Has anyone put baby in own room before 6 months

[akankwasakelly]

Our daughter is 14 weeks old, and sleeps in her cot next to my bed. It was a real big squeeze getting the cot in our room and because of this me and my other half have no room down the sides of our bed, so we have to crawl from the bottom to the top of the bed.. some of our slats are broken on the bed and it makes it really noisy, every time we get into bed it wakes the baby up, we also can't watch Tele in bed / talk because she seems to wake really easily.. she sleeps really well apart from us waking her up at night.
I know the nhs advise is 6 months but I'm thinking she might need to go in her own room earlier, has anyone else done this? I have a camera monitor so I can see her all night if I want too

Eggys no we weren't either 16 years ago, ds was born at 32 weeks and spent 3 weeks in SCBU.

The recommendation was definitely six months in the parents bedroom 11 years ago when I had my first. Many an online argument like this one was had.

I am confused by posters saying suffocation is not the same as SIDS. Why does advice on the prevention of SIDS say no cot bumpers, feet to foot etc.? Surely these are all ways of avoiding suffocation?

I agree Fat, it doesn't make much sense... same with the advice about safe bedsharing, pillows and duvets would cause suffocation and not SIDS wouldn't they?

Maybe the guidelines just lump all the safety advice together.

Not a medical expect but suffocation and SIDS aren't the same thing at all are they?

You might reduce the risk of both by doing some of the same things but that doesn't mean they are the same. Suffucation happens when you can't breathe for what ever reason, SIDS doesn't need that to be a factor.

Not explained very well, sorry

My understanding is bed sharing and soft bedding are a risk factor both for SIDS and "accidental suffocation and strangulation in bed" (which are two different tragic events). It is only a hypothesis but some medical professsionals believe SIDS occurs when a baby stays in a deep sleep for too long and stops breathing. Being too comfortable (sleeping in parents' bed or in a separate quiet room) or being too warm or being on the tummy enables baby to stay in the deep sleep longer.

SIDS stats and analysis of risk factors I shared previosly do not include numbers for "accidental suffocation and strangulation in bed".