Sleeping in Room vs. In Crib

saralynn7 · February 2013

I went on one of my OCD Google hunts and started researching ways to reduce the risk of SIDS and one of the things discussed was to have LO sleep in room with you. We weren't planning on this as our room and the baby room are only about 15 feet apart and our bedroom is pretty small to accommodate a PNP in there. How many of you had LO's in room with you and if so what did they sleep in and how many people had LO in their own crib? FWIW we live in a one story house so I wouldn't need to go up and down steps with a sleeping kid.

Nicklet1081 · February 2013

L still sleeps in our room with us. He sleeps in his RNP even though we are going to start the transition to the crib probably within the next 2-3 weeks.

alexisanna44 · February 2013

Lucy slept in our room for the first couple months. She was in a bassinet that we borrowed. It worked really well for us. DH would often get up and change her diaper while I got ready to feed her. With how tired I was I was very glad to not walk between rooms to feed her and get back to sleep.

uk2usa · February 2013

We have the crib in our room so M has slept in it pretty much from day one. We will be moving him to his own room soon now that all of our family from the UK have visited and we can make the guest room into his nursery.

saralynn7 · February 2013

We just don't have much room to put a crib or anything in there so I'm thinking the Rock N Play might be the best bet. Any concerns with LO's sleeping in those?

SayAnything84 · February 2013

A slept in the RNP for a little over 6 weeks, he then transitioned to the crib very smoothly. I loved the RnP but I wouldn't have wanted him to still be in it as he got bigger, I really wanted him to get used to sleeping flat.

kelnyc · February 2013

Sera slept in a RNP in our room for six weeks, then the cosleeper for five more weeks. We moved her to her own room/crib when we moved here because we were sick and keeping her up with our coughing. Otherwise, I may have kept her in our room a bit longer. She transitioned easily and we all sleep better now. She literally started sleeping 12 hours a night with minimal wakeups the very day we put her in her own room. She was still up every 2-3 hours before that.

kelnyc · February 2013

saralynn7:
We just don't have much room to put a crib or anything in there so I'm thinking the Rock N Play might be the best bet. Any concerns with LO's sleeping in those?

We only used it for the first six weeks because the APA recommends they sleep flat on their backs. That's why we got a cosleeper. We didn't hook it to our bed, but the mini one is the perfect fit. It's basically a small PNP. We use it now when we travel/visit my family.

cinderin · February 2013

I am planning on having the baby sleep in the crib right away because of the reasons mentioned - our room is 10 feet from the other room, our room is small, etc.

We will get a crib and a PNP, so if we decide, we can always set up the PNP in our room.

I thought I read somewhere that the safest place for the baby to sleep is in the crib (?).

pb&fluff · February 2013

P sleeps in a RNP right by my side of the bed. I like it because I don't have to walk all the way down the hall in the MOTN, and I can reach over and touch him if I have a freak out that he's not breathing.

avila01 · February 2013

Before Michael was born, both DH and I figured he'd go straight to sleeping in his crib. Um...yeah, that didn't happen. He's still sleeping in our room, in his RNP. I really need to transition him to sleeping flat, though, which will mean having him sleep in his crib. Honestly, his nursery is directly across the hall from our room, and we live in a split-level with the bedrooms on the same floor as the main living area. But when he was a newborn, we just felt more comfortable with him sleeping and napping in the same room as us.

ungraceful13 · February 2013

LO slept in our room in a RnP until 2 days ago when we moved her into the nursery still in the RnP. She is a very nosy sleeper and was keeping me awake so we moved her.

Jeep Doll · February 2013

My girls are still in our room. Both of their cribs fit along with our bed and dresser! We were always planning on keeping them in our room until 6 months as the recs about SIDS preventions. Their nursery isn't done (we moved into this house when I was 30 weeks pregnant) so they will move into the nursery whenever it is finished; hopefully around 6-7 months old.

nicole0066 · February 2013

A slept in our room for almost 5 months. The SIDS stats were a reason for keeping her there the first few months and then It was me having a hard time with moving her. Our rooms share a wall so it isn't far. once A got so big that she was running out of room in the PnP while she slept (she moves a ton) we decided it was time to make the transition. We had been doing naps in her crib so the transition was no big deal.

tdmd09 · February 2013

Our house is small and our nursery is on the other side of our wall too, and we sleep with doors open. We did put LO in his crib last night, but he wouldn't sleep in it after subsequent wake ups, so he ended up in his swing in the living room with DH on the couch. We are planning to try the crib again tonight. Our room is too small for a PNP, but we did borrow a bassinet from a friend to put in our room. DH is resistant to the idea of LO sleeping somewhere other than his crib, but sometimes you just have to experiment and see what works best for your family.

