Sleep environment

FTM with a 17 day old so we’re still figuring out what works for us - but we have a travel white noise machine that has a dim light (was just from Amazon) which we keep on in the night and gives us enough light to see the baby. I also put the Owlet camera up over the next to me crib so I can see her in the dark (if she sleeps in it that is 😂) - originally it was only for when she goes in her own room, but I found it really comforting to use and see what’s going on!

I couldn’t sleep if it was too dark so we just have the room as normal and a red light for when changing and feeding wich works great and allows all of us to go back to sleep quickly. We try not to make a too big of a fuss about sleeping arrangements as we want to have a sleep anywhere baby/toddler.

She is three weeks old now and wakes every 2-3hours and feeding, changing, back to sleep takes usually around 30-60 minutes

My general rule with my first baby was not to introduce anything I didn't want to continue forever. So we never did pitch black room, because I didn't want to have to rely on that in future. Worked really well because we didn't have to worry in the summer when his room was lighter in the evenings.

Dark and quiet is fine, and then light and loud in the day

We have the red light on low all the time, so we can still see!

I actually found it much easier to go into the nursery to feed and change, as i could barley see with just the red light and pee was everywhere🤣 in the nursery i use a dim orange lamp to see

Completely dark room and I have a little light chicken (bought in Amazon) that I push in my bed for any needs I have during the night... Best buying ever

They say pitch plack but I find it hard to see what I'm doing with changing and feeding her though is the only thing despite having the red light on the thermometer