Okay we just moved into a house and Me and my husbands bedroom is upstairs and my sons is downstairs, I am scared to leave him downstairs, I mean I have a baby monitor, am I being ridiculous? He sleeps in our bedroom for now. My husband says he's ok sleeping down there. Can anyone give me advice on what to do.
2007-02-07 15:23:32 · 12 answers · asked by skg20051 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
My mother in law also sleeps downstairs, but with her door shut, and she leaves early to go to work, so he would be downstairs by himself for a few hours in the morning-
2007-02-07 15:24:49 · update #1
I don't think I could sleep away from him--but that's just me. If it is a must then invest in a video monitor and make sure there is a fire alarm and carbon monoxide detector in his room.
2007-02-07 15:27:29 · answer #1 · answered by jilldaniel_wv 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
He should be fine if u have the baby moniter. But if you are'nt overly confident why dont you and your mother in law change rooms until u feel 100% right with your son sleeping there. Both my daughters rooms are at the other end of my house but that is only due to there are no other rooms. Me and my husband both have a baby moniter on our beside table so we can hear them. Aslong as he's door is shut and cant get into anything that can harm him whilst you get down the stairs i think he should be right. Maybe try it for a few days and see if it makes you feel easier , u'll never know how you'll both go if u havent tried.
2007-02-07 15:37:53 · answer #2 · answered by channy_simon 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I know how you feel i have a 17 month old and just putting him in his own room was hard at first for me. I think having him sleep in your room for a little while is a good thing because it's a new place but he should be very safe as long as you have the monitor. I know as a mother you have alot of fears and once your ready to let him sleep down stairs then do it but don't be presured into it. He's your child and you and your husband should work out between you two when it's time to move him back to his own room. Good luck
2007-02-07 15:29:32 · answer #3 · answered by evillama4eva 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You are not crazy. Many mothers would feel the same way. Your instinct is to protect your child 24 hours a day. And protecting him at night means he is near you, like in the next room, and a burglar coming into the house would get to you before he got to your son. In other words, you would be a protective force between an intruder and your child. If he's on the first floor then you obviously perceive him as being more vulnerable than you are on the second floor. I think you should switch rooms to calm your fears. It's not likely that anything will happen but you need to be in a position where you feel comfortable. What you are feeling is a very basic and ancient instinct. Men don't have this when it comes to children.
2007-02-07 15:40:33 · answer #4 · answered by PDY 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Do you mean there is only one bedroom upstairs? If your husband feels it is OK for him to sleep downstairs for now, it sounds a good solution for all three of you. Enjoy your son!
2007-02-07 15:35:42 · answer #5 · answered by Kimora Miranda 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I can understand your worry about being in a new house and having him on a different floor but there are other factors that should be considered.
I would worry that your child could become "used" to being in the same room and then when you do decide to place him in his own room that he may refuse and be dependant on your company to be able to sleep. I agree with your husband. I think all will be well with him in his own room
2007-02-07 15:33:18 · answer #6 · answered by hollilynn 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
My daughter does the comparable element in some cases & we additionally share a room. I even have her on a time table, so she's waiting for mattress by means of 8PM. At 8 she has her milk and a narrative. If she's no longer waiting by means of then I purely turn off each and every of the lighting fixtures and lay in mattress. If she receives up I purely tell her it relatively is nighttime-nighttime time, and positioned her lower back in mattress. it could final for a rapid mutually as yet she is going to sleep and remains asleep for different the nighttime. once you hear him initiating to awaken rub his lower back. he will in all possibility fall actual lower back asleep.
2016-12-17 11:50:07 · answer #7 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
young children can sense change well and need to feel secure. i'd say to keep him nearby atleast for now.
you'll know when you're ready and comfortable enough to let him sleep downstairs with the monitor
2007-02-07 15:33:22 · answer #8 · answered by canadiangirl724 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need to be comfortable with this or you won't be getting any sleep...Maybe you and your husband can think about giving up your bedroom and having mom inlaw upstairs instead? Think about it..I can't say I blame you...I would feel the same way..
2007-02-07 15:29:16 · answer #9 · answered by ♥Minnie Mouse♥ 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
if your really that worried get a baby gate and put it in the doorway, and some parents like the small type surveillance cameras u can put so u can see them when u here something on the baby monitor
2007-02-07 15:32:59 · answer #10 · answered by mybabiescea 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