Am I being daft?

[Nomad]

Hi ladies,

Can I ask your honest opinions on something...?

I'm expecting baby number 2 in June. Our LG is 17 months old. We live in a three storey, three bedroom townhouse. The bedrooms are split over two floors, with two small/average sized bedrooms on the middle floor and a nice sized bedroom with an en suite on the top floor.

We used to have the top room as our bedroom but moved down to the middle floor (where the nursery is) when it got cold up there last winter as our LG was still in with us. She's since moved into the nursery and we've stayed in the bedroom next door.

Now with baby number two on the way I've said to DH that I'd like to move our LG up to the top bedroom, we'll stay in the room we're in and eventually her old room with be for the new baby. He doesn't understand why we can't move back up to the top bedroom...

So what I'm asking (in a very long-winded way, sorry!) is, would you be comfortable with this? Do you do this??

I'm just not comfortable with the idea of our daughter being on the floor below us at night. I suppose it's basically because of "what if" scenarios, like what if someone broke in or there was a fire, but DH just thinks I'm being daft as these are both very unlikely. I get that, but I just feel like instinct tells me to put myself between my child and any possible harm....but when I put it like that even I think I sound a bit irrational!

So, is it just me....?

TIA!!

 

[Mackmummy]

It's not just you, I know what you mean and I would feel a bit weird too. Do you have baby monitors? Maybe get one to put your mind at rest then you can watch baby all night (like I do but he is only next door), I hate to out another worry in your mind, but I wouldn't want a toddler anywhere near an en suite either! You could get a monitor with a camera in each of their rooms plus on the landing?

 

[T84]

I stopped us buying a town house for that reason so defo not irrational! Now you have 2 coming tho your always going to have one on another floor iykwim so maybe your hubby is right. Do what makes you comfortable tho x

 

[naomip]

Totally agree with you, not irrational at all x

 

[iWitch]

Not irrational but there are other measures you can put in place. Smoke alarm / house alarm would alert you to these if you don't have them already you might be able to get a smoke alarm fitted for free by your local fire station

 

[Lyllian]

I wss going to say same as Mackmummy I wouldn't have a young child in a room with an ensuite either. I don't know the answer I'm afraid, we are currently looking to move and we've written off any townhouses for this very reason. I just don't know how I'd make it work

 

[Toria111]

We have all our bedrooms on one floor. But when we renovated a few years back, I moved the master bedroom so if any burglars got in they would have to go past our room before getting near any of the kids rooms. My husband though I was crazy. I also make him sleep on the side of the bed closest to the door so the burglars get him first

 

[Nomad]

Thanks ladies, glad it's not just me!!

Hubby had pointed out the issue with the en suite, I've told him to put a lock on the outside of the door (out of her reach) so that she can't get in there without one of us.

I'm going to stick to my guns and stay in the room we're currently in.

We bought this house before having kids and hadn't thought of any of the things!!

 

[Pumpkin9]

We live In a 4 bed three storey house. Thomas' room is the floor above us (top floor) and has been since he was 6 months old. It was a little daunting to start but now it's totally fine. He could have been on the floor with us but it's an ensuite room so I didn't want him to have access to that and it's out guest room anyway.

If we do have another baby (we're ttc at the moment) there room will be on the top floor too.

 

[mrs_b_x]

Same as pumpkin, I live in a dorma bungalow, with a big bedroom downstairs and two medium size rooms upstairs in the eaves. Ryan went into his own room at 6 months, I was a little worried at first because our stairs are before our bedroom if u were to break in or whatever but iv stopped worrying and only think about it occasionally. I have said to hubby that once I'm back at work id like a burglar alarm fitted. I think it's actually quite good as once my lb is asleep we have no reason to go up there (bathroom also downstairs) so we don't disturb him! Xx