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1 bedroom flat..

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jegular · 28/04/2015 20:24

Hi all,please put my mind at ease..my husband is worried we won't cope in a 1 bed flat-i think well be fine..as we are first time parents it would be great to be given advice.i think we can have the baby in our room to begin and then in the lounge-he's worried we can't then chill out and watch TV but surely the baby can cope with some noise and should get used to the noise??

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Nolim · 28/04/2015 20:27

Having a baby living in the lounge sounds like a bad idea imo. Specially if you will be watching tv there.

seventeen · 28/04/2015 20:34

I managed until ds was about seven months and then it just got too much having him in the same room, we were disturbing each other's sleep.

Could you sleep on a sofa bed in the lounge if this happens? Even so it's not ideal long term. I don't think having the baby in the lounge would work at all.

Doyouthinktheysaurus · 28/04/2015 20:35

We did it until ds1 was 9 months old. He slept with us in our large bedroom though, we never could have had our baby sleep in the lounge. That's a terrible idea tbh. You need a space to relax and unwind.

Friends of ours survived on a one bedroom flat until their ds was 5! No idea how they coped mentally but their ds had a bed in the bedroom with them.

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88blueshoes · 28/04/2015 20:36

How long until you can get somewhere bigger? I have friends who seemed to manage fine but they moved to a two bed after six months.

WonderingWhatNext · 28/04/2015 20:46

We live in a one bed flat in an expensive area with outstanding schools. DS is four. We've got a living room and a dining room but not yet got round to converting the living room to a bedroom.
He's got a bed in our room and we all love it.
He will need his own space before school and so we need to alter things soon but it really has been fine.
That said, I'd be happier sharing the bedroom with a sleeping baby than the living room...

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jegular · 28/04/2015 22:00

Thanks for the honesty girls..jeez no idea what to do now..

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slightlyconfused85 · 29/04/2015 21:56

We did it until dd was 9mo- it got a bit harder once she was mobile and interested in getting about. Once she was sleeping early evening we would put her to bed in her cot in our room. We would then watch TV and Potter in the sitting room. When we were ready for bed we would pick her up and PUt her in a travel cot in the sitting room which we used as a play pen in the day. It was all completely fine. Good luck!

lornathewizzard · 01/05/2015 12:58

We're in a one bedroom so 9 month old DD is in her cot in our room. Before she was 6 months she would go to bed in crib in the livingroom and then we would move the crib through to bedroom once both of us were in bed (which tbh was sometimes 2 or 3am - husband a nightowl and I got some uninterrupted sleep, hoorah!).
Now I am happier to let her sleep 'alone' she just goes to bed in our room. Having the livingroom to chill out in is quite good tbh.

lornathewizzard · 01/05/2015 13:00

And just to clarify, we did have tv etc on when she was in the livingroom, so yes useful to get them used to noise etc.

AntiHop · 02/05/2015 01:37

My 8 month old dd shares our bedroom as we don't have a spare room. You make do with what you have.

AlwaysDancing1234 · 02/05/2015 01:43

It's do-able, we were in a 2 bedroom flat when DS1 was born and due to changes in circumstances (job move/redundancy) we didn't manage to get a bigger place until DS was 6! Had DS in his cot in our room (the only bedroom!) til he was 2 then we made the bedroom his and we slept in the lounge on sofa bed. Not ideal but we got a good mattress topper so it was comfy and we got super quick at setting up/putting away the bed. Wouldn't recommend having baby in living room to be honest.

AlwaysDancing1234 · 02/05/2015 01:45

That should say We were in 1 bedroom flat with DS was born (sorry - too tired!)

LittleMoaner · 02/05/2015 12:28

Ds is currently 15 months old, and we are in a one bedroom flat.

He was in our room until he was 7 months old. His cot is in our living room now.

It is hard work, and I do find it crammed but hopefully we will be moving to a 2 bed soon.

My parents had me and my sister in a one bed flat. They moved when I was 2 and my sister was a few months old. I was obviously too young at the time, to remember how they managed with such limited space.

LittleMoaner · 02/05/2015 12:35

Also my sister is currently in a one bedroom flat. She has two sons one is 19 months, the other is only a few days old and just out of hospital.

She is on the housing list, waiting to move, but in the mean time will manage.

WhizzPopBang · 02/05/2015 12:40

How much space does your one bed have? We had DD in our room til she was about 6 months, then it drove us a bit bonkers so we put our mattress in the living room and slept there for a few months (covered it with a nice bedspread in the day and put the pillows away). When DD was 10 months we put a partition across part of the living room and created her a separate bedroom, but we had enough space to do that - what's left over is a decent size. We're contemplating no.2 whilst still living in our now 1.5 room flat!

It's do-able but I'd considered where you and DH can escape to to sleep if needs be. Invest in a sofa bed for the living room maybe?

slipperytales · 02/05/2015 12:45

We've been in a studio flat for twelve years with our 2 boys and it's cosy but fine! We make use of furniture/curtains as dividers and always use headphones when watching TV etc. We spent a lot of time visiting local places/parks when they were younger, and now we use bunk beds/loft sleepers and declutter ruthlessly.

Doyouthinktheysaurus · 02/05/2015 15:53

Wow slipperytales y

Doyouthinktheysaurus · 02/05/2015 15:54

Sorry. That can't be easy. We only lasted 9 months!

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slightlyconfused85 · 02/05/2015 19:56

Buggerlugs have you done it though? Not ideal but completely manageable while baby is still a baby. Loads of options as above which will still allow you evenings to yourself

missinghome123 · 02/05/2015 20:33

We lived in a 1 bedroom flat for 2.5 years with DC1. It was absolutely fine. We put her to sleep upstairs at night (from about 4 months or so when she was sleeping longer stretches). We would chill downstairs then join her upstairs to sleep. We had a sofa bed in our living room and occasionally slept there too. In case you are wondering, we had sex downstairs or put DD to sleep in pushchair and used our bed . We had a nice, cheap flat in central London and staying there meant we had extra Money for a deposit when we eventually moved. We look back fondly on those mornings with all 3 of us chatting in bed.

missinghome123 · 02/05/2015 20:35

Definitely declutter and buy minimal baby things or borrow/ buy second hand and resell. Check out apartment therapy website for some good space saving ideas!

Tequilashotsfor1 · 02/05/2015 20:38

I couldn't cope in a one bed

But I'd put a sofa bed in living room and baby sleeps in other

Cupoftchaiagain · 02/05/2015 20:43

1 bed flat, still here, dd is 3 next month. I would take 2 bed like a shot but until our budget improves (renting) we would have to give up so much else in space, area, neighbours, that I would rather stay here. Dd was in our room till last month when I partitioned off part of living room with bookshelves and made her a space. She adores her 'bedroom' and it is good having our room back. Miss the sofa though...

Cupoftchaiagain · 02/05/2015 20:45

Sids advice is to have baby in with u till 6 months anyway so u will have plenty of time op to decide if it is working for u.

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