New baby - need some positive thoughts!

[playfelt]

I think you are along the right lines by limiting the number of places the new child needs to adjust to all at once. I too have an upstairs and basement play areas but when I start a new child we stay upstairs for the first couple of weeks so they are getting used to that first. Because they are generally babies the older kids go to the basement during baby naptime so it also means we are further away from the crying which helps.