Where Should Your Baby Sleep?
Are you expecting or have just had a baby then you might, like
so many others in your situation, be concerned with where your
baby should sleep. Should you have a nursery for your baby or
would it be best if the baby slept in the same room as you?
These are questions you really should find the answer to before
you start doing it one way or the other.
Once a pattern has been established for your baby it may at
times be very hard to change so before you make a final decision
in where you want the baby to sleep, find out what is right for
you. Both of these options have its pro's and con's and
therefore it varies from each individual what is right for them.
For many first time parents it might be difficult to put the
baby to sleep in a different room where they can't see the baby.
The insecurity of maybe not hearing the baby cry at night is a
big factor in them making the decision of having their newborn
sleep with them. This is understandable but actually something
which should not be a great concern as long as you are not a
very heavy sleeper or have the nursery so far away from your
room that it would be impossible to hear the baby cry.
After having a baby a mother, especially, will automatically
tune in to her baby's cry and should not worry to much about not
hearing it if this is what the issue is about when it comes to
having separate bedrooms for you and your baby. Something else a
first time parent often do is constantly having to check if the
baby is ok and still breathing, this is very normal and you are
not alone in doing so.
In the first few months after your baby is born the urge to go
and check on your baby can be quite an inconvenience if your
baby has its own room and you are having to get up and out of
bed each time you get this urge. If you are breast feeding your
child it can be more convenient to have the baby in your room
because you don't really need to get up, all you have to do is
just bring him or her in bed with you, rather than if you are
bottle feeding you have to get up regardless.
If you do start out by having the baby sleep in your room you
should know that it can be very hard to get him used to sleeping
on his own. By the time you decide to give the baby its own room
he is already used to being by you and hearing the familiar
sounds of you and your husband. It is comforting for the baby if
that is all he is used to and putting him in his own room it may
take quite a while before he gets adjusted to this new and
unfamiliar place. You may experience quite a few sleepless
nights.
Letting the baby sleep in his own bedroom from the very
beginning can actually be very good for you and your partner. It
will give both of you a place to retrieve and have privacy, a
place for only the two of you where you will not disturb the
baby by coming and going, watching TV, reading or just spending
some time together. For many people this seems to be the best
solution, a place where they still can have their privacy after
the baby has taken over everything else. By letting the baby
have its own room from the beginning also eliminates the hassle
of adjusting him to his own room later on which, like mentioned
earlier, can be quite an inconvenience. So, before you decide
where the baby should sleep find out what is the best for you.
None of these options are wrong or right, it is simply what you
think would be best for you.