When does baby sleep upstairs ?

[ecossegirl91]

I’m an ftm of a six week old baby boy and I know it’s too early for a proper bed time routine but as a clue less ftm I wondered when people do start the routine (bath, bottle, book, bed etc) do you put baby to bed in your room with the monitor on or keep them downstairs - which seems pointless?

presently we take baby boy up to his cot in our room between half ten and eleven after his last feed and when we go to bed.

what age did people start putting baby up to bed earlier with a monitor to reclaim some evening time?

thanks!

About 7 months for us. She always slept downstairs with us till then and over time her own routine started to set in and a bedtime became a thing.

For us around 3 months as she would no longer settle in the living room with the lights and TV on. It was also around the time she grew out of the Moses basket so it wasn’t as easy to move her around once sleeping. It’s a flat so it’s just the next room rather than upstairs and we only leave her for a short time (~1hr) as we are still going to bed early so I wouldn’t say we have reclaimed much time.

The official advice is not until 6 months but I would guess a lot of people don’t last that long.

DS1 went into our room in a cot about 3 hours before we went to bed from the off. He'd wake when we went to bed for his last feed around 10ish until 6. He was a dream. DS2 we used to put him down in his cot with the same routine as DS1 but it was about 2 and a half months

do you put baby to bed in your room with the monitor on or keep them downstairs - which seems pointless?

It's hardly pointless when it reduces the risk of SIDS. Babies should sleep in the same room as their parent(s) day and night, until they're 6 months old. www.lullabytrust.org.uk/safer-sleep-advice/room-sharing/

We started around 10 weeks I know it's against guidelines but he wouldn't go in his moses basket so I didn't have a safe sleeping place downstairs. Monitor on, living room and his bedroom door open and then I would transfer him to our room for dream feed and into his next me. Worked for us! He is 8 months old now

6 months with both of mine. At that age I found they started to seem ready for routine and bed around 7ish whereas before they would be cluster feeding. And didn't want to go against sids guidelines.

I started routine from about 8 weeks. I put her to bed in my room and stayed up there. They sleep through anything at that age so I used to watch TV/ films etc just like downstairs.

At about 5 months I’d leave her for a little while and then at 6 months come downstairs. Only a few months inconvenience for me but she ended up an amazing sleeper with a great routine which was invaluable

Day one for us. Routine started then and I had an evening with my husband baby free and used a monitor.
These recommendations change over time. It wasn't usual to have baby in with you when mine were babies, though many did for ease. It was all about baby sleeping on their backs and cool rooms,

At 7 months or so when he moved into own room. He just used to sleep in his moses basket downstairs until we went to bed and we just transferred him to his cot upstairs. We always had a normal evening! He slept through everything but we did make sure the moses basket wasn't disturbed by the lights of the TV etc.

Just started this week and baby is 4.5 months

She used to sleep downstairs with us until we went to bed but now we do bath, bottle, book and bed for around 7-730ish but I go to bed 9ish so she's only alone for a short time. Video monitor turned on

We were doing bath, pjs, bottle and bed at around 6wks just slept downstairs with us but I think it's nicer to put them to bed.

Did it a bit earlier with my 1st but waited a bit longer this time

She will be in with us for 6months though before I start to think about moving her into her own room
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Yep, did this with DD1 and worked a treat. She can sleep through anything! I've done the same with DD2 too. She's 5 months now so I'm starting to go back downstairs to do some bits and pop back in every so often, etc.

6 months. But I started the routine at about 4 months and would put her to bed a couple of hours before I went but one of us would stay in the room with her.

Around 6-8 weeks. Baby sleeps much better in the dark without additional noises like TV or noise from tidying dishes. Monitor on of course and slept in same room from around 8/9pm anyway (at least for the first few months, now later).

Hi all I know ow this is an old thread, but was after a bit of advice,
I ha e 7 month old twins girls that are currently sleeping int he living room with me. I sleep on the sofa and they are in big cribs as they grew out of the moses baskets at 4 months and now growing out of these cribs.
We have e done the room upstairs for them and have 2 cots in there.
How do I transition my twins from the living room to upstairs in there own bedroom, I will stay with them in there on a blow up matteress until I feel comfortable leaving them on there own.
My concern is I will wake them up carrying them up my squeaky stairs.
Any advise would be nice thanks x

Hey I didn’t transition as such once my first baby turned almost 4m I started putting him upstairs in his next to me in our room at 7.30pm when he fell asleep and then going to be bed myself around 9.30. Then when he was 6m I just put him in his big cot in his own room. He’s almost 3 now so I can’t really remember how it went but I don’t remember him waking frequently or being up and down like a yo to. Sleep then went to crap at a year old for 6m but fine ever since and he’s still in that for at nearly 3 as he’s never tried to climb out 🤣