Baby in the room at night with you?

[UntoldAngel]

We put bub straight into a cot in his own room. In hospital I struggled to sleep when he was next to me as I would keep waking up to his noises.
It never worried me getting up to him during the night once we were home, although in saying that, I was lucky enough that he only woke once through the night for a feed.

But if you want to put him in the room with you and partner, do it. You can always change your mind later

[Kazbah]

We had Pip in a cradle in our walk-in robe for the first 9 months - mind you, that's cause we physically didn't have any other room for him. Had a breathing sensor for his cradle and this gave a lot of relief. I tried co-sleeping with him in our bed but I'd wake up screaming, thinking I'd smothered him, even if he wasn't in our bed (so DH banned that idea ) I also spent the first weeks at home camped in the lounge with him.

You'll work out what to do and how it works for you - you could try borrowing a cradle / bassinet for a while before deciding. although TBH, you'll prolly know by the time you finish in hospy if you can sleep with a bub in your room or not. Take advantage of your hospy with DH to sleep over as well to see how he goes

[nickle730]

Mine DS and DD1 were in a cradle next to the bed for the first few months. DS moved into his cot in his own room. DD1 moved into our bed for a few years! DD2 is already in our bed. Although she sometimes spends the first half of the night in her cradle which is pulled right up to my side of the bed. My DS hated co-sleeping and would never settle in our bed (although he always comes for a cuddle in the morning). Every baby is different and you will figure out what works for you.

My DH sleeps through any crying in the night and like so many others he has woken in the morning and said 'Gee, that was a great night, she slept all night!' as my eyeballs are hanging out of my head after an unsettled night of feeding and comforting! If I need him on a Friday or Saturday night, if I need DH's help, I literally have to kick him to wake him up and DH is not a particularly heavy sleeper. I think he just sets his brain to not respond to the crying during the week as he knows I will. He needs to tell his brain that weekends are different!!

[Kirsten]

We had DS in a basinette by the bed, DP would get up and change DS then give him to me to feed him. It's was very much a both up at night thing with us in the early days. I had a while where I had to express due to nipple issues, so I could get up and express and DP would be up feeding DS. I didn't want DS in his own room, I wanted him right there next to us I was very sad when we put him in his own cot in his own room (at about 4 months and only about 2 metres from our room).