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It is better for the child to be closer to the parent, To hear the voice,smell the scent, and have the comfort of knowing for the child that the parent is close by.
I actually started this thread a while ago, asking where people thought a newborn should sleep (as I'd heard different things from different people). The results were overwhelmingly in favor of a newborn sleeping in their parents bedroom.
With that said though, I think parents have to determine what is going to work best for them. My mother recently purchased a cosleeper for me to set up, so Johnny is going to be right next to me when he arrives late June / early July, at least for the first few months!
I'm still going to outfit the Nursery with a crib, changing table etc so he has somewhere to nap during the day, but at night I think that it will give me peace of mind knowing that my baby is safe and close. I realize that a baby sharing the bed has an increased risk of SIDS, but I don't think this will be an issue with a Cosleeper as the baby kind of has it's own space while still being next to me (if that makes sense).
Thankfully, an earthquake could hit and my husband would sleep through it, so he's not concerned at all about the baby being in our room as it's rare that anything will cause him to wake up during the night.
Overall- I think every parent, baby and family is different, and they have to do what's best for them.
I think the concept of having a child in a separate nursery is becoming a more old fashioned idea nowadays- a lot more parents seem to be going the attachment parenting route. My husband and I will be doing a mix of attachment and traditional parenting ideals with our baby and other future children, basically a combination of 'the best of the best' the way we see it
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We had 3 and they all turned out fine in their own rooms, and my mother had 9 and we all turned out fine with none of them sleeping in the same room. Whatever you feel like doing, but it seems to me that parents, especially new ones need some sleep too, and babies make a lot of noises at night.
Yeah. I'm not into the whole idea of co sleeping or having the baby in the room.
When I have a baby I'm sure by the end of the day ill want a break and want to watch tv in bed, talk with DB etc.....and not have to worry about keeping the baby awake.
A baby monitor is good enough.
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