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Bassinet-yes or no?
Added: 71 days ago.
Added by: weenie
Section: Babies.
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SO, I was planning on having my baby sleep in a bassinet in our bedroom for the first few months. The main reason being that our bedroom is up a steep staircase from the baby`s room, and I can just see myself falling down the stairs and breaking my hip while going to feed the baby in the middle of the night. But, my sister told me not to have the baby in our room, because it will make it ahrder for the baby to develop a normal sleep pattern, and make it harder for us to get any sleep. It seems to me that it would be that big of a difference, but this is my first, so I don`t know for sure. What do you guys think? Is it good or bad to use a bassinet for the first few months?

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Baby3OnWay - 70 days ago Rating: 0 (0 votes) i had all my kids in my room and they all slept very well!! AND I actually got more sleep, I would get up, feed and then go to sleep, no running around the house from this room to that... I think for the first few months its FINE!!

littlecavalier - 70 days ago Rating: 0 (0 votes) My son slept in a bassinet next to our bed for the first five months. I was only planning on keeping him in there for the first few weeks but then I didn't want to give it up. I loved being able to watch him sleep and having the security of peeking at him when I woke in the night making sure all was still ok. I know without a doubt that I kept him in our room for my own comfort. At five months he started having issues napping without me in the room and that's when I decided that I better put him in his own room if I wanted to get him to be a good napper. Everyone will always have advice on what they think you should do or what they think is right for your baby. In the end, trust your own insticts. Accept all advice you're given but only follow it if feels right. My son has slept in his own room since five months without a problem. I lay him down awake and he puts himself to sleep. That is one piece of advice I was given that has proven to be helpful. As your little one gets older get into a bedtime routine and lay them down when they are tired but before they fall asleep so that they learn how to fall asleep on their own. It's not always easy but it has worked for us. Good luck!

nannersmama - 70 days ago Rating: 0 (0 votes) You'll be so tired, especially in the beginning, it's worth the money for a bassinet. When my daughter was born, we had her in one, and I used to have to kick my husband until he'd turn onto his side, so I could lean up against him while feeding her. Of course, I often fell asleep like this. Thank god for bassinets, and boppy pillows, and sleeping husbands!!! PS My daughter started sleeping through the night at three weeks old. So I don't think it changed her sleeping habits. Besides, I liked sleeping with my hand on the bassinet, and if I woke up, there she was, right by the bed, and I could just watch her sleep. Beautiful!

slg3233 - 70 days ago Rating: 0 (0 votes) Definitely keep baby in the room with you for the first couple of months!

RandiLee - 70 days ago Rating: 0 (0 votes) You should definitely keep the baby in your room for a few months. I've never heard of anyone keeping the baby in a separate room right away. I don't see how it would effect the sleep pattern? Not to mention...like DonnaG said...babies wake up to be fed and comforted..not because of a bad routine. It would be ridiculous to have to go downstairs every 2 hours when baby wakes up.

jen - 70 days ago Rating: 0 (0 votes) Keep the baby with you!! EVERYONE I know has had their baby in a bassinet next to the bed for the first little while. Makes it easier on you and it is soooooo not bad for your baby. Set a date, like 6 weeks, as to when you will be putting your baby in it's own crib in it's own room. Stick to that plan too. We took down our sons bassinet that very night, just so we didn't give in and lay him in our room with us. We had no problems and really most people don't. Good luck!

christina1984 - 70 days ago Rating: 0 (0 votes) i did it with my daughter and i will with my new daughter.most do.i dont think it does anything to their sleep pattern. if ur baby isnt in the room at 1st you will most likely not get any sleep because you will be worried and thinking something is wrong. sorry but i think your sis is wrong

DonnaG - 70 days ago Rating: 0 (0 votes) I think that's such a silly thing of your sister to say! Newborns wake during the night because they need to be fed, not because they are in a bad sleep routine. Your baby has been living inside you for the last 9 months and I think they should be as close as possible to you after they are out. I know its hard at the time but babies grow up so fast - cherish this newborn stage and give lots of cuddles : )

nich-vegas-mommy2be - 70 days ago Rating: 0 (0 votes) I have always heard of people having the baby in their room the first few months or so. It's my first too, and we are going to have the bassinet in our room. Once the little man grows too big for it, we will move him to his room to start sleeping in the crib.

