To move DS into his own room?

[lavenderandwisteria]

Hi, ds is 5.5 months (so obviously younger than the recommended six.)

We had a few really bad nights this week where he woke up every 1/2 hours. Yesterday he woke at 6 and probably napped for less than two hours in the day: he seems to have a slight cold which seemed to contribute to poor sleep.

Ds doesn’t sleep well if we keep him up so since he’s been a couple of months old I have just gone to bed with him. Last night DH was going to stay up until midnight with ds in his own cot and then bring him into the crib but he was sleeping so decided to leave him.

He actually slept through. Not sure if he was just so tired or if it might actually work best.

So would it be really bad to move him and see how he gets on? He slept from 845 in the evening to 645 in the morning which is almost unheard of! When did your babies go into their own rooms?

My DD got too broad for her crib, she was banging the sides with her arms and waking herself up. Slept much better in her cot after we moved her, she was about 5 months I think.

At three months. We all slept much better.

Thanks temp

When was that onair?

As long as he is sleeping safely: alone, put to sleep on back in a crib, one foot from furniture and three feet from windows, he'll be safe as houses!

Remember too that using a pacifier has been known to lower the risk of SIDS.

We had to move DS at 5 months as he got too heavy for the bedside crib (19lb or when they can sit up). He was fine and he was one floor up from us.

11 weeks with my first and 10 months with my eldest. Both slept through beforehand.

I had mine before the 6 month "rule" came into being. They both went into their own rooms after a couple of months, and they slept through after that. Never had a problem.

I think we did it around 4/5 months. DD had a noisy crib and every little shuffle would wake me and I'd struggle to get back to sleep. We all slept better once she was in her own room

My DC were born back when there was no advice about being in with you for 6 months. At 2 weeks he was too big for the Moses basket so we moved him into the cot in his own room, he's always been a great sleeper.

I wouldn't do that now, but at 5 months - yes, absolutely.

Six days old when we came home from hospital. There was nowhere else for her to go.

Well I appreciate times have changed but recently, I mean.

He’s a bit on the smaller side - just 14lbs - so still fits in his crib. I can’t work out whether he was just exhausted afterpoor sleep for a few days or if he slept better in his own room!

There’s nothing magic that happens at 6 months old. You’re only 2 weeks off. If you’re not already, I would move his naps to his own room, so he gets used to sleeping in there. And the only way to see if this was a 1-off is to try it again!

FWIW my eldest was 6 months when we moved her. My son was much much younger, because he just did not settle well in our room (ironic given we now can’t get him out of our bed, 6 years on..!)

4 months for both of mine. Before the 6 month guideline though. Try him again in his own room tonight. I hardly know anyone who kept their baby for even as long as us in their room.

I movef DS2, who is 6.5 months, at 5 months into his own room. I am usually a stickler for guidance (and followed it religiously with my first) but he is such a poor sleeper and very noise sensitive that I needed to move him sooner. His sleep is still awful but definitely better in his own room! He has been fine. I'd move him in your case.

I’ll see how he gets on. His naps are rubbish and he’ll sometimes sleep in his rocker for thirty minutes but normally he sleeps in the car or pram.

If you're sure he slept through and it's not that you didn't sleep through then go for it if you're ready. I found i found it harder than baby did!

Our ds was 3 months when he went into his own room. When we moved house. We'd only been in a one bedroom. He'd outgrown his Moses basket and we'd had to put him into a travel cot.

If you can’t work out if it was just a coincidence I would give it another go in his own room and see what happens, if he sleeps well again then I would put him down in his own room from now on. If not try again in a few weeks.
6 months is recommended but you have to do what’s best for you and your baby (and you’re not far off anyway)

I think that’s what I’m leaning towards cafe, I wouldn’t if he was younger than five months I don’t think.

He will be fine - it’s not like a magic switch flicks at 6 months. There’s so little difference between 5.5 months and 6 months that he will be ok, especially as you’ll be keeping an eye on the monitor etc.

We moved DD into her own room at 2 months. She is 3yo now. you have to make your own decision, weighting up the risks etc for SIDS and do what you are happy with

8 weeks following a discussion with our health visitor. None of us were sleeping, she was a big baby born so never really fit in her moses basket. I slept the first few nights on the floor next to her cot 'just in case' but once i realised she was absolutely fine i went back to sleeping in my own bed. Once she had the space to stretch out without being restricted we didnt see her all night. She very quickly learnt to self settle and we all sleep so much better now.

Morning bed both of mine at 3 months... it was fine

We moved DD into yer own room at 5 months. She is really tall and just didn't fit in her moses basket any longer, and there was no space in our bedroom for anything bigger for her (tiny house!). I was a bit nervous at first and ran the baby monitor through the night to make sure we heard her when she woke, but she was just fine.

We didn’t move DD until she was 7 months but from 5 months until then she slept terribly, waking every couple of hours. She slept through from the night we moved her to her own room. We said with DD2 that if we got to that stage anytime after 5 months we would move her as the risk difference between 5 and 6 months is tiny. I would use a monitor to make sure I could hear any cries though.