Katelyn is rapidly outgrowing her bassinett. It will only be a matter of a few weeks before we need to move her into her crib.
I'm not ready for that.
It is so nice to have her sleeping in our room. When she starts to fuss, I can roll over, yank the bassinett next to the bed, pop her suckie back in her mouth and get another hour worth of sleep. If she's in her crib in the next room, it will mean getting out of bed, trudging down the hall to her room, finding the suckie, putting it in her mouth and climbing back into bed. Right now, Katelyn sometimes likes to play the game of repeatedly spitting her soother out. I am so not up for wandering back and forth between our rooms to keep putting the soother back in.
I wish there was a transition bed between a bassinett and the crib. Something just a tad bigger and wider but that a person could still keep next to their bed for a few extra months. I'm seriously considering taking apart her crib and setting it up in our room. That way, it won't be such a far walk to put her soother in. My other plan is just to toss a mattress on her floor and sleep in her room with her.
Maybe part of my reluctance to the transition is that I don't want her to grow up.
THe soother game is only a game if you participate ;). The game is trying to see if mom/dad is going to fall for it every time.
ReplyDeleteOh, believe me, I know how hard it is the first couple nights, to let them go. But oh the rewards, uninterrupted sleep! No snarfy baby sounds, seriously you will be shocked at how much more rest you'll get with her in her own room. Everly has been in there for about 9 nights and it has been glorious! There is something you could use called a co-sleeper, it attaches to the side of the bed.
ReplyDeleteOur babies have always slept in their own room, in the crib. The nursery is just across the hall though. But I agree, I'm sure you'll have much nicer sleeps. I can't imagine listening to a baby all night. They do look awfully small, newborn and all swaddled in a crib. They grow so fast.
ReplyDeleteI say, if you enjoy having her with you, enjoy it. That's part of why you had a baby.
ReplyDeleteMy kids fit in their basket until they were 7 mos., so you can get a bigger basket. Also, you can use a travel crib in your room. She can sleep in her crib in her room during the day and the travel crib in your room at night. I think it's good for babies to switch it up anyways...that way if you're ever traveling, they're not used to just one bed.
But I understand your reluctance to admit she's growing up; that's why all my kids wear clothes that are too small for them!
I know what you mean. I let my daughter sleep in my room all the time because she just slept better when I was there. She's wake up every hour if she was in her crib (lame!). But the thing is, she still sleeps in my room - and she just turned 5! Hahaha..oh well, I'm a single Momma so she fits nicely in my big bed.
ReplyDeleteAnd like everything about parenting, you have to do what works best for you.
Anonymous: This is true, but Katelyn is still asleep while she's doing this so I'm thinking she's not aware of the game just yet :-)
ReplyDeleteAlisha: If I were Everly, I would sleep soundly in that beautiful nursery too :-)
Karen: I don't find it too distracting to have her in our room (if I did, she would have been in her own room long ago lol). Once Katelyn is out, she doesn't really fuss until it's getting close to her wake up time. She will sleep soundly for the first 6-8 hours without so much as a peep (or, if she is making noise, we don't hear/notice it enough to wake up to it).
Jessica: I LOVE the idea of the travel crib. I found one online at Toys R Us and I think it will do the trick (it's sort of a three stage bassinet that drops the mattress down as they grow). Thanks for mentioning the idea!
Amarie: Don't feel bad (that's not the right word, but it's the best I could think of) about your daughter still sleeping in your bed at the age of five. My sister's boys still climb into her bed every night and they're 11 and 8! Her hubby said that when their boys start growing mustaches, that's the end of the co-sleeping!
My little guy is a VERY heavy breather. My girl was somewhat too. I just assumed all babies were loud sleepers ;)
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