Baby in the room at night with you?

[Shanti]

I think babies are safest when sleeping near their parents SIDS guidelines state this too, to keep baby close to you ie in your room for the first 6mths or so.

We had DD in our room with us for the first 4mths and you get used to hearing their little noises in the night too and it's reassuring they are breathing! I couldn't have imagined having DD anywhere else but with us! Mind you its exhausting getting up and having to walk to their room to feed them too!!!
After 4mths she went to her own room as she slept better in her own room as DH's snoring would wake her up! Then 9mths of age she came back in and co-slept with us from then on.....

I think it's one of those things you will just work out when bub arrives.

[Cassius2]

DD1 absolutely hated being in the bed with us, but was happy as larry in the cot in our room. i wanted her in my room but after 5 weeks couldnt handle all the grunting and farting that was eminating from her general direction while she slept...kept me awake . so she went to her own room with no fuss.

with DD2 she was in the bassinet in our room and now is in the cot in our room. she starts the night in her cot and if she wakes for a feed she generally then stays in our bed after that feed. LOVE IT! she loves it and i find i am less tired in the morning than when DD1 was this age in her own room (i feed her lying in bed, no getting up to the other room etc).
there are times when her grunting (but curiously no farting lol) does get to me (DH can sleep through anything lol) so i just migrate to the loungeroom where we have a mattress hiding under the couch ready to go (2 bdrm house ). it works well for us!

HTH!

[~*familyof3*~]

we will have bubs in our room in a bassinet DH wouldnt want it any other way...in fact it was his idea said he would sleep better that way he doesnt care if he wakes or not