First night in own room... how did it go for you?

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DD is a bit over 6 months and tonight is the night we've decided it's time to move her into her own room now she's old enough. She generally sleeps really well through the night (7pm-7am!) but often gets woken by us coming to bed and expect long term she'll sleep much better in her own space.

It also means we can sleep without the white noise machine and blackout blinds for the first time in months

She'll be in the same cot/mattress in her new room, blackout blinds and white noise the same as usual. We spend a lot of time in her room in the day anyway for changing, play etc

Just looking for some experiences so I know what to expect, how did it go for you? Should we expect to be up all night?! We've put aside the long weekend to adjust but hoping it doesn't take days....!

Thank you MNers!!

Neither of my girls went into their rooms until nearly 2 but they were still waking several times a night. I hope it goes well for you.

We put our son into his room last August (8 months old). The first night it took him 2 hours to go to sleep, but he'd had a late nap that day so it may have been quicker otherwise. He slept okay during the night though, I struggled to sleep more than him the first week he wasn't in the cot in our room! The next night was about an hour to get him down and then after that it was pretty much back to normal. He still wakes occasionally in the night now for a bf but he sleeps overall much much better in there without us waking him!

As soon as she went into her own room she slept a million times better and so did we. Only 1 wake-up between 7.30pm - 7.30am and that became her predictable pattern for the next 6 months, at which point she started sleeping through. It was amazing. Good luck!

I moved my daughter to her own room at just over 6 months too. I was also worried she would be up all night but in reality she didn't bat an eyelid. The rest of her bedtime routine was exactly the same and I moved the night light and white noise machine to her new room. I felt quite sad the first night but it is SO lovely to have our room back. Good luck!

Moved my son into his own room at 6 months. He didn't bat an eye! He did have his day naps in the room first though which might have helped? He slept better in his own room and has never once asked to come back in with us and he's 5 now!

Thank you everyone for giving me hope!

@Pandemicpregnancy Ah I'm also feeling a little sad in a way, not long ago she was in the snuzpod right next to me, it's been weird just having her in a separate cot! She sleeps loads better for it though and I know we'll all sleep better for it and we can reclaim our bedroom as you say!

Mostly just weird that my tiny baby isn't so tiny anymore...

The first night my dd slept in her own room (5 months) was the night I fell pregnant again! 😳😂

Completely fine. It was a dream actually. I think she woke up after an hour but was easily cuddled back to sleep, then didn't wake till 2:30 am for a bottle, then woke again at 6am to start the day. Thus was after a month of her waking every 45 mins in our room. Guess we were all keeping each other up!

She settled easily into a sleep at 8pm, wake for food at 2am-ish, wake at 6am pattern. Only trouble is as the nights have gotten shorter she's been waking earlier and earlier in the morning with the light despite blackout blinds

We moved DS2 at about a year, I had to keep going in several times a night until he was 2.5, when he suddenly slept through.

Oh dear @mamaoffourdc.... Going to try and avoid that one tonight!! 😂

1st was 6mth, she hated it and spent more time in our bed than hers. She was happier when we upgraded from cotbed to single at 2yr and stayed in her own. 2nd didn't move until 15mth, settled fine. 3rd was almost 3 and sharing with 1st so was fine. Twins were 5 years old and sharing with other 2 girls, settled fine and I missed them climbing in to our bed. Because of space this one will also stay in our room for quite a few years, due Aug.

We killed two birds with one stone and combined it with much-needed sleep training. After a few days all of us were much happier with the new arrangement. It probably helped that co-sleeping never worked so was never an option to fall back on.

Not well.
She’s two now and sleeps in her own room ... if one of us cosleeps with her.
She’s always been a shit sleeper though