Sleeping at Night

ChristmasCookie · December 2017

What is everyone doing when baby comes home in terms of sleeping at night? Originally my thought was to do a pack n play in our bedroom with the bassinet insert on top (not the vibrating seat cuddler thing, the flat bottomed thing) but when I got it, I was shocked at how thin and hard it was. The pack n play fitted sheets are also not snug which stresses me out. I looked at play yard mattress inserts, but that sounds like a huge no-no. Her crib seems like the safest option at this point, but that is not in our bedroom. I'm tempted to drop $200 on the halo bassinest but obviously don't really want to spend another $200.

3plus1equals4 · December 2017

We have an arms reach cosleeper for our room, a pack n play for the living room, and a crib in the nursery.

I also baby wear quite a bit and am fine with cosleeping.

SarahFoley725 · December 2017

We have a bassinet that rolls and DD slept in that in our room, but our new house has all the bedrooms upstairs and I’ll keep the bassinet downstairs for during the day. This baby will go straight to his crib in his own room which is right across the hall from us.

Chawk17 · December 2017

SarahFoley725 said:

We have a bassinet that rolls and DD slept in that in our room, but our new house has all the bedrooms upstairs and I’ll keep the bassinet downstairs for during the day. This baby will go straight to his crib in his own room which is right across the hall from us.

Same. She'll be in crib in room across hall. I'm thinking of getting the owlett..but that might cause stress.

ldawngirl781 · December 2017

We'll have a bassinet in our room, a crib in the nursery and a pack n play in the living room.

If you want to buy a bassinet, you don't need to go with the top of the line. We have just a simple basket-style bassinet.

pandappanderson · December 2017

We have a simple bassinet for beside the bed. We were going to put the crib at the end of the bed to save money but the hassle of having to take it apart to move it into the baby room made us spend the money on a cheaper bassinet.

hms1219 · December 2017

We are doing the same thing we did with DS1 and DS2. We have a pack and play in our room next to the bed. I use those stretchy things people use to keep fitted sheets on their beds to make the sheets fit snug and then I lay baby on top of those white sheet protector things (can’t remember what they are called).

smorzandoj · December 2017

Bassinet next to the bed for at night. I have the pack n play downstairs in the primary living space for day time for the first 6-8 weeks and then her crib which I will transition her to at 8-10 weeks at night and for naps.

jennifer_m21 · December 2017

Our stroller came with a bassinet, so we're using that. Pack n Play will be in the living room, and the crib is in our nursery/guestroom. He'll move to the crib after he outgrows the bassinet. The pack n play would have been an option, but our bedroom isn't big enough.

msunshine123 · December 2017

We're using a bassinet in our room, pack and play in living room and once LO is too big for bassinet we'll transition LO to crib in nursery as we de with DD.

SunflowerMama428 · December 2017

Pretty much the same as @3plus1equals4

The best sleeping arrangements for your baby is whatever helps baby develop a trust and bond with you.

My thought process is If the baby is far then they learn that crying= mama comes running. And I definitely did not want that.

I would feed baby, change the diaper, and wrap in a swaddle then lay the baby down awake in the co sleeper and sing some songs softly and pretend to go to sleep on the bed next to him. This taught my son to put himself to sleep and I can honestly say teething was the only time I ever had to rock my child to sleep and I can count on both hands how many times I had a fussy baby in the middle of the night. Transition to the crib was also not that bad because we Put him down awake so he was always aware of his surroundings.

Even though the arms reach is kind of pricy, the foundation on sleeping you build to me is worth the money. And you can get the mini for less. I had a full-size last time but bought a mini this time.

TattoosandLace · December 2017

We bed shared with DD1&DD2. LO has a bassinet in our room. My loose plan is to have LO stay in the bassinet then playpen before crib.

winnie1122 · December 2017

R&P in our room, move to crib across the hall in her brother’s room when she’s 6 months. At least if she is anything like DS. Otherwise I guess we’ll adjust. Hopefully it works for her because we did not get anything different! DS has never been able to sleep in the P&P, not even when he was older and able to roll around, so we have barely used it, but we have it if this LO likes it better than the R&P. DS won’t be ready to move out of the crib yet when she gets here so I hope we can work with what we have and not need to get a second crib!

soulcupcake · December 2017

Bed share and co-sleeper.

