Comments on: 31 weeks pregnant: Advice needed on where to put the baby’s nursery. Again.

By: Angel

Angel — Wed, 27 May 2009 23:36:52 +0000

We did the pack and play thing for 5 1/2 months in our room too. By the time she was older, we were ready for her to be in her own room. But our daughter still wakes up, so you have to factor in the trek up the stairs at 2 am.

By: Jamie

Jamie — Wed, 27 May 2009 14:12:48 +0000

Is it an option to move your bedroom upstairs and have the nursery upstairs? That’s what we are doing in our house because we only have one bedroom downstairs. I don’t think you’ll like being so far away until the baby is at least 2 years old.

By: tjwriter

tjwriter — Sun, 24 May 2009 14:17:43 +0000

My little ones have always started out in a bassinet in our bedroom, their bedroom started out as jusst a place to hold stuff. Kid two sleeps part time in her room now and often finishes the night in my bed. Kid one will sleep in her bed or the couch most often. Some nights we end up with a bedful. Thank goodness it’s king sized.

I never thought I’d want kids in bed with me, but it does make me feel better to know that they are right where I can monitor them.

By: GothMum

GothMum — Sat, 23 May 2009 21:09:08 +0000

I’m with Emily. You need to keep the baby close to you at night for inevitable getting up four times in the night-ness and also for checking in on (I still check in on Little Miss he bedrooms from tand she is nearly 4. But eventually you will need to give Little Tarzan a quiet place to sleep in so they can sleep while you get on with your evening. Upstairs is probably best for this unless your place is so big that you can’t hear what is going on in the main room.

By: Emily

Emily — Fri, 22 May 2009 21:08:40 +0000

What about changing where your bedroom is? Do you have two rooms upstairs, one that could be the nursery and one that could be your room, and then downstairs could be the offices etc.? I have no idea if that’s an option since I don’t know your house but I just thought I’d throw the idea out there. That way, you get the bigger room with the closet AND closeness to your room.

By: Kellie

Kellie — Fri, 22 May 2009 19:06:09 +0000

I’d probably use the room upstairs and put the pack n play in your downstairs office for the time being. He won’t notice/care that it’s a pink room and it’s only a temporary solution anyways. Once he’s down to only waking once or twice a night you can move him upstairs.

As for him sleeping in your room- remember that you might change your mind. Some people can’t sleep with their kids in their room because they listen for every little breath and if you’ve ever heard a newborn breathe you’ll know it’s not so regular! Or you could be like me and be petrified to move in your own room because you might wake the baby. I found it worked much better for our baby to sleep in the room next to ours as soon as possible. I slept sooooo much better!

By: Amanda

Amanda — Fri, 22 May 2009 17:50:03 +0000

Since you’re planning on keeping the baby in your room for the first few months, there shouldn’t be too much of a problem with having the nursery upstairs. Just be warned, if you are prone to klutziness, sleep deprivation and the hormonal shifts of late pregnancy and postpartum will increase it tenfold. (Take it from someone who is very lucky she didn’t break her neck falling headlong down a stairwell that ended in a doorway….five or six times.)

It took both my girls about six months to begin sleeping more than three or four hours in a row. There’s still a bit of sleep deprivation with that, but it’s MUCH better than what it is with a newborn. Plus, knowing SIDS risk drops at six months helps quell the anxiety they’ve suddenly stopped breathing, even with all precautions taken. At least it helped calm the urges to go and check two or three times a night for me.

And the previous posters are right. Babies have a TON of stuff, so while using a room without a closet wouldn’t be impossible, it would be a pain in the neck.

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Fri, 22 May 2009 16:21:14 +0000

If I were you, I would put baby in the room upstairs. You can buy a fire escape ladder and if something were to happen and you needed to get out of the house quickly, Run upstairs, grab the baby and get out the window. You will worry no matter where he is at. That’s a fact! Just be as prepared as you can for all situations!

By: jackie

jackie — Fri, 22 May 2009 16:00:38 +0000

i think the baby should stay in the up stairs room. im a big worrier too, so i see where your coming from, but I would prefer putting him upstairs with the closet and bigger room.

By: Wrapstar

Wrapstar — Fri, 22 May 2009 16:00:28 +0000

First of all, moving the furniture is another thing you can pay someone to do. Your painters might even do it for extra $. My 10 month old daughter has a normal sized closet I had upgraded (so its like mine) & it is barely full cause everything is so little. Please note I’m a clothes horse & she is not, by any means, deprived of any cute clothes. An armoire would do the trick. I can’t even imagine going up the stairs every time she cried in the night. Sometimes I’m so tired I’ve even run into a door once or twice. Stairs sound like a liability. Make it easy on yourselves, if your planning on breast feeding the first year its gonna be YOU who goes up those stairs all night! Plus Baby can always move up to a ‘big boy’ room when he’s older. And if you have any other children, you can use the nursery again.