How old did you keep your child in your room after birth?

[AliceRR]

Just wondering.

I am a mum to be. Baby is due in Feb and we are currently in a 2 bedroom house. Second bedroom is used as a spare room and my husband son sleeps there when he comes over EOW.

We are looking at moving and have found a 3 bed we like (we want three or four bedrooms) but our house is not sold yet so realistically we will probably still be in this house when baby is born.

How long is “normal” to keep baby with you as parent?

It’s not a big problem as it’s a big enough room that could have a bed and cot in it if needed although obviously not ideal../

TIA

Almost 2 yo here and not yet. Love it and it works for us. They're only small for such a short time in our lives and I will not regret doing this when dd is all grown up. I work FT so feel I get some extra time for cuddles and being together, so that maybe makes a difference.x

Four and three quarters, that's when we moved to a bigger house. Up until then, like the op, we were in a very small two bed place. Always intended to make the little bedroom into a room for our child but it was full of all sorts of stuff. If anyone stayed over, we'd clear a space around the bed.

Dd was about 3! (She’s now 5 and currently keeping my feet warm like a little dog).

Ds has been in my bed since birth so will graduate to a Cot at 6 months if I can get round to putting it up. The Cot will be right next to my bed for as long as he wants.

11 years now 😂

Never- DS slept in his own room as soon as we got home from the hospital.

8 months

5months just because of the guidelines. If not we would have done it much earlier as it affected everyone's sleep really

dd1 8 months
dd2 1 year although she still appears in my bed in the middle of the night at 3 years old.

8 months here- wish I could have chucked him out sooner, but didn’t have his room ready

6 months pretty much dead on. Partners a snorer and I need to wee a million times a night. Was getting to the point of disturbing him coming in and out. Once he was on his own he slept so much better and he sleeps right through now at 1

Mine were in for over a year but i think its safe to say every parent secretly loves it! I loved waking up seeing my little ones asleep in the cot next to me. Enjoy every minute of it OP and congratulations 💕

6 months but she ends up back in our bed most nights at 1yo. The 5yo also ends up in our bed at least once a week!

6 months, 7 months and 7 months for my three.

With each of them they was a point where they changed, they became more disturbed by our bedside lights and talking at bedtime, and if we moved around a lot in the night I could hear them stirring.
So, moving them meant we all slept better.

My son was born Jan and he went in his own room August. We had a swinging crib but once he had learnt to sit up he had to go in case he fell out. There was just no room in our room for a actual cot for him. It's all about personal preference and what your comfortable with

This was also in 2015 and not.gonna lie I do miss the cuddles in the middle of the night.

I think 6 months to a year is average. My first slept with us until she was 3.5 and my 2nd only for 3 months (he didn’t sleep well at all with us but great in his own room). 6 months is the guideline but you can certainly manage until at least a year if you don’t have the space.