PP anxiety on housing.

Just had my LO 2 months ago and I’m having anxiety about our living situation. Idk why I bought this house a few months ago that we actually don’t like at all. One main floor bedroom and the rest in the basement. In a HOA and the lot size is small. Now I don’t know how we will have our baby sleep in his room if it’s downstairs. But we are close to everything we need. Groceries, schools, hospital, my husbands work. There is 2 new schools elementary and preschool being built down the block. The schools seem to be okay online reviews. I’m a stay at home working wife but the living area isn’t the best with a newborn & eventually with a second kid. I feel stuck cause housing is expensive everywhere else and we put so much money into it already. What do I do :( ? I know it could be worse but I need some outside thoughts and suggestions rn to help me see clear. My brain is so foggy and maybe I’m just not thinking right. Is there a brighter side?

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Can you share a floor plan of your home? May help others to help you visualise your space. Will baby be in your room for the first 6 months? It's what's recommended here in the UK due to risk of SIDS. As an anxious mum I would be looking into next to me cribs for your situation to ease those initial worries too.

@Hannah yes just added it now. Baby is in my room currently but after he grows out the next to me a crib will not fit in here comfortably. I’m more worried for when we have our 2nd kid too

OK child 1 is all we can worry about for now, have you considered having both your bedroom and child's downstairs? The up bedroom be your lounge? The lounge space is right where you'll be working in kitchen and feeding little one so it would make the perfect playzone. When you have child 2, it may mean swapping some rooms if you intend to stay in this house, but will be worth it. At the start, can swap you go back upstairs as I think the upper bedroom is bigger and so more room for baby. As they get a little older, perhaps they can share with their sibling (depending on age gap and legalities) and you move back into the lower ground bedroom (so swap lounge and bedroom again). When toilet trained, you move child 2 into the swap room, and you guys reclaim the upper bedroom as yours and your lounge space can be a lounge again. Or permanently have children share room and you take other lower bedroom and the upper bedroom stay a lounge. Less swapping about. You don't have to worry until baby 2 comes though 😘

@Hannah thank you so much, you put my mind at ease. I will try this out 🫶🏼

You're very welcome. Just see how you go with first child and glad to have eased your worries :)