Putting baby to bed

[Itsnotmessitsashithole]

DC is one week away from 6 months.

Still in our room, which we have no plans to change but at the moment when she goes to bed, we go up with her - as per SIDS guidelines.

My question is, we are considering putting her to bed and coming back downstairs with video monitor on.

Should we wait until next week or start from now is the dilemma. When did you start putting baby to bed on their own?

(Having her in a Moses basket downstairs is no longer an option - she outgrew it at about 6 weeks)

I have to admit we started putting our DC to bed with a monitor before that age. So that they were in a darker room, and got used to ‘bedtime’. One week won’t make a huge difference unless they were very premature.

It's not like a magic switch goes off in your baby at 6 months old - assuming they were born full term, 1 week is not going to make a massive difference! So if you would be happy to use the monitor at 6 months, no reason not to do it today.

I admire your dedication to the guidance but there's no way I'd be going to bed at the same time as my baby once she outgrows the Moses basket.

About four months when her bedtime started creeping forward. From five months she has gone to bed at 6.30/7 and I went up about 10/11, and at seven months she moved into her own room.

The peak time for SIDS is 2-4 months. I would start leaving your baby upstairs now as long as you are comfortable with it

Thanks. I know it sounds silly as it’s only one week but pfb and all that.

She was two weeks overdue so no issues there.

I think we will give it a go tonight then.

With our first we kept him in our room until 7 months and put him up on his own front just over 5 months.

With the second he was in with us just under 12 months, and we took him up from 6 months.

At this stage I would give it a try, you have the monitor and can check frequently through the evening.

Enjoy the time together while bubs is asleep upstairs, its really weird at first haha!

The sixth month rule is pretty non measurable when you think about it. Its only a rough guideline. The majority of parent decisions should be just that, using as much common sense as you can muster. You are overthinking this

About 4-5 months when it became clear he needed dark and quiet instead of us two fidgeting around. He stopped being able to sleep through it.

We started putting DS to bed in his own upstairs with a non-video monitor when he started needing a proper bedtime at 6/7pm and would no longer put up with staying downstairs with our noise, lights etc. I would just bite the bullet and do it - you don’t need to wait a week.

And enjoy having your evenings back!