https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 09 May 2026 04:03:55 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bedrooms-on-different-floors#post-13204 Thu, 10 Nov 2011 09:24:01 +0000 SugarplumsMom 13204@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our bedroom is upstairs and the (soon-to-be) baby room is downstairs. We intend to have the baby in a bassinet beside our bed at first ... then we'll just wing it after. An option is to set-up the crib in the entertainment room beside our bedroom but I know I won't feel comfortable having LO sleep alone downstairs until s/he is a toddler. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bedrooms-on-different-floors#post-13193 Thu, 10 Nov 2011 08:58:09 +0000 Adira 13193@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. D - Thanks! That's definitely encouraging! I guess I'll just have to try things out and figure out what works, but it's good to know that it's not TERRIBLE that I'm planning on having them on the second floor alone while we're on the first.</p> <p>@Artbee - That's a good point. Currently my best friend and her daughter come over and spend the night once a week and she puts her daughter to bed upstairs (though she also sleeps with her once she goes to bed) and it is nice that we don't have to whisper or try to keep it down when we're still up since we're downstairs and far enough away from the room that we don't wake her, though if she wakes up and starts crying, we can def still hear her. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bedrooms-on-different-floors#post-13005 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 20:04:54 +0000 Mrs. D 13005@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wouldn't switch rooms, too much hassle!<br /> I like the idea of keeping them in a bassinet or cradle in your room for the first while, and then moving them upstairs. Just use the baby monitor to keep tabs so you feel safer. they'll be fine! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bedrooms-on-different-floors#post-13000 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 20:00:36 +0000 heffalump 13000@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think I'd have mixed feelings about it. On one hand, I'm still checking to make sure my baby girl is breathing at least once a night, even though she doesn't wake up, so it's nice to have her just door away. But that's just my own issue,</p> <p>On the other hand, she's a very light sleeper so it would probably be nice to have her a little farther away so we wouldn't have to whisper and tip toe after 7:30 every night. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bedrooms-on-different-floors#post-12918 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 18:23:36 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 12918@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira - I think we're going to convert one side of our room into a nursery while the baby is a newborn (not pg yet) and then transfer to the downstairs when she/he is a little older. (Or buy a new house!) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bedrooms-on-different-floors#post-12823 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:50:00 +0000 Adira 12823@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Green Grass - So very similar to our situation, just opposite. Do you have kids yet? If so, what are you doing? If not, what are you thinking you'll do when you have them? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bedrooms-on-different-floors#post-12813 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:44:41 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 12813@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our bedroom is upstairs and the other 2 bedrooms are downstairs on the opposite side of the house. It's definitely not ideal... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bedrooms-on-different-floors#post-12313 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 11:05:41 +0000 Mrs. Sunglasses 12313@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>yes both will be upstairs but we will have monitors even though for my son we wouldnt really need one seeing he walks like a 20 tonne elephant. haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bedrooms-on-different-floors#post-12301 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 10:59:50 +0000 Adira 12301@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Chopsuey119 - haha, you may be right! I may not be willing to separate and I'll end up sleeping upstairs until they are older. Although I do plan on having two kids and so at some point, I'd have to move back into the master bedroom because I don't think they'd both fit in one bedroom upstairs, haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bedrooms-on-different-floors#post-12269 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 10:41:43 +0000 chopsuey 12269@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Probably when they start sleeping through the night. I think I'd be nervous leaving my baby alone on a different level though.. even with a monitor. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bedrooms-on-different-floors#post-12261 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 10:35:26 +0000 Adira 12261@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I will probably definitely need a monitor, but my husband's a pretty light sleeper, so I'm guessing he'll be able to hear them without. I guess we'll find out though! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bedrooms-on-different-floors#post-12260 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 10:34:40 +0000 Andrea 12260@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Haha. Yeah, no problem. As long as you can still hear from downstairs somehow it is fine! We can hear our LO without the moniter if she does wake up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bedrooms-on-different-floors#post-12255 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 10:30:33 +0000 Adira 12255@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thank you for your advice! This makes me feel soooooo much better! I was freaking out about what to do and I really didn't want to move into the extra bedroom upstairs for a long period of time since our master bedroom and master bath are like the BEST ROOMS EVER! You guys rock. