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My little is 6 months and he sleeps upstairs in his own room. He slept in our room until he was about 4 months. The problem with having him downstairs was that we always had to be quiet when he was down for naps or bedtime. Now that he’s upstairs in his own room with a sound machine we can pretty much act as normal without worrying about making too much noise. I don’t mind running upstairs in the middle of the night when he needs a bottle. We have an infant optics monitor so we can either have the video and sound on constantly or just the sound. And baby gates will be our method of keeping him in his room and upstairs when he begins to be mobile. We also chose a house with this payout bc as he does begin to grow and especially teenage years there’s a number of reasons I don’t want our bedroom right next to his. We all need our privacy. My only super paranoid worry right now is if there’s a fire so we’ve bought multiple fire extinguishers and fire related items to help put our minds at ease.
we are on a diff floor from our lil guy who is about to turn two and its totally fine and kind of nice tbh. he was in a bassinet for several months and then we sleep trained around 7 months old via Ferber method and he is a very reliable sleeper, we have a monitor for peace of mind ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
What would make me nervous is the stairs once the kid can walk. A 1.5 year old going downstairs at 2am to find mommy makes me nervous.
I wouldn’t. I have a 15 month old toddler and I would find it a pain to have to go to a different floor. Plus you may want to be able to hear them without a monitor because eventually the monitor is super annoying.
I was debating room next to us versus opposite end of the hall and people told me end of the hall was too far haha. I opted to do that 🤷🏻♀️
Totally fine. Baby monitor. And you don’t have to whisper
Not crazy, but I wouldn’t do it.
Same.
We're doing it. At least I will get exercise going up and down the stairs 🙂
Our kiddo throws up a lot from really bad reflux and I can’t imagine being on separate floor and rushing down there to get her upright so she didn’t gag. Personally, I wouldn’t but not everyone has bad reflux like we had.
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Did it and it was fine.
Did it out of necessity because of how our house is laid out. Hated it but have a really great monitor. If you have to do it, it’s not a problem really. If you don’t, I wouldn’t.
Our 1 year old is upstairs and we are downstairs. Monitor works great. We don’t find it unsafe or a hassle at all. We only did the cribb in our room for like 6 weeks, too. No one slept. When we moved her to her own room we all slept—and she’s been an over night sleeper (minus feedings) ever since.
It’s really a personal choice. Whatever you’re comfortable with
If you have a choice, I’d avoid it. You might end up with a great sleeper, and it’s not a problem... or you could have a kid like mine, who even at 5 y/o creeps into our bed in the middle of the night, every single night. If she had to manoeuvre stairs in the night, I’d never sleep soundly again.
I’m expecting as well. Our rooms are at the opposite ends of the apt, but it is all one floor. That’s something my mother in law thought was excellent.
I liked a duplex idea but was talked out of it by a colleague with a newly walking kiddo!
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It’s fine. I woke at every sound when the baby was near.
Eeek I already own a house where I have a main floor master and the second room is upstairs. I will make it work! Baby due in 8 weeks.
Depends on the baby. We moved ours once he was consistently sleeping through the night (~2 months) and really don’t go in there now once he’s down for the night. We’re lucky to have a good sleeper. If you don’t plan to sleep train or have a baby that requires more check ins, yeah it’d be super annoying. Though you could always keep them in a bassinet/pack & play closer to your room (or in your room) if that’s the case.
I’m only 9 weeks so I’m pretty ignorant at this point. I’ll have to look into all of this!!