Sleeping in different room to baby when ill?

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Just looking for a bit of advice - I’m a FTM and my daughter is nearly five and a half months old, we are still sharing a room (her in a next-to-me cot).

This week we both picked up colds (again) she is all snotty and I’ve got an annoying tickly cough so we are just continually disturbing each other at night (I made her stir and wake up so many times last night by coughing)

I don’t want her to have any upheaval because she’s poorly (and there’s no cot in her room yet anyway) but do you think it’s a bad idea for my husband and I to sleep in the spare room (next door) using the video monitor to keep an eye on her? Then we can all (particularly her) get a bit of rest.

I overthink everything though, should I be sleeping in a different room if she’s a bit congested/should I be sleeping in a different room before she’s six months old. Not sure if I’m thinking about it too much. Feeling a bit frazzled! X

I wouldn't leave them tbh.
It's a pain when you all have it, but you need to be close to your baby imo.
When ours were older if they were one of us would sleep in their room with them.
Could you and dh take it in turns in the spare room, or dh do feeds whilst you sleep.

I would prefer to sleep with her tbh at that age, although i know it is hard when you are both unwell and coughing - I have had that too when DS was young and he was a very light sleeper! How about you sleep alone and your DH sleeps with the baby? It might be safer for baby this way, since this way she will not be alone, and more restful for all? And he can maybe wake you if she needs a feed?

Why don’t you sleep in the spare room and your husband stay in with her?

That said it would be fine at 5.5 months for you both to sleep in the spare room for a couple of nights.

I don't know ... I guess you do what you feel is best for you and which is safe. You'll have the monitor and she's almost 6 months.

Personally I didn't. My first was a NICU baby so I'm probably a paranoid parent when it comes to health. Even now they're a bit old I sleep in with them when they're poorly... they'd probably love a bit of space but they can have that when they're adults and move out

5.5 months is very nearly 6 months. It's not a cliff edge where they are ok in their own room at exactly midnight on their 6 month birthday. You may find she won't sleep without you in the room anyway if she hasn't before but don't feel bad about doing so.

Thanks for replies, I should have said in the first place, DH has the cough too so we are both waking her up. She isn’t as bad as us, just tail-end of a cold so a bit sniffy (she has already had the worst of it).

We have always (since she was a couple of months old) put her up to bed a couple of hours before us and used the video monitor screen to check she’s okay so she is already alseep in there at the moment. I think you are probably right and I’ll sleep in there with her, I just feel like she needs the sleep and rest and we just keep waking her all night with our hacking coughs!

I'd sleep in the spare room. You all need to sleep

I would sleep in the spare room too - the risk is very small and you are almost at 6 months. Being a parent is tiring! Let alone when everyone is ill. Hopefully you can all get some rest.

I'd sleep in the spare room and maybe set an alarm during the night to go check her on the off chance she slept through.