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bedrooms-on-different-floors#post-12241 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 10:21:36 +0000 Mrs. Bee 12241@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think it's fine to leave them alone once they're sleeping thru the night and you can hear them with a monitor. Our bedroom is on the first floor and the kids' rooms are on the second floor, but we can hear them without a monitor. Well I can but Mr. Bee can't. In our last apt our bedroom was far enough away that we couldn't hear Charlie without a monitor and it was fine. I guess the only fear would be an electrical outage! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bedrooms-on-different-floors#post-12237 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 10:19:21 +0000 Andrea 12237@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira - Yes, I think so. My daughter sleeps for 12 hours at night and doesn't need me anymore! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bedrooms-on-different-floors#post-12227 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 10:13:14 +0000 Adira 12227@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Andrea - Thanks! So you think it's okay that once they are sleeping through the night, to leave them upstairs on their own? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bedrooms-on-different-floors#post-12222 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 10:10:46 +0000 Andrea 12222@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think the issue is more convenience for you. It would have been such a pain in the butt to be on different floors at first. There were nights when my daughter woke up every hour so I would not have liked going up and down stairs, too. So I would suggest just to be on the same floor as your baby at first, be it upstairs or downstairs. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bedrooms-on-different-floors#post-12217 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 10:07:04 +0000 Adira 12217@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Blushink - haha, sorry, I think I new that you were pregnant too. :P So will you keep both children upstairs once your new one arrives? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bedrooms-on-different-floors#post-12212 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 10:03:41 +0000 Mrs. Sunglasses 12212@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira, my oldest will be 22 months when baby 2 will arrive. I'm currently pregnant </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bedrooms-on-different-floors#post-12206 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 10:01:23 +0000 Adira 12206@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Jbhops - I think I'll try to keep them in our room initially while breastfeeding, but I may not be able to do that for very long. I'll be on maternity leave for 12 weeks, but my husband's leave will probably be much shorter. I may opt to sleep upstairs with the baby while I'm still nursing so that my husband can get a full night's rest when he has to work without the constant interruptions (my husband is a light sleeper).</p> <p>It may also depend on how well I'm able to sleep with them in the same room as me. I've heard from a few moms that sometimes it's easier to have the baby in a separate room so that all the noises they make don't keep you up all the time. If I have trouble sleeping, then I may want to put them in one of the rooms upstairs and I would move into the one next to it in order to still nurse easily but also get some sleep.</p> <p>@Blushink - how old are both your kids? Is the youngest 2, or is the oldest 2? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bedrooms-on-different-floors#post-12200 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 09:55:23 +0000 mediagirl 12200@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't really have an answer for you on when they can be left upstairs alone but I was wondering, would you plan on keeping them downstairs with you for a while while nursing? That way you don't have to live upstairs, they can just live downstairs in your master suite in a bassinet or crib and then maybe move them upstairs once they are less night-feeding dependent? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bedrooms-on-different-floors#post-12198 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 09:55:14 +0000 Mrs. Sunglasses 12198@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Well, I think you have to do what you think is right. We have 2 bedrooms upstairs and 1 downstairs. Our issue is that 2 kids don't fit in the current nursery and if we wanted to put the 2 kids in our room, our furniture doesnt fit in the smaller bedroom.</p> <p>So even though my son will only be 2, he will be upstairs with his siblings and our room will be downstairs. We will transition Mavrick to have a big boy bed because we do not want to purchase another crib. I think it depends on your kids too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bedrooms-on-different-floors#post-12196 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 09:44:32 +0000 Adira 12196@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Okay, so we haven't even start TTC, but I'm totally trying to plan ahead.</p> <p>Our house is two stories. The master bedroom is on the first floor, and the other two bedrooms are on the second. I'm wondering... at what age will it be okay to leave the kids upstairs by themselves? I'm thinking that when they are newborns, we'll move into one of the rooms upstairs to be close by, but I don't want to live up there forever (our master bedroom is AMAZING).</p> <p>When will we be able to put up the gate over the stairs and move back into our room? </p>