Does starting weaning and putting them in their own room in the same week work out or is it best to hold off on one so it's not too much change?

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We plan to start BLW weaning at six months but also wanted to try putting him in his room at the same time but is that likely to be too much change?

He's already in his cot in our bedroom and loves it and also sits in his highchair at dinner time, I was thinking of letting him play with a spoon and plate to get him used to it but I don't want to mess up his brilliant sleep by changing too much at once.

I'd move him one week and start weaning the next. I think that giving him a plate and spoon to okay with whilst you eat is a good idea but he may be like our DD with a "where's the food face"

@BunnyRuddington we ll go with that :) he doesn't seem to wonder where food is just stares at us during dinner time instead

Mine woke up loads more at night after we started weaning 😬

@FTEngineerM he has a massive appetite for milk so I m hoping he ll quite like food so it won't mess with his sleep

I would just see how things go. In my experience, weaning leads to worse sleep and not better, and the time between 6-12 months was particularly tough for sleep. If he sleeps happily in his own room, no reason not to do it, but I wouldn't do it at the expense of your own sleep if it turns out to be really difficult.

Mine slept so much worse once weaning started. He loved playing with a spoon but as soon as I suggested he might want to eat food off it he became incredibly clingy at night and started refusing to go in his cot at all. He genuinely seemed to find the whole experience really unsettling. I'd tread carefully.

@mindutopia his cots very easy to move if we have to move him back. we ve been very lucky with sleep so far, he's almost 5 months and no sleep regressions so whether that continues perhaps