When did you put baby in their own room?

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DD is 3.5 months old and has already outgrown her moses basket. We've got a travel cot in our room for now but I'm starting to think I should move her to the proper cot in her own room.

Current guidelines recommend keeping babies in your room until six months but I know a lot of parents guffaw at this suggestion. Out of interest, when did you put your DC in their own room and does anyone have any tips with regards to signs that she may be ready/not be ready for the move?

I understand that the most likely answer is to do what I feel is right and that only I know my baby best (in which case I suppose I should just try the move and see how it goes) but I'm interested in what others did.

Three months for both of mine. Had the movement sensor monitor which gave me confidence. It was time cos we all just kept waking each other up.

I put mine to bed in our room from 7pm after about eight weeks, going to bed myself around 11pm. Didnt move them until they stoped waking for milk as I didnt want to have to traipse to another room to feed, but Id have done that at whatever age it happened.

I wouldn't move until peak sids risk has passed myself - about five months.

I moved DD1 at 7 months. DD2 was 21 months and DS is still with us at 9 months.

They are all atrocious sleepers and it made life tolerable that they were close.

Thanks for your posts. I think I will give it a go, although she seems to have turned into a bit of a nightmare this week! Not sure if it's this '4 month sleep regression' I've heard about or something else. It seems there's always something kind of 'phase' or 'leap' or something other nonsense

*some not something. Bloody autocorrect.

I moved DD from her moses basket to her cot in her own room at about 8 or 9 weeks. She had outgrown the basket and the cot must have been a lot more comfortable with the proper mattress. We all slept better

I got her used to her cot by putting her basket in it for naps, and also doing feeds in her bedroom so she was used to it as a calm and quite environment.

If you are thinking of doing it now I would recommend looking into movement monitors.

Ah, cross post Penguin. Yes, I thought the peak was after 4 months so I was thinking about starting in the next few weeks. I'll see how I feel. The way she has been the last few days though I'm not sure it's a good idea. Lots and lots of crying and will only be consoled by me holding her. All a bit stressful to be honest.

Yes, I've got one of those Angelcare movement monitors

Both were about 7/8 months. We managed to fit the cot in our room along the bottom of the bed.

There is no evidence to show that monitors prevent sids so I wouldn't rely on one of them either

DS was 12 months and DD will be 2.

They'll be sharing so have had to wait until she's sleeping through which is only just starting now.

You all lasted longer than we did! It was about 3 weeks I think we moved her. She was keeping us awake every time she moved so we were even more tired! We put her Moses basket in her cot so she could get used to the room.

one week. We all slept better.

Very mixed responses! Thanks all, it's really interesting to see what works for different people.

5 1/2 months but then DH slept on the floor in her room until 6 months! To be honest I found it easier having her in our room so I didn't have to get up for night feeds. Would have kept her in longer but she was such a noisy sleeper that I didn't get a wink of sleep.

Well that's the thing GotToBe, DH isn't getting any uninterrupted sleep which he's finding difficult with a 2 hour drive to work in the mornings. I can cope with the interupptions and we're down to one feed between midnight at morning, so I can deal with that too, I'm just thinking it'll be better for all of us if we're getting a bit more sleep.

I haven't moved DD yet (7.5months). She's a crap sleeper and I can't face getting out of bed and going down the corridor seventy five times a night. We hired a bed nest co sleeper crib thingy because it's 20cm longer than the moses basket.

DS1&2 went into their own rooms just before they outgrew their Moses baskets, I started by putting the Moses baskets inside their cots. DS3 went in his own room from day 1

Once DD started sleeping through the night - about eight weeks old. Until then it was easier to have her next to my bed so I could just scoop her up and bf; once she could sleep about six hours she was straight into her own room (albeit right next door to us with a connecting door which I left open).

DS was put upstairs in our room in the evenings from about 6 weeks. He went in his own room at 3 months when he ooutgrew his moses basket as his cot wouldn't fit in our room. He slept through a couple of nights later & so did we!

DD has just gone into her cot at 3 months but in our room this time. we plan to move her into her own room once she has dropped her night feeds.

3.5 months. She outgrew her moses basket and we don't have room in our bedroom for a cot. It did concern me moving her out before the 6 month recommendation but our rooms are next door and I kept the doors open so she wasn't actually much further away, and my understanding is that although it does increases SIDS risk, other factors are far more important in SIDS risk.

I found she didn't like the cot at first compared to the moses basket - I bought mesh cot wrap which seemed to help. Also I put the basket on the cot first of all so she got used to the new location, and at first I slept on at mattress on the floor, then slowly moved back into our room.