Where did your newborn sleep?

Krizzista · September 2014

We have a 2 story house. Our bedroom is on the first floor, with a large sitting area that has plenty of room for pack n play, bassinett or even a crib. All other bedrooms are on the 2nd floor. Im the youngest on both sides of my family, and really don't know much about babies at all. Im still undecided at this point. For those of you with 2 story houses, where did/will your newborn stay at night?

Stargirlb · September 2014

my bed always! easy access breastfeeding and I don't have to get up. no brainer

jennjilljo · September 2014

We have a downstairs master and two rooms upstairs. We kept DS in a bassinet down stairs until he started pulling to stand (6 months for him). After that we stayed in our guest room and transitioned him to his crib in his room. When he started sleeping through the night we went back downstairs to our room.

Eta: that worked for us and our situation. Ultimately, advice from others and ideas are great but do what you feel comfortable doing when LO arrives.

chicagojackie · September 2014

Pack n play at the bedside for first 4-6 wks then transition to his own crib.

If you are considering cosleeping OP please do it in a safe and educated way.

Here is a great resource: https://kellymom.com/parenting/nighttime/cosleeping/

kefttsc · September 2014

Our master is on the 2nd floor and we are transforming the large office/bedroom that is also upstairs for the nursery. It will be the easiest access for us at night and it will also keep them away from the hustle and bustle when we have guests over.

Cosleeping isn't for us, but some people swear by it. Do your research and do what is best for you!!

P.S. I'm the oldest and still don't have much baby experience, so you aren't alone

foxslaw · September 2014

I'm a FTM too & we plan to have her in the pack n' play in our room for the first while. We are honestly going to feel it out. When we feel comfortable we'll move her to her room across the hall.

PeaceofKia · September 2014

I Co slept safely with DD in my bed for the first year (I was a single mom and it worked for us). DH and I don't know which townhouse we're moving to yet to know where bedrooms will be but know that the twins will be in rock and plays in our room in the beginning. I agree with PPs, do what works for you and feel it out.

Krizzista · September 2014

Thanks so much for the responses! I am leaning toward pack n play in the sitting area, just wanted to see if any moms had their babies on the 2nd floor.

BeckyP005 · September 2014

If I was in your situation I would have a PNP or bassinet in your room. I think I would be too tired to keep running up to the nursery every 2 hrs or so to feed. I like @jennhillhoite‌'s idea.

My bedroom is on same floor as nursery and I decided to get a PNP next to bed so I'm not making a hundred trips down the hall! Especially in the beginning.

Oh and I'm a nanny and have watched babies forever and I will still be nervous with my newborn lol.

WanderingA · September 2014

We had a co-sleeper attached to the bed that she slept in for the first few months. Then I found myself falling asleep with her in my arms so when I got up in the middle of night to breastfeed her so I ended up nursing her in bed and and she would co-sleep with us. I had actually written two papers for school about co-sleeping so I was well educated on the safety precautions that needed to be taken. We loved it and had no problem transitioning her to her own crib at 7 months.

mandamoochie · September 2014

We used the bassinet in the pack n play until 6 weeks then transitioned him to his own room. He was a good sleeper though

swaddleme swaddles put him right down to sleep

lilybug319 · September 2014

I had DD in her crib but I slept in the room with her. We did that for 6 months and then I moved my bed back to my room.

mommadozer · September 2014

I'm a FTM. Luckily, all of our bedrooms are upstairs. So the nighttime ordeal will not be a problem. But, during the day, I am going to keep the pack and play and diaper changing supplies downstairs. I do not want to be walking up and down stairs all day.

thegoodpotato · September 2014

We were always on the same floor, but Marnie slept in a laundry basket on my night stand for the first three nights (then into the crib). Amanda I had in a vibrating chair/cradle thing next to the bed for about three weeks before I moved her into the crib.

Do what you need to do to get through the first few weeks. I never had a problem with having the baby in another room, so I'd say a bassinet in the sitting room would work.

mishka29 · September 2014

On me, in the moby wrap attached to me, co-sleeping with my nipple in her mouth...whatever it took to get her to sleep. DD would not sleep without touching someone for the first few months. I've got my fingers crossed for a better sleeper this time around!

I should say I was one of those people that said I would never co-sleep...then day 2 with a newborn rolled around. Do what works and do it safely.

AshleyKars · September 2014

Fisher Price rock and play sleeper! She slept in in next to us for 4 months...much more secure than a pack and play and angles slightly to avoid reflux. Best purchase ever!!!

Stargirlb · September 2014

for those liking the idea of cosleeping (room sharing) but not necessarily bed sharing, check out the arm's reach cosleeper. I know some people have used those and loved them.

i mean, look how happy this mom and baby look! so happy!

jmcgra06 · September 2014

In our room, in the pack and play, then in a cosleeper/side car for 14 months. We transitioned her to her own toddler bed a few weeks ago and she did great!

Paleomama · September 2014

We had Aidan in our room for the first 3 months after that he was downstairs in his room. This time we have a video monitor. I am so excited!!!!

maryxc1 · September 2014

Our bedrooms are all on the same floor, but DS slept in a PnP in our room for two weeks then in his crib in the nursery. I think I would do close to the same with split bedrooms, but maybe more of a month instead. We have a video monitor so the only thing with two stories is that I was really supposed to limit stair climbing the first couple weeks.

lmhamze · September 2014

We also loved the Fisher Price Rock n Play Sleeper!! DS slept in it for about 3.5 months before transitioning to his crib/room. Never planned to keep him in our room for that long but it's what worked best for us especially with nursing. You'll figure out what works best for you once baby arrives!

