New Baby, what room to ut the basinet in?

I brought the basinet up from storage and we'll have a bundle of joy to put in there soon. Right now we have a daughter about to turn two. She sleeps in her own room in a crib. We have two bedrooms and a living room. We'd thought about keeping him in our room so when he cries it won't wake our daughter, but have also heard toddlers can learn to sleep through. Our space is really limited, but we want to do what is best for the kids. What do ya'll think?

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kids sleep in the kids room. That is my hard and fast rule.

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We coslept...so I obviously don't have a problem with kids in our room or even our bed. I think it's an old wives tale that kids will learn to sleep through a crying baby. Even with the babies in our room...if they were loud enough, siblings woke up. It would depend on the kid I guess. Also...at the beginning it can be easier to have the baby in your room for night feedings and diaper changes. Even if the crying didn't wake them...having mom or dad in the room feeding and soothing an infant can..as well as diaper changes in the night.

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having our first kids in the bedroom with us was a huge reason my first wife and I had issues. Also, there are serious issues later on that can be avoided by establishing solid bounderies in the early days.

Get a good monitor, have the baby sleep in the kids room, and work hard to share the duties as much as possible.

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I think it's more about what works for each family. If having children in your room puts your marriage at risk, don't do it. However, it worked wonderfully for ours and we have no boundary issues with our 12,9 and 6 yo. They also now enjoy their beds and bedrooms and had no problems transitioning.

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That is a good thing. I am glad you were blessed in that.

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We always had our newborns in the same bedroom as us...I felt happier having the baby close by, and being able to respond immediately to the slightest cry. Also, a I breastfed, I didnt have to drag around, half-asleep, to see to the baby's needs. And it didn't present any problems when they came to sleeping in their own rooms later.
But it really depends what you and your husband feel happiest with, and what works best for you.

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Although our son sleeps like a rock, when our daughter arrived on the scene we kept her in a bassinet in our room so that I could breastfeed as it was much more convenient. Also, our son had a great sleeping routine at night and we did not want to take a chance on breaking that up since he needed good rest to get through preschool during the day.

When training our daughter to sleep through the night (which took me about 2 weeks), we transferred her to a crib in the kids' room and my son and I swapped beds (i.e., he slept with daddy and I slept in his single bed) - so that her waking and crying through the night would not wake my son while she got used to her new bed.

My husband was happy to not be disturbed nights and my son was still able to keep his routine. We all knew it was a temporary arrangements, so we toughed the 2 weeks until she was sleeping through, after which both kids were sleeping right through peacefully in their own room in their separate beds.

Hope this helps. But in the end you have to go with what works with you and your family.

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Although I was a bit older when my sister was born (5) when my parents put her in my room it was a nightmare for me..of course, she was a nightmare baby. Whenever she cried during the night (which was most of the night) it woke me up and I could NOT get back to sleep. Some kids can sleep through anything..my 3 year old won't budge for anything when she's asleep..trust me, I've tried to wake her before and I can't.

As far as putting the baby in your room..I think that's fine. Emily was in our room for the first 6 weeks, then she got moved into her own room with a monitor. I NEVER put her in bed with us and I will NEVER put any of my children in the bed with me, I see no need in that (not condeming those who do it, this is a personally choice) and it can create bad habits later on for everyone involved.

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We placed our youngest in the same room as his sibling. It wasn't an issue. Sibling slept through the night.
I'm also a parent who didn't whisper or keep the house very quiet while the babies napped. I made sure to have noise around and live MY normal life so my children got used to there being noise.

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