Moving baby to own room?

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My daughter is 6.5 months and I'm debating with DP whether to put her in her own room!
His argument against is that we have friends coming to visit in august/sept so moving her to then move her back will only disrupt her,

I feel that she should be going in her own room and that moving her back for a few nights in august/sept won't be too bad! She'll be nearly 8 months old by then and I did say I would put her in her own room by 6 months.

It is a bit of a faff to move the cot out of our room and into the spare room but just once won't be too bad will it?

I couldn't sleep with a constantly puffling baby in the same room. Put him in his cot at a couple of weeks of age. We all slept great. And I always woke when he really needed me. This was in the dark ages, though, I am aware that guidelines have changed somewhat since then.

Have you tried moving the cot away from your bed? We had DS in a co-sleeper until he was 7 1/2 months, and then moved him to his cot on the other side of the room, and he went from waking every 2/3 hours to every 5 hours (so only twice during the night). I think we were both disturbing him, but this way I don't have far to go to feed him

I had twins so they were always in their own room - not enough space in ours for the cots.

Didn't think to have the next two in with us.

Probably makes me a terrible mother.

Hiya

Our son was in his own room in his cot at 6.5 months old. It's the best decision we ever made - not that we had much choice as he'd grown out of his crib in our room.

He goes to bed now an stays asleep when we come to bed (as we used to disturb him at night and in the morning in our room). His quality of sleep is better and he sleeps for much longer usually through the night.

I see what your husband is saying about disrupting her sleep but I think a few nights isn't going to do any harm. They are pretty resilient. Might be disruptive for a short time but I think she'll get used to it again pretty quickly x

We are in a similar situation to you and have chosen to wait until after guests go before moving her into her room. She will be almost 9 months when this happens.

I plan to move into her room with her to start with and then move back when she drops her night feed (ebf and solids is going fairly slowly). Like others, I can't be bothered traipsing between rooms in the night when she wants a feed, however, we want our room back - we are finding it quite restrictive not being able to access our things when she is napping or sleeping (super light sleeper who wakes as soon as we open the door). Getting ready in the morning is a challenge when she is asleep and likewise with sorting bits out in the evening after we have put her to sleep. For us the best option is me to sleep in her room with her and we are lucky that her room is large enough for a double bed and cot.

I second the pp who said its a personal choice and do what works best for your circumstances - there is absolutely no rush to have them sleeping in their own room without you.