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mommaa1615 · September 2014

Ahh love reading this..as a FTM what to get is very overwhelming

Dani_Love · September 2014

All bedrooms are upstairs in my house but we safely did co sleeping because I had a c section and couldn't get up easily to breastfeed. She's in a crib now in the room closest to ours

t8keepr03 · September 2014

My DD loved to be swaddled and stayed swaddled until she rolled over. We would swaddle her up and she slept great in a PNP with a bassinet I'm our room. After 6 weeks we put her in her crib in her room still swaddled and it was an easy transition for us. Although nap time was completely different. She would only nap in her swing not swaddled.

HerHighness · September 2014

She was in my room for the first few months right next to my side of the bed, Baby 2 will do the same

Sahara6971 · September 2014

mishka29 said:

I should say I was one of those people that said I would never co-sleep...then day 2 with a newborn rolled around. Do what works and do it safely.

This!

Beth.1212 · September 2014

We had our LO in a bassinet next to our bed until he outgrew the bassinet. I think that was around 3 months. He seemed to like it, and we were lucky and he transitioned to the crib in his own room (across the hall) really easily at that 3ish month mark. During those first few months, I liked having him close by so that I could hear that he was breathing and okay. I was a paranoid FTM!

Dannylion24 · September 2014

My 3rd Little slept in a rock n play for about 4-5 months, then we co-slept, and from 7 months on she's been in a pack n play (plumped up w an extra cushion for comfort) by our bed. She turns 1 this week and so far I haven't had any luck getting her to sleep through the night so it's just easiest to keep her on the room with us bc it makes it that much easier and quicker to reach her in the middle of the night. The goal, however, is to have her sleeping in her nursery/crib (same level, just down the hall) by January so that we have at least 1 month with the master bedroom to ourselves before baby 4 arrives! Good luck

michelle142 · September 2014

DS stayed in the RNP, then the PNP in our room until he was 10 weeks old. Then he moved to his own room right before I went back to work.

psychobutthead · September 2014

When I had DD she slept in a crib for a short period of time before we got rid of it. Then it was usually between sleeping in bed with me or in her play pen. I did that for a really long time. Maybe until she was like 2 years and some odd months.

edunsmoor · September 2014

We have an heirloom bassinet that this baby (and my other two did) will sleep in for a short time, probably about 6 weeks. If I needed to buy something for the early days, I'd go with a PnP as well. Some people really like the Moses baskets, check into those if you feel like it. Good luck!

Dannylion24 · September 2014

edunsmoor said:
We have an heirloom bassinet that this baby (and my other two did) will sleep in for a short time, probably about 6 weeks. If I needed to buy something for the early days, I'd go with a PnP as well. Some people really like the Moses baskets, check into those if you feel like it. Good luck!

Oh, I forgot about the Moses basket! We used that w our first and she loved it. We even bought this little frame that kept it up off the floor - so it acted like a bassinet by the bed, but we could easily move it around the house and travel with it.

lailou · September 2014

My daughter slept in our room, in a Moses basket for the first six months. After that she graduated to a cot (still in our room). She moved into her own room at around 8 months. Midwives really lecture on co-sleeping, and suggest baby sleeps in your room for the first six months (lessons the SIDS risk). Not to mention makes those night time feeds/changed a lot easier!

iandebender · September 2014

RnP sleeper is the only my daughter would sleep for the first few months. So simple next to my bed for feedings. Love the RnP for naps downstairs too.

kerrycharpe · September 2014

DD would only sleep in her swing or on me. We coslept and I'm committed to not doing that again - it was unbelievably hard to break the habit. She never slept in her crib, the PnP, bassinet, nada. I'm still going to try the bassinet with this baby - but buy one second-hand so it's less $$$. Our dog is a major people-snuggler so I need one up off the floor that he can't get to!

maltwin1 · September 2014

Looks like we are the odd ones out here but DS slept in his crib, in his own nursery from day 1. We had a video monitor so I could keep a constant eye on him, but it also gave DH and I freedom to not walk on egg shells after DS went to sleep. It was a great feeling to have DS sound asleep and then be able to curl up with DH and talk or watch tv to wind down.

Right from the beginning DS was (and still is) a VERY noisey sleeper. Having him in the room with us would have just made the precious little sleep we could get that much more difficult. Also we never had to do any transitions. He took his naps in his room, slept in his room, and his crib was all he knew.

kefttsc · September 2014

maltwin1 said:

Looks like we are the odd ones out here but DS slept in his crib, in his own nursery from day 1. We had a video monitor so I could keep a constant eye on him, but it also gave DH and I freedom to not walk on egg shells after DS went to sleep. It was a great feeling to have DS sound asleep and then be able to curl up with DH and talk or watch tv to wind down.

Right from the beginning DS was (and still is) a VERY noisey sleeper. Having him in the room with us would have just made the precious little sleep we could get that much more difficult. Also we never had to do any transitions. He took his naps in his room, slept in his room, and his crib was all he knew.

I'm a FTM but this is my plan. I have asked all my twin moms and they had the most success putting them in cribs immediately, but together in the same crib.

I figure with two babies, it SHOULD be easier to leave them alone together than it would be to leave a single baby all alone...

kerrigrooves · September 2014

we moved since DD was a baby & now we have a master on the first floor and both bdrms upstairs. I plan on the PNP in our room until he sleeps through the night and moving him upstairs to his crib (hopefully within 3 mo) and using the video monitor

Oem617 · September 2014

@willvilljill I would say if you are getting a PNP, skip the bassinet. Not worth the money IMO.

DS slept in our room in the RNP for 2 months. Then his crib. But we have all bedrooms on the same floor and they are very close.

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