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I personally want my baby in my room for at least the first few months, but I'm definitely using a bassinet. We have friends who did co-sleeping with their two daughters, and now that the girls are toddlers, they can't get them to sleep without them. They've gotten used to having Mom and Dad there at bedtime. J also has a friend at work who has to go to bed when their two sons go to bed because they're still co-sleeping (at age 3 and age 1 1/2) and they also won't go to sleep without at least one parent. I'm sure I'll get a backlash from hardcore co-sleepers...they're normally hardcore into it. I just don't see any reason for it.

We're planning on keeping the baby in our room (in a bassinet) for the first month or two. Then we'll switch him over to his crib in his bedroom. I've heard this is a good way to do it because of the frequent nighttime feedings (and because it will probably freak me out to have him out of sight at first). They start to sleep for longer stretches at 8-10 weeks, so that's a good time to transition to the crib.

I'm not sure of any sleeping options other than the ones you listed.

I was told by my obgyn not to do co-sleeping because it increases your risk of SIDS or rolling over on the baby... which might happen with us because we are such bed hogs... and if we wanted to use a Moses basket or a bassinet to make sure it was marked some where on it that has all the same safety stuff as a crib... we are just planning on having the crib in our room for a while then move it to the baby's room...

I've heard about the increase in SIDS with co-sleeping, but I'm not sure. I was just reading an article about this last night in my Motherhood magazine so have been thinking about it myself. My parents did co-sleeping with my little sis and she slept with them until she was 7. She just wouldn't sleep on her own, and kept moving back to their bed. I'm also worried I'd roll over on her...

We are currently planning to use our bassinet at first, in our room, and see how that goes.

I guess you never know!

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Well, we did all three! We tried co-sleeping for a few weeks, but that didn't work very well. She was way too wiggly, and my husband didn't get any sleep because he worried too much about her. So then she slept in the bassinet in our room and that worked great. Once she started sleeping through the night we moved her into her crib in her own room (between 3 and 4 months). I've heard similar stories as mentioned above about co-sleepers who won't sleep on their own at 3, 4, 7 years old! For us...that would be miserable! I love her so much, but after she goes to bed in her own room - that's me and hubby's time!!!

We coslept with Lucas when he was a newborn, and I *loved* it. That arrangement worked *very* well for us, and I loved being able to snuggle with him and be close to him at night. Plus, it made middle-of-the-night feedings a lot easier! Cosleeping is not dangerous if done the right way. I think that it helped both of us feel more secure. We tried a bassinet next to our bed, but he didn't go for that. I think that he felt too closed in. For a while, we tried the Pack 'n' Play in our room, and that worked a lot better. But then again, Luke hasn't ever been a *wonderful* sleeper, LOL! :) When he was around 3.5-4 months old, we moved him into his crib at night. It was hard for me not being able to see him, but after a while we all got used to it. We felt that it was just time, and there was starting to be *hardly* any space left in our bed! But ... having said all of that, I think that you just have to feel your way around and see what works best for all three of you.

I kept my baby in a bassinet for the first few weeks in my room, then moved it to his room, then put him in the crib.

We're planning to use a co-sleeper that attaches to our bed for the first few months, when The Bug will be nursing every couple of hours. My plan is to move the baby to its crib in the nursery adjoining our bedroom once feedings become a little more spaced out. My sister-in-law used a co-sleeper with her daughter with good results--I think the key is to use that method as long as its convenient for you and then move the baby to its own bed before it can get too used to sleeping with you every night. Another bonus of the co-sleeper as I see it is that it converts to a pack and play later, and with our small house, I am all about multifunctional baby gear. Of course, I am fully aware that all this could change once I actually have my baby--it's about finding what works best for you along the way and not letting anyone tell you that there's only one way to do things.

And here's me...we plan on having baby girl sleep in her crib in her own room, right from the get go. Does that make us evil?

Zander goes to sleep in his crib (that is right next to my bed), after he wakes up the first time, I put him in our bed though.
It is very difficult to decide before the time what will work for you. I was sure my kids wouldn't share our bed and now I totally love it

I think co-sleeping is a bad idea. While having the baby sleep in your room is the best thing to do for the first 6-7 months, then moving the baby to her crib in her room.
At least that's what i learned from my brother's babies. I will do that when i have a baby.

Not that I have a baby, but I think co-sleeping is dangerous and un-necessary. You may "think" you are doing it the right way, but all it takes is a bad dream, seizure, etc. to have someone roll over on the baby. I know many people like to be close to the baby, understandably, but she would be in the room, and you will have plenty of mother-daughter time either way. Doctors are recommending not co-sleeping, Id go with that. Besides, do you really want to put your shhhh...."love life" on hold if she was one of "those" children who stayed in bed until she was 7? Thnk about it...

I used a crib in my room, I often co-slept with her though. I often worried about rolling over on her though! She slept with me till the age of twelve off and on, she's almost fifteen and sometimes gets in if she has a nightmare. I don't mind mostly because it's just us.