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Sleeping arrangements

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Megankate2112 · 29/05/2017 08:05

My daughter is 10 weeks old and weighing 12 pounds, she's also very long! Her last measurement she was 57cm. I don't think she will be able to sleep much longer in a Moses basket as she likes to stretch out. I'm worried about putting her in the cot in her own room because I don't want her sleeping on her own yet I'm worried she's too young (the cot is far too big to move into our room) what would people recommend?

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NapQueen · 29/05/2017 08:06

Travel cot in your room?

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Megankate2112 · 29/05/2017 08:10

Hi :) I thought about this but wasn't sure if a travel cot could be used long term? Ideally I want to sleep in the same room till she's 6 months so wasn't sure if that would be ok to use x

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RedBeanie · 29/05/2017 08:11

Is there space in her room to fit a small bed? Or on the floor?

FlipperSkipper · 29/05/2017 08:12

Ikea do a cheap-ish small cot, might be worth a look to see if it will fit in your room. Or a travel cot as previously suggested.

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Megankate2112 · 29/05/2017 08:15

I could probably get a sofa chair in the nursery which crossed my mind but it would mean 4 months of a very uncomfortable sleep for me!! What sort of ages did your little ones sleep in their own room alone? Not sure if I'm just worrying too much!

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dementedpixie · 29/05/2017 08:17

We managed to fit the cot along the bottom of our bed.

DoubleCarrick · 29/05/2017 08:18

We use a crib for ds. Not sure if it'll be big enough for you? I wouldn't want ds in his own room till six months either

dementedpixie · 29/05/2017 08:19

Neither of mine went in their own room until 8 months. I wanted them to stay with us until 6 months as per SIDS guidelines

GreenRut · 29/05/2017 08:19

Yes we did a travel cot in this situation. We bought a high end one and if I recall correctly we bought a proper mattress for it so it was fine, just the same level of comfort for them.

ElspethFlashman · 29/05/2017 08:19

Use the travel cot. Especially if it has a bassinet level. I bought a cheap space saver cot (and ended up using it for quite a while) but my SIL used a travel cot and it was great.

readyforno2 · 29/05/2017 08:26

When we had ds1 our cottage was too small for a real cot.
He slept in the travel cot till he moved into a bed. One of the ones a pp suggested with a bassinet. We bought a really good mattress for it though, it was handy whenever we went away as he was still in his own 'bed' if that makes sense.

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Megankate2112 · 29/05/2017 08:28

Thanks everyone I'll probably go with the travel cot idea with a proper mattress! Only thing is where she can go for her naps (we have a three story house so lugging things up and down is no good!)

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dementedpixie · 29/05/2017 08:33

We used the carry cot bit of the pram and then the reclined bit of the buggy for downstairs sleeping

Newtothis11 · 29/05/2017 08:53

Can you move things out of your room to make space? A chest of drawers for example may give you enough room??

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Megankate2112 · 29/05/2017 09:37

Unfortunately not, our rooms are very small and it would be extremely cramped as the cot is huge!

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Dinosaursdontgrowontrees · 29/05/2017 09:41

We had this problem with ds. We bought a half size cot off eBay for £15. Proper cot but small. Ds is 15 months and still very happy in his.

FATEdestiny · 29/05/2017 09:42

Megankate2112

Do you have furniture in your room aside from the bed?

Chest of drawers?
Wardrobe?
Dressing table?
Bedside tables?

Any/all of these can be moved out of your room and into the nursery, until baby is over 6 months and ready for own room.

TittyGolightly · 29/05/2017 09:44

Can't she nap in her pram?

My daughter was 55cm born. We never had a Moses basket but she slept either on me, beside me in bed or in her hammock for the first 8 months. She napped in her pram.

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Megankate2112 · 29/05/2017 10:07

Our spare room only fits a bed and fitted wardrobe, there's only room for the Moses basket in there and our master bedroom is an attic room, there's no way we'd get the cot up there unfortunately!

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Megankate2112 · 29/05/2017 10:08

Yeah that's a good a idea we normally just keep the pram in the car for space reasons but could bring the carry cot part in, although it won't be long till she's outgrown that as well!

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FATEdestiny · 29/05/2017 11:00

our master bedroom is an attic room, there's no way we'd get the cot up there

Most cots are flat packed.

We have a master bedroom that is awkward to get furnature into. It means furniture has to be built in the room.

The cot was put together in out room and to get it into nursery when older, was taken down, moved, rebuilt in the nursery. It's really not that inconvenient to do this.

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Megankate2112 · 29/05/2017 11:43

I was more looking for advise on alternate sleeping places for her as I'm afraid there's just no room in our spare rooms for her cot to be moved! Also we sleep in the spare room atm as it gets extremely hot in the master (attic) room x

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Newtothis11 · 29/05/2017 12:19

Would you have room for a next to me? They fold up. Our DS is tall and he's 4months we've just moved him into his big cot- but there's still room in the next to me.

Chicco also do a travel version that still has the good mattress.

FATEdestiny · 29/05/2017 12:45

Thanks everyone I'll probably go with the travel cot idea with a proper mattress! Only thing is where she can go for her naps (we have a three story house so lugging things up and down is no good!)

This will probably be your answer then.

The problem will be lowering baby into the travel cot and/or bending low down into the cot to settle baby. I wonder if this is your first child? Because experience would tell me this is totally unworkable.

The benefit of a proper cot is that you can make the mattress height higher, so no lowering baby right down to the bottom. If you can fit a tracel cot, then a space-saver cot (I think Ikea do one) would be better.

Daytime naps are better in something that moves until about 6 months ish, when naps extend. So your best bets for daytime naps will be:

bouncy chair
pram
pushchair
sling
rocker
swing

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Megankate2112 · 29/05/2017 13:29

Yes she is my first child but she's extremely good with her naps, once she's asleep for bed time she's asleep till the morning !So it would be no problem with settling her :) we currently have a rocker for her downstairs so I'll continue to use this and the pram

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