Anyone's baby on a different floor from them?

[Newmum26]

Our house is laid out so our bedroom is upstairs and baby's bedroom is below us.
He's been in with us in our room in his cotbed until now he's 14 months.
We have a video monitor in his room, wired smoke alarms and carbon monoxide alarms, and a fully fitted alarm system in place with window and door sensors too.
We put him in his own room last night and he slept fine, it was me who didn't sleep I was constantly alert and found that the video monitor picked up every little sound so I was on edge all night listening out for him. I also had to go down and pat his bum twice as he stirs sometimes and cries out (teeth normally) and I can't help but think it was so much easier when he was in with us 😩
Would you be ok with the set up? Everything considered?
Or would you keep him in with you until he's not needing me to settle him in the night? X

I really wouldn’t be happy my young child being on a different floor. I know you can’t help it but I would move back into your room until a bit older xx

People I babysat for as a teen had this with their 6 month old even then I thought it was odd but then safer than when she could get herself out of bed and wander

There's no real logic in it and I'm generally not a fussing mum but I wouldn't book a holiday cottage that had dc below us until they were c. 10yo. Somehow boys above us seemed OK once they got past the toddler stage.

Hi, we have the same situation with our house. Just moved DS in a few weeks ago and he was nearly 5 months. You can’t help the design of your house and I don’t see why that should stop them going in their own room. You sound like you have everything covered way more than we do. The first week for me was the hardest as I felt like I was listening out for the monitor. It is definitely getting easier and I think it is better for all of us to be in separate rooms. DH wakes up early for work and alarm was waking him up and I feel that we were disturbing each other in the end. Although I wake up and have to go down to him a few times during the night it gets easier. I would say if your happy to then try and persevere. I’m sure everyone has their opinions but I wouldn’t want my baby to get used to sleeping in my room for too long and then it becomes a problem.

Yes. I’m in the loft and our 3 children are on the floor below. The youngest is 17 months. It’s not an issue.

Also, I’ve got a normal sound monitor and wired smoke alarms but none of the door / window sensors.

Not on a different floor, but a long way down a hallway.
We put the monitors on silent at night, as we found they picked up every time he even turned over or sighed/grunted which kept us awake all night.
We could hear straight away if he whimpered or cried just by hearing it down the corridor.
Not sure if you’d hear every peep from a floor up, but if so then I’d advise turning them onto silent.
We did have a sensor mat though which helped put our minds at rest too.

In fact our monitors are so sensitive we even hear when the neighbours over the road finish their shift work and shut their car doors!

Yes, DD moved up to the 2nd floor at 7 months. Just an audio monitor as the video ones disturb my sleep for every role over. Absolutely fine.

Yup, previous house and this house. Didn’t even occur to me that it might be an issue tbh. We’ve got a video monitor thing but actually find the cheapo audio monitor better. I slept with DD until she was 7mo but have had no problems with her in her own room since then (she’s now 2). Except flogging downstairs only to find she’s gone back to sleep before I get there!