To want to put the baby in his room?!

[KathrynOfArrogance]

My first child will be 5 months on the 4th December, he's currently in a next2me crib, next to me obviously!
He's pretty good with his sleep normally wakes two or three times and only has one nightfeed (most of the time!)
I just want my side of the bed back and be able to have the quilt over all of me and not be afraid to cough! Oh and also be able to munch chocolate in bed while watching Netflix!
But the thought of having to go in to another room to feed him really puts me off

Go for it, you won't regret it

Having your own room back is amazing (we had a baby on either side in mext2mes) but I do miss them now and the feeds are much easier when they are right there.

I kept all of mine in with us for as long as possible

We move DD at 5.5 months when she was having just one night feed at 5am and that slowly got later and later once she had moved. I loved having my bedroom back and we all slept much better.

I wouldn’t move a baby into his own room at 5mths but then again DS is 1 next week and still in our room!
I don’t think it’s as simple to say “you won’t regret it” it works fantastically for some but for others it doesn’t work at all.

I don’t think you will regret it if you do. You’ve done really well to last that long.

I sympathise. DS2 is 16 months and still in a sidecar cot (well, actually mostly not in it, but rather starfishing in the middle of our bed ). I’d like to put him in his own room but actually can’t face getting up in the night to feed, so am sticking it out until he stops feeding at night. I still remember the bliss when we finally got rid of DS1 though at two and a half .

Don't rush it believe me you'll miss them once they're in their room.

I was really reluctant to put my son in his own room. I wanted to keep him close and kept him in his next to me until I had to move him as he has outgrown it. The first few nights I was so upset but it’s honestly the best thing I could have done! He slept a lot better straight away, we could go to bed and not worry about disturbing him, watch stuff on the tablet, turn lights on etc. Really glad I did it. Expecting ds2 now and will move him out a lot sooner than ds1 I think.

DO IT! I waited for 8 months with first DC as couldn't imagine my tiny baby being all alone the other side of the hall.

It was amazing, should have done it sooner!!! We all slept so much better!!!

I moved my DD into her own room at 6 months and my DS into his own room at 5 months. I moved DS early because we moved house and there wasn't room for him in our room, plus he had outgrown his Moses basket. It worked well for us with both of them, but ours don't wake at night for a feed.

If you want to do it, do it. I didn't want to, so I didn't. At this age either is fine!

I'm a light sleeper and so have both my babies been. Everyone's slept better after I moved them out. It's a bit more of a pain to get up to feed them but I have to feed them less often because I don't disturb them by coming to bed, and since I don't wake at their slightest grumble they sometimes settle themselves without me having to get up.

You can always try it and move them back if it isn't working.

I moved DD in at 5.5 months. She had been in a next to me cot. I was so done with not being able to cough / sneeze / read / talk to DH!

I have never missed her being in our room at all!

We moved DD around 5 months. It was best for her as the only thing waking her up at night ws us going in to bed!

Strongly disagree with anyone saying you’ll miss them once they’re out! Very occasionally I wanted a nighttime cuddle with mine... Until I heard him stir and would sit with bated breath and everything crossed that he’d go back to sleep!

Moved mine at 3 months (yes, yes, I know the guidelines) and everyone gets a better night’s rest. It can be a little frustrating at times when he’s poorly and I’m having to go to the next room twice in one night, but at least I know he’s not waking because I’m bothering him. So so worth it to get my room/bed/mental and physical space/sex life back.

If you want to, do it. You can always trial it then move back if it’s not working for you.

My first was 6 months, second nearly 1 as he shared with his brother and third was 9 weeks as she slept through about 6 hours.

DS1 was a hideous sleeper and once he'd calmed down a bit i couldn't wait for him to move out of our room as him being in with us was associated with some horrendous nights. DS2 (same age as yours OP) sleeps beautifully but will have to wait until we've sorted out his big brother's new room!

Mine went into her own room at 5 months

DS went in his cot in his room at about 6 months. His bedroom is downstairs... Thats a fucker in the middle of the night. even now and he's 4.

So glad I had mine before the guidelines of having them there for x months. Could not stand to hear them puffling, so they went in their own room from about 2 weeks. Like others have said, we all slept better, as I was disturbed less, and they learned to self settle more as you didn't respond to the first semi-whimper. I always heard them cry - no house in the land big enough for me to have missed that, even without baby monitor which we didn't need at all. But was able to sleep through the puffling.

It was years ago now, as my youngest is 16, but I moved mine out at about two months old.

That might be frowned upon, but they were good sleepers and it worked for us. It meant I actually started to get some sleep too.

I can't say I missed them, though at first did wander in and out to check on them a fair bit. I always had the baby monitor on.

We followed the SIDS guidelines and kept dd1 in with us 6 months. Dd2 we kept in for 14 months as her room was the floor below ours and she still woke at night.

I loved having mine in with us but we could made noise, turn lights on and didn't disturb them. I think 5 months is ok to move them out though.

Looking forward to getting my 3rd one out. He's four months, so not long now. Can't say I've ever missed the others given I like to wind down in my bedroom before sleeping.

At exactly 6 months we put DD in her own room, she slept really well in there.
as PPs have said I missed the occasional cuddle but really enjoyed getting our little bit of space back, needed it for my sanity!

Thanks all there's some great advice there!
I will prob spend all night watching the monitor when he does go but at least can eat chocolate whilst watching!
Those who have experience did you ever put them in their rooms for naps? I've just started doing this as he's just out the 4 month regression thing so has starting snoozing longer than 20 mins in the day, hooorah!
Also anyone any experience with using a sleepyhead in their own room? Yes I know it's not advised but we have used it from day one, the kid doesn't keep still and has been crawling for two weeks! So the sleepyhead helps him in that respect!