At what age did you put your baby in their own room?

[KitKat1985]

Hello all. Just curious really at what age other parents put baby to sleep in their own room? DD is 5 and a half weeks old, and whilst I plan on her being in our room to sleep for a while yet, I'm not sure I'm going to do it as long as the official 6 month guidance. She can be quite a noisy sleeper and I often wake up to her grunting etc (she's still asleep). Also I'd quite like some private space back for me and DH. Thoughts? x

Around about 3 - 4 weeks, sooner with dc3.
Guidance was different in those days though.

18 months and still waiting.

KitKat1985

A lot will change in the next 20 weeks, you may well think differently once 6 months comes around.

Mine were around 9 months

12 weeks with DS and about 8 days with DD. Was going mad with sleep
Deprivation both times, I wake up at the tiniest noises. Wouldn't recommend it, but it was best for us at the time.

Six months, as per SIDS guidelines, I wouldn't take the risk.

18 months, but he still came in with us from midnight till morning until he turned 2ish. Sleeps beautifully in his own bed all night now at 3.

He woke every couple of hours from birth though so it made sense to not make getting up in the night any harder for ourselves.

I would say though that ime that particular newborn grunting you describe does wear off after the first couple of months so if you can hold on a bit longer you shouldn't find it too bad to get through to 6 months if that's the main issue, they do quieten down.

It's hard when you're in the thick of it, but they are tiny for such a short time. Do what works for you, but IMO, keep 'em close while you can!

Should add, even if I had a brilliant sleeper I would have followed SIDS guidelines whatever. Not worth the risk.

18 month old still in with me, no plans to turf her out yet so she better start paying rent

Mine are 2 and are still in with me. I think a lot depends on whether you're breast feeding, I don't think I'd have stood a chance with keeping up feeding if they'd been in a different room.

Three years for each :)

6 weeks

Thank you for all of your responses. Definitely quite a variation! I should add the DD is breast-fed, but that I have to take her in the nursery to change / feed her to avoid waking DH up, so I seem to spend my nights going up and down a corridor at the mo! I didn't realise cot death rates peaked at 2-4 months (I assumed younger babies would be more at risk) so will factor that into any decision we make. xxx

Wouldn't it be better for your DH to sleep elsewhere if he can't be disturbed, and then you can stay in bed to feed her? She should stop pooing in the night soon so you won't need to do changes, but in the meantime you can just do that on the bed too.

3 months.

Outgrew moses basket to the point it was touching her head and feet either side when lay flat. She was too heavy for it and slid to the bottom when wriggling, weighing it down and had legs dangling out. I kid you not.

No further away from me when in her own room than in our room. Doors kept open. Baby monitor on at all times.

No room for a bigger basket/crib in our room, no space in her room for a makeshift bed for me. Health visitor tried to convince me to sleep on her floor next to her cot, yeah right!

She is a fab sleeper it didn't affect her at all. Don't think she noticed anything changed!

Guidelines are not the law. Do what suits your family.

I wouldn't be going in and out for your DH's benefit - just do it in your room, he will soon get used to it and it won't disturb him. Otherwise you're having to properly wake up each time which is rubbish, that's one of the benefits of breastfeeding, you can do it half asleep!

DD1 - 6 months

DD2 is only 9 weeks. Definitely 6 months but maybe longer.

Dd1 12 months.
Dd2 5 months, sharing with sister.
Ds 5 months, sharing with his sisters.

We've just moved DS, 7 months. But to be honest, he'd outstayed his welcome by 4 months, we just hadn't got around to sorting the spare room out.

It's amazing having my bedroom back at night and not having to ninja in in silence at bedtime. Even clearing your throat or rustling the duvet would disturb him.

It's hard to believe now,but they do also get much quieter in their sleep over the next few weeks and months! 7 months or so for us

DD went in her own room last night at 16 weeks. Pretty much outgrown carrycot and no way a bigger cot would fit in our room. We have a movement monitor and doors open. He cot is the other side of the wall to our bed. Ideally I would have kept her with us longer but no space!

Mine at 3 year old.

Three months each time when I stopped breastfeeding and they started sleeping through.

About three months once he was on full formula and sleeping through. Wife is such a light sleeper and couldn't bear him shuffling all night. Having a baby monitor with pressure pad gives us piece of mind and we can hear him if he's really unhappy.