Putting baby in his own room

[boymum4]

Hiya,

Looking for some advice around putting my ds in his own bedroom. He is 6 months old and I want to keep him with me, but unfortunately he has outgrown his next to me and we are disturbing him when we come to bed and he's being woken up by my partners alarm in the morning.

Also my partners sick of listening to the hoover white noise all night 😂😭

I know it's time to move him but I'm so nervous!

Any experiences anyone can share with me on when and how they moved their lo would be great!

You don’t have to move him if he is not ready. Cosleeping is a good alternative. I’m afraid I coslept with my older girl until she was nearly 2 in part because I’m lazy.

Both of mine were in with us until 9 months, we put the cotbed up in our room, once happy and settled in there, we moved them to their own room. I made sure it was a room they were used to being in 1st, played in there a few times throughout the day and got ready for bed after a bath in there for a few weeks before etc. Dd is likely to be our last and i didnt want to let her go. Dh knew id not do it willingly so forcibly evicted her and moved the cotbed out when i wasnt home🤣

My DD had to move at 4 months as she was very restless and outgrew her crib. Whereas I co slept with my son for 2 years which was lovely. Neither guarantees a great night's sleep I'm afraid!

Get a decent baby monitor, set yourself up with a very, very dim night light in the nursery and somewhere really comfy to sit. Follow the advice online about safe sleeping. And then go for it! You may find it is better than you expected. Or it may be worse. But the routine will eventually stick

To help with transition I would try make it comfy for you and be with him for a little while in his room however this may be!

Mine did not bat an eyelid! And slept better there. It might actually be fine, don't worry too much in advance.

I just moved him from our room to his and he didn’t even notice to be honest! I think adults worry way more than the babies.

He hates any noise though including white noise so I think he preferred it as he had more space and didn’t have to listen to my DH snoring and coughing and spluttering and us trudging to the loo at night 🤣