Own Room

[angie0201]

Just curious when did you start putting you babes in their own room my DD is 5 months now and am considering it, is it too early or have i left it too long? Hello everyone by the way only just joined up

Ds1 went into his own room at 6 weeks, ds2 was there from day 2. He wouldn't sleep in moses basket, and slept in his cot from day 2. Both boys (2 &5) are now fabulous sleepers, and just get put to bed awake. I think it is related to when they were in their own rooms.

angie0201, I put ds in his own room at 8 months, I was worried that I had left it a bit late but he settled straight away and I have not had any problems.

DD 6 weeks and DS 5 weeks.

Totally understand where you are coming from Norash. Mum knows best and we'the the Mums. But then again I love Mumsnet for being able to ask quetions to help me make better judgements

my dd had her own room when we moved from a one bedroom flat to a three bedroom house. she was 6 months old.

It's all about what's best for you. ds2 went in his own room when he was 3 weeks old, because he snores like a train and we decided us getting sleep between the night feeds was vital for our sanity/well-being. Of course we worried about the SIDS advice, but we weighed it up against the fact that we don't smoke, we put him on his back, the room was cool etc.etc... If you're as informed as you can be it's down to making a personal decision that's right for you.

All I meant was we should not just blindly follow recomendations without questioning them, that's all. And no I do not want my baby to be a statistic .

Knowledge is power, but all I am saying is we need to question all these does and don'ts.

I think the theaory in keeping the baby in the room beside you is that the noises you make in your sleep, heavy breathing etc... can simply 'remind' a baby to breathe. It's not really rocket science. They work on the basis that babies die as their breathing reflex isn't infallible, therefore they can just stop breathing.

Not only were my babies in my room until at least 6mths.... they were both in our bed. I loved snuggling in with them. Ds loved it too and only at 3.5yrs did he start sleeping all night in his own bed. Dd never liked being cuddled in and was always waking, so I put her in her cot in ds's room at 6mths. v She's now 10mths and sleeps there all night no problems! She hates me cuddling into her which acually makes me .

But anyway.... thats another thread.

Thanks for all the advice and welcoming me, look forward to chatting again soon, by the way am already addicted now