skittles0607 - 70 days ago Rating: 0 (0 votes) Both of my children slept right in the room with me.. They slept in their bassinet. You are not going to get alot of sleep at first regardless where the baby is. Just put the baby into their own room when it gets to big for the bassinet. I felt more comfort with the baby next to me.. I always checked for breathing and noises.. Its up to you.. We will have this baby sleep in our room also. With the sleeping pattern until they get older to start having cereal they dont really want to sleep along time. They are always hungry.. Just don't sleep with the baby it increases the chance of SIDS. Good Luck!!

agonzales - 70 days ago Rating: 0 (0 votes) I was also planning on getting a bassinet to sleep next to my bed until baby grows out and them put him/her in the crib afterwards. Which the crib is gonna be in another room. For sure I dont want to sleep the baby with me cause my other kids got use to that and it was hard to break it. My first child always slept with me since I was practically a single parent then. My second we slept her in her crib that was in our room and she did fine until we had to move to my mothers house and she then had to sleep with us. We are on our own now of course and Im trying to get her to be in her own bed. She sleeps in her bed now but in the middle of the night she sneaks in bed with us. So this baby will most likely be in a bassinet next to our bed.

dvsrunt - 70 days ago Rating: 0 (0 votes) I used a bassinet with both my kids till they were about 2 months old. After that we moved them to the crib. I never had an issue with the move...it just happened one night and we never looked back. Neither of my kids had bad sleeping habits. My doctor said they will not get "spoiled" within the first 6 weeks...but to be careful (not letting them sleep with you etc) after that 6 week maker b/c they will learn habits at that point. Hope this helps.

stephandisaac - 70 days ago Rating: 0 (0 votes) It's really up to you. It is hard to get good sleep though...you hear every little wimper and are a lot more tempted to pick him up. I spoiled my first son. He was always in our room or in bed with us when he wouldn't go back to sleep. Now he's almost 2 1/2 and he just started sleeping through the night. I didn't make the same mistake with this one though. He sleeps in his crib downstairs. He's only 2 months old and only wakes up 1 time for a bottle. I slept downstairs for the first 2 weeks. Not in the same room though.

corrin - 70 days ago Rating: 0 (0 votes) I used a bassinet for my son until he grew out of it...which was about 2 months.....i was just very paranoid being my first baby.....because after he grew out of the bassinet he slept in the bed with me! But hes 12 weeks now and he sleeps fine in his crib now.

karenc - 70 days ago Rating: 0 (0 votes) I'm for using some type of sleeping arrangement in your room for the first few mos or as long as you are comfortable. most newborns wake multiple times in the night and you will be sleep deprived. climbing up & down stairs at night will take a huge toll on you and yes, you could fall. just be sure to keep feeding supplies and diapers/wipes/extra clothes in your room as well so that if you need a change, everything's handy. when your baby sleeps thru the night or at least longer, you can work on moving into the nursery.

KarenVG - 70 days ago Rating: 0 (0 votes) That is a much of crock! Babies will be fine in your room, in fact I do have them in my room at night and in the living room in a baby bassinet type thing in the day. They actually learn to sleep anywhere by doing that. If they were in the same bed as you then I would say you may have problems like a friend has had, but a bassinet is no different than in another room... so enjoy having them in your room, it is only for a short time in their lives. Some babies do not sleep well wherever you put them, others slepp everywhere both mine are different and both raised the same...

vikki - 71 days ago Rating: 0 (0 votes) I have had 6 children and have had ALL of them not only in a cradle but right NEXT to my bed! It is better for night feeding and if your putting them down in their cradle and leaving the room in the earlier part of the night, really what difference does it make! It is much better to have them in the same room for bonding aswell. As a few months go by, I just move the cradle to the end of the bed and then once they are big enough to go into a cot, the cot is in their own room. This is actually quite a natural progression. I have had no problems with the babies and their sleep patterns. I hope that helps.

