Putting baby in own room at 5 months

[Cchloe7849]

Hi all

My little boy almost 5 months old and has been sleeping in a next2me crib with us since he was born. He still wakes during the night several times not for feeds but needs to be settled down with his dummy or a cuddle. The last few weeks he has ended up in bed with me because he won’t settle back down in his crib at all but goes to sleep almost instantly as soon as he’s in with me, it really is a last resort but when I’ve been trying to get him back to sleep for over an hour for him to wake up 15 minutes later it’s the easiest way! But I do kick myself the next day because this is something I really wanted to avoid doing. A few people have suggested putting him in his cot now in his own room as he may be getting disturbed by us moving or snoring in the night. I was planning to put him in his own room at around 7 months when he has started weaning but am considering doing it sooner. Has anyone else found their little one slept better when they moved into their own room? I don’t want to put him in there if it’s going to make him worse and I do feel very nervous about it but I’m so tired and so is my partner who has to work at 8 the next morning.

Sorry if this is long winded but any advice would be much appreciated :)

SIDS advice is to keep them in with you until 6 months so it depends how you feel about moving them earlier than the guideline

You’re probably feeling more anxious because you’re tired. Everything seems worse when you’re sleep deprived. You could try it for a few nights so that you can catch up with yourself and then bring him back if it doesn’t work out.

We did. He didn't sleep any better due to various sleep regressions/weaning wind trouble. I didn't sleep better because I was up half the night with him instead of in my nice warm bed.

Put our little girl in her own room at 5 months, best thing we ever did for all of us. Sleep improved massively.

We moved DD to own bedroom at 3 months, honestly would have done it sooner had the decoration been finished earlier! It was great, we stopped waking one another up, and she started sleeping through very shortly afterwards.

You have to do what you think is right, if you think your DS is ready for his own room then go for it.

I put DD1 in her own room at 8 weeks and from that night onwards she slept through.

DD2 went in her own room at 11 weeks and didn't sleep through until 5 months, she woke for 1 night feed and settled straight back off.

I have used the angel care monitor that would alert me if my DDs stopped breathing.

Nope wouldn't do it. But then I coslept with dd1 till she was 2 and do it with dd2 now who's 3months. I love having those cuddles and we all sleep much better for it. I think they're only little once. Enjoy the snuggles and go to sleep.

Did it with DD at 5.5 months. I would wake her up every night coming to bed, no matter how quiet I was. Bar illness/teething etc she has slept through every night since and is almost 2.

If everyone is sleeping when cosleeping then go with that. I'm a fan of doing whatever works for now and not worrying about possible future scenarios. You may end up running through every few hours to settle which sounds like a pita to me!

I put my kids into their room soon as they were three months. I couldn’t handle being awoken by every movement, I felt relieved that I got my space and room back. It did us all good, they slept through the night soon as they had their own cots and rooms.

I was very anxious at the beginning, so I used a baby monitor even though they were across the landing.

I moved mine at 5 months as I was disturbing him and he was constantly waking for dummy/ feed back to sleep. He was waking constantly for around 6 weeks and then suddenly improved to 2 night feeds. So we took the opportunity to move him, within 1 week he slept 11 - 12 hours straight. Occasionally I have to put his dummy in around 4am but he goes back to sleep immediately. I’m so glad we put him in his own room but I have noticed a drop in his weight gain. So I have had to increase feeds and monitor that more.

Also, I did a lot of research into the SIDs advice and looked at the statistics behind it. The rate dramatically reduces after 12 weeks with a very slight increase before dropping again. People are so quick to quote SIDs guidelines with no knowledge of SIDs.