When your baby was a newborn where did he/she sleep?
March 21st, 2010 | 
Author: I am due any day now and this is the one thing that we still have not figured out. We have a crib in the nursery but for the first few weeks he probably wont use it as its to far away for feedings, we don’t have enough room at the side of the bed for a full co-sleeper, a bassinet is very expensive for something that will only be used a short time. We do have an inclined sleep positioner which is a kind of pillow wedge and we were thinking of putting that between us in our bed and putting him in with us but my mother who is staying with us thinks that he should have his own separate sleeping area in our room somewhere. Other than that we have a baby swing but I wouldn’t let him sleep the night in there.
Any advice or suggestions?
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look in the paper for a bassinet-u can get one for a good price and they probably weren’t used very long-just buy new sheets for it-And don’t let him sleep in ur bed-its not safe with that young of a baby..especially with how tired u get u can accidently roll over on him
i bought a bassinet for the first 3 months the n we got her a crib…you can find bassinets for cheap online….or you can get one in babies r us mines was only 60 bucks there……
My daughter slept with me from the time she was born until now. A lot of people are against it, especially the older generation, but I loved it, and still do. If you decide not to have the baby co-sleep, then get a bassinet.
A bassinette. Keep one near your bed, so it’s easier to care for the baby.
I’ve also babysat for a few families with newborns, and they slept in their cribs. The walk help keeps you awake anyways.
Bring him in bed with you. Just follow safe cosleeping guidelines.
Unless you are impared (drugs, alcohol, medications) or morbidly obese/have a sleep disorder, you are NOT going to roll over on your baby. Do you fall out of bed? No, of course you don’t! You have a sense of where the edge of the bed is, even in your sleep. The same goes for where the baby is in the bed…..especially if you are breastfeeding!
Dont stress about thi to much. If the baby is in a safe spot between you he should be ok. You may look at target for a portable bed thing it has small sides so he won’t easily be able to get under you. But its the best feeling having them close to you and they usually sleep better anyways. Good Luck!!
I breast fed both of my children and thats the only time that they slept with me because I was so exhausted I didn’t really want to stay awake and feed awful huh? anyways I quickly transfered them to their own bed shortly after I quit breast feeding because otherwise they would be interupting my husband and I’s time!
Can you find a bassinet second hand or a mini co sleeper second hand? You can also try a pack n play in your room, new or used.
With my first daughter I had a borrowed cradle on the side of my bed for 4 months. From 4 to 7 months my daughter was in crib but then moved into our pack n play (playpen with a basinet attached).
When my son was born I didnt have the cradle so my son went right into the Pack N Play for a few months until we moved the crib into our room. He is 14 months old and we just moved the crib into his room. We were using his room a play room before.
I agree, look for a bassinet that is cheap. You’ll use it for a few months, until the baby can roll over. You won’t sleep well if the baby is between you and your husband, not to mention the lack of sleep you’ll already be getting. Can you put the baby in the crib and use a monitor?
There were some nights when my three children spent the night in their car seats because they were snuggled up and comfy. Don’t say “never” either. My one son spent a few nights in his swing. Whatever made them pacified so i could sleep was fine by me.
We have a small crib right next to our bed. You’re gonna be getting up alot, so the crib in another room doesnt work—–good luck, and congradulations
pack n play. it comes with a removeable bassinett and changing area. then when they get older u take the bassinet attachment off and use it as a playpen.
my first slept in a crib from day one or 12 really, because she hated the bassinet. my secondslept on either me or my hubby for the first 4 weeks and then either in her carseat or the cradle papasan swing. my third slept in the basinett (FINALLY!) and graduated to a portacrib due to limited space and is now 9mos old tomorrow so we are going to put her in a regular crib.
good luck
I agree with your mom. The first thing to remember is to ’start out as you plan to continue’ as the baby whisperer says. And it worked for us. We had a bassinet (borrowed from a family member) next to our bed. But I would recommend a moses basket – because it’s so cozy, and so easy to move around the house.
You can get the baskets at most babies r us or target.com. Some specialty stores also have stands. But I don’t see why you couldn’t place it on a small table or something since most newborns can’t move much. Also, a moses basket stores easily and is a neat heirloom item. You can get replacement linens if you find a used one.
We moved our son to his crib in the nursery around 10 weeks. I found it worked better for me, because I couldn’t hear every ‘baby’ noise over the monitor. We were waking so much when he stayed in our room and I think it was because I was hypersensitive to his movements/noises.
