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We didn't.... we didn't even have the crib up! Jewish superstition states that you don't put ANYTHING in the nursery until after the baby is born, but we compromised and just didn't put the crib up because we had a bassinet in our room so I figured that wouldn't be a huge deal.

I liked having her close so I could just wake up and see her breathing whenever I wanted. I know people have video monitors for that.... but nothing is like having the real thing right next to you.

Not right away...he was waking up every 2-3 hours in the beginning and it was just easier to have him next to our bed so I didn't have to constantly get up to feed him. We moved him into his crib (in his own room) at about 4 weeks old because he was VERY noisy and he had started to space feedings out to every 4 hours or so. We do have a video monitor though, if we didn't he would probably still be in our room.

We put her in her crib in the nursery starting when she was 5 days old. She is a REALLY noisy sleeper and we all sleep so much better when she is in her room. We keep both bedroom doors open and have the video monitor on at all times. Sometimes if she is super fussy she'll spend part of the night in the rock and play next to me so I can easily rock her when she wakes. But I am more anxious about her being in there than in her crib. And she definitely does her longest sleep stretches in the crib too.

I'm subscribing to this post. I didn't know people didn't put babies in cribs immediately until reading it here. We have no room in our bedroom for anything but our beds and dressers. If I put the baby next to me in a Rock 'n Play, I wouldn't be able to get out of bed. The nursery will be steps away. I don't really feel like I have much of a choice but to put in the crib immediately.

We put DD in her crib in her room from the day we brought her home from the hospital. I would just get up and go into the nursery when she woke at night to nurse.

we didnt plan on it, but we basically did. We used the bassinet from our UBV for the first 2 nights, but I couldnt sleep because I was convinced she was suffocating in there, so on night 3 we put her in her crib and slept in her room with her (there was a queen bed in there in our old house.) We liked it. Got her used to it, if I woke up I just had to peek in there to see her, and she seemed to sleep better,

We laid her in there the normal way, but someone told me after the fact that you can put them the opposite way (like head and feet facing the side rails) to make them feel more enclosed. I dunno.

@JerricaBenton: What was their reasoning on nowhere but the crib? Is it preferable even if the parents can't sleep in the same room?

We put B in the crib right away but we have a guest bed in his room so we have been sleeping in there with him. Once SO goes back to work next week, I'll probably stay in the nursery a few more weeks while SO moves back to our room upstairs.

I have with my two girls and we will with this baby as well. The nursery is right across the hall, so it isn't a big deal to have to walk over there. My oldest did just fine with it, she was an ok sleeper, it took her until 3 months to sleep through the night. My second came home from the hospital and we had to wake her to feed her, so she slept just fine. We had no problems using the crib right away.

I had considered doing straight to crib bc several peeps told me they did it & their babies always slept great- never had to transition, etc. But now that she's here and so tiny and sweet, I need to have her near me until she's a little bigger and I'm more confident in my parenting abilities meeting her needs. We have a bassinet but she is NOT a fan, and she ends up sleeping in her Snugabunny swing at night, right next to me, with one of my eyeballs open & on her all night. I do random checks to make sure she is breathing:). I know I could see her breathing on the Motorola if she was in the crib, but I love the immediate gratification of touching her or poking her gently and knowing she's ok!

From everything I have read, the crib is the safest sleeping environment for an infant. There are certain bassinets that are as safe as cribs based on the regulations, but they are a lot more expensive than a Rock & Play. I'm pretty sure we'll use the crib from day one when we have a LO, and just keep it in our room. It's also recommended that babies sleep in the same room as their parents for the first six months, so we'll try to do that.

No clue what we're going to do. We have a rock n play, but I'm not keen on the baby sleeping in there all night -- it doesn't seem as safe as the "flat" sleeping options of a crib, pack n play, etc. We have a pack n play but honestly, while our bedroom is a decent size, there's no good place for it except the foot of the bed, and I'm afraid (irrationally so, probably) of the dog knocking it over or something. The nursery is right across the hall, we don't have a huge house or anything, so the plan right now is crib from the start, and we'll see how I feel about it once we start. I know AAP recommendations are baby in the room with parents for 6 months, but I just don't know if we can do that.

@LivsMama: we did the same. On day 3 we took her out of the UBV bassinet and put her in the crib.

Her crib is in our room since we live in a 1 bdr apt.

We put her in the crib on day 1, but I did sleep on the nursery floor for the first 3 weeks since our bedroom is far away from the nursery. After the three weeks we installed the video monitor and I moved back to the bedroom.

@JerricaBenton: Yeah, I think so -- it's just like a bassinet. What I've heard about the rock n play is that it forces the baby into a chin-tucked position, which can cause SIDS (not that rock n plays are linked to SIDS, but it's a loose correlation). Somebody correct me if I'm wrong, I think I read that on another board, though. We plan to use the rock n play for living room naps and stuff.

@ladyfingers: Right - that's what the nurse in our class said about the rock n' play - now I remember. Okay, thanks. I think we can fit the whole pack n' play in the bedroom. I know what you mean about worrying about the dog though!

@daniellemybelle: I just checked on the Healthychildren.org site (by AAP) and they said the safest place for the baby to sleep is in your room in a crib, play yard or bassinet with a flat, well fitting, firm mattress with nothing inside. It looks like as long as your play yard isn't recalled, the mattress is safe for sleeping.

@sslm: a lot went right. We are very bonded and have a very special relationship. She's a terrible sleeper, though, sleeps mostly in our bed, and has a really hard time when mama is not right next to her :).

It's a blessing in many ways, but can take it's toll when you want a few minutes alone!

Our plan is to put him in his crib from day 1, our room is pretty small (we have an older home, all the bedrooms are pretty small). The crib, in the nursery, is maybe 10 steps from our bed. All the bedrooms are down the same hallway so I see no point in jamming a pack 'n play or bassinet into our small bedroom, when he's only 10 steps away. I think it'd be hard to nurse laying down anyway, so I'd have to get up regardless, at least that's my inexperienced FTM thought process

I don't plan to put a bed in his room but if things are pretty rough the first few weeks, my plan B is to have him in a rock 'n play or pack 'n play in the living room and just snooze on the couch. We have two dogs though, so I just really feel like he's going to be safest in the crib, away from their curious, cold, wet noses! They're sweet dogs, very good with kids and adults, but I don't want them to have access to LO while I'm asleep (which is my fear with a rock 'n play or pack 'n play in the living room).