Protecting sleeping newborn from toddler?

[KAH1990]

My ds1 will be just turned 2 when ds2 arrives and I'm wondering what you all did about baby sleeping downstairs during the day. Obviously I wouldn't be leaving the two of them alone together, but I just don't know if I would trust to have a Moses basket - either on the stand incase ds1 pulled it down, or on the floor incase he drops toys or falls over it. He isn't an aggressive toddler, and he's usually very good when you say be gentle when it has come to seeing other babies or animals. But I would just like to be able to put baby down safely without the worry something could happen. Maybe I'm being a little paranoid ha. Wondering if there are any safe sleepers I could get other than having a travel cot in the room since they are very big and take up a lot of room??

 

[minties]

We don't have an upstairs as most houses here are one level. Can you not shut baby in a room by themselves?

 

[Cattia]

My DD tends to nap in the bouncer during the day and I just move it from room to room with me so I can keep an eye on her. When she's having longer naps I will probably out her upstairs in her cot with the monitor on but for the moment I prefer her to sleep near me.

ETA: If you're not wanting to move LO from room to room a portable travel cot downstairs would probably work. They are smaller than standard ones. Y ou're right to be careful as my DD1 tipped my DS out of his Moses basket when he was a few days old!

 

[Button#]

I do bouncy chair from room to room as well. Mostly though at the moment she sleeps on me and I do everything one handed

 

[MindUtopia]

I wouldn't be too worried about it. As you said, you'll be there and unless your toddler is toppling over large pieces of furniture, there's not much harm that can be done. I can't tell you how many times I dropped my phone and hit my daughter square in the face during a feed or while she was sleeping and she didn't even cry. They're pretty resilient. That said, my daughter almost always slept in a wrap when she was little, and definitely when #2 comes a long, we'll be using a wrap for all naps as it's much easier, baby is close to you and protected, and you can move around, go outside, take a walk with your toddler, go in the kitchen and make a snack without having to worry about leaving your baby unattended. So you might try that?

 

[zorak]

My newborn naps either in his bouncer or pack n play which we keep in the living room . I never leave my two alone though, my 22 month old can be v boisterous and doesn't realize his own strength. He's also on the 97th percentile for height so can reach right into the pack n play and likes to give baby toys which sometimes ends up with baby being whacked with them, or yesterday I caught him trying to lift baby out by pulling at his feet....

So yup if I leave the room at all one of them comes too.

 

[Dolly84]

I have an 18 month gap between my babies. I used to bring the Moses basket downstairs in the day, and ds rarely went near it, and if he did it was just to peak over the side to have a nosy at her. He hasn't once tried to tip it. Now she's a bit older (11 weeks) she naps in her bouncy chair through the day and I just have to keep an eye on him when he has his toys near her, I must admit he has tried lying ontop of her so he can give her a cuddle and kiss but ive managed to step in before she's been completly squished. Xxx

 

[Googiepie]

My little one either naps in either her swing or bouncy chair. I usually take my toddler with me if I leave the room. My toddler used to constantly go around baby and try to hug, kiss, touch her, etc. Now she's pretty much lost interest in her lol. I have a baby gate between the kitchen and living room so if I have to go to the kitchen I take my toddler and close the gate so she can't sneak back there. I've put a couple small toys that just stay in the kitchen and some in the basement so when she does come with me, she's entertained. This is usually little cars, ponies or dolls. Nothing that takes up too much room.