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where will your baby be sleeping?
Hello hope everyone is having a nice weekend.
I was wanting to know where evreyones newborn will be sleeping in its own room in a cot or in a crib/mosses basket in you room? or if you already have a lo where it slept when it was born.
I was dead set on having baby its its own room in cot from day 1. I have recently read though you should have it in with you as it can reduce cot death.so now I'm really worried and dont know what to do for the best. This will be our 1st baby and I dont want to make any big mistakes.
Thanks for any replies and advice X
I was wanting to know where evreyones newborn will be sleeping in its own room in a cot or in a crib/mosses basket in you room? or if you already have a lo where it slept when it was born.
I was dead set on having baby its its own room in cot from day 1. I have recently read though you should have it in with you as it can reduce cot death.so now I'm really worried and dont know what to do for the best. This will be our 1st baby and I dont want to make any big mistakes.
Thanks for any replies and advice X
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We were the same as you and changed our mind at the last minute and bought a moses basket for our baby to sleep in. He was by the side of my bed in that for the first 13 weeks and then he outgrew it so I had no choice but to put him in his cotbed in his own room. (It had got to the point he literally couldn't move, bless him!).
This was 2 weeks ago and he's slept 10-11 hours straight since doing this and I'm really pleased he's taken to it so well otherwise I dunno what I'd do!
I also sleep better now as I am not aware of the tiny snuffles and funny noises LO makes while sleeping....
Hope this helps...
[Modified by: Trackieann on February 09, 2008 08:37 PM]
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My mum told me she got so sick of my little sister's whinging that she moved her moses basket downstairs 8 days after she was born and switched the baby monitor off! Must admit I was quite shocked, but it makes sense - My sister's an attention seeker to this day...
Luckily the room next door is very close and even sound can be heard other wise I may of had baby in my room for 3 mths as most mothers do.
I think you will find what feels right for you.
My advice is follow FSIDs advice - their advice has seen dramatic reductions in the number of cot deaths since they started which demonstrates the validity of their advice.
Tori XxX (32+1)
Since FSID launched its "Reduce the Risk" campaign in 1991 in conjunction and with the support of the DoH the cot death rate has fallen by a staggering 75%!!!!!!
Even so, there are still about 300 cot deaths a year. FSID and government statistic show that 63% of cot deaths are babies under 3 months but that still means almost 40% over 3 months. The statistics also show that cot death is the leading kind of death in babies over one month old - claiming more lives than meningitis, leukaemia, other forms of cancer, household and road traffic accidents put together. All this info is on the FSID website.
As you can tell I'm a big fan of FSID
(please donate generously or hold a fundraiser!) they do a great job.
vikki xx