Is your LO in your room or nursery?

Micelle78 · October 2010

This is a heated debate right now between me and DH. LO turned 4 months today. DH thinks he needs to be in the nursery. I cant let go. I want to keep him in our room.

How are u dealing with this?

Lolabug86 · October 2010

DD is in her room in her crib for naps and in our room at night. I feel the same as you. I don't think I'M ready for her to be in another room all night. I figure there's going to be lots of time in the future where she'll be on her own. I want to keep her with/near me for as long as possible. Its purely selfish.

*Laney* · October 2010

Everyone is different on their parenting styles and I don't think that anyone has the right to tell you what is right or wrong. I feel it's not ok to sleep with your infant and some parents do. That's totally ok.

I had my LO in his own crib and own room from day one. I had a video monitor on him all night and got little sleep running over there as soon as he was moving but now he is sleeping trough the night and I still wake up every hour to check on him.

It's tough to let go and at some point he is going to have to be in his own space. He's little hang on to it for as long as you can.... )

hfa678 · October 2010

My husband and I decided to keep LO in our room at night until she is 6 months due to the fact that keeping your baby close to you while sleeping for the first 6 months of life helps reduce SIDS.

kaylakaylakayla · October 2010

Liam has been in his own room for about 3 weeks now.
It was for him and not us though, I would have loved to keep him with us forever, but everytime we would stir/snore/get up, he would wake up too since he's such a light sleeper.

It only took a few days to get used to, and now I'm really starting to love the alone time we have in the bedroom not having to worry about waking him or bugging him.

bluejayway · October 2010

She's in our room. We don't bed share, but she's in her basket a few inches from my side of bed. I love having her there. I can hear her breathing, and I can pop up easily and check on her with the light of my cell phone. We are starting to get to a crossroads though, as she's getting too big for the basket. I want to move her crib into our room, DH thinks she should just move to the crib in the nursery.

I know I won't get any sleep, even with the baby monitor, if I have to get all the way up and walk in the other room to check on her. Plus, it's recommended that babies sleep in the same room as their parents for the first six months to regulate breathing and prevent SIDS. So I win!

To each his own, but I am keeping her in there for another few months.

Starfish113 · October 2010

She's in our room. The nursery is downstairs, and I don't want to have to walk downstairs just to soothe her at night. Also, I don't want to heat the back part of the house. She's definitely staying with us until 6 months, but I'm honestly thinking of keeping her in our room till winter is over, just to save money on heating. That's my excuse anyway :P

mopsie · October 2010

DD started sleeping in her room around 3 months, once the weather cooled down (her room doesn''t have A/C, ours does). It's SO much better for both of us! (Even though I'll admit it was nice to be able to pick her up from the PNP without getting out of bed!)

queenalby · October 2010

Her own room in her crib, but ti was totally her call and not mine.:) DH was okay with keeping her in our room for as long as it worked out - it just turned out taht she sleeps MUCH better in her room (as in, there are nights she only wakes up once, compared to 5-8 times). It's kind of sad for me, but I am sure when she's a little older there will be plenty of nights she'll sneak into bed with us and make up for it.:)

naylon511 · October 2010

She's been in her room since 6 weeks. She was so loud (in her sleep, even) that we couldn't sleep and we were keeping her up b/c whenever she 'woke up' I'd assume she wanted to eat. Turns out a lot of the time she was just between sleep cycles. She's in her room but still in her RNP. I moved her gradually - she was just inside her door with all our doors open at first. Now she's all the way in her room her door and our door closed, monitor on.

MomOf2Littles · October 2010

My room is downstairs. He is upstairs in his room. I moved him out when he was 3 months and outgrew the bassinet. That said he's my 2nd and it's easier to kick them out. His room is next to my 3.5 year old's room. I use a video monitor for him and a regular monitor for her.

WildcatPrincess · October 2010

hfa678:
My husband and I decided to keep LO in our room at night until she is 6 months due to the fact that keeping your baby close to you while sleeping for the first 6 months of life helps reduce SIDS.

This is us as well, though it may be more like 7 months We both like having her with us and we all sleep great.

Erika6504 · October 2010

He's still in our room. He starts off in the PnP but ends up in our bed within an hour or two. He'd be fine in his own room, but I'm not ready to give up.

DD has also been sleeping like crap lately so she's in our room too. It's a huge family bed I never thought I would like cosleeping but I love waking up to my two munchkins

purplecrayon · October 2010

hfa678:
My husband and I decided to keep LO in our room at night until she is 6 months due to the fact that keeping your baby close to you while sleeping for the first 6 months of life helps reduce SIDS.

This is how I feel, too.

He sleeps in his bassinet next to our bed.

Ruby_Soho · October 2010

DS is in his hammock in our room. When he outgrows the hammock, he'll be on a floor bed in our room. When he is STTN we'll think about moving him to his own room. Where's the rush though?

Talk to your DH about why he thinks your LO should be in the nursery. Obviously he has concerns. Then take a day to consider his concerns before you address them. Take him seriously. Then you can go back and chat to him if you think some of his opinions or ideas are flawed. This will give you time to find some research to back you if necessary, or find some further reading if necessary.

If it's a case of him just wanting your LO out for no particular reason, take the time to explain to your DH why you feel LO should stay and how long you had originally envisioned LO staying for. Maybe you can come to a compromise.

BelhurstBride · October 2010

Both. Last week (maybe the week before) we started putting her in her room in the beginning of the night. When she wakes to eat she comes into bed with us.

DH was also big on the nursery move. His fear was that if she didn't learn to sleep independently now, when would she, and would she still be sleeping in our room at 6? I pulled up a bunch of research that supported co-sleeping and bedsharing and he felt much better about it.

carlylaura · October 2010

My LO sleeps in his crib in his room.

sugarland726 · October 2010

DD has been in the nursery since birth. I think you can keep your LO in your room for awhile, but for us, it doesn't work. I like having a separate space and being able to move around, talk, get ready in the morning, etc. She's just across the hall; it's not Siberia (for me).

mbear511 · October 2010

DS was in our room until about 2 months and then we moved him into his nursery.

GreysGirl · October 2010

He has been in his own room for about 2 months now. He was getting too big for the bassinette and we don't have a PNP. We just recently got a video monitor so that helps. He does end up sleeping in our bed sometimes though.

149jen · October 2010

Addie has been sleeping in her own room/crib since Sunday night and is doing soo much better than she was in the pnp in our room. It was really hard for me to let her go, but she's so much more comfortable in her own bed, and it was time. DH puts her into bed with me every morning when he goes to work though so we have snuggle time every day

Mrs.Handy · October 2010

He's sleeping in his crib and been sleeping there since 6 weeks. I miss having him in our room but we felt it was for the best. He sleeps like a champ in his nursery nowadays.

alice2Bcheshire · October 2010

DS still sleeps in the snuggle nest in our bed. When he starts rolling, we'll move him to the PNP in our room. I don't plan on moving him downstairs to the nursery until he's at least 6 months, though he does sleep there in his crib for naps.

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