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When do you put a baby in it's own bedroom?

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shinyshilling · 25/04/2006 11:09

When do you put a baby in it's own bedroom? Our daughter will be four months on Thursday. She's a great sleeper - goes down at 6.30 and wakes 12 hours later without any breaks. She has on a few occasions made this sort of funny noise as if she was choking. Not sure what it is - maybe some saliva just rolls to the back of her throat. It sounds a bit worrying, but she doesn't even wake up and just rights herself. Any ideas what this might be? For this reason we have refrained from putting her in her own room, but sometimes she wakes at 5:30am and DH could do with the extra hours sleep. Is it too early or unadvisable to put her into her own room yet?

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expatinscotland · 25/04/2006 11:10

we had dd1 in our room till she was 1, but that's b/c we lived in a one bedroom flat.

Kelly1978 · 25/04/2006 11:11

I thought the recomendation is 6 months, but I might be wrong. I've had mine sharing until 6/7 months.

MrsDoolittle · 25/04/2006 11:13

I'd do it when it feels right for you, otherwise you'll just worry. I put dd in her own room at 8 weeks as she seemed so contented but there's no way I would consider putting ds on his own and he's 10 weeks.

WigWamBam · 25/04/2006 11:13

Put her in her own room whenever suits you. You'll get people who swear it should be six months, others who think it should be 12 months, others who think they should be in their own rooms right from the start ... do whatever feels right for you.

starlover · 25/04/2006 11:13

I had to put ds in his own room wen he outgrew his crib.
can't for the life of me remember how old he was but it was before 6 months.

i can't see any reason why you couldn't put her in her own room now! we all slept better that's for sure!

expatinscotland · 25/04/2006 11:14

dd2 is going in w/her sister next month. dd2 will be 5 months.

suzybow · 25/04/2006 11:17

Agree with MrsDoolittle - if you feel its the right time, then go with your instincts. We put ds in his cot (in a grobag) in his own room at 7 weeks as he really didn't seem to like his moses basket and was awake much of the night moving around (so much so that the moses basket started to rock on its stand!). The first night he slept in his own room he slept like a log all night - we did still have his baby monitor in our room on high sensitivity so we heard any worrying noises. Hope this helps.

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shinyshilling · 25/04/2006 11:18

Thanks. Any ideas what the choking/ gasping thing might be? I'm not overly worried as it's only happened a few times, but I did jump up in shock only to find nothing really wrong

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supakids · 25/04/2006 11:20

3 months for me (reluctantly) but all that sniffling and shuffling drove me mad.

Flamesparrow · 25/04/2006 11:39

DS does the chokey thing when he is windy but can't be bothered to wake up.

DD was in her own room from 6 weeks, DS will probably be in with us until we have to bend his legs to fit him in the crib because it seems far too much effort to put up the cot

Chloe55 · 25/04/2006 11:54

Like others have said I had to put ds in his own room at 6 weeks due to him outgrowing his crib (he likes to sleep in starfish position) My HV recommended moving him at 6mths buit you have to do what is right for you - I was so pleased for the move but ds is a good sleeper, it sounds like you may worry a bit and probably not sleep much better anyway! .

Does your LO have a bit of a cold, mine makes grunts/snorts/choking sounds when he is all bunged up. If so, get some saline drops they are fantastic.

Bozza · 25/04/2006 11:57

Both mine were in our room until 6 months - in the cot from day 1 btw.

PinkTulips · 25/04/2006 11:57

the recommended age to reduce the risk of cot death is 6 months but like everyone has said do what is comfortable for you. if she isn't disturbed by you being in the same room though i'd personally keep her there just to keep an eye on her for a while yet.

lizziemun · 26/04/2006 09:09

like chole55 our dd was in her own room at about 10 weeks because she started to rock her cribb, a we don't have room for a cot in our room. just had a monitor unfortunley she still woke a least once a night for a feed untill a few months ago now 2.4months.

wannaBe1974 · 26/04/2006 17:02

we put DS in his own room at 9 weeks. before that he would sleep there in his cot until his late night feed and then come into our room for the night. he slept through from the night he went into his own room. I still had the baby monitor so could hear everything, including the activity centre on the bars of his cot that made pig/cow/dog noises if ds brushed it in the night, lol.

As a matter of interest, does anyonw know how they back up the theory that having baby sleeping with you reduces cot death? I can see the logic behind putting babies on their backs/not smoking etc, but I really fail to see how a baby is less likely to die if it is in your room than if it's in its own room?

Mercy · 26/04/2006 17:07

Mine went into their own room at around 7 months (and dd started coming back ionto our room once she was in a bed!)

If they were not in my rooom I would not have heard them when they woke up tbh - unless they were crying really loudly.

madmarchhare · 26/04/2006 17:09

14 weeks here, couldnt stand all the noise.

hotmama · 26/04/2006 17:13

dd1 went in when she was 16 weeks - she was sleeping through.

dd2 is nearly 11 weeks but is still waking for a night feed at about 5/6 a.m. so she will stay next to my bed until she sleeps through - it's a lot easier to drag her in to feed than stagger along the landing!

kayzed · 26/04/2006 17:48

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Dottydot · 26/04/2006 21:19

At 2 weeks if they snore like a train - like ds2 did - drove us bonkers and we decided we need the sleep!

tracyk · 26/04/2006 21:21

we put ds in his own room in a big cot at 10 weeks.

alp · 26/04/2006 22:21

kayzed - our dd was in her own room from day one too so maybe we are both mean mums!

OzJo · 26/04/2006 23:31

Dd in own room from about 2 weeks, Ds in own room from the day we returned from the hospital. I'm really grateful we've got enough room to put them in one each. You have to bite the bullet re worrying about them when they sleep. I've got a friend who was really worried about her dd stopping breathing..though she never had, in the end she got one of those mattresses that alarm if that happens, cost a bit of money, but she was at last able to sleep.Do whatever feels right for you...good luck.

threelittlebabies · 26/04/2006 23:34

dd is still in our room, and will be 8mo next week! For various reasons- am breastfeeding so it's convenient, she is quite a weeny girl so still fits in crib, and we have yet to get our arses in gear and buy ds a bed so dd can have the cot bed! She's getting a bit restless in it now though, and keeps trying to sit up, so must sort it out asap.

kayzed · 27/04/2006 16:08

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