Can new born sleep in own room straight away?

[dolly1]

Says it all really. We were planning to pop him in the nursery from day one. It's not far from our room and I'd rather get up in the night and go through to make sure he gets used to his own room asap.
Is this a good idea or not? Any advice/experiences would be great - thanks

@Missi123 this thread is over 12 years old

Enough people have raised the issue of SIDS and why keeping them in the same room helps to prevent it but from a practical point of view, I found with my son and now with my 7 month old daughter that getting up and feeding or settling them in the night is much easier if they are in the same room. Once they’ve gone down you just have to crawl back in to bed (even easier/cosier I imagine with a bedside crib) whereas with a separate room you have to creep out of the room, ninja style, try not to wake them up closing the door etc and then you are always pretty awake from having to actually get up and move rooms yourself.
Obviously it’s your choice. I would pop on to the Lullaby Trust website just so you can make an informed decision. It is true that newborns are noisy sleepers but mine grew out of that quite early on.

@strawberrypip Argh, I didn’t notice that! There I am replying and the baby is now about to start secondary school 🙈

But you where still on it, lol.

Hey, doesent matter how old the post is, really its all about information and help on this forum. So your message will help with other mums n dads who have newborns now or in future! Its not as thow we giving personal one and one advice to a specific person or anything, im sure many people will search for this forum many times and it will help them find there answers even in years to come.

@Missi123 I was on it because your comment put it to the top of the pregnancy board...no need to get defensive I was literally just pointing out it was an old thread and the OP probably isnt even on the site anymore

We didn't move either of our children out our room until about 9 months, we also had a breathing alarm that went off if they stopped breathing. If I happen to wake up in the night I'd glance across to see their chest or place my hand on them, I can't imagine them being out of sight and thinking "I wonder if they are breathing?". I also breastfed both my children and was up numerous times throughout the night, I wouldn't have wanted to be back the forth like a yo-yo, much easier to roll over, reach out, put baby on boob.

I don't really understand the attitude with getting them in their own room at 3 minutes old? Why don't you want the baby you've just spent 9 months baking near you? I guess you'll be "sleep training" at 2 weeks old aka let them cry and they'll give up when they realise you don't care. Strange attitude really.

You may want to and some of you appear to have done it, but is it really worth the risk so that you can have a good nights sleep?

Absolutely agree, why put a tiny day old baby in its own room, apparently to get them used to there own room. That is really irresponsible and mean.