The risk of SIDS has been shown to be decreased when Baby sleeps with mother for the first 6 months. The recommendation is that Baby sleeps 'separate but proximate' to the mother, so the bassinet in your room sounds ideal.
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We kept DD in a bassinet then crib right next to our bed for the first 8 months. It worked wonderfully for us. For me personally, she just seemed to small and new to put all the way across the hall where I couldn't check on her. Then, she started waking up more during the night (she had been sleeping 8 hours through from 1 month), so we moved her into her room. She seemed to sleep better in there with her sleep sheep and monitor, and we slept better too. We're planning the same type of thing with our next baby here in May.
We're in the exact same boat! We have a brand new baby and a 2 year old with his own room (across the house).
We have a co-sleeper next to my side of the bed right now. I feed and change baby in the living room, but that way I can grab him before he really starts howling and wakes the house. We'll probably move him over to big brother's room somewhere between 1 or 2 months- when he can start sleeping through the night.
Personally, I like having my baby close by right at first. DH would be happy to plop him across the house right from the get go, but as long as there's not too much hollering going on in our room at night, he's ok with this arrangement.
We tried co-sleeping with my now 2 1/2 week old DD. It didn't work out for us, now she sleeps in the living room in her playpen until I can fanagle the DH to put the crib together. She does just fine, i hear her when she starts to cry even without a monitor. My 14 month old son sleeps through most of the time during her crying during the day/night. It just depends on what you want to do.. There really isn't a right or wrong answer. Good luck to you guys!
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We also have a two bedroom apartment. One room is the bedroom and the other is the playroom. Our 15 month old son cosleeps with us. Actually he moved to a toddler bed in our room when he was nine months. Our new baby will also cosleep. I just feel safer with them close by at night and there is a lot of good research about the benefits of cosleeping.
We're in the same boat. I will do what we did with the first baby and keep this one in our room in a bassinet for the first 2 or so months and then move them to the other room with a baby monitor.
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