Strange......question.

whiterabbit646 · November 2012

I'm sure a lot of people are going to think I'm insane but here it goes....

im currently living with my parents and will be living there for a few months after baby as well ( financial reasons) anyways we have a guest room that I am setting up as a nursery. Well that guest room used to be my room growing up and I NEVER liked it because ( here it goes...) I truly believe it is haunted. Things would move around the room. I'd have strange nightmares and wake up to someone standing at the foot of my bed and then vanish. And sometimes I'd even hear voices. It got so bad when I was younger that I would sleep on the couch most nights. My mom at one point had a psychic come into the house and said that there were two children in the room that had lived there before and died in that room and they were very active and liked to "play". Immediately after that I refused to sleep in that room ever again and really don't like going in there when I'm home alone ( the pets even tend to avoid that room). There is no way a crib can fit in my current room or any other type of furniture. I'm really nervous about baby sleeping in that room just because I never felt 'safe' in there. I'm tempted to just move back in there and turn my current room into the nursery because it worries me. Go ahead and call me crazy, everyone has their own beliefs on the paranormal...

if you do happen to believe in this type of stuff, what would you do in my situation?

oliversmom03 · November 2012

I believe in it as well, and I would not let my baby sleep in that room.

RussianMommy · November 2012

could you switch rooms so that you sleep in the guest room and baby sleeps in ur current room?

if not, can a small bassinet fit in your current bedroom?

whiterabbit646 · November 2012

RussianMommy:
could you switch rooms so that you sleep in the guest room and baby sleeps in ur current room?
if not, can a small bassinet fit in your current bedroom?

ive been thinking of switching rooms because I'd rather deal with it than have my baby in there but my bf moves in soon and doesn't like the idea of getting a smaller room. MIL has given me a bassinet so that will work for a few months...but then baby eventually needs to move into her crib.

RussianMommy · November 2012

whiterabbit646:
RussianMommy:
could you switch rooms so that you sleep in the guest room and baby sleeps in ur current room?
if not, can a small bassinet fit in your current bedroom?
ive been thinking of switching rooms because I'd rather deal with it than have my baby in there but my bf moves in soon and doesn't like the idea of getting a smaller room. MIL has given me a bassinet so that will work for a few months...but then baby eventually needs to move into her crib.

but u said you're only there for a few months

whiterabbit646 · November 2012

RussianMommy:
whiterabbit646:
RussianMommy:
could you switch rooms so that you sleep in the guest room and baby sleeps in ur current room?
if not, can a small bassinet fit in your current bedroom?
ive been thinking of switching rooms because I'd rather deal with it than have my baby in there but my bf moves in soon and doesn't like the idea of getting a smaller room. MIL has given me a bassinet so that will work for a few months...but then baby eventually needs to move into her crib.
but u said you're only there for a few months

by few I meant 6 at least after baby comes ( all depending on our financial situation at that point) but no longer than a year.

agytay · November 2012

If I wouldn't sleep in the room, then I would not put my child there.

Instead, use the bassinet first and then use a pack-in-play (once the bassinet has been outgrown) and keep both in your room. The baby should be able to sleep in both throughout the first year. No need to buy the crib if you aren't going to use it. If that doesn't work, then perhaps stay with MIL instead of your parents.

Probably easier said then done, but also use this as a motivator to get your own place before the baby is old enough to have to sleep in the room.

jpierce1030 · November 2012

agytay:
If I wouldn't sleep in the room, then I would not put my child there.
Instead, use the bassinet first and then use a pack-in-play (once the bassinet has been outgrown) and keep both in your room. The baby should be able to sleep in both throughout the first year. No need to buy the crib if you aren't going to use it. If that doesn't work, then perhaps stay with MIL instead of your parents.
Probably easier said then done, but also use this as a motivator to get your own place before the baby is old enough to have to sleep in the room.

I agree! Keep the baby in the room with you...that way, nobody has to sleep in that other room.

heddy79 · November 2012

oliversmom03:
I believe in it as well, and I would not let my baby sleep in that room.

This. Move dressers and whatever else is taking up space in the guest room and keep LO with you.

akraxner · November 2012

Does the house have a basement? You could fix up the basement like a bedroom and spread out a bit more. There's no way I'd be going anywhere near that room....but I'm a wimp about those things.

RachaelMarieB · November 2012

Call a church or religious figure and ask if they can bless the room. That's the only thing that would make me feel any better. Good luck, hon.

Cailin+Deas+Rua · November 2012

Argh, that would totally freak me out!! I switched rooms in the house I grew up in because I would wake up and see "people" in the room. My super religious parents thought I was insane, but switched my room to humor me. I'd be looking for a different option as well.

BartonBaby · November 2012

agytay:

If I wouldn't sleep in the room, then I would not put my child there.

Instead, use the bassinet first and then use a pack-in-play (once the bassinet has been outgrown) and keep both in your room. The baby should be able to sleep in both throughout the first year. No need to buy the crib if you aren't going to use it. If that doesn't work, then perhaps stay with MIL instead of your parents.

Probably easier said then done, but also use this as a motivator to get your own place before the baby is old enough to have to sleep in the room.

this! I Believe in the paranormal i've lived in a few houses that had crazy activity!!

skidderdo · November 2012

Eeeeeeek! I would totally not sleep in there!

JuneBugsMommy · November 2012

I would definitely move myself to the scary room and put baby in the safe room. OR if you will only be there a few months after baby is born why not just set up a bassinet, PnP, or RnP in your room and not even worry about a nursery?

kimmarie1105 · November 2012

I agree with what a PP said. Move all unnecessary furniture to the creepy room and just keep your bed and either crib or pack n play in your room. If thats possible. Whether I felt threatened or not, I would not want my child sleeping in a haunted room. Great, now Im all creeped out and Im at work by myself.