moving baby to his own room

[sharon137]

Mybaby is 14 weeks old, and we are thinking of trying to get him to go to sleep in his own room.
Currently he sleeps in the living room during the day in a portacot, and falls asleep in there at night, and we take him into his bassinet in our bedroom when we go to bed.
Do you tihnk he is rthe right age, or too young? I just think now he has lighter phases of sleep where me or my partner might disturb him if we get up to go for a drink, etc... DS either sleeps through the night or will get up for one feed.
Also, how did you make the transition? Do you think I should start putting im in his room for day naps first, then night sleep? Or all at once? Should I leave him to cry? Etc....

Really, you should keep your baby with you until 6 months. The disturbing is helpful in reducing the possibility of the baby going into too deep a sleep. What you are doing now is perfect, and your baby is waking probably less that average anyway.

We put our baby in his own room at 14 weeks, and I think it helped his sleep (which was poor!). The guidelines are at 6 months, but personally I think they are a little more flexible when they're younger, and so the transition is easier.

I didn't move ds to his own room until he was 7mo but that was mainly because I was too paranoid and liked to have him next to me so I could easily check on him in the night and be reassured by his lovely snuffly sleeping noises. I did start putting him in there for daytime naps for a few weeks first so that he got used to it and he made the transition really easily - I found it far harder than he did! Personally I wouldn't leave to cry at 14wks, far too young but I know some people recommend it. Agree with thickystarlight - only waking once in the night is not much anyway! Also bear in mind that as babies usually semi-wake every 45mins or so in their sleep cycle that he may wake even if you're not there to disturb him and then may cry if he realises you're not there iyswim

Thnks everyone for your responses.
I think I will start putting him in his room for his day naps - he likes his mobile in there anyway, so hopefully it wont be too hard - and maybe keep him in with us for another couple of months. I will miss him when he goes out of our bedroom!! But I just thought maybe he would be more amenable to change at this age.

My baby has been in his own room for both daytime naps and night time since 4 weeks old. During the day can hear every thing via baby monitor and at night can hear as his room is right beside ours and we leave our door open.

The main reason for this is because I couldn't sleep at all with his noises (even with earplugs) and we woke each other up all night so no fun for anyone.

The official SIDS guidance in 6 months but its only one risk factor. Ultimately you need to do what you are comfortable with. However if he is sleeping through and you are sleeping too perhaps no reason to move?

Yes babies do wake every 45 mins during night but IME more likely to settle if you are not there to disturb.