To ask when you put your baby in their own room

[Annabell80]

Despite my best efforts my 8 month old is a light sleeper. He frequently gets disturbed by me and my husband going to bed /getting up in the morning although sometimes he will resettle.
I would like to put him in his own room but my husband is really against it and says it's mean while he's so little. I'm sure our older girls were in their own room by 8 months (pretty sure it was 6 months).
What age did you put baby in their own room?

7 months for DS1, 18 months for DS2. It was a mistake keeping DS2 in the room with me for so long. I think 8 months is plenty old enough. The advice for safe sleeping is 6 months.

Six months.

Then when she was about five she came back and here she remains at 9.

I can't really remember, it was a blur of sleep deprivation, but I think:

DD1 5 months.

DD2 8 months.

@Ileflottante

Ileflottante I always wonder how people manage to have multiple children when they co-sleep until their kids are years and years old! You all must have to get quite creative

Very large family beds

People conceive their second/third/fourth while sharing a bed with their sleeping kids?! Gross.

You do know sex doesn't have to take place in a bed, and you can get pregnant standing up?

First one was about 4 months because he was such a light sleeper, we couldnt even roll over without waking him.

Second was about 6 months when she was secure in a 7pm bedtime and sleeping through.

Very large family beds

People conceive their second/third/fourth while sharing a bed with their sleeping kids?! Gross. confused

You do know sex doesn't have to take place in a bed, and you can get pregnant standing up?

Tbf to the shocked pp, the person replying did actually say they concieved subsequent children whilst co sleeping because they had a large bed, implying there was room for them to still have sex in the bed

@SleepingStandingUp

Very large family beds

People conceive their second/third/fourth while sharing a bed with their sleeping kids?! Gross. confused

You do know sex doesn't have to take place in a bed, and you can get pregnant standing up?

Tbf to the shocked pp, the person replying did actually say they concieved subsequent children whilst co sleeping because they had a large bed, implying there was room for them to still have sex in the bed

Thanks @SleepingStandingUp

The answer to my question was literally by having a large family bed. Which I maintain is gross and a little disturbing.

user64332

Thank you. Makes sense.

4 months? She outgrew her Moses basket in about 2 months.
I mostly slept in her room with her until about 8 months as bfing.
House was tiny so she was other side of the wall about 6ft from my head with two open doors so I was woken by her snuffling a lot but we could at least read in bed for 5 mins with the light on.
Is your DH dealing with any night wakening?

3 months for both of mine

16 months. That was only because he was going in a toddler bed at 17 months so we wanted him to be used to his own room first.
But I wanted to keep him in with us for as long as possible. I hated moving him even at that age

14 months and 16 months. I know the guidelines but a friend's child died at 7 months due to SIDS so 12 months was the minimum for me. I wanted to do everything I could to reduce the risk and I can't understand why other parents wouldn't want to reduce the risk as far as possible.

I also exclusively breastfed both and it would have been more tiring to get out of bed to do it.

Aside from the above, I loved having mine with me as they aren't small for long. I try and embrace each stage of their lives as much as possible. I felt so sad (and guilty although that was irrational) when they were in their own room. My youngest is 17 months and my oldest is 6. I still regularly go in to check they're ok and breathing!

We co slept in my bed till 4.5 months and he would wake up whenever I’d make the slightest movement so thought it’d be best to put him in his own room. I slept on the mattress right next to his cot till 6 months-ish

@SleepingStandingUp

I've never understood why people put them in their own rooms from say earlier than 4 months unless there's literally no space at all, surely it's just a nightmare with feeding?

Because they were sleeping through for 5 or 6 hours a night from about 2 months? Breastfed for a few weeks only with mine, then they were put into their cot. They then slept through the whole night aged about 2-3 months - say 8 hours. Had a monitor and never had a problem. It was less disturbing for them. I think the greatest gift that you can give a child is the ability to sleep. I have suffered from insomnia since I was a teen. My children could sleep for the country. I always considered an ability to sleep as critical.

My children went in their own nursery 1st night home from birth
Because it suited us,I wanted them to settle in their room no upheaval
It was few steps away from us.

@SleepingStandingUp

I've never understood why people put them in their own rooms from say earlier than 4 months unless there's literally no space at all, surely it's just a nightmare with feeding?

My DD was waking with the creaking of our bed as we rolled, and she was sleeping without a feed from 10:30 to 6. She slept solidly from the night she went into her own room at 16 weeks. It wasnt my plan at all. I was very nervous. I dont think I slept for the first 3 nights. I kept checking her. But it was the best move for us all. With my 3.5 month old now, she is waking at 3am for a feed and seems happy beside us. She isnt leaving our room for the foreseeable. Each baby is different. Babies dont read the parenting rule book

6 months to the day

5 months

Day 3 here! And she slept all night except getting up for one feed around 3am but I used to dream feed her so she fell straight back to sleep. Had she not settled in her own room I would have brought her back in with us, but she was absolutely fine

Couple of weeks with both of mine. Slept really well.

Yes, SIDS advice is to keep them with you, but the actual risk is tiny. In fact the increased risk is the same increase for co- sleeping, which is also advised against. Never understand the insisting on the one, for the acceptance of the same risk with the other.

I think the recommendation is 1 for SIDS prevention. Mine were all 12 months+.

Lullabye trust says 6 months so that's what I went by

3 weeks with both of them.

Just before 6 months for both children

About 18-20 months in a toddler bed. He used to wake and come and get in with me when he wanted.