Smiley-1980 · February 2013

R sleeps in our room in a bassinet. We can't buy a RNP since they are banned in Canada. Her nursery is right next to ours but I knew I'd want her to be in our room for at least 2 mths.

botanicalbliss · February 2013

Our LO will be rooming in with us until we move into a different house or until I feel comfy enough to let the kid sleep downstairs. We also are considering bed sharing - depending on how the crib thing goes.

I think it's a great idea to have your LO room in with you at least for the first few weeks. I'm a firm believer it's good for them to be close.

Meinschatz11 · February 2013

Before he was born, I thought E would go straight to the crib. Then I read the recommendations about room sharing and thought we would do it for a month. He'll be 8 weeks tomorrow and he's still in our room. He sleeps in the pnp but its at an incline bc of his reflux. He does take naps in his crib. He actually sleeps better on his side or stomach, but I only put him on his stomach to nap when I'm awake. I nurse him in bed in the middle of the night now, so it's much easier to keep him in with us. Cosleepers are very narrow. I would check on Craigslist or something and see if you can get one cheaply. E did sleep in the rnp for about two weeks after he got reflux.

botanicalbliss · February 2013

cinderin:
I am planning on having the baby sleep in the crib right away because of the reasons mentioned - our room is 10 feet from the other room, our room is small, etc.
We will get a crib and a PNP, so if we decide, we can always set up the PNP in our room.
I thought I read somewhere that the safest place for the baby to sleep is in the crib (?).

This is the general "rule". I think a lot of ladies do what they can to get sleep - hence the RNP and swings. It all depends on what you read, believe, and feel comfortable with.

ziggy23213 · February 2013

Our plan right now is to keep DS in our room for at least the first six months (reduces SIDS risk and makes breastfeeding easier), and then we'll see after that. We're getting a co-sleeper for the first few months and then we'll move his crib into our bedroom.

bobcee · February 2013

Our daughter went right into her crib in her nursery which is directly across from our room from day 1. We didn't want to get her used to sleeping in the same room as us as we thought the transition would be more difficult for all parties later on. I'm really happy with our decision because she moves around constantly and I know I get better sleep with her in her own room. I also feel she is less disturbed in her own space. I think when the time comes, you'll just find what works best for you even if it takes some experimenting. It's not something you have to decide in advance and stick to if it's not working.

WildcatPrincess · February 2013

We moved Riley out between 9 and 10 months, Sam is still in with us. They both slept in a bassinet first, then a PnP.

berrda04 · February 2013

G slept in his crib from day one. We didn't want to deal with that transition back to bed. He didn't always stay there all night.. Sometimes we slept on the recliner in his room, sometimes in the spare bed and sometimes with us on rough nights. I think it worked out great!

pistolpackinmomma · February 2013

Our situation is kinda special. We had planned on him sleeping in our room for around 2ish months at W's insisting. I wanted him in his own room from the start. Then W ended up having to travel and his room never got finished. It's an older house and we were fixing the plaster walls where some had come off while removing wallpaper. Since I had a c/s we had my mom stay with me for a week so we set up our extra bed (our extra rooms are upstairs and we keep that blocked off to save on heating) in the living room. I ended up sleeping out here frequently after my mom left because we had some sleep issues and it was either on my chest on the couch or in his swing in the living room. Now he will sleep in his bed but to save on heat W put plastic over the windows in the living room and I sleep in the bed in there.

sammichele · February 2013

C is in our room and i dont forsee us moving him for at least another month. he sleeps in the rock n play generally, although he has a lot of labored breathing and we have to prop him up with folded blankets to elevate his neck just right. that alone makes me way too nervous to have him in anothet room. we have tried to let him nap in his crib but he just wont yet. he wakes up after a few minutes.

i honestly (maybe flameful) really want to just bedshare. he breathes easiest when he is very close to us or being held. i sometimes do let him sleep in our bed with his head in the crook of my arm. i was 100% against bedsharing before he was born but you never know what will be best for your family until they arrive.

GreyLove · February 2013

K slept in our room for the first six months in the RNP. Her nursery is right next door to our room, but I still just wasn't comfortable with having her so far away. It was also very convenient to feed her in bed and then place her right back into the RNP.

fusionbride · February 2013

We also have a one story house. Baby sleeps in a mini-cosleeper (I bought gently used off Craigslist), and it is worth it to me to have her in the room. At the beginning I was waking up every 2 hours to feed her, and now she goes 3 or 3.5. Now at her middle of the night feeding I just sit up, pick her up, feed her, and put her right back down. So much easier than getting out of bed and walking down the hall.

Once she can go about 5 hours without eating, we'll transition her to her crib.

Chargersgrl33 · February 2013

We attempted to have LO sleep in our room but it just didn't work out. He slept loud and was bothered by our sleeping/movements. He went to his room at about a week old.

If we get PG (TTC now) here we will most likely have to roomshare until the new LO is sleeping through the night. I highly doubt base housing will move us to a 3 bedroom but if they do then the new LO would most likely stay with us in a rock n play for a few weeks before transitioning to their own room.

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