Did you keep your newborn downstairs with you?

[purple13]

ours is a 1 bed flat so no downstairs, but we kept connor with us til we went to bed right up until he established his own definite bedtime - and that wasn't til about 2 months ago. as a newborn he loved sleeping on our chests, so whenever he drifted off there, we didn't have the heart to move him.

 

[Jelly_Fly]

We put Amelia up to bed when she started sleeping through the night at about 5weeks. She'd have her last feed about 9am then sleep til the morning so it was best not to disturb her. We had the baby alarm set up.

 

[cez8457]

hi
I kept my daughter downstair with us, and she use to have a feed about 11 so i use to take her to upstairs to have a feed and the put her to bed. I gradually tried to feed her like 10 mins earlier than the night before sort of thing so that she would sleep longer and gradually get her out of have the late night feeds. It worked great up until she was about 4-5months old, i was breastfeeding and she started waking up every 2 hours or so lol. I found it great having her downstairs with us in the evening, i was abit worried about her being upstairs as although i had a sound monitor i didnt have one to go off if she stopped breathing (maybe thats me worrying too much lol). While she was downstairs tho she got use to the tv noice etc, which is good as she did wake up with every little noise. When she went into her own room at about 6 and half months i bought a monitor with a camera and its fab i wouldnt be without it, I still use it now the little tv the comes with it is in my room so is fab if she wakes in the night i can just see if the dummys in the cot if not i run it and give it back to her.

 

[hunnybunny]

We started with a bedtime routine when she was 8 weeks,after i stopped breastfeeding.

 

[floppit]

I asked the midwife (+support worker and HV) about this at our BFing group 'cos Freya still stays with us till we go to bed. They all seemed to agree it doesn't matter at this age as long as she is getting enough sleep during the day/evening etc. My LO sleeps fine in a noisy room so if she's tired she just sleeps anyway (we put her in a proper pram made for overnight sleeping so fine for evening kips!). I know I'll have to have more routine when I go back to work next year but I've decided to cross that bridge when it comes - or at least not just yet.

I think we may start taking her to bed when she is in her own room, that was going to be at 6 months but I think it'll be a month or two later.

She's 4+months.