Did anyone put their kiddo in their own crib right away?

starlettedir · July 2010

My mom and I were talking about this last weekend. I was put in there from day one of being home and never had any sleep issues. I slept through the night pretty early on(but stopped taking naps at a year old).

For those that had baby sleep in their room was it for convenience or another reason?

cali_girl92504 · July 2010

We kept her in our room for convenience. In our house, her nursery is clear across the other side of the house so I didn't want to make that trek every 2-3 hours at night. It was much easier to just grab her out of the PNP. Plus, in the beginning, nursing would take a long time (30-45 min) and then she took forever to go back down so having her in the room made it easier. I could nurse and DH could get her to go back down so we were both equally exhausted Big Smile

. I said once she started sleeping 6 hour stretches regularly she would go to her crib. She started sleeping 5-6 hours at 5 weeks and by 8 weeks she was in her crib.

Cajun_gal · July 2010

We kept him in our room for maybe a week... We realized it was too loud in there. It's right outside the living room, so the tv from the living room would disturb him, and we couldn't watch tv in our room either! He had his days and nights mixed up at first, and we wanted to make it dark and quiet at night. He slept so much better in his own room. We slept well also since we felt confident that he was safe with the angelcare monitor AND video monitor (yes, I'm a freak). He started sleeping longer stretches pretty quickly and was sleeping through the night consistently by 4 months (was up once a night or slept all night by the time I was back at work).

ETA - His room is on the other side of the house. The idea of the walk is a lot worse than the actual walk. I'd sit in his room in the glider and feed him and play on my iphone if I was really tired and trying to stay awake.

KelleyA · July 2010

DD#1 went to her room at 7-10 days old. DD#2 is going tonight at 10 days. I would keep DD#2 longer if she hadn't turned into a giant grunt monster in the last two days. Theoretically I would have put both kids in their rooms from the start, but my exhausted and sore body wouldn't have it. I never thought I'd let either baby sleep in my room, but I did what was best for my body at the time. DD#2 is an awesome co-sleeper/nurser so realistically I could keep her there for a long time and get WAY more sleep, but I don't want to establish that as a routine.

starlettedir · July 2010

Her room will be upstairs.

Cajun-That's a good point about noise. Our bed room is right next to the living room and pretty near the kitchen. Upstairs there would be no noise at all. I'm splurging and getting an upholstered glider and ottoman for her room as well.

kat.in.the.hat · July 2010

Mar was in her PnP next to our bed until we started co-sleeping at a few weeks old. With my c/s, it was just too much to even walk the ten steps to her room. With her next to us, Josh was able to get her, change her, hand her to me, take her after feeding, change her again and put her back down.

I don't think it's a bad thing to have them in their own room if that works for everyone, but I'd have a backup plan in case you end up with a c/s or just a lot of pain and can't manage stairs multiple times a night for the first week or two.

mom2ll · July 2010

Luca slept in our room for 3 months.. Lila slept in our room for 5 days. She was WAY too noisy...

CareBear01 · July 2010

We had him in a PNP by the bed - just for my convenience. DS's room was upstairs, and I did not want to trek the stairs every few hours.

We put him in his room around 8 weeks - I think he was only waking maybe once through the night by then, so I slept in the guest room next door for a little while until he started STTN (I think around 11 weeks?). He loves sleeping in his crib - his room is much darker than most of the house b/c the sun doesn't creep in his window like in our room. He gets a lot better sleep there.

You'll do whatever feels right to you at the time - no matter if it is considered "good" or "bad"! lol.

MrsMGR · July 2010

Joe online spent the very first night at home with us in our room. He was too noisy and I couldn't sleep with all his little peeps and grunts ;-) That being said, our house is tiny and he is right down the hall....so not to far away and we really didn't even need a monitor bc he was so close we can hear him cry.

BritanyV · July 2010

Cajun_gal:
We kept him in our room for maybe a week... We realized it was too loud in there. It's right outside the living room, so the tv from the living room would disturb him, and we couldn't watch tv in our room either! He had his days and nights mixed up at first, and we wanted to make it dark and quiet at night. He slept so much better in his own room. We slept well also since we felt confident that he was safe with the angelcare monitor AND video monitor (yes, I'm a freak). He started sleeping longer stretches pretty quickly and was sleeping through the night consistently by 4 months (was up once a night or slept all night by the time I was back at work).
ETA - His room is on the other side of the house. The idea of the walk is a lot worse than the actual walk. I'd sit in his room in the glider and feed him and play on my iphone if I was really tired and trying to stay awake.

Add me to the "freak" club because not only did I use both (Angel Care and Video system) when ds was a baby, we still use both and he just turned 2 today!

He slept in our room for the first 2 months in a cradle and I used the Angel Care system in the cradle a foot away from me and we would haul the whole system with us if we were going to be sleeping somewhere other than home.

For the OP, we moved him to his crib in his own room right after Ike, he was just a little over 2 months old.

