Crib in a playroom?

[boiler717]

Some friends offered to give us a crib and crib mattress. We've already purchased one for our nursery, but I was thinking of using it in the playroom so that the baby could have a nice spot to sleep on the first floor for naps. I was planning on setting up a PnP in there. If you had a free crib and the space would it be worth putting it up there or would you pass?

[Deleted]

I think it would take up too much room. We have a twin bed in our playroom for guests but it doubles as seating. My parents have a crib at their house which is nice to use for visits. Could you take it and bring to grandparents?

[jeaniebueller]

If you have the space, I would go for it.

[boiler717]

Oct 11, 2015 7:07:52 GMT -5 @notquiteblushing said:

I think it would take up too much room. We have a twin bed in our playroom for guests but it doubles as seating. My parents have a crib at their house which is nice to use for visits. Could you take it and bring to grandparents?

How much bigger is a standard crib than a PnP? My parents only live a mile away but maybe we could set it up in the play room for the first 6-9 months (when they won't be sleeping over there yet) and then move it to my parents when we start overnight visits.

[boiler717]

The room is 13x11, so plenty large enough I would think. The crib would go under a window is that okay? There aren't strings on the blinds.

[Velar Fricative]

Even if it takes up the same space, I prefer the portability of the PNP in case I needed to make more room for something else in the playroom (the toys are neverending lol). So if I accepted it, I like the idea of keeping it at the grandparents' house.

[boiler717]

This could help my "which PnP" dilemma too. DH was insisting on the 4Moms Breeze because it has a large elevated sleeping area, but I hated that it is 30 lbs and not super travel friendly. Maybe then we could get the Lotus or Bjorn PnP instead that is more travel friendly?

[Willis Jackson]

I would pass.

[sent]

I'd keep it and either put it in the play room or send it to grandma's. I'm a fan of one floor living and hate running upstairs and downstairs with the baby, it seems so much easier to just have everything on the same floor. Personally I find the PNP not super comfy so we have the Lotus crib for travel. DD has never napped in the Lotus except maybe twice when we were at other people's homes and that involved a lot of screaming before napping. We tried to train her to nap in there for a while when she was 11 mo - 14 mo and she wouldn't do it. She'd either refuse to go in or just play with one foot sticking out because she sensed we would zip her up and she wouldn't be able to escape. When we traveled to hotels, I set the Lotus crib up right on top of the bed and she crawls in and falls asleep and then I zip it up. She also has a full size crib at grandma's but DD and I go there several nights a week since I work late and my mom babysits.

[Jalapeñomel]

I would give it to grandparents. A PNP makes more sense in a playroom than a crib, IMO.

[thebreakfastclub]

We had a downstairs PnP, but I only used it when DS was a newborn. After maternity leave, we were done with it.

He slept in his real crib right away at night, so I just started putting him in for day naps too.

[miamigirl]

I wouldn't do it, it would take up too much space and wouldn't be that useful.

[cricketwife]

I'd only get it if you want it at the grandparents. But your replies sound like YOU want it and think it's a good idea so just go for it!

[heygrey]

get it and use it for now, then when you want more space for toys move it to the grandparents or pass it along to another new mom.

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Oct 11, 2015 10:00:05 GMT -5 heygrey said:

get it and use it for now, then when you want more space for toys move it to the grandparents or pass it along to another new mom.

This. I would take it. I would've loved for my struggling to sleep DS to have a main floor spot (His room is downstairs). 

Also both of my kids HATED the pack n play and would just scream in it even as newborns. 

For free it's worth it and it's not like the take down is super hard. Send it to Grandma's if you decide you don't need it. 

[anna7602]

I'm having a hard time understanding the benefits of having two cribs in one house, even though I know many people have much larger homes than we do. Even when we are visiting my ILs' 3000 + sq foot house, I put DS in a crib on the second floor for daytime naps. It would be lovely if he were closer to us when he wakes MOTN, but it's really not an issue at all during the day.

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Oct 11, 2015 10:14:47 GMT -5 anna7602 said:

I'm having a hard time understanding the benefits of having two cribs in one house, even though I know many people have much larger homes than we do. Even when we are visiting my ILs' 3000 + sq foot house, I put DS in a crib on the second floor for daytime naps. It would be lovely if he were closer to us when he wakes MOTN, but it's really not an issue at all during the day.

With DD I shared this same sentiment. She was a much easier sleeper and my only so I didn't have chase anyone else around all day. 
She was also on the main floor, so I could throw her in and be done. 


DS was an up every hour kid for the first 15 months of his life. He also slept down stairs. Hated anything other than the crib or his swing for the longest time. I got so tired of running up and down steps. And sometimes I wanted him to lay down somewhere out of the reach of his sister touching him too. I also didn't want to hang out downstairs all the time either. 

Both of my kids also considered PnPs torture devices. DD stills "NO" every time I pull it out and she's 4..haha.

I wouldn't run out and buy an extra just to make my life easier, but if someone was going to give it to me, I'd have taken it.

[thebreakfastclub]

Oct 11, 2015 10:14:47 GMT -5 anna7602 said:

I'm having a hard time understanding the benefits of having two cribs in one house, even though I know many people have much larger homes than we do. Even when we are visiting my ILs' 3000 + sq foot house, I put DS in a crib on the second floor for daytime naps. It would be lovely if he were closer to us when he wakes MOTN, but it's really not an issue at all during the day.

It helped me post c/s to avoid steps until I felt better and more confident in holding DS and having some decent core strength. After that it was not needed, but it was a big help then.

[imojoebunny]

I would pass, and if they are good friends, tell them about shelters in your area that can use them. There is a homeless women's shelter near us, where they can always use cribs, since people move out to apartments, and do not have bed for their babies :-( My son never had a crib, just a pack n play. Not for financial reasons, just because he liked it better, and we travel a lot.