Am I completely over reacting? Well, yes, but I feel justified!

[mum2seb]

Ds2 is 7months old, and dh has been badgering me to move him out of our room into his own - especially as he's an early riser (5am or so). He made some comment this evening - at bed time- that he was still in our room, so I completely flipped out, threw all the junk that we'd been storing in ds2's bedroom into a corner, and made up his bed. The temper tantrum, I suppose, is to hide the fact that I really don't want him to be in his own room! He sleeps really well in with us, and I can't bear the thought that he's in another room! I know, clingy mother. He was in a crib, it's not like he was in our bed. I just feel completely shit that my little baby is in another room! And knowing that this is it (no more kids - ds1 has a medical condition that made ds2 a case of russian roulette), makes it even worse for me. Argh! Sorry, just needed to vent somewhere!

[funnypeculiar]

Ah - just sympathy here

dd is our second and (probably!) last & didn't move into her own room until she was nearly a year... kept finding excuses.

Having said that, when she moved out, I realised that it was actually quite nice to have my room back (eg to be able to turn the light on & read in bed!). But then again, she was still coming into our bed every night, so I wasn't deprived of her totally!

Have you told dh how you feel - he probably just sees it as a 'practical' issue ... whereas to me it was about her not being 'my little baby' anymore

[Ceebee74]

Perfectly understandable and not unreasonable - I felt the same when we moved DS at 6 months.

It is quite a big step but like Funny said, it didn't take me long to realise the positives (exactly the same - being able to go to bed and read - bliss!)