I don't want to put DD in her own room :-(

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My DD2 is now 5 months old so we're coming up to the big 6 month bedroom move and it's making me really nervous just thinking about it.
I never had this problem with DD1, she moved into her own room at 6 months with no problems at all so I don't know what's happening to me!
We have a chicco next to me crib and I love having her so close, I never had that closeness with DD1 in a Moses basket. I'm terrified to lose the connection we have because we've made the decision that she is our last child and I'm never going to experience this kind of love again.
I'm not ready to let her go to her own room yet. I don't want to mention it to my husband yet as I don't think he'll agree with me but I'm really tempted to bring her cot bed into our room and have it right up against my bed like the chicco is.
Has anybody else kept their babies with them past 6 months? How to i bring up the subject with my husband?

My 5 month old is not moving anywhere soon. Probably years. The oldest still loves to cuddle too

Dp was adamant that DS would be in his own room at six months. I put my foot down and said no.
I was in my parents room until I was one as I am asthmatic and stopped breathing at 12 days old. I was terrified the same would happen to DS.
He didn't move to his room until he was nearly one, and that was purely because by that time he slept better on his own without our snoring disturbing him

Ds is still in our room at 15 months. Ideally he would have moved a month or so ago. Not at 6 months though! No way were either of us ready.

What is the big 6 month bedroom move? Never heard of it. Mine were 10 months, 12 months, 28 months and 5 when they went in their own rooms. Where your child sleeps is no ones business

Don't move her if you don't want to. My ds is 12 months old. Up until 2 months ago we were co sleeping every night. He now starts his night in the cot in my room but still ends up in bed with me at some point in the night. I'm in no rush at all to move him into his room. I'd miss him too much and he's going to be my only.

Ds is stil in with us at a year and I don't see it changing soon.
Do what's best for you

Both mine were in with us through to the toddler years. I can categorically say that they won't be doing it when they are 16 so what's the worry. Really no rules as long as they and you are safe loved and happy. Don't stress it, they don't stay babies for long.

Moving them into their own room at 6 months isn't the law! Do what you feel is right. My DD is 15 months and is in her cot against her bed.

Can I go a step further and ask a slightly more personal question?
How do you fellow parents go about "intimate" times with your partners with co sleeping?
She's too young at the moment to understand anything anyway and we're quite comfortable to just make sure she's in a deep sleep in her cot before engaging in any activities at the moment but surely that changes as they get older?
I always imagine that co sleeping parents never "get any". How do you work around it?

We have other rooms in the house. Works well until they leave toddlerhood.

DD was in our room until 8 months I think. She was 6 weeks prem, and at 6 months I was still BF in the night. I certainly wasn't about to start wandering about the house in the middle of the night to feed her! So she stayed until she was able to sleep through. I missed her being next to me though, I used to love waking in the morning and looking over to see her smiling up at me, was just the best feeling in the world. Even when she was in her own room, the first thing I would do would be to bring her back into my bed for a morning feed and a cuddle.

Just because the guidelines say they can go in their own room from 6 months, doesn't mean they have to. Be guided by how you feel and what works for you.

Dd2 was almost 2 before she moved out, and only then because we had a small cot and she was busting out of it. She's always been a poor sleeper so it was easier to have her in with me. For various dull reasons, she had to go into dd1s room with dd1 being moved into the spare, and it took me forever to get round to organising it all.

As for having, ahem, adult time; well she was either fast asleep or we did it downstairs.

6 months is guidance, not a hard and fast rule. Do whatever makes you feel comfortable.

DD is well over 3 and got in our bed tonight as her room is being decorated any excuse she's always in with us by 2am anyway, we got a super king bed so we have space

My 5yr old still comes and gets into our bed most nights. I don't give a hoot. Neither does dh. He has his own bed and likes it but at 3am, he likes a cuddle and so do we.

DS is 22 months and on a low bed next to ours. If he gets chilly in the night he climbs up next to me, cuddles in, says 'night night' and goes back to sleep.

It's lovely.

My daughter was 6 years when she went in her own room

Ds is 15 months old, starts the night in his cot in my room and Co sleeps from 3 am ish. If I stay awake I might transfer him back.

Re dtd, either in bed when he's asleep, or elsewhere in the house when he's asleep!

Mine were 3 when they went into their own room . Six months IS MINIMUM.
As for shags, another bedroom, sitting room, dining room.... Anywhere but the conservatory, basically. In fact, because we weren't waiting till bedtime, we had more frequent sex as we were slightly less exhausted!

Just do it anywhere the baby isn't!