My baby just turned five months. She has been sleeping in a bassinet in our room at night. She is my 3rd and with the first 2 I put them in their crib in their room by 2-3 months. This time we live in a different house and our room is upstairs and the kids rooms are downstairs. I just feel more comfortable having her close by and that is why I have kept her in my room for this long. However, yesterday she woke up while I was getting the other kids ready for school and cried out and when I went to get her she was standing in the bassinet holding onto the side. She takes her afternoon nap in her crib and she pulled herself up in the crib today too. That is not a danger because she can not fall out of the crib like she could the bassinet. So, tonight I put her back in the moses basket we have and it sits on the floor. Where does your 5 month old sleep and should I just suck it up and move her to her room now? We have a baby monitor so I would hear her if she woke up. Please don't suggest co-sleeping all night. I don't mind sleeping with her when my husband is not in the bed but it really worries me that he will accidently roll over on her during the night. She is not really waking in the middle of the night anymore to be fed but when she was I would nurse her in bed and I could never really sleep with her in bed because I was always worried about her gettting squished.
Thanks,
L.
Sounds like it's time for the crib, especially if she is pulling her self up. You will be fine with a good baby monitor!
Good n\luck!
I agree, if you arent ready to move her to her room, a pack n play is a must! My daughter slept in one for her naps at daycare until she was over a year.
My son was in a pack and play in the bassinet section next to our bed until almost 4 months old. Once he slept through the night for a good week I moved him to his crib down the hall with the monitor on all night. The pack and play would be an option, especially if you already have one and don't want to move her downstairs yet.
i would suggest a porta-crib they sit on the ground and are tall enough she cant escape and don't take up much room...i had a friend who used one all the time. It would be perfect to keep her with you and safe without taking up the space a regular crib would
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i would suggest a porta-crib they sit on the ground and are tall enough she cant escape and don't take up much room...i had a friend who used one all the time. It would be perfect to keep her with you and safe without taking up the space a regular crib would
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i would suggest a porta-crib they sit on the ground and are tall enough she cant escape and don't take up much room...i had a friend who used one all the time. It would be perfect to keep her with you and safe without taking up the space a regular crib would
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i would suggest a porta-crib they sit on the ground and are tall enough she cant escape and don't take up much room...i had a friend who used one all the time. It would be perfect to keep her with you and safe without taking up the space a regular crib would
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i would suggest a porta-crib they sit on the ground and are tall enough she cant escape and don't take up much room...i had a friend who used one all the time. It would be perfect to keep her with you and safe without taking up the space a regular crib would
well right now my son sleeps in his car seat because we just moved overseas and our stuff isn't here yet. but he usually sleeps in his own crib in his own room. I have a baby monitor so I know when he gets up. He sleeps through the night and wakes at about 5:30 a.m. when his daddy gets up and goes to work. She should be fine in her own room in her crib. :) good luck.
I have an almost 5 month old and have a similiar dilemma. He is our third and has always slept good since he was 2 weeks just waking a few times in the middle of the night to nurse. He is not a fussier and is a good baby. His crib is in our room and I have always let him sleep with us though. This week I have decided he needs to sleep in his bed which has gone fine he still wakes a few times to nurse. However he doesn't like to take much naps but yet he doesn't fuss. Maybe you should put the crib in your room if there is room. By the way we have never rolled on top of him but I understand you not wanting to put him in bed with you. That has been my problem I enjoyed him with me because I work full time and my husband is a stay at home dad. He has been a good baby though and taken the transistion well he just has been off on his naps and wanting to stay up in the day a lot.
My 6 month old is sleeping in her room in a "Nap Nanny". She has reflux, so she still needs the incline. I did the same with my son. I will move her to her bed when she can sleep laying flat comfortably. She sleeps 12-13 hours in this position, so she is happy. I'm sleeping downstairs with the monitor.
Move her when you are ready! I agree that when sitting, it's probably time for a pack and play.
GOOD LUCK!
