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at what age did your little one get moved to his own room for the night...

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kazzy77 · 28/01/2013 07:50

my ds is 5 months old and we have tried him in his own room for a few weeks however he seems to wake up earlier in his own room than he did in our room. last night we tried him back in our room just to see if it was somethin in his room waking him and found he slept later again in our room!

it isnt the light as we all know that its still very dark in the mornings so there is no difference in the light in either rooms. i have tried taking the battery out of his ticking cloth and have eliminated anythin smelly in his room. it could be our neighbour waking him up at that time as his bedroom is next door to our ds. or it could also be the comfort of having us in the same room.

i know the SID guidelines state babies should be six months when sleepin on their own but i was wondering if anyone had experienced the same as us and what age did u make the transition?

i know lots of other mums who put their baby in their own room as young as 3 months so i didnt think i was puttin him in his own room at nearly five months was exceedingly early.

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GoldPlatedNineDoors · 28/01/2013 07:58

IT may be the temperature. Even a couple.of degrees cooler would wake dd around 4/5am rather than her usual 7am.

GoldPlatedNineDoors · 28/01/2013 07:59

Oh, and DD was five months too.

MrsBucketxx · 28/01/2013 08:05

Both of mine where in their own rooms at about 5 months I think.

Dd definitely wakes up cause its cold from time to time.

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milkwagon · 28/01/2013 08:15

DD was in her own cot at 8/9 weeks in our bedroom & then moved into her own nursery at 11/12 weeks. She was such a noisy sleeper and would get disturbed by us during the night. Best decision for us all round. We use blackout linings in her curtains which help. We'll be getting a blackout roller blind too.

aimingtobeaperfectionist · 28/01/2013 08:19

7 months

Flisspaps · 28/01/2013 08:24

DD was 6mo, DS was 8mo.

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kazzy77 · 28/01/2013 08:39

thank you for your posts. it could be the temperature in his room but even our bedroom can be quite cool in a morning

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LoveYouForeverMyBaby · 28/01/2013 13:47

DD was 6.5 months, until then she slept in the same room as us.

gourd · 28/01/2013 14:01

Ours was 3 weeks old when she went into a cot in her own room and she started to sleep through at 6 weeks. Previous to that she was in our bed since birth (as she wouldn?t sleep at all in the Moses basket - we tried and tried). We started by letting her play in her cot with toys (with us in the room, obviously), then got two cot toys/mobile things for her, then tried a nap in the day time in there, before trying it one night and it worked - she seemed to prefer it and slept much better straight away in her own room and in the cot. Every baby is different though. You just have to go with whatever works for you. We found cot toys helped a lot ? she really enjoyed them and always self settled using them, and as she got older these were replaced by soft toys which we can hear she still plays with for a few minutes in the night if she wakes up (she?s 2 years old now)..

gourd · 28/01/2013 14:17

Ordinary household noises are not bad for babies. I suspect they fid it unsettling if they cant hear, or smell, or touch or see aything at all when in the cot. I think having some sensory input may actually halp them to settle better and you dont do yourself any favours in the long term making things too quiet at home - if they get used to a silent house at night you'll never be able to have the telly on or talk to each other again! You dont want sudden loud noises or lots of distractions obviously, but a cot toy or mobile and the radio in the background or clock ticking (very comforting) may be better than no noise or sensory input at all.

JiltedJohnsJulie · 28/01/2013 14:37

14 months. SIDS can happen anywhere at anytime but it is less likely if they sleep in the same room as you until 6 months.

rrreow · 28/01/2013 15:46

Just yesterday was his first night, he's 20 months. I guess we're a bit late! I didn't really mind him in our room for the most part, but glad to be transitioning him now so I get 5 months 'rest' before the next one arrives

You should do what is best for you though. It could be natural that your DS wakes up earlier because it's quieter in his room. In your room there will be familiar noises of you moving/breathing that could be comforting to him. Also second the comment about temperature. It's hard to control the temperature in our house (easy to warm it up quickly, but hard to maintain a constant temp) and if it drops too low DS will wake up much more easily.

TheYamiOfYawn · 28/01/2013 15:48

Two and a half-ish for DD and three and a bit for DS.

drownangels · 28/01/2013 15:51

Both of them where around 5 months when they got their own room.

StitchAteMySleep · 28/01/2013 15:57

12 months for dd1, 5 months for dd2 (but she is in with her sister).

BeaWheesht · 28/01/2013 16:00

Errrrr 3 and dd is still with us at 28m

TheHouseofMirth · 28/01/2013 18:35

DS1 was 4.5 years and DS2 is 3.11 years and not in his own room yet.

MrsB74 · 28/01/2013 18:39

Just under 5 months, they slept so much better in their own room and we couldn't fit two (or even one of the) cotbeds in our room! As twins though, they had each other as comfort.

Zoidberg · 28/01/2013 19:52

2 nights ago, DD is 3.9.

Harrysmummysarah1 · 28/01/2013 19:55

Dd1 was a nightmare.
I tried at 7 months she was having none of it.
At 13 months she actually slept in her own room.
Before then she would sleep in the cot in our room fairly well but not alone.
Dd2 was 8.5 months old when she first slept in her own room.
Ds was 5 months old when we tried and has been in their ever since.
Each child is different IMO.

Fuzzymum1 · 28/01/2013 20:09

About two years 5 months because we didn't have anywhere to put him before that, and I was in no hurry to have him in his own room.

BillyBollyDandy · 28/01/2013 20:13

4 weeks dd1
3 weeks dd2

Both hated moses baskets and slept much better if a cot, but we couldn't fit the cot in our room.

I think if dc is used to sleeping with you they may be finding it too quiet? I have always left doors open and landing light on all night with mine, so they can hear all the normal noises and don't need silence to sleep.

pettyprudence · 28/01/2013 20:24

I planned to keep ds in our room until at least 6 months, longer if we were all happier! BUT he became a very noisy sleeper and even with ear plugs I still couldn't sleep even though he was, so I turfed him out at 17 weeks-ish and we all slept better.

At 22 months he won't sleep in the same room as us and on the rare occasions we room share, he wakes in the middle of the night, screams at us for not playing with him and then starts his day extra early as punishment to me

tory79 · 28/01/2013 20:27

Ds was 8 months, and I do think it helped his sleep (but I really missed him!!)

Pobblewhohasnotoes · 28/01/2013 21:13

We planned for six months as we followed the SIDS guidelines. Cot death risk falls by 70%. In the end we kept him there until nine months as we moved house so it was easier.

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