Where to put guest when new baby in house?

[Anonymous]

DH can suck it up for a few nights. Your sister gets the guest room.

[Anonymous]

Team DH is an ass. Suck it up, Daddy!

[Anonymous]

Sister sleeps with you and older kids share a room so that DH can have a proper gift wrapping room as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sister sleeps with you and older kids share a room so that DH can have a proper gift wrapping room as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As a man, I'll be damned if anyone but me is going to dictate the sleeping arrangements in my house.

The person who most definitely does NOT get a vote is the guest. I will tell you where you're going to sleep, and you can either come or not, just as you like.

I would rather hire a night nurse than deal with a spoiled princess of a guest who insists on turning the whole house upside down for her own selfish needs. Did you come here to help out or to have a vacation? Sheesh.

This is fake.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a three month old and my sister is coming to stay with us for a few nights to see and help out with the baby.

We have five bedrooms. One is a playroom/guest room; another is my three year old's room; another is my six year olds room; one is the baby's room (crib but no bed) and one is our master bedroom. My husband has been sleeping in the guest room while I get up to tend to the baby etc so he can get a full nights sleep.

While my sister is here, I suggested he sleep in the master with me and give my sister the guest room. He does not want his sleep disturbed so instead suggested my sister sleep with my three year old (he has a trundle). I instead suggested we double up the kids in the same room and give my sister the six year olds room. He does not want to do this because he think the kids won't sleep as well.

Thoughts? Should I make my sister sleep with the three year old while everyone else in the family has his or her own bedroom?

Your husband's an asshole.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As a man, I'll be damned if anyone but me is going to dictate the sleeping arrangements in my house.

The person who most definitely does NOT get a vote is the guest. I will tell you where you're going to sleep, and you can either come or not, just as you like.

I would rather hire a night nurse than deal with a spoiled princess of a guest who insists on turning the whole house upside down for her own selfish needs. Did you come here to help out or to have a vacation? Sheesh.

I'm sure you've have plenty of experience dictating b/c you're such a DICK.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sister sleeps with you and older kids share a room so that DH can have a proper gift wrapping room as well.

Now that's more like it.

[Anonymous]

Does your husband have a medical condition that makes it dangerous for him to sacrifice a few nights of quality sleep? This is the only reason I can see accommodating his demands. Because every new parent sacrifices sleep, and he's not even having to get up at night! He should be extremely grateful to his SIL for coming to help out and make her as comfortable as possible.

[Anonymous]

This is unbelievable. I'm sorry your husband is such an ass. I can't believe you were not able to find some sort of acceptable solution with 4 available bedrooms (sister obviously gets her own room). You have plenty of options:

-3 and 6 year old share a room, OR
-Dad sleeps in the master, OR
-Mom sleeps in the baby's room, OR
-Dad sleeps with the 3 or 6 year old, OR
-Dad sleeps at a hotel because he's the worst

I also thought this would be a post about where to fit visiting sister in a small 2 BR with the new baby, which is what I'm facing! She'll be sleeping on the couch in the only living space because the baby's room doesn't have room for a bed or air mattress. I think you should be able to figure something out in a 5 BR house.

[Anonymous]

OP, sister & brats can all go sleep out in the garage.

Daddy gets the whole house to himself and a good night's sleep for a change.

In the morning, the two bitch sisters bring him breakfast in bed and keep their mouths shut until he goes off to work.

[Anonymous]

Does DH not really want your sister to come? Was this an agreed upon house guest?

Does he see it not helpful seeing as it means he doesn't get a good nights sleep?

I can see if a woman on here said that she doesn't like her MIL to visit because she doesn't sleep well as she has to give up her bed etc..

You have 5 bedrooms - your sister definitely gets her own room. If your DH needs his sleep to function at his job and he will be up all night for nights in a row then the kids should bunk together and dad can sleep in the other room or dad can sleep on an air mattress in the living room.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does your husband have a medical condition that makes it dangerous for him to sacrifice a few nights of quality sleep? This is the only reason I can see accommodating his demands. Because every new parent sacrifices sleep, and he's not even having to get up at night! He should be extremely grateful to his SIL for coming to help out and make her as comfortable as possible.

But even if this is true, then another member can sacrifice. If Dad absolutely has to sleep in the guest room, then mom moves in with the baby, and gives up the master, or something.

I can imagine circumstances where Dad's sleep is the #1 priority, but that takes 1 room. Prioritizing all 5 members of the family over the sister is absurd.

[Anonymous]

Has OP even written back? Would anyone's answer change if OP's husband was a surgeon or a pilot? There are some people for whom a good night's sleep is important for the safety of others.

[Anonymous]

Did OP stop writing when someone posted a link to what could have been a thread by her sister?