Babys sleeping arrangements... (Please help cluesless!!)

[Steelgoddess]

Grrr this part is really confusing me...

OK so the plan was, during the day to have bubs downstairs with me and use the Dreami carrycot for him in the living room:

However when its night time bring the same carrycot up in our room and allow him to sleep in it...

Do you think this will be ok or should i get a moses basket for upstairs in our room??
Note i live in a house on two floors... The other idea is to pop him in his own room sleeping through the day and then in with us in the night which is just next door...
Im so confuzzled i just dont have a clue!!! Please could you also tell me where your baby sleep during the day/night etc...

 

[beanie]

i thik it depends on how long baby is going to be in your room, cally grew out of her moses basket very quickly. at the moment cally sleeps in her chair during the day, it reclines fully. she was in her moses basket downstairs before she grew out of it. then at night she goes into her crib in our room until she wakes for a feed then she is in with me. she can be in her crib till she is sitting up, which is roughly around 6 months, then she will start the night in her cot

 

[LisaJ1986]

I tried using the same moses basket for up and down but i just couldn't be bothered. It was too much bulk and the stand doesn't collapse. So for she sleeps in the moses basket upstairs. For a while on her changing mat downstairs. I laid a blanket over it for her to lay on. But now i have a pram i put her in that in the day. But she is very clingy so in the day i struggle put her down so in my arms.

 

[purple13]

we're only in a 1 bed flat, so our bedroom is just 2.5 metres from our lounge... but when connor was really little, he'd sleep on us, on a cushion or in his chair during the day, then on us in bed at night he did have a cradle but would only settle on our chests.

he did eventually start sleeping in his cradle for some of the night, but got far too wriggly and is now half in a bedside cot, and half in our bed

i'd go with the carrycot for now, then get other stuff when your baby's here and you've got an idea of how he likes to sleep.

not long now

 

[lea m]

My LO will sleep in her carrycot off the pram in the day downstairs and at night Im going to get a travelcot with a bassinet instead of a crib/moses basket so she will sleep in there!!

It was easy for me with the others! I lived in a flat so bedroom was just across the hall from the living room!

 

[x Naomi x]

I am using her pram carrycot downstairs and then hopefully she will go straight into her cot next to me upstairs

Do you need a special mattress for yours so it is suitable for overnight sleeping? i know i needed to buy one for mine, it was £15, obviously by the same make of pushchair,

Might be worth checking if you are planning to use it as a moses basket

 

[Steelgoddess]

Thanks for all the useful replies, it is funny how a flat is much more useful for newborns that would be loads easier...

Anyway i think i might use the dreamicot for sleeping during the day and see how i get on from there, u need a degree for all this baby stuff lol!!!

 

[millylillyrose]

hey,
Im using my carrycot pram part for the first few weeks for baby to sleep in in our room as i didnt want to get 2/3 months along and have all this baby stuff i was never gonna use anymore. Its got a certified matteress and side height what ever that means and came with a stand (luxuary really)

I think so long as its safe, it doesnt really matter what they sleep in, plus its convienient for you for night feeding.

 

[chickadee1976]

Think im going to go with moving the moses basket up and down stairs to start with.

Im going to have the Bebe Confort Streety and aalthough it says suitable from birth i dont think id be keen on the Jelly BAby sleeping there all day.

Ill also have a bouncing chair for naps etc

 

[Bexie]

With our daughter we had two moses baskets, one in our bedroom and one in the living room. In the evening (most of the time) she was happy to sleep in this, but in the day she would not sleep in the moses basket. She would be so tired and fall asleep in my arms, the moment I put her into her moses basket she would wake up crying, so I'd pick her up and she would fall asleep straight away in my hands in an upright position (She'd look so uncomfortable). As soon as she was asleep I would try and put her back down and the same would happen again. I think it all depends on the type of baby you have. I resorted to cuddling up with her on the sofa and having a snooze myself.

Good luck

 

[Steelgoddess]

Hiya, what did u ladies do if baby was asleep on you but u needed the little girls room?

 

[daftscotslass]

Hiya, what did u ladies do if baby was asleep on you but u needed the little girls room?

I have a playpen in the living room (a wooden one) that she sleeps in during the day. We don't generally use it for anything else - it's really common in the Netherlands where OH comes from to have them so we got it as a present. Before that she just slept in her moses basket during the day. In either of those she's fine for me to go about doing things if she's asleep. She's also more than happy to spend time on her own in the playpen when awake but I don't like leaving her in it when she's awake unless I need to pee desperately!

 

[1sttimemum]

Caitlyn sleeps downstairs during the day, be it in her moses or bouncer and at night time she comes in with us or in her crib, that way hopefully she will learn, upstairs is for big sleeps hehe

 

[kalia]

Hiya, what did u ladies do if baby was asleep on you but u needed the little girls room?

If she is asleep on me I tend to use a wrap sling to save the pressure on my back. I can put it on while she is asleep in my arms. Today I needed the loo while I was wearing her so I just went. You could still do it carrying I think but it was way easier with free hands

 

[debecca]

We moved the Moses basket from up to downstairs every morning with the stand and that worked well for the first month or two.

Now she's in her cot at night and I've started to put her in there for daytime naps too which is working quite well. If she goes to sleep on me I've always transferred her to her Moses/cot straightaway so she doesn't get too clingy though.

Mind you, she's been a good sleeper from the outset really so I can't complain.

Just do what suits you best Sharne

 

[Daffodil]

Great thread, good advice thanks.

Is Co-Sleeping safe?

I'm going to breastfeed and I am wondering what I will do if I have baby in bed with me and then fall asleep?

Some books say NO WAY should you have baby in bed with you.

 

[purple13]

Great thread, good advice thanks.

Is Co-Sleeping safe?

I'm going to breastfeed and I am wondering what I will do if I have baby in bed with me and then fall asleep?

Some books say NO WAY should you have baby in bed with you.

chelsea & westminster hospital are apparently now encouraging co-sleeping although the official advice from most healthworkers is that you shouldn't. but they don't wanna get sued if something does go wrong, which IMHO is very unlikely.

you will find, when you're home with your LO, that some things suit you and some things don't. we've been co-sleeping since day 1 (despite having a lovely cradle next to the bed) because connor would only sleep lying on our chests to start with. then when he was happier on his own, he spent (and still spends) so much time feeding at night that i kept him next to me - he feeds, i sleep.

we've just got a bedside cot, so that acts as an extension to our mattress - when i wake up during the night and find that connor's sleeping, i just push him over onto his bed so i've got more space. OH and connor both starfish when sleeping so i end up with about 6" of bed if connor then wakes for feeding, i only have to reach out an arm to bring him back to me - i don't even have to sit up.

connor sleeps in a 1 tog sleeping bag and we don't put the duvet over him. as long as you make sure that your LO won't get too hot, and that you are happy that you won't sleep too heavily with them next to you, then co-sleeping IMO is fine. but don't do it if either of you smoke or have been drinking.