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Second floor nursery with first floor master

RunningGal900RunningGal900 member
in April 2011 Moms

DH and I are moving in December and are currently looking for places. We are planning to rent for a couple of years until we determine our permanent location. I've found a couple of places that have the master on the first floor with the second bedroom/study on the second floor. The baby will be sleeping with us in a co-sleeper for at least 6 months, then moving into the nursery.

For 2+ moms, how would you feel about having your nursery upstairs, while you slept downstairs? I would never do it the opposite, and haven't looked at these places yet, but want to tell our agent to stop sending them if we shouldn't consider them.

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  • laurenwarnerlaurenwarner
    im not a second time mom, so disregard my response if you wish, but my husband and I are selling our home mainly fore this very reason. Our master is down and all other BR's are up. I hate this! I feel like if something were to really be wrong, i couldn't get there fast enough. this may be irrational, but we have decided its either a one story, or all the BR's up.
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  • Bree4011Bree4011
    Having a daughter who is three and still doesn't always sleep through the night I would say heck no!  If your baby slept through the night around 6 months, then I wouldn't see the problem, but you just never know.  You may end up with the baby in your room a lot longer, or you sleeping in the baby's room.
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  • Mimi'sAttyMomMimi'sAttyMom
    That would be a deal-breaker on a house for me.  Too many "what ifs" run through my mind for me to feel good about it. 
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  • Gina418Gina418 member
    That's our set-up and it hasn't been an issue at all. I too was nervous at first, but ds was in our room until about 3 months then we moved him up to his crib. In my opinion, whether or not your child sttn isn't an issue - if you have to get up in the night it really doesn't matter if the baby is on your room or not, you're still up!
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  • claytonswife2011claytonswife2011
    I have two older boys and as long as you had baby gates and a monitor I dont see a problem with it
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  • karakelkarakel member
    That would be a dealbreaker for me. My DS is 16 months old and last night I went in his room 3 times to give him back his pacifier/put his blanket back on.  His room is across the hall so I can just stumble in and back to bed.  I would be wide awake going up and down a flight of stairs multiple times a night.
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  • kje120kje120 member
    I'm a first timer, so you might not want my opinion, but here it goes anyway.  Our master suite is upstairs and the rest of the bedrooms are downstairs.  It used to be all one floor but DH spent years putting in an entire upstairs so now we are up there.  I figure it'll be more of a problem down the line when the kid is trying to sneak out at night  :)
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  • luvdv8luvdv8 member
    It would be a no go for me- especially since DD was just sick for the first time (vomiting, coughing, etc) recently and it was nice to be right there if she needed me. To each is own but several homes in the neighborhood have the master on a different level and we purposely avoided those when we were looking.
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  • vickivt327vickivt327 member
    I'm a first timer, but I have that same situation, our master bedroom is downstairs and the other bedrooms are upstairs. I plan on sleeping upstairs in the baby's room for the first 3-4 months, or longer depending on how it all works out, then just dealing with the stairs as need be afterward. This was a situation we had to accept in order to find a big enough house that was affordable and close to our work, so we just plan on making it work.
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  • LoCarbLoCarb member
    That's my setup...It's a pain to walk the steps when half asleep but we have a video monitor and know DD's cries tp the point on what occasions she needs us. Having her room upstairs is a delight when we want our privacy or if we're entertaining guests-we don't have to whisper.
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  • RunningGal900RunningGal900 member
    Thanks for all the input! I will definitely discuss with DH tonight.
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  • UGAbrideUGAbride

    We moved when DS #1 was 6 months old, and that floorplan (master down, other bedrooms up) was a definite deal-breaker for us.  Our agent didn't even show us those.  I just want to be on the same floor as the kids.  Especially as they are older, when our 3 year old wanders into our room during the night I wouldn't want him either having to go down the stairs in the dark, or standing at the top calling for us.  I like when we go to bed that I shut the gate at the top of the stairs and we are all up there together. 

    We have good friends who have an absolutely amazing house, but that's the floorplan they have....hate it!!  They have two very young children, it's a pain for them.  Now, when my kids are all older, like say 5+, then sure, it sounds great to give us some peace and quiet :) 

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  • biblionerdbiblionerd member

    First timer here also, but we were TTC back when we were house hunting and we turned down houses that were set up with the master on a different floor. I LOVE that our three rooms are at the end of the hallway all together. I think I counted and it's like 12 steps or something to get from my bed to where the crib will be. I just feel more comfortable like that.

    ETA:  our houses were always like that growing up as well. I didn't LOVE it when I was a teenager because I wanted my privacy :) but I remember always feeling comforted when I was little and afraid of the dark or boogey monster that mom and dad were right next door. 

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  • KERJFKERJF member

    This is how our home is set up. Nugget will sleep in our room for a while and then move up to his/her nursery.

    We plan on having at least one more here  - as we don't see ourselves moving for a long time. We love our home and will make it work however we need to. 


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  • elle80elle80

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    That's my setup...It's a pain to walk the steps when half asleep but we have a video monitor and know DD's cries tp the point on what occasions she needs us. Having her room upstairs is a delight when we want our privacy or if we're entertaining guests-we don't have to whisper.

    Exactly this.  Our bedroom is directly across the hall from LO's and I feel like after his bedtime I constantly have to tip toe around.  Sometimes I don't even want to watch TV in my room because I'm afraid I'll wake him up.  Our kitchen is on the same level too and I don't like to do dishes while he's napping either.  In our next house I'd really love to have the kids rooms upstairs and everything else down stairs so it's more quiet for them.  Plus, I'd have the monitor next to me anyway- just in case. 

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