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When did you move your dc out of your room?

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saltyseadog · 08/09/2010 19:20

DS (5.5mo) is waking at what seems like the end of every sleep cycle and I am down on my knees with tiredness.

Everyone is saying to move him out of our room, and I am pretty sure that we do inadvertently disturb him. However, given the guidelines I'm still reluctant to do this.

What did you do?

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domesticdiva · 08/09/2010 19:23

Hi salty

We moved our DS into his own cot bed in his own room from 5 months for the very same reason. We believed it was more us waking him up whenever we made any noise e.g coming to bed etc. He was also in a moses basket until then. It was the best thing we ever did. He was a little unsettled for 3-4 nights, when we would initially put him to bed but then he soon started sleeping the night through. Good luck

thisisyesterday · 08/09/2010 19:25

ds1 moved out at 5 months as we didn't have space to put the cot in our room

ds2 moved out at 12 months in a vain attempt to get him to sleep better. sadly it didn't work, i just ended up having to traipse from room to room several times a night

ds3 is still in with us at 15 months

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saltyseadog · 08/09/2010 20:44

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AngelDog · 08/09/2010 21:38

DS is still in ours at 8 months.

Are evenings any better before you go to bed? That's a good clue as to whether his own room might help. DS has generally woken more often when on his own.

Do you feed every time he wakes?

sazlocks · 08/09/2010 21:42

6 months - and it helped his sleep for a few nights and then it went downhill! He is 7.5 months now and on a bad night wakes every 2 hours.
I hope your experience is different to mine

PavlovtheCat · 08/09/2010 21:48

DD at 9 months for this reason. It took about 1 month to get sleep sorted properly, but it did help.
DS at 9 months is still with us til the end of this week, for this reason . I know it will help DS sleep better as we are currently having me sleep in another room so he does not see me/know I am there, DH is dealing with it all for 3 nights as when he wakes and knows i am there, he won't go back to sleep without me feeding him. I won't say it is working. Yet.

I would say go with what you feel comfortable with. If you feel moving is the best thing, or worth a go to give you some sleep, 5.5 months is fine. You can always move him back if it does not work out how you planned.

NotAnotherBrick · 08/09/2010 21:50

6y; 5y and 3y...and I miss them! Still got cuddly DD4 in with us though (she's nearly two).

AmazingBouncingFerret · 08/09/2010 21:51

DS was about 5 months old. I forget if there was any particular reason.

DD has only just moved into DS's room with him and she is 8 months. So far there has been no problem.

ElbowBeach · 08/09/2010 21:54

13 months Made several plans to move him from about 9 months but ended up foiled by sickness / being too knackered / the fact that the bloody cot needed to be taken apart.

Should have done it months ago - all three of us sleep MUCH better now.

Ragwort · 08/09/2010 21:55

Two weeks .

ShowOfHands · 08/09/2010 21:56

eaglewings · 08/09/2010 22:01

um DS 4 and DD 4! Years that is but that was easiest for many reasons, each Mum and baby has different needs. Give your ds his own room and see how it goes, can always change back

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saltyseadog · 09/09/2010 10:41

Oh it's hard! I love having him next to me, and hearing him breathing...but...he woke up 7 times last night and I am falling apart .

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pearlsandtwinset · 09/09/2010 10:44

What guidelines? Some recommend that they aren't in your room at all! Everyone is different. I moved DD at 6 weeks because she kept me awake too much.

Do what you feel is right, i.e. if you love having him there but too tired to really enjoy him when he's awake then it's time to move!

If you can afford to, get an armchair or something comfy for his room so that you can spend some time there watching him sleep etc, feeding him.

AngelDog · 09/09/2010 19:39

pearl, the guidelines are by the Foundation for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, I think.

amyboo · 10/09/2010 09:06

DS got moved out of our room at about 7 weeks. He was getting too big for his moses basket, and our room was too small to fit the cot in. I also found that he was keeping me awake too much. Moving him to his own room made me worry a bit, but he was fine (he's now 5.5 months) and it gave us all a bit more sleep.

mistressploppy · 10/09/2010 09:52

We moved DS at 5mo and we all slept brilliantly after that - I hope it works for you

mistressploppy · 10/09/2010 09:53

Sorry, also - he grew out of the waking-at-every-sleep-cycle thing at around the same time, NOT because of the room thing (naps were better and we were never in the room for those) but just a developmental thing. Hang in there...

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