What Can I do?

Question

I am pregnant with my second child. I am at 15 weeks. I want to start getting ready for the baby. My husband and I live in a 4 bedroom house. We are in one bedroom and my first daughter has her own bedroom. Where should the new baby's bedroom be. Should she share with us or with our daughter or in her own room. What do you consider a good age to move a baby out of a crib into a bed. And when should a baby go into there own bedroom. Thank You!!

Answer 1

I would put the baby in her own room with a baby monitor right next to you at night or where ever you are so you hear its cries when hungry or needs changing etc. I would wait until the kid is around 21/2 before moving baby to a crib and leave the door to their room always open, still use your monitor as they are pretty precocious at that age as I'm sure you know.

Answer 2

Take your time getting the new baby's room ready. As you know from the 1st, you are going to be up every other hour or so for the first few months, so put a crib or bassinet in your room for the baby to sleep in. I would say a bassinet because you can move them easily and if you are in other parts of the house during the day, roll it down the hall and keep it close to you! Then, you can still set up the crib and all of the furniture in the babies new room. Once the baby is sleeping through the night (or close to it, waking 1 or 2 times at the most) it should be ready for the move to it's own room. Then, when it's older and can walk and climb enough to get up a stair or 2, it should be ready for a toddler bed (my son was about 14 or 15 months when he switched to his big boy bed). And they are close enough to the floor that the fall won't hurt them. If anything it will scare them the first couple of times.
Congratulations!

Answer 3

If you have four bedrooms, what is the problem with giving the new baby his or her own room from the beginning? A child should move out of a crib into a bed at the time they are able to walk (typically around 18 months). You should also make sure to transition them into a toddler bed (with rails) so that they don't roll out of the bed and hurt themselves. The new baby's room should be closest to your bedroom so if your first daughter is in that room, prepare her to move to another room in the house.

Answer 4

For the record I do not condone baby sleeping in the bedroom with parents. Unless the baby is ill. You need as much rest as you can get and with the baby in the same room this is nearly impossible. You will hear every gurgle and coo and not get a good nights rest. I know I did it with my 1st and I was a basketcase during the day because I did not sleep well. Baby will do just fine in a room of their own. I suggest a room that is close to you and not in your Daughters room either since she needs her rest too. Babies wake up in the night, and unless they really need changing or are hungry, most of the time they go right back to sleep. Don't make the mistake of running to the crib everytime you hear a WHaaaa! Babies pick up on this PDQ!!! And will do it just to get your attention. It's one of the very 1st things they learn.. hmmmm WHaaaaaa.. means somebody is going to come and fuss over me! Cool beans!!
I learned by the second child to let them cry for about 5 min. if it did not stop or became more of a WAIL, then I went to check. If I knew from experience with this child that they maybe hungry I fed, checked the diaper and so on. This night feeding usually passes after about 6 months. I always fed mine a little milky cereal just before bed. This helped a lot!
If all they are wanting is comfort, do not pick baby up! Leave the light off and talk to baby in a soothing voice, hum a lull-a-bye if that helps and stroke their back or tummy. They just want to know you are there if they need you and most often within a short time will drift back to sleep. Picking them up gives them the impression it;s time to get up and play! This can make it really hard to break them of this later!
As for when to move them into a real bed, that depends on the child. Both of my boys started trying to climb out of the crib at about 11 months. Since I did not want them to fall to the floor, I introduced the "Big Boy Bed" one side was against the wall and on the open side I placed a nice cushy soft rug. Better to fall 2 feet than 4 or 5!! It helps if this has always been their bedroom too. This lessens the " Change".
Congrats to you and your hubby on the arriving new family member!

Answer 5

Baby can sleep in what ever room you want the baby to sleep in. If your oldest sleeps through the night you need to think about if they are a heavy sleeper or a light sleeper. If you put the baby in with a light sleeper the crying could wake your oldest up. So that is something you should think about.
As far as what age to put child in a bed instead of crib think about just how trust worthy the child is as well as if the child can climb out of the crib. If the child climes out of the crib then there is no reason for him/her to be in a crib.
Congratulations!

Answer 6

well the first couple of months keep the baby in the same room as u. just in case. but if u keep the crib next to ur first daughter then there might be an accident. like if ur first daughter wanted to hold the baby at night and the baby accidently slipped then the baby can get hurt. so keep the baby in ur room for a couple months. then move the baby ina different room. and always keep those baby telephones near u and the baby. just n case.

Answer 7

personal preference. I would give the baby its own room.

Iam starting mine in a bassenett next to the bed, just because it will be easier for midnight feedings until we have a schedule established... maybe the first few months. But for naps and after those first few months iam shipping the kid into his own room.

I want independant children with confidence, not needy insecure children.

Anyway, as far as moving kids into a bed... it depends on the bed and the child and how comfortable you are.

We went into beds when we were about 2 or so, maybe a little earlier. My friend is having her second and cant fit two cribs, so her 19 month old is going into his own bed, (with side rails on both sides).

but i have nannied for children who were nearly three and sleeping in a crib.

Answer 8

I have 3 children and one on the way. I had my babies in my room till they outgrew their cradles. One they were ready for the crib I put them into their own room. I think it gives the child a sense of their familiar place. They learn to associate it with sleep and quite time. My children were around 2 1/2 - 3. When I moved them to a real bed.

Answer 9

i just had a little girl and she always had her own room. but the first month i had her sleep in a basset in my room, then i moved her to her crib in her own room, with a baby monitor. i don't think she should share a room with your little girl because the baby would wake her up. i don't know the age you should put her in her own bed cause i'm not there yet. i baby should always have there own room if your have the room for her to do so..

Answer 10

Don't keep it with you, you need your peace, you had the baby for goodness sakes!

You typically get it out of the crib when it is big enough to climb out.
give the own room, the child will develop a sense of security, and it wont have the drama of moving.

Move it close to your room though