My baby was born five weeks early, he is unable to roll by himself yet as he is only five and half months old. Because of reflux we had always placed him on his stomach to sleep, but used an apnoea monitor for safety.
My husband is impatient for him to be in a room o his own. He thinks he will no longer need night feeds if he's in room on his own, and that even if he does wait for a feed, we can let him cry to settle himself rather than settle him like we have been doing (stroking back, shushing, giving him a dummy etc). Currently we can just reach out into the crib by our bed to do this while we are laid down, but if we put him in a room of his own we have to stand up and bend over him in the cot which wont be much fun in the winter. And I'm not in a rush to do it!
I am not happy to put him in his own room yet. My main reasons are that he can't roll on his own yet, and is still sleeping on his front because he can't get to sleep on his back (husband will not try to change to back sleeping even though the reflux is resolved now).
Also babies born prematurely are apparently four times more likely to encounter SIDS and males are more highly likely to die of SIDS. Babies that don't sleep on their back are at a much higher risk too.
Also, baby has currently got croup and is having steroids to treat this!
DH's giving me a hard time because he thinks that putting the baby in the room of his own will ensure we all get a good night sleep now.
But I'm saying that it's not unreasonable to expect an almost 6 month old baby to wake in the night for feeds still, and I don't want to let him cry it out. I also would prefer that he can roll before we put him on his own.
Of course, husband says I'm being unreasonable! So I thought I would ask here.