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1st time mom-to-be with a question
Hi ... I'm just wondering about how many weeks do you move your newborn from your room to their crib? The reason I am wondering is because we are not finding out the sex of the baby, and I sort of would like to decorate after the baby is born ... so I'm wondering how much time I will have. Plus, I am curious if that is even feasible (ie- when you have your first new born, you are so overwhelmed, you don't have time to do anything)! The other issue is that we may be moving in the near future, and I don't want to have to buy any big items, and then have to move into a new place.
Thanks for your time! Sorry if this is a silly question:)
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Re: 1st time mom-to-be with a question
When you move the child to their own room is up to you. If you plan to breast feed to make it easier on you I would wait until 3-4 months. There are growth spurts at 3 weeks, 6 weeks, 3 months (give or take a week.) Many cry it out experts (should you choose that route) say wait until 4 months to let babies cry it out. So this might be a good time to make the change.
Personally, I like my babies with me in bed the first year (makes nursing so easy and I get my sleep), in a crib next to my bed until 18 months, and then I just move them into a big kid bed.
Others even put babies straight into their room from day one.
You can't really say what will work best for your family and baby until the baby is actually here. You can always do the baby's room slowly. The baby won't notice if all the shelves or pictures are not up when he/she moves in
My daughter was in bed with me until 9 months and then we put her in her room and let her cry it out. It was definitely nice having her in bed with me while breastfeeding!
I have a friend who also breastfed her baby, but he was in his crib from day 1.
It's just up to you. You may not know until the baby is here. I said I'd never have my baby sleep in bed with me, but did it for 9 months! I've learned to just take things as they come.
Gender was a surprise for us, so we kept the room yellow, and added green and brown accents. I'm not a fan of specific gender themes, so it worked great for us.
I wouldn't want to have to go crazy with decorating after a baby comes - like I'd paint and buy furniture and then pick out two options for bedding and only have to order bedding and maybe some small decoraing after the baby comes.
My kids slept in my room til about 6 months. Or maybe DS2 was a little earlier - he was a loud grunty baby who kept me awake.
But you really won't know til you have your baby what you feel like doing.
We started transitioning our daughter to her crib for naps when she was about 4 months old, and then for bedtime about a month ago. She does still wake up once in the middle of the night to nurse between 2 and 4 a.m., so at that point she comes into our bed for the rest of the night, since that way I don't really have to wake up. Once school is out (I'm a teacher), we're going to work on putting her back to bed in her own crib for the rest of the night. If I had my way, she'd stay in our room longer, but H says it kills the mood...
This was us too, but the crib was in our room because we lived in a one-bedroom house at the time. My kiddo was a craptastic sleeper until he was 18-months old. It was so much easier to have him in my room for a long time because I would have to get up with him anyway. Most of the time, I would just nurse him in my bed and then fall back asleep.
As far as decorating after the baby comes, who knows what kind of energy you will have to do so. I had a c/s, so I couldn't do anything for weeks afterwards. You might have a lot of energy to begin with, but newborns are very exhausting. I agree with PPs that said you should get gender neutral paint up as soon as possible, then just get bedding and details in after the baby comes.
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Thanks for all of your input ... DH & I are just trying to figure out what we really need to buy since we will be moving for sure next summer(military), and the baby is due at the end of Sept/early Oct. And, there is the possibility that we will be moving to a new place before the baby is due for the next year( ... that's a long story ... again, military related). Our 2nd bedroom will need to do double duty, and since we rent, painting is not something I'm really interested in doing anyways!
All these exciting things to think about! Thanks again!
You could probably get away with a pack n play or a cosleeper type deal til you move if you don't want to deal with buying a real crib yet.
That's not a bad idea at all. We used the cosleeper in our room for nighttime and then naps until K was about 4.5 months or so [DH put her in the crib at night the first night I went back to work, which I think was when she was 14 weeks].
As for decorating after the birth, I wouldn't have had the energy at all. I had two picture frames I told myself I'd fill on my maternity leave and it took me two months to even touch them. It's amazing how much time a new baby takes, and all your free time is spent eating and sleeping yourself!
I went ALL OUT decorating for my daughter (our first) because I had the time and energy before she came. Let me tell you that you will not have that kind of energy once baby is here. She was in her own room at 5 months....though we didn't cry it out with her until 8 months, so I was in there at night A LOT.
For our second, I didn't have a room for him until last weekend (my mom was living with us). So, he's still in our room and he's a much calmer baby, so while I will be transitioning him to his own room in the coming weeks, part of me doesn't want to. He's a fairly good sleeper already and he's my last, I want to keep him as close to me as I can for as long as possible.
So - to echo other posters:
1. Timing for moving baby is competely up to you.
2. If you're going to be moving soon after baby, just keep it minimal and gender neutral.
Keep in mind, decorating isn't for the babies. They don't care. It's totally for us