Would it be ok if my bedroom is upstairs and the nursery is downstairs

Question

My husband and I are looking to buy a new house. There is one we really like, the problem is the master bedroom is upstairs, and all the other bedrooms are downstairs. I was wondering if that would not be a good idea to have our babys nursery so far away from out bedroom.

Answer 1

Bad idea, unless you like running up and down the stares in the middle of the night.  BUT, if you really like he house, go for it!  If you do get the house, please consider having the baby sleep in your bedroom.  This can be done by learning about co-sleeping, or putting the baby in a crib or bassinet next to your bed.  Co-sleeping parents end up getting more sleep because they don't have to get up and out of bed, to walk to another room when the baby wakes up.  They just move the baby to a place where they can latch on.  If you're not comfortable with co-sleeping, at least all you have to do is stand up and step over to the crib.  These two methods make sleep a lot easier for new parents and infants.

Answer 2

Buy the house and a baby monitor.  You could have the house for 30 years; junior will only be getting up through the night for a few months.  I would keep the baby in the master bedroom while s/he's still waking up at night to feed.  After that, keep them down in the nursery with a monitor.

Answer 3

I don't know.  I'm two sided on this one.  We have a monitor in our home that also shows video so I can see my daughter and hear her.  I thought I would be okay with her only 8 feet away from our room but the first night I put her in there, I could not sleep!  We kept her in a cradle in our room for the first 4 weeks but it was too hard because every little noise we made would startle her and she would wake up.  Downstairs is kind of far away.  If you feel like you would be comfortable with him/her that far away go for it.  Give it a try for a while and see what happens.  Good luck!

Answer 4

As a mom of three and a natural worrier, I made sure that I had a crib or bassinette in my bedroom until the baby was about 4 months old. You can always make a nursery in any room, and still have the baby in your room for convenience and safety. After the baby reaches a certain age, you can certainly move it into the nursery and buy all the monitors and/or cameras to help keep an eye on them. Once you have your baby, you won't want to be so far from it. If you like the house, get it and make small adjustments for the first year of the baby's life. No need to make set rules for where it will sleep based on where the rooms are. Good luck!

Answer 5

aahhh no! you always want to make sure your new borne is close to you to make sure he's safe

Answer 6

It would be fine. Just but a good monitor and make sure you have home security. The only problem I see is when the baby gets to be around 3 years old and realizes how far away you are. He/she might protest then.

Answer 7

It's a bad idea, in my opinion. You will have to run up and downstairs--a lot. Plus, if the floor your baby will be on is the ground floor, it's not very safe. You would never hear it if someone broke in or tried to take your baby. Of course, you could have your baby's room close and something horrible like that could happen anyway--hopefully not. None of us want things like that to happen. But the main thing is it is too far from you when you have to get up in the middle of the night to take care of baby. If your baby slept through the night it might be one thing--but not all babies do that. I can say it would be very nice to have the baby on the ground floor if that is where you spend all your time during the day--but the night is the reason why I wouldn't do it.

Answer 8

We bought a new house 3 months before our baby was born.  Our bedroom is on the mainfloor and the other bedrooms are upstairs.  I have moved into the spare bedroom next to my baby's as I couldn't take running up a dozen stairs, in the dark, 2 or 3 times a night - when your baby is crying and it takes you even another 30 seconds to get to him - it was just too much.  

Answer 9

That is perfectly fine, but I would get 2 different baby monitors for the nursery and your room just in case one stops working in the middle of the night.

(has happened to me)

Answer 10

honestly i would not feel comfortable at all having my new born that far from me... also think about how annoying it would be to go downstairs each time your baby cries at night.

how about having the nursery downstairs but putting her crib in your room... until she is old enough to be moved to her room.

Answer 11

It will be a bit unconvenient the first few weeks if you are home (especially if you had a C-section) You will want a monitor for sure, The baby may wake up at night at random hours at night. Make sure you have a baby monitor, now the have a screen with one too, where you can see ur baby too.Make sure the baby is on her back and has one oth those sid* sides where the baby wont roll over, she/he should sleep ONLY on its back to prevent sids*. I hope this helps. In my opinion I would get a little bassinet in your bedroom for the first few months...Good Luck!

Answer 12

What we did was had our kids sleep in a basinet in our room until they were able to sleep through the night (about 3 or 4 months for my kids).  That way they were always close when they were getting up at night and by the time they were in their own room I knew they would just sleep all night so I didn't have to worry about not hearing them.  

Answer 13

I'll be honest - we tried doing this.  It did not work well.  We ended up moving to the guest bedroom which was downstairs next to the nursery.  Now we are expecting another baby and I don't know when we will ever get our real bedroom back again.