Anonymous wrote:If she wants it, definitely give her the basement. Add an extra lock and a ring doorbelll/camera. I think this would be smart because I also don't think it's fair for you to assume your teen will be available to help with an infant in the middle of the night. if she's in the basement fast asleep, your teen will be getting the rest that a teenager needs and won't put undue responsibility on her

Where did it say that?

Give her the basement and come up with a little budget ($500?) that she can use to fix it up the way she wants. Let her paint it. Pick out a cut chair.

If she wants it, definitely give her the basement. Add an extra lock and a ring doorbelll/camera. I think this would be smart because I also don't think it's fair for you to assume your teen will be available to help with an infant in the middle of the night. if she's in the basement fast asleep, your teen will be getting the rest that a teenager needs and won't put undue responsibility on her

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Anonymous wrote:Is the teen happy to move to the basement? The cold issue can be fixed with money.

She is, she’s wanted that to be her room since we moved in. She spends majority of her time down there if she’s not in her room.

This is the most obvious and easiest solution.

Baby in your room for the first year
Thereafter baby in basement?
Do not make teen give up her bedroom or force her to move out before she is ready

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Anonymous wrote:Agree with PPs about cameras at all exits .

Some of you don’t seem to understand the difference between a home and a prison camp.

You don't seem to understand safety.

Op, how old are you?

Baby stays with you until teen goes to college or graduates from high school. Then, teen gets the basement.

Don’t make the teen share a room. Fix up the basement or baby stays in your room at least till they go to college.

Pay for a good security company and move the teen to the basement.

Teen moves to basement or baby stays in your room until teen goes to college. Do not make teen share a room w/ baby.

If the basement is a security concern, get a better, more secure exterior door with good locks, get a security system, make sure you have locking windows down there as well as an egress window so teen could get out quickly in case of fire (you're supposed to have egress windows in basement if using it as a sleeping space anyway).

To address the cold basement issue, put in better insulation down there, add air ducts for central heating, get new windows, put in carpet if the floors aren't currently carpeted. If all those things are too $$ (because they're all going to be $$ options), get a nice space heater or 2.

Take your time and make the basement a great space. No rush with the baby not yet born.

Are you worried the teen will sneak out? Or that a bad guy will come in?

The door leads to the rest of the house, so I doubt she is at much more risk in the basement than elsewhere.

Anonymous wrote:Agree with PPs about cameras at all exits .

Some of you don’t seem to understand the difference between a home and a prison camp.

You cannot be serious that you would move a baby in with a teen! WTF.

Teen to the basement is the obvious choice here, otherwise baby stays with you until teen is in college.