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im scared and keep putting it of but today it wil be done

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starshaker · 06/09/2005 07:46

dd is5 months old and is getting too big for her crib. i have been putting off doing her room for ages cos i like her in with me so i can keep an eye. but today we are doing her room (just clearing out all the stuff then on monday having it decorated then she should be in it by next week sometime. is it normall to feel scared i wish i could put it off some more but we realy cant. feel sad

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SleepySuzy · 06/09/2005 07:54

Very normal, but it probably won't be as bad as you expect.

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shhhh · 06/09/2005 12:53

starshaker, dh & i are exactly the same as you about dd sleeping with us. She is 16 weeks and her room is complete..has been since I was 28 weeks pregnant! We love her sleeping with us (apart from the fact that she is now starting to wake during the night..see my other thread) and we don't really feel the need for her to go into her own room. In fact we tried her on her own for 1 night and then continued to put her with us!
imo, it's very normal but everyone is different. I know somene who put ds on his own from his first night home ..each to their own . Good luck.

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bandbsmum · 06/09/2005 13:04

Starshaker, do you have room in your room for her cot? If so, why not move it in, then she can still be in your room and it may make the trasition from crib to cot easier for her.

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starshaker · 06/09/2005 18:14

nope barely room for the crib wish there was room might have to set p camp in her room he he

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busywizzy · 07/09/2005 11:33

Starshaker, we put DS (now 5.5 months) into our big spare room when he was born on the basis that I would sleep with him until he was sleeping through the night and then DD (7 years) would move into this bigger room and he would move into her little room. Thought I would be desperate to move away from him in the night as I do wake with every little sound he makes but the other night, I slept with DH to get used to the idea of being in a different room from DS and spent the whole night getting up to check he was OK. How mad am I.

He has just started sleeping through so I know we will start to think about moving him soon and I know I am really going to miss 'feeling' him near me in the night.

Not much help but wanted to let you know you're not alone in your feelings.

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newmumhelp · 07/09/2005 12:01

I'm afraid i'm one of those evil mothers. DS was in his own room at 5 weeks. He was waking us up, and we were waking him. So we just went for it. He is 10 weeks now, and sleeps from about 8pm - 7am. Its great