GoogleMD · December 2017

We will side care the crib to our bed.

LadyMillil · December 2017

We have an antique cradle that will be in our room until baby is ready to transition to the crib in the nursery. Our stroller has a bassinet that is rated for overnight use so we'll use that if we need something for him to sleep in anywhere else

Megzb510 · December 2017

We got the bassinest since I know I’ll have a csection and want the easiest thing while I’m healing.

libbodee · December 2017

@ChristmasCookie thank you for asking this! I was planning to do the same thing with the pack and play but have not received it yet, so we will see if the one I registered for has the same issues.

Starynightsky24 · December 2017

R&P and cosleeping here. He will move to a crib and room share with DS1 when he starts sleeping better. Whenever that is.

kbrinks2 · December 2017

With DS he slept in his crib after 4 days. Our rooms have attached walls and we used a video monitor and I was comfortable with that! I am hoping to keep this baby in a bassinet room for longer this time since the two kids will need to share a room and that makes me more nervous! @SunflowerMama428 we also starting putting our DS down drowsy but awake and he became a great sleeper about 4 months in when we decided to stop rocking. We would rock him for almost 2 hours at a time and it was so tiring for him to sleep about an hour and need to eat again!

babymakes9 · December 2017

We will be using a Chico bassinet in our room. And have ordered a crib to set up wherever we decide the nursery will be.

ash0625 · December 2017

We bought a pack and play with rocking seat, although I haven't taken it out of the box. As a FTM, I really have no idea how baby is supposed to sleep in it. We have this one:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00B2N0E3M?colid=I0O845PA4XII&coliid=I2U45F1BOJHDCY&ref=br_ADD_TO_CART_title_link

clc515 · December 2017

@ash0625 We got the same P&P :-) We're going to set it up in our bedroom and hope that works. Also have a R&P as a backup, but otherwise plan to keep that in the living room. At this point we're just guessing too haha.

rainafire77 · December 2017

We got the halo but we also got a cyber Monday deal that saved us $50 on it. Our room is tiny and it fits perfect. Crib is in the nursery so we'll transition him out there when he outgrows the bassinet.

diesel11111 · December 2017

We have a Chicco bassinet next to our bed that DS slept in until he was almost 10 months that this baby will hopefully do the same. We haven’t set up a nursery yet because we’re still not sure of a long term solution. I always liked having DS so close but was too nervous to co-sleep until he got a little bigger.

smorzandoj · December 2017

ash0625 said:

We bought a pack and play with rocking seat, although I haven't taken it out of the box. As a FTM, I really have no idea how baby is supposed to sleep in it. We have this one:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00B2N0E3M?colid=I0O845PA4XII&coliid=I2U45F1BOJHDCY&ref=br_ADD_TO_CART_title_link

We have this one as well. The seat comes out and you don’t really need the changer there either. And then the bassinet insert is right below. It just depends on how younplanto use it as to how you set it up.

chucksmom15 · December 2017

We plan on putting him in his crib from the start. If that doesn't work, we have the pack and play as a back up. If he's in the room with me I won't ever sleep bc I'll spend the whole time watching him.

gingermama29 · December 2017

chucksmom15 said:

We plan on putting him in his crib from the start. If that doesn't work, we have the pack and play as a back up. If he's in the room with me I won't ever sleep bc I'll spend the whole time watching him.

We have the same exact plan. I was a little nervous as a FTM seeing everyone talking about having their babies sleep in their rooms immediately, so seeing this makes me feel a little better.

BrittaniLC · December 2017

We will do a RnP at my bedside for the first 3 months. Then transition to the crib. Easy peasy (we hope).

winnie1122 · December 2017

chucksmom15 said:

We plan on putting him in his crib from the start. If that doesn't work, we have the pack and play as a back up. If he's in the room with me I won't ever sleep bc I'll spend the whole time watching him.

