Anyone plan to put baby right in their crib?

melaniedel · March 2011

I am thinking about putting the crib together in our room and keeping it there for a few months (hopefully will be able to get it throught the nursery door after!). I rather not waste money on a bassinset if its not necessary, but read babies like more confined areas. So far getting PNP w/ bass. (for downstairs) and rock and play so if we can get away with no bassinet, that would be great. Anybody do this, or plan to?

IOmommy2005 · March 2011

From the day he came home from the hospital DS was in his crib. Has been ever since! the only time he has slept in his PNP is on vacation/trips bc its easy to travel with. and an occasional nap here and there. We mostly use it downstairs for diaper changes

ExpatFamily06 · March 2011

I had always planned on doing that no matter what. Then, when ds was born, we lived in a tiny one bedroom apartment and really didn't have a choice since there wasn't a lot of extra space for 'unnecessary' baby gear. We never have had a problem with ds sleeping in his crib. We moved into a house when he was 9 months old, and he was in his very own room, still in his own crib and there were no weird adjustments to it at all.

This next baby will go in their own crib too from the start.

tpandr08 · March 2011

Riley didn't sleep in her crib until about 4 months. We had a bassinet in our room that she slept in. We don't have 2 stories but it was just easier to get her for middle of the night feedings with her right there. I would definately invest in a swaddler because that will help with the more snug feeling.

BTW, unless you buy a mini crib it will not fit through your nursery door unless you take the front half of the crib off. When we moved we tried to be slick and not take the whole thing apart but we ended up having to take the front off to get it through the doors, and we have a brand new house so it's not like the older houses with smaller doors...

JenWhite123 · March 2011

We aren't even buying the crib until after the baby is born

We are team green, and if we have a girl, there is a really girly looking crib that I want to buy. The "plan" is to keep the baby in our room in a pack and play for the first few months, but I'm not sure how that will work since DH is on call alot and gets called out at night.

dmogmo · March 2011

We put him in his room in his crib from the get-go. Naps early on were mostly in the swing, but he was a crap napper until about 6 months ago. We'll do the same with this one, in theory anyway.

dairygirl19 · March 2011

That was my plan and with baby in his own room ASAP.

I just personally feel like everyone sleeps better that way.

I have a pack n play for away days my SIL gave me.

I have a Moses basket for our room for those really bad nights or quick naps, but otherwise in the crib it is!

Who knows though. That's what I strive for now. I never say never and am not adamant about much in baby world.

TheFannins729 · March 2011

i know a lot of people that do. if this baby is anywhere near as loud as ds was as a newborn sleeper, he/she is going to straight to crib in his/her room. And no, it won't fit through the bedroom doors. And they can be a pain to take apart and put back together again, so I would just put the crib in the baby's room from the get go.

water-fairy · March 2011

DS was in his crib, in his room, from the day we came home. He wasn't even 48 hours old yet. We want to do the same for this baby, but the new nursery will also double as a guest bedroom (it is now the guest bedroom) and my parents are visiting from Europe when the baby is born, to help us, so maybe at night he/she won't sleep in the crib for the duration of their visit. The crib was the safest place for DS to be. Audio monitor, webcam AND movement sensor for breathing (DH is slightly paranoid). All will be passed on to the new baby.

genekelly · March 2011

I plan on putting baby in his/her crib when we get home from the hospital. We'll have a PNP w/bassinet for napping downstairs. I'm not planning on the bassinet/cosleeper idea.

SFAug07 · March 2011

DD was in her crib in her room right away. She is a great sleeper and always has been. We are planning to do the same with this baby.

emmyloustu · March 2011

Not for me and actually not recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics. They suggest rooming in for 6mo, which is what we did. DD had terrible silent reflux and had a few serious choking episodes when she was a newbie, I never would have been comfortable with her in another room that soon, but it is a very personal decision. We had an Arms Reach Cosleeper and we bed shared quite a bit. She HATED being flat because of the reflux and took a ton of naps in the swing as a result. Plan to do the same with this baby, except I may get a Rock n Play sleeper if I have another refluxer, because I hear rave reviews and it is pretty affordable.

Good luck with whatever you decide! It may also change as you get to know your baby - some are noisy, light sleepers, restless sleepers etc...you just don't know what will work best.

EBathory997Wed74688 · March 2011

The dog's crate is already in our bedroom and the nursery is right next door to our room so our daughter will be in her crib from the get go

SailorGray · March 2011

We put DS in his crib right away. The APA says to wait 6 months and we prob would have, but the nursery is maybe 10 feet from our room and we can hear everything. We just have too many friends who had a helluva time with the transition.

Ryan&Kristin062009 · March 2011

The plan is to have our son sleep in his crib from day 1, but we are first time parents and I will have to see how he does. I am not opposed to getting a bassinet for our room if it works better for everyone.

sexyntexy · March 2011

I wanted DD close to me at first. She also slept in her bouncy seat since she spit up a lot and I was worried about her choking. I don't think you have to get a bassinet in order for your baby to sleep in your room. We moved her to her crib when she was around 8 weeks old.

kacelle · March 2011

LO will be in the bassinet of our PnP for a few months at least. You can definitely put your LO in a crib in your room; keeping the baby close will help with night feedings, and there's no reason why newborns can't go straight to sleeping in a crib.

maddiemoon43 · March 2011

We are planning on the PnP with Newborn Napper in our room for the first while as well. For those of you who have said you are doing the same, do any of you have the Angel Care Monitor? We are wondering how we could use this other than in the crib...or for 2nd time mom, were you very aware of your LO with them being in your room anyhow?

(Sorry to sneak this in to OP, but asked earlier on Nurseries & Baby Gear and didn't get replies yet...but lots of the posters here seem to have the same PnP plan as us).