question for those who have bub in a bassinette in their room and your DH/DP

[AngelPants]

We didn't have much issue, if DS was particularly unsettled I would go sit in the lounge and watch my recorded programs with him so DH could sleep. DH didn't really have much issue tho, he slept thru most things.

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[Cranky Kitten]

In the early days I'd get up and go out into the lounge - we left the study light on next to our room which was fine to see by with even just the door slightly ajar and I'd settle down to phaff about on BB and FB while DS had his feeding marathons. Also watched a lot of Mythbusters. I was lucky though, in that it wasn't cold.

Now though, DS is in his own room and usually wakes around 1-3am for a feed. I bought a lovely snuggly dressing gown and feed him in a chair in his room with a nightlight on.

[Enchanted]

DS was "meant" to be in our room but the first night way so noisy so we put him in the loungeroom which was just outside our room.

DD was in our room for 5 months and DH never complained. He knew that it was much easier for me to feed & get back to sleep with her next to me and he could easily get back to sleep even if she woke him up. If we were having a bad night though I'd take her out to the loungeroom to feed her. It was much easier to settle her too as she was right there.

This bubba will be in our room too for a while, I plan on bfing as long as we can so it makes it much easier on me. Also for the settling factor again, that it's much easier to give them a gentle pat or rock back to sleep instead of being woken right up by having to get out of bed.

[Sagres]

With DD1 DH was a grumpy pants and I went out into the lounge for all feeds. July baby - urgh! The change table was in our room so he did get woken for that, but it didn't take long for him to sleep through nappy changes. With DD2 I just said I'm feeding in bed and you can live with it, but I reckon he has slept through pretty much every one of her night feeds! So not really a big issue.

[forshelby]

DP was banished to an inflatable mattress for the first 9 months of DSs life. It was mostly out of necessity. DP has to be up for work at 4am, and DS was a shocking sleeper. After he realised I was spending the night on the couch after the 1am feed, DP nicely just removed himself from the bedroom so DS and I could just share the big bed. I wasn't doing it so as not to disturb him though, it was more a case of passing out from sheer exhaustion and figuring there's no point getting into bed to have to get up 50 million times....... lol. It was bliss, really once DS and I took over the master suite hehe. I missed snuggling up with DP but we all got a lot more sleep this way.

[MummyNaomi]

Very similar to PRMG - DS was in our room for about 5 months and I would take him and me into the lounge room to feed (we had our rocking chair there), turn the heater on (winter baby) and as we generally needed to do a nappy change mid feed or straight after I had to get out of bed anyway. I also needed to sit properly in a chair to feed otherwise my back would hurt if I wasn't properly supported.
DH rarely woke when DS did after the first few weeks, like Santosha said they do tend to tune out when they know they dont need to respond to the cries.
DS always used to settle back to sleep very quickly after a feed, so it was rare that I was up for more than about 30 mins anyway so it worked for us all

[The[cookie]Doctor]

Wake DH? I think not.

DD 7m is in our bed and even though she pushes him out of the bed LOL he hardly wakes up.
For the first 4-6 weeks she was in the bassinet and i got her out to feed and put her back to bed but now its easier that she is in our bed and still waking constantly through the night.

[onthefly]

What's selfish about that?
You do what you need to do with your baby. Your DH can either sleep through it or sleep elsewhere (or help)