Vote for living room. I like to claim my kid was such a good sleeper because she spent her babyhood in the living room crib and we just went about as usual, but it’s probably just her temperament.

I’d out the armoire in the living room and the crib in the bedroom.

I have 4 kids and all have slept in mini-cribs/bassinets/snoo for the first 6-7 months of their lives in our small bedroom in the city. I wouldn't even get a real crib yet.

We kept DC2 in a crib in the living room until he was sleeping well enough to share a room with DC1. We did set up a foldable screen / curtain kind of thing for a bit of a visual barrier around the crib. Moving the armoire to the living room also seems like a good idea.

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Anonymous wrote:How long are you planning to stay in the one bedroom?

We will likely move when baby is age 1 or 2.

That’s a long time, I agree with others to see if the armoire could move to the living room instead (or the clothes in another manner)

Can you move your armoire to the living room and let baby sleep in the bedroom?

It’s going to majorly depend on the baby. Ours is SUCH a finicky sleeper that we had to get a second layer of blackout curtains for his room. He does okay with noise, though. We tried the whole “a little light at nap time thing” and he just would. Not. Sleep. When you’ve got a bad sleeper, you do what you have to do. So - start with the bassinet. See what kinda baby you have. You may need to basically pick which room you can have lights on/be in when he’s sleeping. But you can cross that bridge when you get to it. For now, get the smallest crib you can find so you have options, or maybe even hold off on buying one and just get the bassinet for now.

I would say it’s unusual to have a six month old who can take a good nap in a room with lights and a TV on and people talking. So you’ll most likely have to give up on that hope.

You ca probably do this for about 6-9 months, but after that you’re likely to start having sleep issues unless you commit to spending the rest of the evening in your bedroom once the baby goes down for bed.

One thing I did when keeping the crib in my bedroom, suggested by a sleep consultant, was to put a curtain up as kind of a visual divider.

I used a rolling garment rack with a black flat sheet draped over it. It won't matter at first, but pretty soon baby will wake up looking around for you. Having that divider may help too, if you'll be walking past the crib in and out of the bedroom.

But yes, fine to put the crib wherever works for you.

We put the crib in the living room. Baby wasn't bothered by noise or light or anything, it worked just fine. We took turns sleeping on the couch next to the crib for the first few months though which was a little rough.

Anonymous wrote:Get a mini crib. And if you're using a pack n play long term, get a real mattress for it (sold on amazon).

Do not do this. Adding after-market anything to a sleep space increases the risk of suffocation.
http://www.thesafetyinstitute.org/a-new-safety-gap/

Anonymous wrote:How long are you planning to stay in the one bedroom?

We will likely move when baby is age 1 or 2.

Our solution was a pack and play in the bedroom and a minicrib in the living room. She would be "put down" to sleep in the bedroom. We would watch tv, be normal adult people, and then when it was time for us to go to bed, we would move her into the living room crib.
It worked out okay until we found a better place to live!

How long are you planning to stay in the one bedroom?

Like others have said, you could put it in the living room. Its nice at night to be right by baby, too, so even though they outgrow the bassinet quickly, you might find it worth the convenience. It's also something you can wait until baby arrives to decide---if the crib (that you'll need later anyways) isnt working out, then you can get the bedside bassinet.

Another option, though---if you have room for a crib in the living room, why not put the armoire in the living room? Maybe something to consider?