Nursery not on the same floor as bedroom

WanderingA · February 2013

Our master bedroom is on the first floor of the house and our nursery is on the second floor. Since I plan on breastfeeding, I am wondering if we should set up a "temporary" nursery in our bedroom or should we just set it up upstairs and plan on having a temporary bed in our bedroom. Ideas, please?!

Rosebud2587 · February 2013

It depends on what you're comfortable with. Before I had DD I planned on having her in her own room from day 1; we bedshared for her first year. Most people I know have a pnp or rnp in their room and cosleep for the first 6 or so months.

coastalchristina · February 2013

We're dealing with the same thing. Master downstairs and other bedrooms upstairs. We're planning on the nursery upstairs but having the baby sleep in our room in an arm's reach co-sleeper for the first few months.

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MainelyFoolish · February 2013

We have the reverse -- master bedroom upstairs, other bedrooms downstairs. We put a pack and play with a changer and a glider in our bedroom and have the baby sleep in our room until the baby is sleeping through the night so I don't have to run up and down the stairs all night long. My DD was in our room for about 5 months, and it looks like our DS will be in our room for about 6 months.

pb_bride · February 2013

Same situation for us. Since my goal is to room-share (not bed-share) for the first 6 months (AAP guidelines), we decided to put the crib in our bedroom, as well as a RocknPlay. Our bedroom isn't big so it's kind of cramped in our bedroom. The crib is about 1 foot away from my side of the bed.

We used the RnP for the first 1 month. Since then, DS has been sleeping in his crib every night. I didn't want him to get too used to sleeping in something else other than his crib, that's why the crib is in our bedroom.

When 6 months is up, we'll move the crib to his nursery.

That.Just.Happened · February 2013

That's how our house is setup and I really like it. We did have DD in our room with us in a co-sleeper until about 6 months since I was BF and it made night feedings a lot easier. We sleep trained her at 6 months and from that point on she STTN so she went up into her own room.

MrsJetSet · February 2013

We have the same situation. DD slept in our room in a rnp until 4 mos then moved upstairs to her own room and her crib. It worked out perfectly for us. We also had a changing station downstairs. I had lots of issues with healing and going up and down stairs for changes would not have been practical in early weeks. I will say the video monitor has been priceless since moving her upstairs. She cries out a lot in her sleep and I would hate to go upstairs for nothing in the middle of the night.

Corleyrae · February 2013

I can only share friends and families choices since I don't have that problem.

My parents lived in a U shaped house when I was born. With rooms on opposite sides of the U across the court yard from each other. They packed up every piece of their furniture and moved it into half of the living room. I don't believe they did this from day one. If I recall it was after I crawled out of the crib and wondered into their room at like 8 months old.

A family I babysat for moved into a older house that had the master down stairs. The stairs however are very steep and twisty. Great for sliding down, bad for little feet to navigate. They moved their bed and a dresser into the den/library/office off of the two rooms and used the master as a large closet and guest room. I haven't been upstairs in quite some time, but both kids are in school now and I don't know if they are still sleeping on the landing. They are looking for a new house....

I think it depends on your need and fears.

ocho2002 · February 2013

We never planned on having DS in our room but someone lent us a bassinet. He slept in our room at night until he STTN. Its just easier.

Elinetrouwt · February 2013

We'll have the same issue. Our living room is on the first floor, our bedroom on the second and the nursery on the third. We'll probably have a bassinet and hope that she sleeps there for the first 6mo. We'll set up different changing stations, so we don't need to run to the third floor for every wet diaper. I'm just not sure if we'll set up a place to sleep in the living room as well. I'd like that.

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