Baby light sleeper

My baby is a light sleeper which makes it a nightmare for me when I need to get ready in the morning or need to do jobs round the house. I don’t have a safe place to put her when I’m getting showered so I need to wait til she’s asleep. If I got a playpen, is it okay to leave her in that downstairs on her own while I’m upstairs? Can I put her in this during the day too? I feel bad because I don’t want to stump her development of crawling or make her feel trapped or like she’s in trouble.

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Honestly, , we have white noise on whenever she naps and it just doesn’t seem to make any difference 😬 She hates the bumbo chair and complains if she’s in it for too long. In the cot she ends up rolling around and playing or throwing up when she’s on her tummy which is the last thing I need when getting ready. I’m just at a loss! Honesty feel like crying because I can’t get myself fully ready anymore I always feel half done.

Is there a way you can put a camera on her? Then take the monitor with you for piece of mind?

our baby monitor is attached to the wall of her bedroom but I don’t want her being in her cot unless it’s nap time or bedtime 😬

Can you not move it downstairs whilst you shower? X

Don’t worry about it 😩 It’s clearly just me with this problem. I’m finding life so difficult at the moment

My son only contact naps so I can only do things when he’s awake. I leave him downstairs if I need to quickly do something but I haven’t left him to go have a shower. But I’m desperate for things to change too. X

With my older one I used to leave her in the play pen with a few toys and her mobile on while I jumped in the shower.

Might sound daft, but I think it’s because their hearing develops more at 7 months so I presume it could be that. You could put a baby monitor on him when he’s asleep. X

she’s a girl ☺️ I’m not sure what you mean. But I put the monitor on and white noise so I just really don’t know what else to do!

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