Baby in own room

[kittylily2305]

When did everyone move their babies into their own rooms? I know everyone says 6 months but my son is 5 months and I feel ready to move him now. He's such a noisy sleeper so I am one tired mumma! I just wanna hear everyone else's experiences of moving their babies from their rooms. I am quite scared/sad to do it!

Mine has just gone into his own room at 12 weeks. I know it's before the recommended time, but he seems to sleep much better in there.

We moved our DD into her own room a couple of weeks ago at 5months although I have been sleeping on the floor as concerned about SIDS but we do have a movement sensor under mattress and video monitor! I put her in her big cot for naps to start with before moving her in for the night and she has been much happier in there having more space.

14 months. But only because I was very lazy and her room was handy for storing things I needed to dispose of! She absolutely slept about a billion times better in her own space. If you’re 3/4 weeks away from the 6 month thing I wouldn’t worry too much.

5 months. We were all waking each other up.

DD is nearly 8 months and still in with us, I can't imagine not having her in with me each night

DS moved at just over 3 months and DD a couple of weeks ago at just over 4 months. We moved them when they got too big for the crib and were waking up in the night hitting the sides. We didn't have space in our room for the cot. We have a breathing mat and video monitor. Both times we have moved them straight into the cot one bedtime.

Round about 12 weeks I think she's 6 month now and had no problems

Thanks everyone. I'd worry about moving him through now because of sids but I really do think we'd both sleep much better. Mum guilt is so hard

We moved him around 5.5months as he didn't fit in his smaller cot anymore and it seems silly to rearrange everything for a couple weeks

I put my daughter in at 10 months and only cause we were selling our apartment and needed to move the next to me crib out of our room 😂.

I’ll probably get flamed but I moved him at 12 weeks. He didn’t sleep in my room he was awake all night.

DH and I both had horrible coughs so we moved him at 5 months. Bought an angelcare monitor with heart rate sensor and checked on him relentlessly, but he was fine!

Followed all other SIDS guidance - grobag, clear cot, 16-20 degree room etc.

Disclaimer - if you buy heartrate sensor monitor, try not to panic when it goes off! If DS rolls to the corner/edge of his cot it quite often goes. I really panicked the first time and ended up in floods of tears! He was absolutely fine. I've disabled it now he's 9 months as he rolls constantly and it was going off 3 times a night at least.

6 months but most of my friends did at 4-5 months

10 weeks here too. All other sids risk factor were low. Doesn't stop me checking on him in the night though!!

15 months. I loved having him next to me and felt nervous until he was a year old.

15 months as I was BF. He still ends up in our bed halfway through the night. I haven't got the patience to persevere getting him to go back to sleep in his cot.

Yes, mine coslept for a couple of months towards the end, but I have to admit I was surprised how easy it was to move him to his own room.

Moved DD into her room at 7 months. To be honest she was probably ready at 5 months, from that point she began waking 4-5 times a night (previously once between 7-7). At 7 months we tried her in her own room and she slept through from the first night. I think we were disturbing her.

DS was 1 year old.
DD was 3 years old.

Neither were great sleepers so it was just easier and DS was at school by the time DD was born and they had to share do it would've been unfair on him.

First 10 weeks and second 15 months but only because they were be sharing a room.

Four days old, two days old, one day old.
The two oldest slept in our room on the first night home from hospital then in their own room from the second night
The youngest was straight in his own room.
All slept through between 8-12 weeks.
I am convinced babies sleep better when they are undisturbed and I think a lot of today's trends for co-sleeping, bed sharing, napping on mum etc promote poor sleep habits.
And I know putting a baby to sleep alone breaks SIDS guidelines, but then so does bed sharing and you wouldn't dare criticise THAT on MN!

It definitely sounds like everyone does it at different times and just to go with what feels right so thank you everyone for replies. We're going to get some video monitors tomorrow and then move him through so wish us luck

You could always try earplugs if you don’t want to move him yet? I found them really effective at blocking out baby snuffles/snorts etc. I actually find the video monitor louder than DS was (even on the lowest setting!)