October 2017 Moms
dogperson11
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Switching Kids Rooms
dogperson11
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I need some input and I'm hoping you guys can help me "think outside the box." We have a 3 bedroom house - DD has 1 room, DH and I have the master, and the spare room is setup as a guest room. The plan is for the guest room to become DD's room and her current room to become the new baby's room. My predicament comes with timing the switch. Since 100% of our family lives out of town we will have house guests after new baby comes, so we'll need the guest room.
My current plan is to keep DD in her current room and put baby in with us so we can have the guest room for visitors. Then in the new year we'll move DD to her new room and put baby in her old room (basically we'll just have to slap the front of the crib on and move her clothing out and his in).
Where I'm stuck is when I think of diapering and nursing. DD slept in our room with us for about 5 months, but MOTN I always took her to her room to nurse her (in the glider) and change diapers and outfits. I didn't find it comfortable to nurse her on our couch (it's a super comfy couch, but has deep seats and I just couldn't get comfortable without a zillion pillows). Same with our bed, plus I didn't want to disturb DH (although this time he'll be working nights).
Basically, I'm being super wishy-washy on when to move DD to her new room (bye bye, guest room) because I can't figure out the logistics of what to do with a newborn without a room to go to. Maybe it won't be as big of an issue since DH will be working nights? Our living room isn't very large so I don't think moving the glider out there would be ideal, but we could in a pinch. I've also considered moving DD before baby comes and then having her sleep on the floor in her "new room" when my mom comes.
Any thoughts or suggestions from those of you who have BTDT?
My current plan is to keep DD in her current room and put baby in with us so we can have the guest room for visitors. Then in the new year we'll move DD to her new room and put baby in her old room (basically we'll just have to slap the front of the crib on and move her clothing out and his in).
Where I'm stuck is when I think of diapering and nursing. DD slept in our room with us for about 5 months, but MOTN I always took her to her room to nurse her (in the glider) and change diapers and outfits. I didn't find it comfortable to nurse her on our couch (it's a super comfy couch, but has deep seats and I just couldn't get comfortable without a zillion pillows). Same with our bed, plus I didn't want to disturb DH (although this time he'll be working nights).
Basically, I'm being super wishy-washy on when to move DD to her new room (bye bye, guest room) because I can't figure out the logistics of what to do with a newborn without a room to go to. Maybe it won't be as big of an issue since DH will be working nights? Our living room isn't very large so I don't think moving the glider out there would be ideal, but we could in a pinch. I've also considered moving DD before baby comes and then having her sleep on the floor in her "new room" when my mom comes.
Any thoughts or suggestions from those of you who have BTDT?
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Baby Boy due October 2017
Baby Boy due October 2017
Re: Switching Kids Rooms
Eta: maybe relabel this something to do with guest rooms? More people might click in and I'm interested in whether people have a guest room too, and if not, what are they doing for guests.
With DD I would breastfeed in bed as well as do diaper changes in there. I couldn't care less about disturbing DH since I was the one having to get up and take care of her anyway lol he pretty much slept through it all so it didn't matter. It was nice never having to leave the bed. Under her bassinet was a little shelf where I kept extra diapers, wipes, onesies, and swaddles so I had everything right there. Do you have a place in your room to store supplies? And I'm assuming the glider won't fit in your room? Honestly i would try to find some kind of pillow or support to make feeding in bed more comfortable for you.
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ETA: you can always ask your family in advance what they're thinking just so you can have a plan. We already have family makin reservations at Hotel Purplestarz through the end of the year.
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I'm in the same predicament of how to configure the sleep arrangements. I would see how you go working with DH's night shifts. I would also avoid moving DD too close to when baby is about to or has just arrived because she'll be going through her own transition of not being the only child. So either move her soon or wait a few months after LO2 arrives.
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I do not want to lose my guest room!
Anyway, the plan is to convert my office into DS's big boy room and get him a double or a queen bed. We're going to do that and move him this summer (so he doesn't feel like he's getting kicked out of his room when the new baby gets here), but then when visitors come we're going to have them sleep in his bedroom and have him sleep somewhere else...on a cot in the nursery maybe? The baby will be in our room for the first few months. DS is a pretty flexible sleeper because we travel a lot so I'm not worried about moving him around when guests come.
I always nursed in bed MOTN but did like having a diaper station and rocking chair in the nursery for daytime and naps.
I would either move rooms now or wait until a few months after baby is born so there isn't as much transitioning going on all at once.
We have a bonus room that, worst case, we can tell people to bring a blow up mattress. But I already told DH's parents that we aren't purchasing a new bed (the guest room bed is now in DD's room as her bed so we could put the crib in the baby's room).
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