TexasPaige · July 2010

I had a c-section, and having him in our room made it so easy for my husband to bring him to me to nurse. We got comfortable with that routine, so long after I stopped waking my husband to help me, the baby slept in our room. I don't think we moved him for good until around six months. At that point, it was a habit I had to break for myself. He did fine in his own room. I was just used to having him in the pack n play right next to me, and I liked putting my hand on him in the middle of the night.

sad5781 · July 2010

He went to his room at 2 weeks. We planned for first night but my blood pressure issues had me having to take it easy. His room is upstairs. He was a loud eater so I was getting up to nurse in the living room so once my BP regulated he was in his room where I could feed him in the glider.

houstonkdw · July 2010

Both kids were in their crib from day one. I just didn't find going 20-30 yards from my bedroom to theirs a big inconvenience. Kamryn was even upstairs and it was no big deal. I slept better and I think they did too.

april16 · July 2010

Tyler slept in our room the first 2 months in his pack and play bassinet and then in his swing.

His room is upstairs and I could not go up the stairs after my c-section but I wish that we would of moved him up soon after I recovered b/c it was hard the first few weeks of making the transition.

My SS slept in his crib from day 1 and my DH said it was so much easier to do it that way.

melrrr · July 2010

T slept in her crib, but it was in our room because our other BR is two flights down. We didn't move her out of our room until she was a year old, and she was getting close to sleeping through the night. I loved the convenience of having her right there.

SigmundsGirl · July 2010

CareBear01:

We had him in a PNP by the bed - just for my convenience. DS's room was upstairs, and I did not want to trek the stairs every few hours.

We put him in his room around 8 weeks - I think he was only waking maybe once through the night by then, so I slept in the guest room next door for a little while until he started STTN (I think around 11 weeks?). He loves sleeping in his crib - his room is much darker than most of the house b/c the sun doesn't creep in his window like in our room. He gets a lot better sleep there.

You'll do whatever feels right to you at the time - no matter if it is considered "good" or "bad"! lol.

This. Except DS was in our room until 12 weeks and was sleeping from 10pm to 7 am. When we moved him to his room he started waking once a night to eat and then his sleep patterns went to hell in a hand basket, but I don't think it had anything to do with his room.

When DS was in our room he was first in the newborn napper part of the PnP, then he moved to the bassinet of the PnP. After that we transitioned him to his room. If we have another kid I don't think we will go this route again. I didn't like all of the transitions.

SigmundsGirl · July 2010

CareBear01:

We had him in a PNP by the bed - just for my convenience. DS's room was upstairs, and I did not want to trek the stairs every few hours.

We put him in his room around 8 weeks - I think he was only waking maybe once through the night by then, so I slept in the guest room next door for a little while until he started STTN (I think around 11 weeks?). He loves sleeping in his crib - his room is much darker than most of the house b/c the sun doesn't creep in his window like in our room. He gets a lot better sleep there.

You'll do whatever feels right to you at the time - no matter if it is considered "good" or "bad"! lol.

This. Except DS was in our room until 12 weeks and was sleeping from 10pm to 7 am. When we moved him to his room he started waking once a night to eat and then his sleep patterns went to hell in a hand basket, but I don't think it had anything to do with his room.

When DS was in our room he was first in the newborn napper part of the PnP, then he moved to the bassinet of the PnP. After that we transitioned him to his room. If we have another kid I don't think we will go this route again. I didn't like all of the transitions.

nanann · July 2010

Elena was in her room from day 1.

Julia was in her room at about day 7. Believe me, I tried right away, but she would.not.sleep. in her crib at first. It took us that week to figure out that she needed to be on an incline to sleep.

We thought we had all the sleep answers with Elena because she was always such a good sleeper -- and we figured she was such a great sleeper b/c she was in her own room, we did a great sleep routine, etc. etc. And then we had Julia and she still struggles with sleep at 2.5 years, often calling out in middle of the night, even though we do the sleep thing the same way.

Katieraye09 · July 2010

Tyler was only in our room the first couple of nights. Honestly, the best place he slept was in his swing so he slept in the living room for about a week and then we moved him to his room.....swing and all! To this day, I do not sleep good with DS in our room whether we're at home or traveling. He is a very loud sleeper! I agree with PP, you'll do what works for you and that's what is "right." I thought I knew what was best before T arrived and now I laugh at myself thinking about how I had absolutely not idea what I was doing. You'll find your way

Quizzle · July 2010

Viv's in our room, but that's where her crib is anyway... She sleeps in the crib usually, although she's still so new she's up every two hours (or more often) right now and is a lazy nurser, so I have to work at it to get her to really eat. So right now she's sleeping ON me a lot... having her in the room is very helpful, since it's only about 5 steps.

I also keep hoping DH can share the pain, although he's managed to sleep through a surprising number of shrieks and I wake up to every little cry (and he's the light sleeper whereas I could sleep through an army running past the bed generally.)

With the c-section, while I feel ok, getting out of bed sucks because using my abdominals isn't comfortable. I can't sleep comfortably on my side, either so have to either sit up in bed or go to the glider to nurse.

missjake · July 2010

Maddie went to her crib the day we got home from the hospital.

Maren slept in our room (in a PNP) for 8 or 9 weeks because I didn't want her waking up Maddie in the middle of the night, since their rooms are right next to each other.

kreeper611 · July 2010

We had intentions of putting Cooper in the PNP in our room for the first 6-8 weeks, but he grunted and talked in his sleep. The first night home he was in the room and we were in the living room. The next night we moved the PNP to his room and then put him in the crib after 2 weeks. The PNP was easier with my c/s.

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