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

I moved DS2 into his own room at 6 weeks. He snores so loudly that he kept me and dh awake to the point that he was sleeping in our room, but we weren’t.

I discussed this with my hv. She said “just because we recommend something, doesn’t mean you have to do it. He’s your child”.

Yes, in his own cot and room for naps and at nighttime. We have amazing blackout curtains in his room so actually they stay shut 99% of the time and he knows that his room is the place for sleeping. Has worked very well so far.

We put DS1 in his room a little after seven months but we really did miss him and he ended up sleeping in our bed a lot which meant I usually ended up half in his old co-sleeper cot as he somehow seemed to shift me out the side of the bed cat style! DS2 learnt to pull up in the co sleeper really early so we got a travel cot for him and that has been the perfect solution for us as he can sleep in our room but not right against my bed, he injures himself on it much less than he would on a wooden cot whilst he is going through his head banging stage and we can also move it into our spare room remember we want our room free, e.g. if I want to clean during his nap or when he has a cold and I reckon he'll snore a lot and might be sleepy enough not to wake for an extra night feed. If he does want a feed, I just being him into our bed and he can stay there until morning.

I think we did have an extra reason for not wanting to move him out though, which is that he and his brother will both move into our spare room on a shortie bunk bed and the spare room stuff will have to go in DS1's smaller bedroom so it's a lot of fuss and he might wake DS1 up overnight too.

We didn't do naps in DS1's own room first; he just napped in his co-sleeper with the side up in our room instead of in his carrycot downstairs. When he went into his room overnight, he then napped in there too.

adds blackout blind to Christmas list

DD has been sleeping in her own cot for naps since she was 8 weeks old and sleeps anywhere between 45 minutes and 2 hours in there. I wanted her in her own room to get used to it and so she was out of the way if the dogs started barking for absolutely no reason.

She's only just gone 4 months so I'm not moving her out just yet but I think I will after Xmas, we're down to one feed between 2&4am (she goes to sleep at around 7 and has a dreamfeed at 10/11) so I think if she wasn't disturbed as much by us and said dogs, she may not wake at all.

I put preemie Dd1 in at a year (correct advice for her circumstances) and it was great! However she was a great sleeper from day 1.
Dd2 I waited until she was sleeping through the night. She's now 3.5 and I'm still waiting 😮 apparently sleep is not her friend.

I put mine in the cot in their room for naps too, they used to do 2 hours at a time. (Sorry.) Good curtains are your friend. They learned this room was for sleeping from a few weeks old. Always put them down awake but drowsy, saying 'sleepy time now'.

@KathrynOfArrogance If you want a black out thingy... A gro anywhere blackout... I think we still have ours and it's no longer used. Happy to post to you...

Age 5 months is completely fine imo.

We ended up weirdly moving d's on the exact day he was 6 months but that was only becuase that was the day we had time to move all the furniture around.

@blackteasplease yes il have to do some furniture jogging as the floorboards creak like a witch on crack!

@cjt110 you absolutely lovely little legend that would be amazing! Please and thanks :)

Moved ours into her own room way before 6 months (won't say coz I know I'll get told off) but we all slept better after. 5 months isn't too young and you'll know your baby better than anyone, if you think it's time then go for it. I imagine the longer you leave it the harder the transition is anyway.

Yes, I did put them in their rooms for naps.

@cjt110 how did I not know about these blinds!!! Solves so many problems for us with traveling. I'm ordering one now 😁

OP yes I did put her in there for naps first of all.

DD was in a sleepyhead in her cot in her own room until she was 11 months old. She loved it!

And yes, I started putting her in there for the odd nap from about 5 months.

@cjt110 could you email me please so I can pay the postage :)
It's
Katence89.kd

At that googlemail dot commm ;)

Thanks! X

Dd went into her own room second night home. It was the only place for her, really. She was fine and whatever sleep I did get was better for not being able to hear all her gorgeous snuffles etc. PFB and all that, you know.

I wish I'd moved my sniffle monset earlier. The snoring and sniffles kept me awake while he slept blissfully.

Argos will be doing a roaring trade in those blinds! Absolutely genius!

My son was in his own room by 3 months! We had one of those swinging cribs and he just liked to move and more often he ended up with his legs between the bars! Decided it was safer to be in his big cot than the small crib.

We moved our LO at 6 months. I see friends who didn’t at that age and it seems to be impossible once separation anxiety kicks in. At 1+ they’re still in parents bed and parents have no idea how to move them out. If you’re up for co-sleeping that’s fine, but if you want them in their own room 6 months or so is a great time to move them!
That said, DD had 3,4,5,6 night feeds until a few weeks ago and it was exhausting getting up and going to her room and feeding her and coming back. Finally did some sleep training to get her off the night feeds. But I do enjoy being able to go to bed when we like and make some noise and be intimate and eat chocolate with crinkly wrappers and all the rest of it in our own bedroom.