Moving to own room

[Kcoffecakebubs]

So, ftm and DS is 6.5 months and in a Tutti Bambini next to me. Love having him this close and we were going to wait a while to move him to his cot bed in own room, but I've just read the weight limit is 9kg and he's already over 10kg!! Plus he's nearly crawling so it's just dawned on me we need to do it ASAP!

He's not the best sleeper, still needs to be settled a few times a night, plus a feed. Sometimes I have to hold his hand tk get him to sleep. Any tips on how to transition him as quickly and gently as possible please? I'm dreading it, was hoping to have had more time then done it gradually, it looks like it's not an option!

Personally I think if you have to be up that many times a night it's worth keeping them in your room; could you side-car the cot to your bed and get a video monitor?

@burritofan unfortunately we can't fit the cot in our room, otherwise that's exactly what I'd be doing?

Anyone got any experience of Co sleeping with a bed rail/guard? Or do you put baby in between you? I'm a bit clueless on this as wasn't keen originally, but it's starting to sound more appealing. Especially while we try and transition into his room, as I'm not sure how safe the bedside cot is now he's over the weight limit.

When we moved my daughter, we found she actually started sleeping through and not needing a feed. We were all disturbing each other and she much prefers having her own space I think! Based on my limited experience, I'd be tempted to advise giving it a go and see how you get on.

@OlderthenYoungerNow, that sounds promising. I think we'll give it a go and see what happens!

How did you get on @Kcoffecakebubs?

@OlderthenYoungerNow, I still haven't tried! We have some black out blinds on order that still haven't turned up, and in the last week he's learnt to crawl and is cutting his first tooth (=no sleep)! So fingers crossed everything will be more steady soon then I'm just going to go for it.

I think you might be right in him sleeping better without us disturbing each other. I hope so! He's getting a bit of separation anxiety though at the moment, so I'm guessing that's not going to help.

I'll let you know how we get on.

We moved both of ours at that age. Did some shh-pat/gradual retreat type of sleep training and we definitely all eventually got a better night's sleep.
I coslept up to that point and got to the stage they would only sleep with me!