Sleep in bedroom or nursery?

s3malcze · February 2012

I'm considering having our daughter sleep in her crib in her room from Day One, but as a first time mom I wanted to hear opinions on what you have done in the past or what you plan to do. My concern is that she will not want to sleep in her crib away from us if she starts in our bedroom. I'd like to get a routine down as soon as possible. We will be getting a very good monitor (the Angelcare 3-in1 sound/video/movement monitor) and her room is right across from ours. If I have her in our room, it would be in the bassinet part of our pack n play and for only the first month.

What worked best for you?

EDD 5/21/2012

melrrr · February 2012

We had the crib in our room for over a year because we did not have space to stick her elsewhere at the time. This time around I will be putting the PnP in our room next to our bed for at least the first few weeks, but will be doing naps in the crib. The nursery will also be close enough to our room that it will be easy to hear him/her and get their quickly.

Or at least that's the plan. As a newborn I don't think they really realize that you're right there (assuming you're not co-sleeping). We had no issues moving T into her own room at 13 months, other than my having to go down two flights of stairs to her in the night if she woke up.

cookies+milk · February 2012

Dd slept in the PnP in our room for about 8-10 weeks. She had no idea we moved her to her room, so that was fine. When she napped, it was in a portable bassinet or the swing, and that meant she was where we were in the house. It did take a while for her to nap in her own room, but that was mostly because I was scared to have her alone in her room. This DD will sleep in our room again early on but will nap in her room much much sooner...probably even right away.

LER091811 · February 2012

The AAP recommends sleeping in the same room at first as a way to prevent SIDS, and it makes breastfeeding easier, so I think it's a win-win. We're going to be doing it regardless because we only have a 1br apartment! I don't think LO will become dependent on it as long as you make the transition to her own room at the right time.

KatFCo · February 2012

DD started out in her own room (crib, no bassinet) and did fine--we had no choice, as there was literally no room for her in our bedroom. However, because DD spent several weeks in the NICU as a preemie, she came home on a feeding schedule, so we didn't breastfeed or have to deal with her waking up to eat every hour or two.

Consider what would be easiest for you--if you plan to BF, babies eat more frequently, so do you want to get up and go across the hall every couple of hours? We're keeping the rocker in our room so even if I'm not comfortable BFing in bed, I don't have to go across the hall several times a night.

tjkdlhb · February 2012

Our bedroom is an open loft... and we have three animals, so we are going to have LO sleep in the nursery from the start... but... the nursery opens directly into our bedroom (we are using it as a big walk-in closet now). So it will almost be like he/she is in our room, in terms of us hearing him/her and nighttime feedings.I would love to have him/her in the room with us, but we don't want the animals trying to jump into a bassinet during the night... (our dog is pretty jealous, and the cats like to sleep in odd places so we don't want them near the bassinet). We will be putting up another wall and door during the summer, but won't be able to do so before LO is born.

willadieselstm · February 2012

Our plan is to put baby in his crib from day one. It is literally across the hall from us and there is no way a pnp could fit in our room. It's an older house with tiny bedrooms. My mom did the same we me and my siblings.

livinreality · February 2012

DS slept in our room overnight for 6 months and in his crib or car seat for naps. We had no trouble with transition to the crib full time, we had more trouble getting rid of the pacifier!

I would say it depends on if you are nursing, personally I am lazy and do not like to get out of bed 2-3 times a night... but sitting up and reaching for a bassinet, not so bad!

JG362009 · February 2012

I had my son in our room for about 3 months and we'll do the same for this baby. We have the FP RNP that we'll use again (LOVE IT!). I exclusively breastfeed and it was 1,000 easier to roll over, pick up the baby, feed him, and go back to sleep. I really can't imagine not having him in our room, and I'm basically the anti-attachment parent. We had absolutely zero issues with him sleeping in his crib in his own room -- we literally just did it one night and he didn't even seem to notice.

freezorburn · February 2012

We took an infant safety and CPR class yesterday and the instructor said that they have research that shows that the baby will mimic your breathing patterns during sleep, so the hospital's recommendation is to have baby in the same room with you during the 1st 6 months. So we will probably keep a Pack n Play in our bedroom during that period; maybe nursery/crib for naps? We'll have to see how it goes.

