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rosye13 (1017.9 days ago)
When she first gets here she will need to eat many times through out the night. So I would say co-sleep, or have her sleep in a bassinet in your room because you will be up every couple of hours to feed her. Then when she gets a little older and can go for longer without eating move her to her crib. That`s what we did with our LO.

DeklansMommy (1018.6 days ago)
We co-sleep, and I really love it.

*jellybean2* (1018.7 days ago)
we co-slept/had her in a crib by our bed until she was 6 months old. since going into her big girl cot in her own room she has slept beautifully. next time round i will move my baby into their own room earlier but for the first maybe 3 months i want him/her with me.

bellajenna (1018.8 days ago)
i sleep with my son in my arms

angie2008 (1018.8 days ago)
did bassinet for the first 4-5 weeks in our room. she started shaking the bassinet when she slept so we moved her into her own crib. she sleeps great in there, no problems. I don`t reccomend co-sleeping. I wouldn`t be able to sleep good knowing baby is right next to me and then when they get attached and think that your bed is their bed and you want alone time with dh. Good luck. It was hard the first night on me when she was in her crib, i kept checking on her but she was sound asleep.

missyv28 (pink) (1018.8 days ago)
I didn`t make the decision until after my son was born. We originally were going to have him in our room until he outgrew his bassinet then he would go to his crib but we ended up just co sleeping because it was better for our family and schedule. Have a plan and if it doesn`t work for you once baby is here then adjust till you find works for you.

adriana03 (1018.9 days ago)
I brestfed my son so he would actually sleep with me. I was just sooo tired I would fall asleep with him on me. Four years later he still sleeps with me and I cant get him to go to his own bed. Just make sure that its something that can help you in the long run.

onesharpefamily (1018.9 days ago)
I don`t really think there is a right or wrong answer here and I also think its going to depend on your child. I had 6 wks of maternity leave and my husband only had 1 wk off. At first we planned on having her sleep in a bassinet in our room. Elizabeth wasn`t having that. Not wanting to keep my husband up since he had to work I `camped` out in the living room for 6wks. The only place she would sleep was her swing for the first 6-8wks. At 8 wks, she passed through that phase and started sleeping in her own crib with no problems.

nmck (1019.1 days ago)
We had our son in a bassinet. We got an very portable one, and we experimented with how we got the best sleep. Sometimes when I could not sleep through his gruntings and baby noises, I would wheel it down the hall to his room and leave the doors open so I could hear real cries. Sometimes, my husband would sleep in the guest room and take the bassinet with him. When I woke in the middle of the night, I would wheel the bassinet over to our room. When we did that, we both got several hours of quality sleep. Also, we put him in the crib as soon as he started rolling over, and it was fine. So if you go with a bassinet, make it easily portable!

Lilmissesmum- (1019.2 days ago)
We planned to have our daughter sleep in the bassinet but she didn`t like it much so she slept with us until she was two months and then we moved her into her cot but in our room. It depends on how you feel at the time I would probably have her in our room with us now and not in her own room but there wasn`t enough room for her cot in our room after we moved. So had no choice but to move her and it was very hard I still get up to check on her at night.

california-mom (1019.3 days ago)
Ive co slept with all 3 and just love it...Theres nothing better than waking up to my smiley baby in the mornings. None of them have had issues transitioning to their own beds either.

KylinnsMommy (1019.3 days ago)
We have our daughter in the pack `n` play at the foot of the bed. I plan on putting her in her crib when she is 3 months old.



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