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Anyone else's 8 week old baby in their own room?

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DuRezidal · 26/12/2017 20:56

Our DD, who is almost 6 years old, went into her own room when she was 3 weeks old because i have terrible insomnia and even though she was sleeping I was not getting more than 2 hours. I would literally spend all night listening to her breathing and wriggling and I could not sleep.

I take sleeping tablets (prescribed) when it gets really bad as it's the only way to break the cycle but don't like taking these when I have a young baby.

When I had my son I did my best to keep him in the bedroom with me for longer. At 6 weeks i caved and put our little boy in his own room and he has slept so much better without me obviously disturbing him. He went from sleeping 3 hour cycles to almost 6 hour cycles a few nights (mostly 4-5 hour cycles) from the night he went in his own room. Then we went on holiday last week where he had to sleep with us again, and he dropped down to 3 hours again.

Does anyone else have their very young baby in their own room?

I would love to have him in the room with me, to be able to hear his noises and him able to be near me, but I cannot function on 2 hours of sleep Confused I feel like I miss out on those initial 6 months of co-sleeping.

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cathf · 27/12/2017 14:24

I am convinced the reason there seem to be so many poor sleepers is modern guidelines discourage good sleep habits.
Guidelines are only guidelines, but parents seem to be unable to use common sense and just parrot the 'rules' over and over.
As someone upthread said, sleeping guidelines are just one of the things that have changed over the past few years, so there is no definitive proof that the sleeping advice has done anything to reduce SIDS.

Mayhemmumma · 27/12/2017 15:28

I agree cathf...I'm sure my DD was freezing cold sometimes and woke for warmth when feeding. Me and DH were terrified of over heating her!

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