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Guest Area: WWYD?
I'm not even sure where to start, so this could be long. We currently have 3 bedrooms in our house, a family room, living room, a sunroom and a basement. Before the baby comes in July the 3 bedrooms will be designated for the master, DS's room and the nursery.
My problem is that my parents are planning on coming when the baby comes for 3-4 weeks and I'm not sure where to set up the guest area. The basement has plenty of room, but is not even close to comfortably accomodating overnight guests (especially ones who will be traveling over 1400 miles to stay with us for 3-4 weeks when we have the baby). We'll eventually be gutting and refinishing the basement, but we're not sure when we'll get to that.
The other area that I have available for them is the family room on the entry floor of our house (we have a 4 level split floor plan house). At one end of this room is our built in desk and office area. The room is currently being used as an extra play area for our son, but we only have his bigger toys down there and he doesn't spend much time down there to begin with. My problem with this area is that it would be somewhat open and not provide a lot of privacy for my parents (not that they spend a lot of time in their room when they visit). I was thinking that if we did decide to use this room as a temporary guest area that I could put up some kind of temporary room divider while they're here.
So, what does everyone think? Any other ideas that I haven't thought of, yet?
Re: Guest Area: WWYD?
The baby will definitely be in our room in a bassinet for the first few months, but the nursery isn't big enough to have both the crib and a queen sized bed in there. To make that work there would have to be a lot of furniture tearing down and moving from room to room (some of it on different floors). It could still be an option though.
I agree setting your parent up in the nursery might be your best bet. This will give them an actually room for their visit. However, I think setting them up in the family room might work well too. If the room is on a different floor and would give them space to sleep and relax, I'm sure it would work fine as well.
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I'd just do this. From what most of my friends say, the baby stays in their room for the first several weeks anyway.
If your parents are anything like most parents I know, they'd probably be happy to break down the crib/move in the guest bed/undo the switch before they leave. They're there to help you, right?
Ditto. I can't remember if a crib is wider than a standard door opening, but you can always have it put together in another room and have them help you move it up to the nursery when they prepare to leave if they can. We had a nursery set up for 9 months (plus the 2 before he was born) that got used very rarely. I'd rather have my parents comfortable. Have you asked your parents for their opinion?
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I guess we're just going to have to put them in the nursery while they're here. I think the bed might fit in there along with the crib (although it'd be pretty tight) or we'll just have to take the crib down (too wide to fit through the door when it's put together).
We have so much to do between now and then, so I was just looking for a way to eliminate some of the work since DH will be doing most of it (especially anything that involves rearranging furniture).
Thanks for all of the responses!
Yes, I've asked my mom for her opinion. She would rather be upstairs, but says she'll be happy wherever we put them.
I guess part of my reasoning for putting them on another floor was that so when the baby wakes up multiple times at night they wouldn't be bothered and will be rested for the next day (since DH and I most likely won't be at first).
Also, my parents usually bring their small dog when they visit, and she's not the friendliest dog so needs to be kept in their room a lot to keep her and my son from each other. So, I thought that if she were on a different floor, it might be a little easier. I also have 2 dogs of my own, so overall it's just going to be a madhouse while they're here.