To not want to put DD in her own room yet

[Ughnotagain]

DD is 6.5mo. We need to buy her a cot, she's outgrown her crib pretty much.

DH seems to be pushing to put her into her own room. I think we should make the effort to clear some space in our room to fit a cot in (which we could do). I don't really want to co-sleep with her (tried it last night and it was awful, I couldn't get comfy at all).

She's breastfed, so far sleeps pretty well (certainly compared to some other babies I know). But she still wakes a couple of times in the night, sometimes more. Her bedroom would be on a different floor and I just don't think I can be arsed getting up to go downstairs twice a night. I've gone back to work now so the more sleep I can get the better. I deal with all night wakings, most early mornings etc.

I'm not BU, am I? I don't think it's selfish to want to keep her in with us a bit longer.

Can't imagine being those who kept DCs in with them for a year or more. We moved our DCs to their own room after 13 weeks and it worked great (DC1 was a good sleeper, DC2 not quite so good).

Pyjama we used to but then it felt weird because DD breathes so loudly, it was a real reminder that there was someone else in the room now we just, er, find somewhere else...

Both of mine moved into their own room around 6 to 7 months. They had to as they outgrew the swinging crib which only squeezed into our room by blocking the wardrobes, and had to be constantly moved. They were still easily doing 2 nightfeeds for months. That wasn't too bad, I had a comfy chair and blanket.

The different floor is not appealing, so if I'd got the space to keep them in my room, I probably would have done for a bit longer.

Ah ok, sorry

Each to their own on the room thing I guess. There's no way I'd be leaving the room to get to a wakeful baby every night.

We kept dd2 in our room until about 7.5 months out of convenience and only moved her because she outgrew the moses basket, I did toy with the idea of putting her cot in our room but I didn't want to dent the carpet permanently.

It took a week or two for her to get used to it but I have to admit she does now sleep better and wake much less as it's quieter for her, she also falls back to sleep quicker.

OP, yes. She was breastfed. I was really dreading the move as I thought I'd be up and walking to her room multiple times a night but there's a spare bed in there so decided to go ahead with the move and stay in there if it got too exhausting. Never had to. I think when she was in our room I was responding too quickly to her mooching instead of letting her settle back. Also we were probably disturbing her too (dh snores a little at times).

Worth having a chat about - kiddo got moved at about 5 months because I'm a light sleeper and just couldn't take the little snuffly noises and snoring any more! (Turns out, he's also a light sleeper and sleeps much better in his room).

DC2 (11m) is still in with us as she still feeds in the night a lot

I am the one doing the wakings so I decide where baby sleeps.

Keeping her in your room in her new cot sounds like a good compromise for now, I'd do that for now (especially with her room on a different floor). Then when she's a bit older she'll be used to her cot ready for her own room. Most babies I know have moved out of parents rooms by a year but obvs everyone is different.