

    They say that formula-fed babies can go a little longer between feedings- so this might work just fine for you.  In our house Hayden's room is literally on the other side of the house- so I knew that putting her in her crib immediately was not an option for us because of night-time feedings.  Like PPs said, you will have to get a feel for things once Baby is home, but, yes, I would have a "Plan B" (even just a Pack-N-Play) for just in case you or baby feel the need to sleep closer. =)

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  • spiritenergyspiritenergy
    My son, Mr. Independent, came out wanting to sleep by himself in his crib in his room.  We tried sleeping in his room for the first two weeks.  He is a super noisy sleeper.  He grunts and kicks his feet all night.  He drove us nuts.  He did not seem to want us sleeping in his room so when family left we moved back in our room.  My daughter is a very different baby.  For the first two weeks, she slept on me.  Now she sleeps in her crib the first part of the night and sleeps with me for the second part.  I get more sleep this way. 
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  • natalee215natalee215

    Thanks for your input, ladies!  The pack-n-play that we picked out has an infant sleeper on it, so if we have to, that can be set up in our room.  The baby's room is right next to ours so if we luck out with Baby C liking his/her crib, we're only steps away.

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  • AshleysredAshleysred

    I had planned on putting K in her own room from the very beginning.  So we did that.  Put her in her bed, turned on the monitor, and headed to bed.  I woke up two hours later to check on her in her room.  She was hysterical and I couldn't hear her on the monitor.  Her room is THISCLOSE to mine.  She was just too quiet to hear. Yes, we should have tested this on the monitor, I just assumed it would be sensitive enough to hear a newborn cry.  Bad mommy!

    She now sleeps in our room in her packnplay bassinet sleeper thing, her bouncy seat, or her swing.  She really, really hates sleeping alone.  When she sleeps with us, gasp!, I can get four hours of sleep in a row.  If she sleeps somewhere else, I get 2 hours max.

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  • MmeBPMmeBP
    Nathan has been sleeping in his crib since the day we brought him home from the hospital.  We have never co-sleeped or had a bassinet in the room, and we have had no problems.  Frankly, he is too loud during the night to sleep in our room! =)
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  • Ms.Beachbum08Ms.Beachbum08
    For this baby, I am going to attempt putting her in the crib from the beginning.  We will see how this goes.
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  • sillybiochemistsillybiochemist
    I've been really torn on this issue too.  Our nursery is about 25 feet from our master bedroom and we have a habit of keeping the bedroom door shut to block out any light from the single street light just outside of our house that happens to shine into the big 2nd story foyer window.  Not to mention it keeps our two labs in the bedroom with us so they are more isolated from random noises that might cause them to bark (rather than the noises they SHOULD bark at.)   I'm planning on breastfeeding, which also complicates the issue.  But I know that once DH goes back to work, realistically we will probably want to transition little one to the nursery so he can get sleep.  I need to talk to DH and get more input on this one.  At least we've got a bit of time before we have to figure that out but I'm assuming it will be like everything else, trial and error.
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  • ash.fleaash.flea
    I think we're going to try keeping G in the nursery from the beginning, but I'm not banking on that working out.  We do have a bassinet just in case.  I'm planning to BF, so that will make more work for me and I might be too lazy to do it.  But, friends of ours had a baby last August and she slept in her own crib from day 1 and they EBF, so I know it's possible.  I think it just depends on the baby, though.
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