Ha I felt the opposite, would never sleep if he wasn’t in my room because I would always be checking on him in another room. Though once I was ready to move him to his own room later on I have to admit it was nice not to have to tiptoe around mine. Lol babies just take over no matter what you do!

sweetgirlamaris · December 2017

We are using a co-sleeper for the 1st month and then transition to the crib in the nursery. Can anyone recommend a co-sleeper?? The one we used with DS was so unconfortable that we spent the 1st 2 nights standing, not knowing what was going wrong until we discovered he didn't like his bed, we added some blankets in it and he started sleeping very well.
Another Q for the P&P does it need a mattress?? Or you use the one it comes with?

BrittaniLC · December 2017

sweetgirlamaris said:

We are using a co-sleeper for the 1st month and then transition to the crib in the nursery. Can anyone recommend a co-sleeper?? The one we used with DS was so unconfortable that we spent the 1st 2 nights standing, not knowing what was going wrong until we discovered he didn't like his bed, we added some blankets in it and he started sleeping very well.
Another Q for the P&P does it need a mattress?? Or you use the one it comes with?

PnPs come with a mattress type of pad. It honestly isn’t much, but babies need firm surfaces to sleep on. Just buy a real nice cover for it and you will be good to go!

sweetgirlamaris · December 2017

Thanks @BrittanyMc

TattoosandLace · December 2017

We bed shared with DD1&DD2. LO has a bassinet in our room. My loose plan is to have LO stay in the bassinet then playpen before crib.

atalante · December 2017

We have a Simmons bassinet that I think we can use the first few months, but it's part mesh and part plush inside so as soon as it looks like she's thinking about rolling I'm thinking we'll need to move her out of it. Planning to ask the pediatrician. After that, we have a pack and play we could roll in, if we decide to keep her in the room longer. Hoping to have her day nap in the crib to ease the transition to nighttime sleeping.

keshupe29 · December 2017

BAby will go straight to crib in his room. Same we didn’t with our now 3 yr old. No way I would sleep with baby in the room. And our house is fairly small so I can Be in his room in about 10-15 steps.

kristinl492 · December 2017

We were planning on using the pack n play, which of course I didn’t even think of it needing sheets

. Also considering using the rock n play as a bassinet. Honestly just kinda gonna now see what works best for us/him once he gets here. I’m hoping to have baby in his crib by around 3 months but we’ll see.

ash0625 · December 2017

smorzandoj said:

ash0625 said:

We bought a pack and play with rocking seat, although I haven't taken it out of the box. As a FTM, I really have no idea how baby is supposed to sleep in it. We have this one:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00B2N0E3M?colid=I0O845PA4XII&coliid=I2U45F1BOJHDCY&ref=br_ADD_TO_CART_title_link

We have this one as well. The seat comes out and you don’t really need the changer there either. And then the bassinet insert is right below. It just depends on how younplanto use it as to how you set it up.

okay. So it works as a bedside sleeper fine? I should take it out of the box

alice0218 · December 2017

We got the mokee wool nest and stand which was kind of a splurge after shipping and converting to dollars, but DH and I both like the way it looks, and that it's so small. We will keep it in our room.

We don't even want to buy a crib until the baby needs it (when he is 6 month old or starts to sit up) just because our house and bedrooms are tiny and we don't have space for that. When the time comes we are going with a mini crib too. Full size would take up so much space, and I use our 2nd bedroom for a home office too so that isn't appealing. Both bedrooms are only 9'x10'.

ahoneycutt12 · January 2018

We have a rock n play from DD and we also got a bassinet and a travel bassinet for free from someone on Craigslist. It was truly a god send because we wouldn't have been able to afford one otherwise. We will see what we end up using as I had a halo with DD and barely used it as I couldn't lay her down for 20-30 mins after I fed her or she would throw up everything she ate so we ended up cosleeping pretty early. I didn't have the rock n play until a couple months in and it was a lifesaver because I could put her in that with the angle with no problem.

RachelR17 · January 2018

@ChristmasCookie we had the pack n play with bassinet snapped on for DD1 and it worked perfectly!! She slept in the bassinet until 4 months then I moved her to just the pack n play part. Which was our start at transitioning her to her crib in her room which we did at 6 months!

This LO I bought a RnP that she will sleep in until about 4-6 months then I’ll transition her to her crib in her own room (which she doesn’t have at this time)! I’m hoping by then we are moved into a new home!

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