He was in the bassinette (pram) next to our bed for the first 5 months, then into the cot after that. He was also a noisy sleeper but I got used to that after a week and it never bothered DF.
We share a bedroom now and I still love only having to walk a couple of metres to get him in the middle of the night and DF still doesn't hear him when he wakes.
I am the opposite to most of the other ladies - DD was in her own room in her cot from the day we came home from the hospital. Confession time - the main reason is because I watch TV at night time! DH sleeps through that so no doubt he would have easily slept through DD's little noises which, despite being quite loud and super cute. At the very end of my pregnancy I did get really sooky about the whole own room thing and went to the baby shop several times but for some reason never bought one. Instead I bought this insert thing for the cot which made the massive cot look not so scary. I agree with the comments in here about it being easier to reach the baby when it wakes during the night but again for me, I didn't want to feed in bed - I was really worried I would go back to sleep with her in my arms. Obviously I am in the minority - LOL. But my way worked for me and your way will work for you A, you just have to work out what that way is and you probably won't know until your little one arrives. Don't stress about already buying the bassinet. If you don't end up using it, you can just sell it on ebay or here!
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