Moving baby to sleep in own room

[XxSunshinexX]

Hi,

I was just wondering when you moved your baby to sleep in their own room? Our daughter has just turned 6 months and is sleeping reasonably well throughout the night, although recently she has started to wake a lot and we are starting to think that we are disturbing her.

We were all set to move her into her own room but then got told by someone that we should be waiting until she is able to roll over by herself and then back again. She isn't really even attempting to roll at the minute!

Has anyone else heard this? We can't seem to see much guidance on this other than ideally waiting until the 6 month mark

Thanks

I’m not sure where the rolling over thing comes from or what difference it makes if they can or csn’t roll. The only guidance I am aware of is that they should ideally be in with you until they are six months to reduce SIDS risk.

I don’t think the rolling thing is a thing. DD1 had really disturbed sleep when starting to roll as she’d roll all night thenget stuck and cry, but at around 5mo or whenever it was, she was able to move her head easily and no concerns about breathing. Now DD2 is almost 6mo, has rolled once or twice but is not that interested, some babies are just not that rolly! Go for the move if it feels right, your little one will call for you if she needs you.

We moved ours at approx 6 months as they also started to get too big for their moses basket then too

Moved my daughter into her own room when she was 8 months old, so a bit longer. That was mostly because she was still waking up so frequently at the time though, so it was more so I could continue to feed her in bed

I'd not heard the advice on rolling before tbh. I guess if it's something you might be worried about (if your daughter does frequently roll over and you've had to keep turning her back over), there's absolutely no rush - just because the advice says around 6 months doesn't mean you have to! Completely depends on if you think you're both ready I think :)

Hi, just looking at these posts as they're the most recent. I've got a 6 year old who went in her own room at 4 months, same reason as most of you fidgety, too big for moses basket & noisy breather 🤣 + we were disturbing her. My sons is 5 weeks HV was horrified when I told her about my daughter. She said new guidelines are to room share for 12 months!
None of family or friends who've recently had kids have heard of this so was wondering if anyone else had? When I've looked it up it seems to be American recommendations?

4 months is peak time for SIDS. I have heard of 12 months recommended but I dont think it is a UK guideline.

DD moved into her own room at 22 months.

I think the rolling thing is more to do with front sleeping - ie, once they can roll, it doesn't mater if they start front sleeping, because they can roll back. SIDS guidelines say they can be in their own room from 6 months. But just do what you feel comfortable with. We moved our little boy out because we were disturbing him, but kept his monitor on over night til he was about 7/8 months

Four months: with a monitor and a sensor mat. We were waking each other up all the time! We all slept loads better. He wasn’t rolling then and was in a gro bag and we then tucked a blanket on top so he was pinned in! We had a video monitor too. He never moved. When he started rolling he didn’t tend to roll in his bed much but it was quite unnerving when he started sleeping face down with his bum in the air! That wasn’t till about 7 months though.

The Lullaby Trust day peak SIDS risk is 2-3 months. Although advice is room share until 6 months. Sounds like must be American advice for 1 year. We all as parents have to be aware of guidelines and decide what is right for our family using the available information.

That's made me feel better. I was getting confused & felt irresponsible! We did use sleeping bags & a video monitor with our daughter & I plan to do the same again when I feel he's ready. If it's older than 6 months that's fine every babies different but you get so much conflicting info its hard sometimes 🤔