Do you have a pack n play? When we moved in our new house my daughter was seven months old and still sleeping in our room at the time. She slept in her pack n play for another month before we moved her to crib down the hall. Prior to that we did have a bassinet and there are some reasonable priced ones. I would look at garage sales and ebay. You could find a cheap one. Keep it in storage too for when the next one comes along. That’s what we did. Now my oldest daughter was born premature and she slept in the hospital for two weeks and their bassinets are on an incline. So when she came home she would not sleep on anything flat. I did have her sleep with me a number of times, but I don’t recommend it. It does not allow you to get a restful sleep because you are very aware that there is a baby with you and worry for her safety. My husband is a very sound sleeper and I worried that he might roll on her and not even notice. He can sleep through anything. Since she wouldn’t sleep flat when she came home she often slept in this bounce seat that we had. My mother in law got it at a garage sale and it was a lot like an infant carrier, hard plastic and had a soft liner. We swaddled her and put her in there and put the strap across so she couldn’t slid out and then I put the seat down inside the bassinet right next to the bed. That seat was a life saver. It took months for her to finally sleep laying flat. You really should look for a bassinet too. I had one with wheels and during the day I would move it from room to room with my second child. As a result she can sleep through anything because I didn’t keep her isolated from the household noises.
Is the MINI Co Sleeper also too small? We had that for months and loved it. If that’s still not an option, cosleeping is another one. It doesn’t have to be for a long time, just enough to survive the nightwakings. There are actually a lot of studies that promote this now and say it’s better for mom and especially baby…and that everybody sleeps better. I would have loved to cosleep once my daughter outgrew the cosleeper, except she kicks and moves around too much. Also remember you guys are the parents, not your mom.
When my daughter was a newborn we bought a bassinet and never used it. We slept her with us until she was about a month old. She started sleeping through the night right away and after a month we moved her to her crib in her own room. We ust bought a sleep positioner and slept her in between my husband and I. At first we were afraid that we would roll over her or something but you’ll be surprised how well your parents instincts kick in. Plus if you’re nursing then you could nurse and not even have to get up.
For me the postioner was a waste, plus she scoots in her sleep down ward which put her face in the sides……bad idea! We used a bassinet, but a gentleman at my work used a clothes basket with a lite towel in it. Work for all 5 of his children. Good Luck.
all my children had a bassinet in my room next to my bed… but they took their naps in the crib in their own room
My son stayed in our bed for the first little while that he was a newborn. It really is a lot more convenient for nursing and night wakings. We moved him to his own room at around four months, when his wakings became less frequent.
We used the “mini-cosleeper” made by Arm’s Reach. It was perfect and space efficient and he was able to sleep in it until he started pulling up to standing.
If you want you can always try what my sister does, right now she has her baby in her room and she couldn’t afford a bassinet either so what she uses is the pack n play, and he has always slept soundly in there.
The baby slept with us the first months, and it was wonderful!
You’ll get more info there:
http://www.askdrsears.com/html/7/t071000.asp
My baby is 2 1/2 months old and she sleeps in a craddle at the side of the bed untill she wakes up then I bring her into bed and nurse her and we fall back to sleep. I found a craddle for a really great price at a second hand shop for children’s cloths. Also check craigslist, they have just about anything and you can check in your area. Also they make a sleeper that you place in bed between you and your husband, though those seem big and if you dont have a big bed there may be trouble. The safest place is in a craddle at the side of your bed.
For the 1st week or so after our 2nd child was born, my husband slept on the couch and the baby slept in our bed beside me and I also kept the carseat on the bed and the baby slept in that too. We then bought a portable graco play yard that has a bassinett and changing table, we kept it in our room for about 4 months, it worked great. She now sleeps through the night in her own room in her crib.
I used a snuggle nest and it was so cozy for my baby. Sometimes I would put him on the bassinett and or next to me on the bed and yes there were many days where he would snuggle into my arms and sleep.
my son slept in a bassinet in the bedroom with my partner and myself, but this was my partners wish not mine. after 6 weeks i put him in his own room, and at night when he’d wake (if he did) I’d just get him walk into the living room n feed him there then return him to his bed. if you are worried about not hearing the baby because of the distance between rooms, buy a baby monitor, makes it easy to wake up if its next to your bed head.
the only thing i worry about co sleeping when there is more then 1 other person in the bed, is that the child will get rolled on top of.
I have a newborn.
He was 3 weeks on Monday.
We have a pack and play beside the bed with a little portable bassinet thing that goes on it and I put him in that the first night but after the first time he woke up in the night I just put him right next to me and that’s where he sleeps!
We have a boppy pillow.. it’s kinda shaped like a horse shoe or something. They say you’re not supposed to leave him to sleep inthat because he could slide down and roll over and suffocate in the sides of it but my baby doesn’t move much and we snuggle him up in it so it’s hard to him to roll over.
During the day, when we take naps, I use a pillow and lay on my side and he curls up next to me into my body.
There’s nothing wrong with sleeping with him. You can’t roll over and smash him unless you drink heavily or something liek that.
The only thing bad about sleeping with him (and I hear it all the time from EVERYONE but ignore it because i can’t help it–i love to sleep with him), is that he is going to get so used to it and never want to sleep in hsi bed.
It will be hard to break him of it when he is a toddler.