Crib from day 1?

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I’d planned on putting our baby girl to sleep in her crib in her nursery across the hall (all but 10 feet away from our bed).
I’ve read a lot about co-room sleeping with a crib or bassinet, but I fear we just won’t have enough room. I think it’s supposed to be safer in regards to preventing SIDS. I wouldn’t consider co-sleeping in our bed as there’s barely room for just my husband and myself. 
I plan to breastfeed so I have a video monitor to look for hunger cues. I do have a recliner in the nursery for feeding late night, so I’m not too worried about convenience but rather her safety/comfort. 
Has anyone successfully done this? We’re there any major drawbacks? I’ve only got about a month before she arrives so now I’m slightly panicked!!

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I had a basinet next to the bed for the first three months (her room is upstairs an we are downstairs) she was a good sleeper an didnt make much noise but I found it so handy to be able to not move that much to get her. I BF an ended up bed sharing with her as id end up falling asleep while feeding her it was winter when she was born so it was nice. Our bed is plenty big enough that i had plenty of space for it to be safe for her. 
Moved her up to her room at 3 months then she started only waking once in the night then six months she started sleeping through. Dont stress too much you do whats right for you an your family everyone ends up doing something different to what they had planned anyway just go with the flow 😁 
Heres my baby 2 weeks old

Now at 9 months

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I did this. However I did sleep in the same room with her for the first 2-3 weeks. I don’t have to worry about transitioning to crib since sleeping in it at night time is all she knows. When I went back to sleeping in my room I got better sleep

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We did it with both our kids. It is recommended to have bub in your room for the first 12 months, but we weighed up the pros and cons, and found it was better for all of us to have them in their own room. 
Has worked out well for both. ATM my son is 6 months and has been sleeping through from 12 weeks. Yes, I had to get up to do night feeds at the start, but thought that was safer for us than me feeding in bed and potentially falling asleep with him. Hubby also needs proper rest as he works with heavy machinery, so didn’t want him disturbed every time bub woke. Another upside is there’s no transition later on. 
You just need to work out if it’s right for you or not. I would recommend to follow all the other sids recommendations though, if you do put bub in their own room

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We did with our first.  He was in his own room until he was perpetually sick from daycare - so the first 4 months.
We had a bassinet in our room, but he was so noisy at night, I couldn’t sleep - which kind of negated some of the benefits of room sharing.  He was probably 20 feet away from us and I didn’t have a video monitor.  We didn’t need it...he let us know when he was hungry.

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That sounds like nightmare personally. Especially when they cluster feed during the night, you'll forever be up. I couldn't do it but see how you go!

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We did this. It was the only way I could sleep- baby’s every breath kept me awake otherwise. We also used the Owlet monitor- it’s just a pulse oximeter. My husband loves gadgets. We never had any issues at all. We slept with both doors open & didn’t use any noise machines so we could hear baby well. We also used a video monitor. I just prayed a lot to have peace of mind- lol.

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It's fine. 
My daughter has been in her own room since she was 3 months.
I have 3 different monitors though on her all video and differently angled.
My pediatrician said babies are safe to sleep in their own room as long as in follows the safety guidelines.

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Yes from day 1 we did. I think the first week I slept in the same room as her, just so I could get to know her better. Well before the week was up, I stopped because she made so Many adorable noises in her sleep, my mommy alarm went off every 3 mins. We only had a hearing monitor and it was fine. We had the lazy boy in the room too. If you end up the Breast feeding doesn't work, you can get bottle warmers that you can keep 2 bottles in the back cold and the  heat it up all in the room.

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We put her in her crib from day 1 but it was in my room. For ease and because she was colicky we bought a rocking bassinet that sat by my bed instead and she slept in that for five or so months.

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