What age did you put your LO's in their own room and how did it go???

[Jam77]

I really am dreading my DD going into her own room (DD is 11 weeks) but in my heart I know we will both get a better nights sleep without disturbing each other. On the other hand I want her near me, and I'm worried how she will take to being on her own in her room (she does take naps in her cot) Sooooo many conflicting thoughts/emotions so would love to hear your stories and if you had any worries before hand?
TIA

DS was 8 weeks and the reason we moved him was also because he became too big for his moses basket. He was fine. I wouldn't use a travel cot as they are only meant for occasional use and not sure if they're ok to use for a long period of time (just my thoughts anyway, I have a thing about flat heads and hard surfaces!)

in their own cots, in their own rooms, from coming home from the hospital! and absolutely fine!! used a baby monitor, and it worked fine..

DS1 was in his own cot in his own room as soon as we came home from the hospital. DS2 and DS3 were in their own cots in their own rooms from birth.

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Thanks Pitch - how do you mean he would of slept better in your bedroom?

Apparently you're supposed to keep them in your room until 6 months, something to do with their parents breathing regulating their in some way... Not entirely sure how this works, but if someone next to you is breathing quickly, you tend to increase your resps in line with theirs.
Do what you think is right....

With regards baby monitors, we use the Tommee \Tippee one with the sensor pad. It really does pick up the faintest breaths and movements. No false alarms here either, just remember to turn it off when you take baby out, or DH/DP won't be too chuffed !

We move house in next few weeks, DD is almost 20wks and have to admit, she'll probably be going into her own room in new house... think it might help to just have 1 big change rather than change of house then later a change into her cot. Only my opinion obv....
Remember, you can always move her back into your room if you're not happy !

lol, thanks french DH will appreciate you reminding me of that!

DD2 rolled on to her front when she was about three months old and was too sleepy to roll her self back over. I could here her snuffleing so I rlooed her back over to her back. If she hadn't been in our room I wouldn't have heard her and she wouldn't be hear today. I am so grateful that I could be woken up by even a small snuffle. After this I have recommended to all those who ask keep your baby in your room for as long as possible.

Sorry about the awful spelling

My dd went in t her own room at 5 months. She was just getting too big for the bassinet & her cot wouldn't fit in our room.

She started having naps on her cot from about 3 months & she used to play in it while I had a shower, did the ironing (in her room) or while I was tidying up.

She was fine. No waking, was happy to stay in there for a while in morning. She loved her cot actually. When she was having trouble sleeping due to cold etc, she would come in our bed for a cuddle & then say 'my bed now' and usually fall into a good sleep.

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DD went into her own room at 3 months (too big for Moses basket, no room for giant cot bed!) and she was fine. Missed her the first couple of nights but she was totally fine - she's next door and we keep all the doors open so can still hear her clearly at night if she wakes up/moves.

Ds was in his own room around 4 to 5 weeks old. Our house is tiny so his room is like 2 steps away anyway, so pretty much like he was still in our room! He slept in his moses basket in his cot up until he was too big for it, then took moses basket out of the cot.
He slept through the night from 6 weeks and I think having his own room and us not disturbing him etc could have helped.

Ds was 5mths old. He'd left moses basket at 2mths (long baby) and at 5mths old was bashing his head off the side of the cot as he hadn't enough room to turn as much - so we assembled the cotbed in the nursery and popped him in there on his own. He'd been sleeping thru from 6 weeks and tbh he took the move totally in his stride and wasn't disrupted at all!

5 weeks, 4 weeks, 4 weeks, no problems. ALl slept better

When too big for moses basket about 10 weeks old.

DS1 6 weeks, DS2 2 days.
They were both fine and I sept so much better (and so did they). How can young babies make so much noise sleeping.
Whilst they were small I put moses basket inside the cot so they were used to their cots (or at least the view from them) before they went into them properly.

ds went in after 1 night of being at home, I laid awake listening to every sound, so next night he slept in his own room, he slept all the way through from 5 weeks, and been a fab sleeper ever since, although his own room was not actually much further away from where he was sleeping (disance wise)

16 weeks first week absolute nightmare up every 2 hours but we weren't much better with him in with me, settled right down thou after about 10 days I used to sleep with teh moniter on next to me, now I don't worry, if he's really crying out then I hear him

6 months with both DD and DS. No problems with either of the them.

6 weeks and I felt really guilty because of the cot death thing but I researched and researched and I couldn't find any hard statistics on it, I think its just one of those factors that they think is causal but can't prove.

We all slept much better as a result and my dh moved back in the bedroom as I couldn't cope with his snoring and rookiebabies rustling.

my DS was about 12 weeks and although he was an awful sleeper anyway - (getting up all through the night wasnt fun) - but when we got back into bed we had a better nights sleep rather than hearing every little noise he made!
Do what you think is right.... if your confident of putting DD on her own then do it, but if in doubt wait - it may feel like she'll never leave your room, but you quickly forget it when she's happily settled in her own room... hope that makes sense!