We live in a 2 story house. And since our baby was born almost 18 months ago she has always slept in our bedroom. Now that she is bigger and has a toddler bed we would like to move her upstairs. Is she still too young? What is a good age to move her up there? My worst fear is a fire starting and her being trapped or falling out the window! Maybe I am just paranoid. I already have a gate to put on the doorway so I am really not worried about her and the stairs. She can get up and down them just fine. I would appreciate any suggestions.
Thanks for all of your suggestions and advice. We have decided to move her toys into the upstairs room and have her still sleep in our room downstairs. She seems to enjoy being in her own space and having more room to run around. We have a gate at the door that is much taller her and is the type that latches so I am not worried about her falling down the stairs and she has great mobility for getting up and down them. Thanks again! I am so glad that this website is here!
She is not too young. My daughter has been upstairs in her own room since she was 12 weeks old (now 21 mo old) and has always loved her room and her bed. I would imagine now is a great time to move her because the older she gets the harder it will be to convince her to stay in her own room. I would make the trasition gradual though...Good luck!
Do as you wish, but as a paranoid mother, I would not move her that far away from me. Even though she can get up and down the stairs what happens if she gets scared or needs you and can't get to you? If there are others who would be up there with her, I'd say go ahead... but put any 18 mo. by their self and there's a point that she's sure to be scared.
Just curious - is there a spare bedroom other than the babies upstairs? You might think about moving into it for a bit until you are more comfy with your little one sleeping in her own room. That way you are there beside her and it can get her use to sleeping in her own room as well as ease your uneasiness about her being there alone.
I can understand keeping emergencies in the back of your mind when it comes to moving a baby into their own room, my daughter has been in her own since she was 12 months. Just do what feels right for you and her.
I have a 17 month old and a 2 story house. She has slept upstairs in her babybed since we moved her when she was 10 months old. I still keep the baby monitor on downstiars in my room, though. Now....falling out the window is the least of my worries. Windows have screens and locks and they are higher up and she is too little to climb up or see out. And when I raise the windows, sometimes it is a pain for me. About the fire, chances are slim that will happen but if it does I do have fire alarms in every room and they do go off because I burned toast in my kitchen and boy were they loud and annoying. You say the step does not bother you. That is my biggest fear. My gate doesn't open up wide enough to be really steady plus I have other kids up there that get aggrevated when they go up and down the stairs and they move it and don't put it back. That is the reason that I haven't put her in a toddler bed. I still keep her in the baby bed with rails. Not sure what age I need to change.
I know you worry because you love your baby and would absolutely die if anything happened to her. That is normal. I just wanted to tell you that mine was upstairs and she is fine up there and maybe it would ease your mind. Another thing that might help too is that if there was a fire, i think that your mother instincts would kick in and you would know it. Also you don't go anywhere and leave her upstairs alone .... you don't get too far from her so if anything were to happen, you would always be able to get up there before anything happened. You really need some husband time alone in your bedroom. That is important that you still keep the intimacy. Get you a monitor and you will be alright. Everything will be ok.
She is not to young to be in her own room. Start by putting her down for her nap in her room. That was she will be able to get used to the feeling of being in her room. After she gets used to the naps, then start putting her to bed for the night in her room. When I did this with my son, I had to sleep in his room with him for 3 nights before he would sleep there on his own.
Every mom carries the paranoia of her children being harmed in the back of their head and from what I've been told it will never go away. But if you dwell on every negative that can happen to your child, you will miss all the positives.
I cant answer your question, But I wanted to tell you that I know what its like to be paranoid. I live in a 16x80 trailor in which my room is all the way at one end of the house and the other two rooms are at the other end, and they are also separated by the furnace and the kitchen. The two most likley places for fire to start. We are so paranoid that our 4 year old sleeps in our bed. I dont know what we are gonna do when the baby comes. So when it comes to being paranoid dont feel lonely.
no that is the age they already should have been in there own room.. we had a two storie house and my son was in his own room at like three mouths by him self it will be hard to get her sleping in her own room just buy baby montors so you can hear her in her room and then start not turning them on... anything just ask me ok....
My husband and I have a two story home with a "remote master" and children's bedrooms upstairs. When we were "blessed" with a third child I was very worried about a newborn upstairs. We kept a bassinet in our bedroom for about 4 months and then moved him upstairs. He is 2.5 now and has done great in his upstairs room.
Granted, my 4 and 6 year old are up there with him and that gives me some comfort.
I would recommend a clear fire evacuation plan and a stair guard if you have any concerns about your daughter sleepwalking or her stair skills.
We moved our son to a twin bed upstairs when he was 15 months old..He had always had his own room but it was next to ours..We needed the crib because we had twins on the way so it was just easier to put him upstairs..And the twins have always been in a room upstairs...I put a gate at his door so he couldn't get up in the middle of the night and fall down the stairs..I actually liked him being upstairs because I can't tell you how many times I went into his room downstairs to make sure his window was locked, I was always paranoid about someone climbing through his window and I didn't have to worry about that with him being upstairs..As far as fires go, we have 2 smoke alarms..One downstairs and one upstairs in between the kids rooms...
My daughter is 6 months and has been co-sleeping with us. The 1st of the year we are going to put her in her own room. We live in a one story but our room is on one side and her room and the spare room on the other side of the house. I have the same fear as you with regards to fire. I keep telling myself it's paranoia. It sometimes works; sometimes doesn't. We have smoke alarms as well but will make sure to have more than one extinguisher readily available. All any of us can do is take every precaution measurable. Good luck.
