Nursery
Hi, I am going to be a first time mum in December, at the moment we have a double bed in the spare room (which is going to be the nursery) my initial plan was to sell the bed, do people think this is a good idea.
Or during the night do you think it’s good to have in case baby won’t settle, and I can sleep in the spare room with him.
Preferably I would want to sleep in the same bed as my partner so hopefully won’t need it.
I just wondered what other people did?
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We got rid of our spare bed as we wanted baby to have plenty off space as he grows. He’s been in his own room since 5 months over grew his next me a lot earlier than we thought & found he slept much better as he couldn’t hear us getting in and out of bed.
If he does get unsettled we pop in his room and he goes off if not we do have a nursery chair to sit and cuddle him.
Now he’s 1 and soothes himself too sleep
I would definitely keep the spare bed, but push your partner out to sleep in it, if you want to sleep alone with the baby. It is really practical and your little one won't need their own room for quite a while.
We have a spare bedroom and on difficult nights it was so helpful to be able to just tell the other to go get some proper rest :)
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