Newborn napping alone

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It's been 5 years since my last baby and whilst I knew that babies are supposed to sleep in your room for 6 months at nighttime I was surprised when they told me at the hospital that this now includes keeping them with you whilst they nap. Does anyone actually do this? And how do you establish a sleep routine for your baby when they have to stay with you all the time? I'm sure we used to put our son upstairs at 7pm from a couple of months old, and the same for nap times. I will never get anything done if my baby can't leave my side for the next 6 months!!

mine napped downstairs during the day until around 4 months and then I put them in the crib upstairs for naps.

We did it both times with a sling, a pram, a bouncer chair and a Moses basket.

DD was in her own room at 4 months, and slept in her cot for daytime naps. I think I started getting her to nap in her cot even when it was still in our room, although not sure when. She would only sleep on us for daytime naps at first but think it was around 3 months that I managed to get her sleeping happily in her cot during the day (oddly, she was always fine at night). Am expecting another baby soon and with a 4 year old running around my plan is for him to sleep upstairs as soon as possible but it will all depend on his sleep pattern I guess!

Mine slept in a carrycot and then travel cot downstairs in the day until she was 5 months.

IME its impossible to get baby napping well downstairs if there are noisy older children about! Fair enough whilst a sleepy newborn, but at around 2/3 months when they wake up more its bloody hard work!

DD (15 weeks) has been put upstairs at 7pm bedtime since 12 weeks and I am working on getting her to nap in her cot. Mostly she will nap in my arms but this isnt very practical & she is constantly disturbed by ds (4) so the sooner she takes all her naps in the cot the better!

That's what I'm finding. She's just not getting good quality sleep downstairs. When I had my first child this 'rule' wasn't in place. I find it conflicts with all the other guidance in place regarding establishing routines.

Mine napped downstairs, initially with me all the time but I started putting him in the dining room both during the day and the evening, in a carry cot, then he would be put in moses basket, later the cot, after his 10pm feed (which lasted months). Worked for us because much easier to check on him. At 4 months we started putting him in his own room after the late feed, we all slept better after that.