When did you move your baby to their own room, and did it make them sleep better??

[MissRedIndie]

Just wanting to hear what other people have done really. DD is 4 months old, and currently sleeping in our room in a crib. I've noticed that however quiet we are when we go to bed even just turning the duvet back can cause her to move around. I'm wondering if she might get a better night's sleep in her own room without the noise distractions. She usually wakes 2 or 3 times a night for feeds, and tends to sleep from about 6.30pm to 7.30am. I wonder whether DH's snoring might be waking her (it certainly wakes me!). She does all her daytime naps in her cot, so I don't think there will be any transition issues.

When did you move your baby to their own room? I know the recommendation is to keep them with you till 6 months which is why I'm hesitating to do it, but would be keen to if it would improve everyone's sleep!

In my case, DS had his own room from about 8 - 10 weeks (this was in 2000) and we both got a better night's sleep. Me because I wasn't leaping to attention at every single noise. Him because he had more space to wriggle about.

6 months, and absolutely no better sleep with her in her own room than in with us.

At 10mo she goes to bed at 6.30pm but wakes at 11pm and sometimes again at 4am.

I'm wondering this too. I get woken through the night by dd wriggling about. Then this morning she woke at 6.45 but wriggled and made a few noises and went back to sleep, she did this a few times til she finally woke up an hour later! I could have had an extra hours sleep!! But she's only 15 weeks and seems too little to go in her own room!

NoTea, I found that sleeping with earplugs in helped cut out some of the wriggling noises - I was nervous about doing it in case I didn't hear her, but seems I am still so automatically programmed that I wake as she wakes for a feed anyway!

Is it such a bad thing if you move them early? I don't know what the stats are re SIDS for sleeping on their own - maybe DH's snoring disturbing her sleep is actually keeping her alive?!!! (this would definitely be his argument!!)

DS slept in his room right from the word go. I also slept in his room for a while (up to 8 weeks or so, when he was waking up regularly for feeding) and then went back to our room.
I think it's better for everybody.

we waited until they were 1 yr old.
It was fine

The SIDS guideline is 6 months and it's there for a reason I guess.

It's normal for them to be easily disturbed when young and for mothers to be easily roused and therefore responsive to their needs. Young babies need to be near their others. There is something too about them tuning into the mothers breathing which helps them 'remember' to breathe. I don't know the full science on this but it's there in the sids research I think. Doesn't make it any easier to bear of course! I waited til 6 months with first and will with my second. While I'm doing night feeds it also makes sense.