We've also been talking about maybe putting a daybed in the room that we currently use as a home office, in case one of us is having a particularly difficult time getting to sleep.

stemms8810 · February 2012

We will have him in the bassinet part of the pack n play for the first month or so and then transition to him sleeping in his crib in his room. I had DD in the same room as me for the first 3 months but this time I think I will try to make it shorter. When they wake so much early on, it's convenient to have baby close by.

cj803kj411 · February 2012

melrrr:
We had the crib in our room for over a year because we did not have space to stick her elsewhere at the time. This time around I will be putting the PnP in our room next to our bed for at least the first few weeks, but will be doing naps in the crib. The nursery will also be close enough to our room that it will be easy to hear him/her and get their quickly.
Or at least that's the plan. As a newborn I don't think they really realize that you're right there (assuming you're not co-sleeping). We had no issues moving T into her own room at 13 months, other than my having to go down two flights of stairs to her in the night if she woke up.

EXACTLY what were planning. had the crib in our room last time because of room constraints but this time they have a room and well have the pnp in our room.

ELF4321 · February 2012

I'm way too lazy to get up and go to another room to feed her every time she wakes up during the night those first couple of months. She'll be sleeping in our room at night in the bassinet part of the pack n play, so she's within arm's reach. I do plan to put her in her crib in the nursery for naps during the day, though, so she can get used to being in there by herself too. Hopefully that will help make the transition easier when she moves in there at night (planning the move for about 3 months).

FyreFlyeRush · February 2012

Baby should sleep in your room for at LEAST six months, possibly a year. This is one of the huge commonalities in SIDS, and any second time mom will tell you when your kid's breathing changes, you notice.

JNoelleE · February 2012

FyreFlyeRush:
Baby should sleep in your room for at LEAST six months, possibly a year. This is one of the huge commonalities in SIDS, and any second time mom will tell you when your kid's breathing changes, you notice.

I agree with this. Or at least keeping the baby with your for the first 3-4 months. They actually sink their breathing with yours- it helps them being in the room with you which is what drastically lowers the risk of sids. And even if it weren't for that, the thought of my baby being all alone in a room all by themselves, even if it's just across the hall, makes me sad. That's my feelings on it. I know not everyone does things that way, but thats what I plan on.

[Deleted User] · February 2012

OUr bedroom and the nursery are adjacent and the crib is literally 10 feet away (and we can see it from our bed) in the nursery - so we are going straight to crib. I am interested to see where the dog sleeps as she sleeps literally on my legs every night (60lbs of love!) but I have a feeling I may be abandoned for the baby -which is okay w/ me!!

momofabigailanne · February 2012

freezorburn:
We took an infant safety and CPR class yesterday and the instructor said that they have research that shows that the baby will mimic your breathing patterns during sleep, so the hospital's recommendation is to have baby in the same room with you during the 1st 6 months. So we will probably keep a Pack n Play in our bedroom during that period; maybe nursery/crib for naps? We'll have to see how it goes.
We've also been talking about maybe putting a daybed in the room that we currently use as a home office, in case one of us is having a particularly difficult time getting to sleep.

For the same reasons above, we did 8 weeks in our room and may do the same this time

IsaacA · February 2012

DS's room and our room are next door to each other. He started out in his crib, but woke up every 2 hours. So, I got more sleep with him in our room. I would wake up inbetween his wakings to make sure he was breathing. With him in the bassinet, he was right there for me to check on him.

LO will be in the PnP in our room for the first 4 months, so I can check on him and so he doesn't wake up DS.

I say do what works for you. GL.

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