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Moving prem baby into own room?

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laughingeyes2013 · 25/11/2013 05:15

I am not comfortable placing my prem baby in his own room at 5.5 months old.

I know the recommended SIDS guidelines are for this to be safe at 6 months, but I can't find any information about prem babies.

He has many risk factors, premature, male, accustomed to sleeping prone (due to severe reflux) and currently being treated with steroids for croup.

My husband, on the other hand, believes that baby will sleep through if he's in a room on his own!

So I am doing my research to see if there are any different guidelines in relation to prem babies. And if I'm honest, looking for a reason to keep him in the same room as me for a little longer!

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IAmTheMaster · 25/11/2013 05:59

Hi laughingeyes! Me and my husband are constantly having the same debate!

I'm not aware of any formal guidelines, but I found two studies that suggested that preterm babies remains at risk of SIDS for longer:

//www.annalsofepidemiology.org/article/S1047-2797%2805%2900385-6/abstract

//www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7586906

The findings of the first article are summarised here:
//www.webmd.com/parenting/baby/news/20060207/longer-sids-risk-premature-babies

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laughingeyes2013 · 25/11/2013 13:06

Thanks very much for that!

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Artandco · 25/11/2013 13:15

I would say to continue as if its 6 months from birth. So if they were 6 weeks early, keep in with you for at least 7.5 months.. If that makes sense?

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laughingeyes2013 · 25/11/2013 13:18

It does.

That's my plan.

Thanks Smile

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AryaofhouseQuark · 25/11/2013 13:19

We left it till 6 months corrected age. I wouldn't do it if he was poorly either, even if he had reached the "right age".
Was was his gestating when born ?

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AryaofhouseQuark · 25/11/2013 13:20

Oh x post. I really missed it when they went in to their own bedroom. I loved hearing their snuffley bedtime noises. I even considered sleeping in their room but dp did this Hmm and I realised that I may have been a bit Tottenham.

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AryaofhouseQuark · 25/11/2013 13:21

Tottenham ? Good one auto correct. I meant ott

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laughingeyes2013 · 25/11/2013 13:27

He was only 5 weeks early but he's late own milestones such as smiling at 10 weeks instead of 6 weeks etc. so it's logical (to me) to do the SIDS thing on the corrected age too.

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AryaofhouseQuark · 25/11/2013 13:40

Your right. I did the same. Hope he gets better soon.

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MultipleMama · 26/11/2013 14:06

My non prem twins (14 month old) still sleep in our room! And we plan to do the same with our new twins, keep them for as long as possible. They'll share a snuggle nest & then co-sleeper. And hopefully share a cot, so we don't have to have 3 cots in our room!

Honestly, in my opinion, it's safer to have them closer, you can get to them quicker and become accustom to their sleeping/breathing patterns quicker and able to notice if something is wrong before the monitors.

If you do end up moving him, have you thought of using Angel Monitors?

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laughingeyes2013 · 26/11/2013 19:32

I have actually got an Angelcare movement monitor but the research seems to say apnea monitors don't actually prevent SIDS. Obviously they bring some (limited) peace of mind that you'd be alerted in the event of stopping breathing, which I felt the need to do since we front-lie him.

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Ilovekittyelise · 27/11/2013 21:01

do whatever feels right. for us that was moving (non preemie) to own room at 6 week, others prefer to follow 6 month guideline [i would struggle with that as wasnt raised on farm and unused to sleeping with pig in room!!]

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livenlet · 29/11/2013 13:14

My baby was born at 32 weeks and come home on oxygen also as with most prem babies has reflux , now 1 year is still in my room and will b untill im ready to put her in her room 2 nights ago was sick in her sleep I wouldnt of heard her if she wasnot in my room you have to do what you feel comfatable with if you move ur baby to soon you will not sleep and will be stressed which your baby will feel , when YOUR ready mum good luck

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LittlePeasMummy1 · 06/06/2014 23:11

We moved DD at six months corrected. We also have an Angelcare monitor

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ChazzerChaser · 06/06/2014 23:15

I've no expertise on prem babies, but if it makes you feel any better about how you feel, my 18 month old is still in my room. I like him there, I'd worry otherwise, and its a lot easier if he wakes as I don't have to get up. So there's nothing outlandish about going beyond 6 months. To my mind its a minimum not a target.

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Poppet45 · 07/06/2014 01:35

I'd keep him w you. Prems have double the sids risk which is doubled again w reflux. My blood still runs cold when I think of the number of times it went quiet in dds bednest so I'd take a big loud breath and she'd hear me and do the same. Her brain wouldnt always remember to keep breathing and she needed that cue!

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Bankholidaybaby · 30/06/2014 00:41

I slept in my son's room until he was 6 months corrected, and I still do it now, at 8 months corrected, when he's unsettled.

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AnotherStitchInTime · 30/06/2014 07:45

I have moved my prem baby over at 4.5 months corrected (he was 6 weeks early), but he is in a room with his two sisters, both of whom snore like trains.

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RoganJosh · 30/06/2014 07:49

If he sleeps on his tummy I would definitely err on the side of caution.

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