3 months - own room due to noises?!

[Wingingitmum11]

My baby is 3 months and sleeps reasonably well.
Example last night....

7pm , down for sleep
11.45pm , awake for feed and change
3.30am , awake for feed and change
6.45am , awake for the day

baby settles really quickly by himself at night but the issue is between feeds and wakes, the noises!!!! Groans, moans, squeaks.

I was hoping it would get better but it's gotten worse and I am awake constantly.

I am seriously considering moving him into his own room so hopefully I can only be woken by the real cries when he needs me.

I am shattered and can't nap in the day as he is going through the stage of short naps. And afternoon fussiness where he wants to contact or settle in arms!!!

has anyone done this?

The recommendation is 6 months, I believe?

I kept my babies in my room way longer because I was breastfeeding them at night. I was so shattered that I slept when I could, and have no idea what noises they might have made!

Safe sleep guidance is to keep them in with you until at least 6 months so that's a risk assessment only you can make.

Have you tried putting on white noise? It might help drown out the noises a little.

Yes white noise is on.
He is just such a grunty baby.

I am probably awake 3/4 times each 3 hour block of his sleep.

Young babies need to hear other humans breathing and hearts to regulate their own this is why they should sleep in the same room as people for the first 6 months.

I understand the disruption in sleep and the impact this will be having on you though. Is there any room to move the cot further from your bed whilst keeping it in your room. Is there a chance of going to bed early to get a good chunk of sleep unbroken whilst baby does the first sleep with dad downstairs?

Would wearing one earplug in the ear that is closest to the baby help with reducing some of the wake ups from general noises whilst still having one ear clear for hearing them properly wake up.

I think moving a 3 month old to their own room is an absolute last resort. My daughter woke frequently at times every 40.minutes and this can still happen even though she is nearly 4 as she has severe reflux. I get my sleep at the weekend and my partner takes from the time she wakes up until 10 so I get 2 good chunks of unbroken sleep. It doesn't sound like much but it takes the edge of the exhaustion and allows me to function.

I had a very grunty baby! He kept me awake, and then me being awake caused him to wake constantly through the night. At the absolute end of my tether, I put him in his nursery to sleep, and he slept SO much better, only waking twice for a feed and going back to sleep. It's not recommended, but I was at the point I had no choice as I was falling asleep holding him, etc, through total exhaustion

I have a 6 month old and remember feeling this way at about 8-12 weeks but not long after the noises settled down and she became much quieter so hopefully things improve

I know advice is 6 months but I am not coping as I literally cannot sleep at the moment. I just feel like I'm constantly awake and struggling ;(