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Baby in a one bed flat

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Ridethewaves · 28/04/2018 16:24

Hi,
Does anybody have experience of having a baby in a one bed home? We love where we live and have plenty of space (flat is 850 sq foot) just no second bedroom. Ideally we would like to live here until the (hypothetical...) baby is 18months. Any thoughts? Are we being silly trying to conceive now? Thanks for any advice!

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Bubblegum89 · 28/04/2018 20:28

Back in the day, women would pop out 7,8,9 babies and live in a two bedroom house lol. It’s absolutely doable if you’re happy enough to make some adjustments with space. I currently live in a 2 bed house which I absolutely love and don’t want to move out of anytime soon. I already have a 9 year old daughter so if I was to have a baby, we would have to compromise on space too, my parents had 3 of us in a 3 bed. I wouldn’t let space put you off ttc

expatinspain · 28/04/2018 20:31

I lived in a one bed flat with DD until she was 7!! It's totally doable for 18 months.

PerpetualStudent · 28/04/2018 20:38

I've got 2 in a one bed flat! I think it's genius - prompts you to avoid falling into consumerist traps of tonnes of kid stuff, and allows us to live in a good area of a big city with lots of activities and opportunities for the kids on the doorstep.
Baby cosleeps and pre-schooler had his own bed and 'space' cordened off with a chest of drawers in one end of the room, works perfectly!

Battleax · 28/04/2018 20:39

I can’t see any issue at all.

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Ridethewaves · 28/04/2018 21:08

Thanks so much everyone, I really appreciate your comments. We're new to all this and everywhere you look people talk about preparing a nursery for a newborn which has been giving us doubts over the last few days. Reading your posts has given us the confidence to crack on :) perpetualstudent what you said has totally inspired me, sounds like you have a great attitude to family life!

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tomhazard · 28/04/2018 21:13

We did it until DD1 was 9 months - it was fine. We got a big wardrobe which we shared with her, and had a cot in our room. When she slept through we would sometimes transfer to a travel Cot in the sitting room when we went to bed as she was a bit of a noisy sleeper !
It was absolutely no drama but I was glad of more space when we got as she was crawling and loved having a bit more room for that

Mumlife101 · 28/04/2018 23:49

We have a 1 bed & DD is 10 months now. It's be fine, really... we have lots of space to. We're considering splitting our bedroom to make her a room but it wouldn't have a window. But I'm just seeing it as a Space for all her stuff & just to sleep so not sure a window is wholely necessary? Be nice but we love where we live & right now this seems a favourable option. But yeah that won't be happening for months & we've coped fine.

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Ridethewaves · 29/04/2018 06:15

Yeah, that does sound a good idea with regards to a place for all the stuff mumslife. We had an architect have a look at our flat with regards to creating an extra room, they said for fire risk reasons a bedroom should have two methods of egress, and told us we wouldn't be able to sell it on as a two bedroom place without this. That said I think it's what works for you and your family now that matters more than selling on.

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CindyLouWhoo · 29/04/2018 06:36

I wouldn't but then I had two colicky reflux babies and I needed to be able to sleep somewhere I couldn't hear the screaming! I think it all depends on the baby you get.

namechange2222 · 29/04/2018 07:08

My DD rented a two bedroomed flat when my GS was born. He's now almost 5 and his room has never been slept in until very recently. It's perfectly do able and he's a lovely well balanced little boy just felt happier sleeping with his Mum

Mumlife101 · 30/04/2018 21:08

I agree @ridethewaves sorry for late reply. If you're like us & really love where you live I just can't justify the move for a bedroom right now! We've be giving up so much just for a bedroom for a 10 month old who really doesn't care! Seems mad?

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