DS is 2.4 mo and has been a pretty good sleeper this last year. First year of his life was hell and the memories of sleep deprivation send me into a panic whenever anything changes sleep-wise.
We have builders coming in this week to basically demolish his and the spare room and replaster etc. Approx month's work. The options are, he either sleeps in our room (in the loft conversion) or the play room, which is on the ground floor so 2 floors away from us at the top.
Initially I dismissed the tiny play room as I feel its just too far, plus it's off the kitchen so we'd be creeping around all evening and I'd have to prepare our meals before he goes to bed. But over the last week or so he's developed a bit of a liking for our bed and has even started waking well pre 6 am (usually wakes around 7) asking to come in with us. We've had an up and down few weeks, he was poorly, I was poorly, we had house guests...so I've brought him in with us a couple of times and of course he hasn't gone back to sleep. It's only been once or twice but the desperation in his voice has me freaked out and convinced this is the next hurdle we are about to encounter, sleepwise. I know it's an issue we'll need to tackle properly and I'm ready to do that, I just feel that having him in our room is a recipe for disaster!
So, what is the consensus for having him sleep so far away from us? I'm not too worried about security and we'll have the monitor, it just seems lonely for him to be so far away and its a long way to go if he does wake! plus the toys might be too much of a distraction!
I'm also dreading getting him back into his own room when this is all over, especially if he has got too used to sleeping in with mummy and daddy!
Sorry so long, thanks in advance for any comments