Anyone have the nursery on a different level than the master bedroom?

bananers · December 2012

Our master is on the second floor, and the other two bedrooms are on the first floor. I think we are going to have to have the nursery downstairs, which isn't ideal, but I would rather baby have his own room that he can at least nap in, and hopefully eventually sleep in at night. I know we plan to have the baby sleep overnight in our room for a little while, but I would like to transition him to his own room downstairs as soon as possible.

What was your setup/routine, if you have the nursery on a different floor from your bedroom? Did you have a second crib in your room? Or did you use a pack and play, bassinet, etc.? Or did you just keep the baby's crib in your room until you transitioned to the nursery? At what age were you able to make the transition? Or, did you just put him in his own room right away and suck it up and make trips up and down the stairs during the night?

Any experiences or tips you can share are most appreciated! We're still trying to figure out what's going to work best for us.

klyann · December 2012

our master is on the same level as DD's room but it is on opposite ends of the house and our house is pretty large (5000 sf) Crib was in DD's room but she slept in the Rock N Play for the first 5 months. First in our room (2 weeks) then in her room. During the day I would haul it downstairs and she would hang out/nap in it until she started napping in her crib (around 4 or 5 months). It is very lightweight and easy to move around the house.

Get a video camera. It will save you many trips out of bed.

mrsbrown109 · December 2012

Our Master is on the main floor and baby's room is upstairs. For the first couple of months we had baby sleep in pak n play (bassinet part) right out in living room. When baby was moved upstairs our video monitored saved the day.

I personally didn't want to start baby in our room because I knew I would have a really hard time breaking that. We didn't have any problems with the rooms on different floors ( but we also have nothing to compare it too)

good luck!

luvmyducks · December 2012

bananers:
What was your setup/routine, if you have the nursery on a different floor from your bedroom?
Our room is on the main floor and DD's and future LO's nursery are upstairs.
Did you have a second crib in your room?Or did you use a pack and play, bassinet, etc.?
We used a RNP in our room until she was 3m when we transitioned her to her nursery.
At what age were you able to make the transition?
3m--only bc she grunted a lot in her sleep and would wake me up and we would disturb her when we coughed, snored, etc.

It was really hard for me to transition her to the nursery. I felt it was so far away and I had major anxiety. But it only lasted maybe a week. I highly suggest a video monitor. I would go absolutely crazy if I didn't have it. Also a Snuza--total paranoid mom saver. It wasn't too bad to go up and down the stairs--and she didn't sleep for 8hrs until she was 6m old. And didn't sleep completely 10+hrs until she was 10m I think. The first few nights transitioning to the crib were tough and I ended up sleeping on the floor of the nursery bc she was up so much, but that didn't last too long.

LittleApple · December 2012

Our master is on the first floor and the kids bedrooms are upstairs. I would not feel comfortable with the kids being downstairs and us upstairs.

ebp913 · December 2012

Our room is downstairs and the other rooms are upstairs. We kept DD in our room until about 3 month when she was sleeping longer through the night and then moved her upstairs. At that point she was only getting up once or maybe twice a night which was doable as far as going up and down the stairs. We also kept a queen bed in the nursery which was a lifesaver for night nursing and if I needed to cuddle a sad baby. Highly recommend a bed for you in the nursery if the rooms are further apart!

bananers · December 2012

LittleApple:
Our master is on the first floor and the kids bedrooms are upstairs. I would not feel comfortable with the kids being downstairs and us upstairs.

Can you elaborate? Curious as to why you would feel this way...

MrsJetSet · December 2012

Our master is on main and nursery is up - on the opposite side of the house. DD slept in our room in a bassinet and then RNP until 4 mos, when dd started daycare. We figured since she was napping in a crib at daycare, it was a good time to transition. She had 2 hard nights and then it was fine. She was waking around 2 times/night when she moved to the crib. The video monitor helped tremendously, even now. Sometimes she stirs in her sleep and goes back to sleep quickly. I would hate to go up and down the stairs for false alarms.

We have a guest bedroom across from the nursery but I have never broken down and used that bed. I liked knowing it was an option though.

As for the kids on main and master up, some people are worried about the security of having kids on main (easier to jump in a window on the main floor than 2nd floor) or get out of the house with a kid without you knowing. It all depends on your own security and your area. I would be ok with dd being on the main floor and me up while she is in her crib and non-mobile but after she can get out of the bed on her own I would personally be more concerned with your situation.

javagrl · January 2013

I am not in this situation but I have some good friends who have their daughter's nursery downstairs and their room upstairs, and they put her in her nursery right away but slept in there with her for a while (I am not sure if they had a bed or futon or what in there).

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