Debra - 71 days ago Rating: 5 (1 votes) Have a look at my VIP site for the whole story on my son's sleep pattern- but we had a 1 bedroom apartment until recently and had him sleeping in our room until last month. He's nearly 6 months old. He was in a moses basket between us in our bed for 2 weeks while I recovered from a c-section and then he was placed in a Graco pack n'play beside us. We kept him swaddled and by 2 months or 8 weeks he was sleeping through the night. Initially you will be feeding him every 3 hours or so until he hits about 11 lbs- when from a metabolic point of view he should be able to go 6-8 hours at night without eating. What I have found harmful to the development of 'normal' sleep patterns is co-sleeping (having your child in the parental bed). It is a tough habit to break- and generally its harder for the parents than the kid- this depends on the age though when you may stop co-sleeping and start sleep training. Habits start to form around 3-4 months and while lots of people love to co-sleep I haven't met a parent yet that co-slept for a long time and then had an easy time getting baby to sleep through the night on their own. (If you have co-slept and have had no problems with your kid, please message me! I'd love to hear from someone who has done this successfully!) Putting them in their own bassinet is tough too as you the parent have to deal with the separation from you. I had problems with this too- initially I wanted him in the bed beside us. BUT i had to put him in his own bed. MY aunt is an ER nurse had freaked out when I told her that I had baby in bed with us. She's seen SO many crushed infants come in who co-slept with their parents. I never believed that could happen until I would fall asleep nursing him and forget that he was in my arms because I was so sleep deprived and exhausted! I started to sit up in bed to nurse and would snooze, then put baby in his own bed- safe and sound. I would get more sleep this way as baby would nurse more efficiently and be ready to go back to bed. Being a parent is tough and sometimes you can't always do what you want to do and have to do what's in their best interest. I think having him in a bassinet beside us for so long was good for me too. I learned to transition him and he went into his own crib in his own room with no difficulties. We kept some things familiar though- he's had the same flannel blanket covering the mattress, he has a sound machine going each night for 15 min to lull him to sleep with the same sound since birth. You won't get that much sleep anyways until you get him to sleep through the night- so don't worry about the "harder for us to get any sleep part." My baby has a normal sleeping pattern and sleeps from anywhere from 9/10/11pm to 6/7/8am, wakes to feed and then goes back to sleep usually until 10am. Co-sleeping is the only thing that I've heard about so far that inhibits children from developing 'normal' sleeping patterns. I can always be proved wrong- but I've baby sat kids that have co-slept and they' were terrible to get to sleep on their own without mom/dad who were on a much needed date. Also, my friend is still struggling to get her baby to sleep through the night and she co-slept until 7 months old. Her baby will be a year old next month and has yet to go through a whole night without waking and wanting to nurse. Which means that she hasn't had a good night sleep in nearly a year. While she liked to co-sleep she also complains that she doesn't sleep through the night and her babe has a tough time sleeping with out her for both nighttime and day naps- while I'm sleeping through the night and feel well rested (and sane). So all in all, go ahead and use that bassinet. YOu may want to consider the pack n'play idea as they often come with a bassinet. We have the one that comes with a change table (fantastic for middle of the night changes- which will be needed for first 2-3 months- and will help to keep activity to a minimum and encourage baby to know when night and day is). ALso has a sound machine which we love. He is used to his pack n play too so its easy to have him go to sleep when we are out for the day- plus we can get use out of it for months yet. The cute bassinet styles are nice but baby will grow out of it by about 15 lb or when they start rolling. My son was 15 lb by about 4 months and started rolling between 4-5 months. I hope this helps!

riknlee - 71 days ago Rating: 0 (0 votes) i agree with Brandi. All my kids were put to bed initially but when they woke I would put them in my bed and go back to sleep while they fed.

Brandi J. - 71 days ago Rating: 0 (0 votes) I always put my babies in a bassinet next to my bed for the 1st 3 months, then I move the baby to a crib after that. We also have the crib in our room. I co-sleep, so my baby starts out in the bassinet or crib and then when he/she wakes for the 1st feeding I put the baby in the bed w/ me and I nurse that way, baby and I both get sleep this way and studies have shown that babies who co-sleep actually have less of a risk of SIDS (as long as you have not been drinking or taken any kind of sleeping meds), b/c the baby will actually copy your breathing pattern. If you do not feel comfortable w/ the baby in the actual bed w/ you, you could invest in a co-sleeper that attaches to the side of your bed instead, I have thought about doing this myself. In my opinion, down stairs is too far away, but I am used to having my children close, the fartherest is in the room next to me.

drgoresgirl - 71 days ago Rating: 0 (0 votes) when i get pregnant i do plan on using a bassinet for the first few months and i live in a one level house but i want my baby in the same room with me for the first few months considerin it would also be my first it is not gonna make it harder for the babys sleepin patterns nor would it make it harder for u to sleep i ould think it would make it easier for u to sleep because it is ur first and at least the baby is right there u don't have to worry about it being up stairs or down stairs and plus i would be to tired to go up and down stairs all night but do what u think is best i hope this helps and congrats wit ur new baby i wish u a happy and haelthy pregnancy