We had our DS in our room in the hammock for the first 4 weeks, then in the cradle for the next 8 and then in his cot but still in our room until he was 10 months old and LOVED it! He was (and still is!) a fantastic sleeper so it made it quite easy for us, we all slept well, he was right there for feeds/should he need settling etc and to be honest, we just loved having our little family all close and together in the same room... Our bedroom is big though so there were no space restrictions even with his big cot in there we still had lots of space... I don't know I always find it strange that the smallest most defenceless person in the home is the only one who has to sleep alone? While the biggest 'protectors' of the house get to pair up and snuggle all night?? I know that's the way it is but it still seems weird to me! We would have co slept if we could have gotten over the fear of rolling over him in the night and sometimes did in the early days after the first morning feed.. We just loved having him so close, we cried when he went to his big boy room!
DS co-slept from day 1 until 18 months, he wouldn't go in his cot at all. He still goes through stages where I have to go in his bed but he pretty much sleeps through now.
DD went straight to a cot in her own room and thats how she liked it, she wouldn't co-sleep she liked her space. In the last 2-3 months she has been co-sleeping with us some nights usually from 1-2am, I love having her there.
This bub I have brought a bassinette, it is next to our bed atm but I'm just going to wait and see what works for bub and us.
I always took my babies to the lounge to feed them, I could never get comfy feeding them in bed.
I have had all my kids in a bassinett in our room until i just couldnt handle it anymore all my boys slept through the night from around 4 weeks but i would wake up with every snuffle or grunt and just couldnt get a good night sleep and my boys started to rely on there fathers snoring to sleep so i moved them out but i did check on them and would give them a little poke if i couldnt see there breathing movements.
This baby i will do the same but i am buying a sleep monitor to reasure me.
U will decide wht is right for you when bub comes And it may change as well ,thats ok you need to do what workds for you guys
DD has her cot in our rook and has had it since she was born, i could not imagine it any other way..I would not feel comfortable with out her being in reach of me ,she has slept in the cot and in our bed ,I find it easier as she feeds at night and wakes a lot , i find it easier not havng to go to another room for that.Also i know me and i know i would worry about her and want to go check her if she was in another room.
So now the cot in still in our room but we have our mattress on the floor,DD sleeps with us and in her cot ..She is noisy but we find it cute anf funny , with her wakeful nights we def get more sleep with her in our bed with her noises than we would if she was in another room..
She is now 9 months and i honestly can not imagine her being in another room..I think we will move her cot when she is ready, we are in no rush for it , we love her with us ,but im sure there will be a time when she needs her space hehehe
DD has always slept in our room. She was in her bassinett at first but would often be in our bed to help her reflux. She would only sleep on her tummy and it felt safer to do that in our bed rather than in her own. I know it goes against all guidelines, but it felt right for us. She did go back to her bassinett when things settled down around 3-4 months. But at around 6 months something changed and we gave up trying to get her to sleep in her cot (which we even moved into our room). We now happily co-sleep and every morning DH asks me how our night was.
Personally, if DH gets disturbed, too bad. It's called parenthood.
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And it may change as well ,thats ok you need to do what workds for you guys
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