Own room - different floor

[jessetta28]

My just turned 8 month old seems to have finally improved her terrible sleep, and is now only waking once or twice a night. We are therefore keen to move her into her own room.
However, we have an attic bedroom and hers is on the floor below. We’ll have a monitor but I know doors should be closed for safety reasons and I’m freaking out about not hearing her/not having her accessible enough. Has anyone else had similar and the transitions worked ok?

Why would you close doors for safety reasons?

@user648482729

Why would you close doors for safety reasons?

For fires. I keep DD1 door open so she can come and get us if she need us or the toilet.

Do people really put babies in a different room when they are still regularly waking up?

It's usually the smoke that kills in a fire. Closing doors stops smoke getting into the bedrooms.

I don't have any advice but following as we are shortly going to move & the master bedroom is on the first floor. We were going to take the second bedroom on the ground floor next to the nursery for a while as DD is about the same age as yours.

I suppose I'm worried about not being able to get to her quick enough if she needed me, but I'm not really sure what exact scenario I'm fearful of!

We put DS in his own room on a different floor from 6 weeks . He had just started only waking once a night and was such a noisy little thing when he slept and we figured we'd all get a better nights sleep if he was in his own room.

We made sure he had a good video monitor and that we could hear him. It was absolutely fine and worked really well. He's 15 now and hasn't been traumatised (and still loves having his own floor of the house to himself)

I think you would hear her even without the monitor, but you say you do have a monitor, so I am not sure why you think you won't hear her ?

(We also sleep a floor above our dcs' rooms.)

I have been thinking about this. DD is now 2 and we only moved her at 8months when we were ready to night wean as I didn't want to be getting up and going to a different room (vs having her in the cot next to me). I have her 2 weeks to 'settle in' and then we might weaned. It's worked well.

We are thinking of a second after we do some work on the house and our bedroom will be in the attic. If the same scenario comes up again I think I'll take the less comfortable room next to babies till they are sleeping through then move upstairs. Hopefully it's only be for a month or so? Could that be an option for you?

@BackforGood

I think you would hear her even without the monitor, but you say you do have a monitor, so I am not sure why you think you won't hear her ?

(We also sleep a floor above our dcs' rooms.)

I’m used to waking within about 10 seconds of her making a noise I guess (light sleeper!). I think it’s just the unknown... I was planning on sleeping on her floor for a few nights to transition but @ronswansonstache we do have another room on that floor which is currently overtaken by office/general tat so maybe I’ll gradually move back up again via there!

@CorpusCallosum

I have been thinking about this. DD is now 2 and we only moved her at 8months when we were ready to night wean as I didn't want to be getting up and going to a different room (vs having her in the cot next to me). I have her 2 weeks to 'settle in' and then we might weaned. It's worked well.

We are thinking of a second after we do some work on the house and our bedroom will be in the attic. If the same scenario comes up again I think I'll take the less comfortable room next to babies till they are sleeping through then move upstairs. Hopefully it's only be for a month or so? Could that be an option for you?

Cross posted!! Yes I think that sounds like a sensible plan

I wouldn’t sleep a floor above young children
Certainly not babies