Could you put her crib in your room until you feel comfortable having her on a different floor?
Perhaps if you have enough room in your bedroom you could move your babies crib into there. When my son was an infant he slept in a crib in our bedroom. Our house is arranged similarly to yours except that the master bedroom is on the first floor and the kids rooms are upstairs. I didn't want to have to run up and down stairs every couple of hours so we had his crib in our room until he was about 7 months old. After that we moved the crib upstairs and used a baby monitor to listen for him waking up in the night.
My son was too big for the bassinet almost from day 1 (he was 10lbs 23" at birth)... so he was in his crib from the first week.
Something that would probably work MUCH better for you, however, is to use a pac'n'play (with a decent mattress pad insert) on the floor beside your bed. That way you aren't a floor away, but they can't climb out :)
I definitely do not suggest co-sleeping. I do suggest moving her to her crib.
My daughter has slept in her crib since she came home from the hospital.
I would suggest getting a video monitor. This way when you want to check on her, you do not have to go upstairs every 2 seconds to give yourself peace of mind. Plus, you can clip it to your pants while you are getting the rest of the family ready for school.
my son is five months,
he sleeps with me sometimes when he is whimpering but right now he is in his pack-n-play play pin but he has been sucking his thumb more and some times i hear him and it sounde like he is saying words but maby its just me lol i dont know....but what ever you think is safer your the mommy
N.
can you fit a play pin in your room. if not go ahead and put her in her own crib. you arent going to be up and down the stairs all night. have your baby monitor. i have seen the baby monitors that have the viedo image on the monitor so you can see your baby too. good luck.
I think it's ok to put her in her crib now.
I had my baby in bassinet in our room until 5mos then he would wiggle free of swaddle and hit sides of bassinet waking himself up and us.
I think you're right to move him to crib when he's alseep, have monitor on so you're sure to hear it but not TOO loud as the monitors can wake you w/sounds other than baby.
So definitely suggest crib w/monitor.
It will be fine. Just move him when he's asleep. That's what I did the first time and never a problem. Also, I keep him in pack n play in his room for naps so he doesn't freak out for nap or bedtimes. Just a thought.
Both of my grandchildren slept in their cribs in their own bedroom at 5 months. Their room was next door to their Mom's. I do think your baby will be find sleeping downstairs. The baby monitor will allow you to know if she needs you.
If you'll be more comfortable you can put her on a mat on the floor in your room. I've known of several families doing this.
I really do think, tho, that she will be just fine downstairs.
Pack and play in your room until you switch her to her room downstairs. Works great!
M
All three of mine were put in a crib in their own room at 3 months. Up till 3 months, they slept in a bassinet at my side. They had a baby monitor in their room so I could hear them. We live in a one level house and the babies room was just a few steps down the hall. I don't know if I could put mine upstairs that far away from me either. I checked on mine often when they were small and I had to go feed them or calm them several times a night for a while. I guess it would depend on how often you would have to go upstairs to feed or calm her. You could always try it. Is there not a room downstairs you could use as a temporary nursery for a few months?
First- I have four kids and a grand daughter. If you can run back upstairs to get her when she wakes in the morning and you are down with the other kids, why not just put her in the crib and go to her when she wakes up at night? Its safer for her, however inconvenient to you during the night. If you are a mom that just needs to hear her breathe...baby monitors are great. Do you have an alarm that would wake you incase of break in or alarm? I suggest you put her in the crib before she takes a tumble out of the bassinet.
Right now we have a pack and play (bassinet size) she is still at the top (our little one is 4 months 3 weeks) when she starts sitting up we will put her on the bottom of the pack n play. We have our pack n play reinforced with a board so it doesn't sag. When she gets older and is too big for the bassinet pack n play she will go into a regular size one. No crib we have never used one at 1 year she goes into a twin size bed. this is also our third.She also sleeps in our living room! crazy but it is what works with our housing set up. The pack and play rolls really well so when we are up she gets rolled into our bedroom for sleeping...lol
