im gonna have my son Kalani in march and im wondering if he should be in a crib in his own room, a crib in our room, or the whole co-sleeping thing? advice needed as this is my first baby
2007-02-06 01:28:54 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
If you're going to breastfeed, I would keep him in a bassinet in your room. That is what I did. It's easier since you'll be nursing about every 2 hours. When my son started to sleep about 5 hours at night, I moved him into his room. Then, he started to sleep 6-7 hours. It worked out great for us, hope this helps you.
2007-02-06 01:39:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Check out:
CO-SLEEPING: YES, NO, SOMETIMES?
http://www.askdrsears.com/html/7/T071000.asp
Personally, I co-sleep because otherwise I wouldn't get any sleep. I have insomnia and if I get up out of bed after sleeping a few hours I am up. However between 6-8 months my son choose to begin the night in his crib. And now at 11 months he is moving back there as his choice.
Also I have a second crib that we use as a side car for more room. I can type out the instructions if you want, e-mail me.
2007-02-06 09:34:43 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I had my son (now 11 months) in my room for six weeks. We used a basinett and it worked great. However, I was huddled over his basinett with a binky waiting for him to cry. I really went overboard! After six weeks we knew he had to go into his own room. Or, I was going to create bad sleeping habits for him.
As soon as we put him in his crib he slept through the night. Of course I didn't. ;) But, he was a good sleeper on his own. It was me that was causing sleep disturbance. The next one I'll keep until we get a ruddamentary routing down maybe 3/4 weeks. Then I'll put her in her bed.
I would advise against co=sleeping. I've had friends who have had trouble getting the child out of theire bed. If you don't mind sharing your bed until the child is 4 or 5 then co sleeping will probably work for you. But, if you want your bed back for you and hubby by a year I'd advise against it. It that age they are just learning their surroundings and they have control over things. So, making a change like that is hard on everyone! My girlfriends had to let their children cry the whole night for two weeks before she got used to her own bed.
I found putting my son in his bed early prevented many sleep problems. The longer you wait the more they'll object to the change.
Good Luck!
Ps; I always recommend "Your Child's Health". It has great practical advice for us first time parents. It starts as an infant and goes all the way through the teenage years. It says how to prevent problems then what to do if they do occur.
2007-02-06 10:12:01 · answer #3 · answered by Baby #3 due 10/13/09 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I had to have a c-section with our daughter and our bed was too high for me to get out of because it hurt my staples so I slept on the couch and my husband brought an air mattress and put it in the floor for him to sleep in there too, she either slept with one of us or in her crib when she was a newborn, we tried to have her sleep in her crib as much as possible so she wouldnt get use to sleeping with us. She is 16 1/2 months old now and she sleeps in a toddler bed and ever now and then she will wake up in the middle of the night, around 3 or 4am, and get in the bed with us, but I dont mind I think its kinda cute.
2007-02-06 10:44:29 · answer #4 · answered by Jennifer H 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i would suggest putting the crib in your room for the first few months. it will make it easier to get to him at night and it will give u a piece of mind. when i had my son i was scared i would squish him if he slept with me and i really didn't want him in another room so i just kept the crib in my room.
2007-02-06 09:42:21 · answer #5 · answered by Miki 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
crib in his own room if his room is next to yours, otherwise keep him in your room (in a crib or basinett) for the first 2 months and then put him in a crib in his room. don't co-sleep, that's a habit thats hard to break
2007-02-06 10:01:17 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I suggest a bassinet or crib in your room for the first few months, because he will wake up a lot at first and need to have his mother near by. i dont suggest having him sleep in your bed because it is habit forming for the child and hard to break when they get older.
2007-02-06 09:40:42 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I plan on getting one of those bedside sleepers, I will be breastfeeding so it makes it easier. I co- slept with my 1st child until about 6 months then it was off to his crib, where he has been ever since. (3 yrs old now)
2007-02-06 12:34:51 · answer #8 · answered by crystald 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is recommended that he have his own crib but in the same room as you for the first 6 months or so at least. You should not sleep in the same bed as them when they are first born in case you/your partner roll over in your sleep and squash your son. It sounds horrible but it does happen.
It is of course up to you in the end and how you feel. These are just recommendations. But don't sleep in the same bed with them at that young age.
2007-02-06 09:38:54 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
I would def, say a bassinet in your room for the first 6 weeks or so, then a crib in his room!! do not put him in bed with you!! I made that mistake with my first one and he did not want to sleep anywhere else until he was 4!! I will put a real damper on your sex life!!
2007-02-06 09:35:17 · answer #10 · answered by housewives5 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