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November 2012 Moms
crib right away?
Is anyone planning on putting baby in the crib right away and avoiding all of the bassinette / sleeper stuff? I hear mixed things- some say you will want the baby in your room and some say its not a good habit to get into?
Just wondering what you all plan to do.
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Re: crib right away?
The only reason we're putting our baby in a bassinette at first is because baby's room with the crib is right next to my 8 year-old's room and we want to spare him the night time feeding noise. I think as long as the baby is swaddled, safe, and you're keeping an ear open, it's fine either way.
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LO will be in our room for at least 3 months, maybe longer. We had DS in our room for 6 months, and it just made nursing at night so much easier. I could just roll over and pick him up out of the PNP and nurse him laying down. No way would I have wanted to go to another room and have to nurse sitting up in a chair. But, other people do that and have no problems with it.
FWIW, when DS transitioned to sleeping in his crib in his room at 6 months it was very smooth. So I wouldn't worry too much about forming "bad habits." I tend to find with infants, habits are relatively easy to break or change quickly. It's once you get to the toddler stage and they have more memory and attachment to things that it gets hard.
LO's crib is in our bedroom. Our plan is to have him in bed with us for as long as we feel it works and then move him to his crib.
We plan on having his crib in our bedroom for up to three years or until he expresses interest in having his own room.
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WSS. I'm not opposed to LO staying in our room longer, but this is the plan.
DD was in the room with us, I can't imagine walking into her room 4-5 times a night. You would be a zombie. It was so much easier to scoop her up the moment she woke up, nurse her while dozing myself, then put her back.
My niece and nephew were in the their cribs from the very beginning, and I guess it worked for them.
Do what works for you. Don't assume you'll have to break a crazy habit. You can also put them in their crib for naps to get them used to it. DD just napped on and off all day long so I left her in the bouncer downstairs and didn't put her in her crib to nap until the naps got longer than an hour.
When DD was born, she slept in her crib, which was in the same room as DS's crib and me going in there for night feedings/changes were no problem.
He was 17 months old when she was born, and DD will be 15 months old when this LO is born.
But then again, I've ran the vacuum during ngap times, and while I may turn the TV or music down, I purposefully don't make the house super silent when they sleep, because I don't want that to be the only situation in which they will sleep.
The only problem is when the dog barks, I think because it's sudden and jarring and not the same as white noise... but what can you do?
Crib right away for us.
We talked about it and it felt like the best location for us. There is an Ikea chair bed (twin futon) and a reclining glider in her room for us to sleep in there if need be.