Where’s Albert Going To Fit?
I’ve been wondering a bit lately about where on earth Albert is going to fit.
No, not that way. I know he’ll be in Rae’s tummy until the stork comes and puts him the cabbage patch (note to self - buy cabbage seeds), I mean in the house.
Last night I couldn’t get to sleep as I re-arranged rooms until I came up with a plan that I thought worked. I ran it by Rae this morning and she said “oh, the cot will be in our room”.
Now Rae has done this before, although for some reason she looks at me funny when I talk about the stork, and she knows what she’s on about but I swear I read/saw/overheard that having a new baby sleep in your room was not the ideal situation. Have no idea where or who it was saying this but it made an impression at the time and now I’m all confused.
What do you all think?
And should I leave milk and biscuits out for the stork?
September 2nd, 2004 at 1:47 pm
I would operate on the reindeer principle for the stork - milk and cookies all the way! The only advice I can offer on the other matter, is that I was horrified to learn that my mum and dad kicked my cradle out of their bedroom after my third night home from hospital as my thumbsucking was ‘too loud’. And I was the FIRSTBORN. They should have been pandering to my every gurgle, for gods sake. I can only assume that my sister, and then brother, were made to bed down somewhere in the backayard. Gah.
September 2nd, 2004 at 1:49 pm
PS you need a link on the comments page to get back to Albert - help! I’m stuck!
September 2nd, 2004 at 3:16 pm
Tony,
I think you should do what Rae wants. She has previous experience on these things, but I think is savy enough to know if it is the wrong thing at the time to ask you to rearrange all the furniture again. - Which you will happily do…
September 2nd, 2004 at 6:47 pm
Tony,
There are several schools of thought on the sleeping arrangement thing, but as one whose infant slept in the room (and sometimes the bed) with us until 6 months of age - it can be lovely. You won’t regret the closeness and love it brings. And we found it didn’t interfere with the development of long sleep stretches at all; our baby was sleeping 8-10 hr stretches by 12 weeks of age, in her bassinet, 3 feet from my head.
Also, it is way, way easier for night feeds and I reckon it makes the baby calmer, because mum and dad’s loving presence is so close. Just my 2c worth :-)
September 8th, 2004 at 9:33 pm
Maybe you could hang Albert’s bassinet from a skyhook in the living room.
September 10th, 2004 at 1:32 pm
Nessa’s currently got Alex in the same room and it does seem to be a calming influence on the little one, like Kathy mentioned. I think it’s really whatever floats one’s boat. What works for you might not work for others, and yep, gotta remember that Rae’s been there before.
March 31st, 2005 at 4:39 pm
we’ve had our kid in our bedroom (& bed in fact for most of the time, although now we’ve pushed his cot up to our bed with the side off so that we have more room) since he was born. he’s over 18 months old now.
we all love it. he’s calm & happy. when i have to get up in the night to tend to him i don’t have to get up at all, i just roll over. shroom loved it when he was in the middle of us because he got to play with him & get poked in the eye & the nose & get his beard pulled.
it also helps to avoid the possibility of SIDS, since you can hear/sense straight away if there’s anything wrong. we’ve never looked back. :-)
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