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I am expecting my first baby in August and am wondering if I need a bassinet/moses basket so that my baby can sleep in the same room with us. We have a small apartment and the baby's crib is not far from our room but it seems that many people recommend keeping the baby in the same room with you in the very beginning. But am trying to avoid buying extra gear that we don't need due to our space constraints. I have two questions:
1. Did anyone have the baby sleep in the crib in another room from the beginning and is there anything wrong with doing that? 2. If I do need to (or decide to) keep the baby in the bedroom with us for the first few months, do I need a separate moses basket/bassinet? Could I let the baby sleep in the bouncer or the car seat or is that bad to do for too long? Thanks. |
Anonymous
| I think everyone does things slightly differently. We kept each of our daughters in the room with us in a cradle until 5 months, mainly because that's what my friends did (and the AAP recommends it until 6 months--we couldn't make it that long). I have known people that did the crib right away, though. I think a few months is too long to sleep in a bouncer or car seat, I know it would have been for my babies at least (one didn't like either one, even just for sitting in). |
Anonymous
| People here can tell you what babies are willing to sleep in but be sure to talk to your pediatrician about whether some of these alternatives are good for a growing baby. |
Anonymous
| We had our son in his crib from the start, with caveats. His room is maybe 5 steps from my side of the bed. The caveats: we had him in a "Snuggle Nest" (~$50 at Babies R Us; you put in the bed with you and it keeps you from rolling over on the baby) early on because we had to keep putting the paci back in his mouth to get him to sleep. And the other caveat is, we had him in the car seat in our room for quite a while due to reflux--it's recommended that they sleep sitting up if this is an issue. We used the boucy seat when he got a little older and had colds--helped him breathe better. But generally, we put him in the crib when he would tolerate it. |
Anonymous
| Unless you clear it with your pediatrician, I would not put baby in a bouncy chair or car seat for sleeping. There's nothing wrong with having baby in another room. However, we chose to keep baby with us out of convenience (I was breastfeeding) and also because I've read that it's one of the measures you can take to reduce the risk of SIDS. |
Anonymous
| We have a small apartment as well, and what we decided to do in order to minimize buying a lot of things and baby clutter is to use the pack and play next to the bed. He slept in our bed with a co-sleeper mini bed thing that we borrowed from a friend for the first two months. When he outgrew that, we moved him into the pack and play with the bassinet attachment. Now that he has passed the 15 lb mark for the bassinet, we removed it and he sleeps in lower part of the pack and play. We plan to do this as long as it works for us. It is convenient because of breastfeeding and just works best for our family. Eventually we will move him to the crib (we acutally haven't even bought one yet...we're loving having him in our room!) and we'll continue to use the pack in play in the living room, for trips, etc. |
Anonymous
| For the first three months, you will be feeding your baby every 2-3 hours most likely. It is far more convenient to have the baby in the room with you during this period. |
Anonymous
We used the snuggle nest too, even though we had our son's crib right next to our bed. I just liked having him really close. Sometimes you plan one way but want something entirely different when baby comes. I personally would not put him/her in a bouncy or car seat at night. Don't think this is good for their spine, but that's just what i've heard. If reflux is a problem, you can put a pillow under the crib mattress so it is inclined. |
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We started out with a Moses basket (no crib set up yet) and tried it in our room for a few nights. I had trouble sleeping due to the babies little sleep noises, so we moved the basket into the other bedroom (not far away) after a few nights. We were in a small apartment at the time, and having experienced that with a new baby, I highly recommend NOT buying anything extra until you KNOW you need it. Try the baby in the crib at first and if you decide you'd rather have him/her in the room with you, go out and buy the basket/bassinet. It's better to wait until after the baby is born to buy extras, that way you'll actually know what works and what you want.
As for sleeping in the bouncer or car seat, please talk to the ped. There are very important health and safety issues to consider on that front. |
Anonymous
Same here - though I lasted a month. Finally when DS was a month old I told my hubby I couldn't take it anymore - I woke at the slightest noise the baby made. We started by moving the Co-sleeper farther from our bed...then moved my son into the crib a few days later. |
Anonymous
| We put our DD in a crib from the beginning, but we live in a small condo so she is not that far from us so getting up to breastfeed wasn't too much of an issue. We did use the car seat only when nothing else would be her to sleep except for a little drive. Good luck. |
Anonymous
| Borrow or buy something off craigslist. We had a bassinet and the baby hated it! Ended up in our bed, or I slept with her in the guest room. Actually, now that I think of it, she was awake so much with colic that many times we crashed on the couch! She moved to the crib when she was 3 months. She hated that, too, but eventually got used to it. We also borrowed the arms reach co-sleeper and I didn't like it. |
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| For those of you that used a Moses basket in your room, did you just put it on the floor? That seems like the most stable/logical place to me but maybe I am missing something. |
Anonymous
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Baby was in crib in her own room from day 1. We have a small townhouse so we didn't even need a monitor - we could see the baby from across the hall (we positioned the crib in the nursery so we could see it from our bed).
We bought a rocker though for nursing which was super comfy especially in the night... ...then I started pumping and, therefore, DH could be part of the feeding experience and take the night shift for me a few times. 
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Anonymous
| Crib from day 1. Only way DS would sleep in the crib, though, is if he was tightly swaddled. Once we figured that out he slept beautifully. His bedroom is right next to ours, we keep the doors open, and I wake up as soon as he makes the first bit of crying noises. It would have been a waste of money to buy a bassinet or pack and play. |