Moving baby to own room

[June628]

My DD is nearly 6 months old and I’m starting to think about moving her into her own room. My worry is what I’m going to do about overnight feeds. Currently she sleeps in a next2me and I bring her in bed to feed her then put her back in. She’s quite long so I’m not sure I’ll be able to get comfortable in a chair if I put one in her room and I worry that taking her in and out of her room at night to feed her in my bed will disturb her too much. I was hoping to wait until she’s dropped overnight feeds but who knows when that’ll happen and she’ll outgrow the next2me at some point.
What are my options here and is it best to continue waiting?

Is there space for a travel cot/her regular cot in your room? DS was in my room until he was almost a year old.

You don't exclusively state in your op but I'm assuming you're breastfeeding. I know parents of 2 year olds that are still feeding overnight

I kept mine in with me til 6m as per guidelines (and it was easier to do night feeds without having to leave the room).

Babies are snuffly and grunty so I wore earplugs. Could hear the cry, but not all the general sniffles etc.

I managed to squeeze DS into his next to me until he was 9 months before transferring him and he's pretty big! He was definitely getting unhappy towards the end though. If a chair wouldn't work, could you get a single bed for DD's room? DS doesn't feed overnight but I often wish we had one in there anyway as it would be useful if he's unsettled at night.

Mine slept loads better when he went into his own room which meant far fewer night feeds. (went from 10pm/1am/3am/5am to 1 at about 3am like magic)

when he did need to be fed I'd go and get him and bring him back into bed then go put him back in his room. It didn't seem to disturb him at all

Tbh I found it easier to move my LO at 6 months; breastfeeding overnight was less once she was on solids and also when she wasn’t sleeping next to me. Sometimes I’d bring her into our room to feed and then carry her back (when I wanted to feed whilst watching the tv), other times I fed in her room. Neither disturbed her.

@TeddyBeans we haven’t actually bought her a cot yet but there would be space for it where the next2me currently is I imagine, so that’s an option.

@mynameiscalypso no space for a single bed unfortunately it’s a pretty tiny room, otherwise that would be a great option! I imagine I’ll be spending a lot of time in there anyway shushing and singing (poor child!) so i think I’d need some sort of seat anyway but probably couldn’t fit a big nursing chair in there/ not sure I could feed in it anyway

At the moment DH starts the night in our room (next to baby) because I find it hard to sleep next to her due to all the noises/ shuffles etc and we switch when she needs a feed and I stay with her until the morning. Would be nice to finally be able to share a bed again and not so shifts haha
Luckily she only feeds once overnight so maybe moving her into her own room and bringing him in my bed and back again wouldn’t be too much of a problem.

My DD is 6.5 months.
I have started putting her to bed in her room and when she wakes I bring her into my bed to feed and then she goes into the Next to me or cosleeps.

She wakes less deffo and slept 7+ hours a couple of nights ago.

I don't want to sit in her room feeding in the night as if I wake myself up too much, I can't get back to sleep.

So last couple of nights in her cot have been
7-2
8-2:30
9-4
9-2

Variable but I find I'm sleeping better and not disturbing her around 10/11 when I go to bed.

She's deffo dropped 1 night feed already.

@June628 Sounds very similar to our set up! I do have a small wooden chair in there at the moment so at least I can sit down when I get tired but it's not ideal! It's a pain isn't it? I agree with PP though that hopefully moving to her own room plus starting solids may mean that the night feed won't continue for too long.

I bought the rockING chair from Aldi for £150 which is a godsend. It's super comfy with a huge seat, me and dd(5) can squeeze on for stories. You can also change the legs to non-rocking legs so will be able to use it elsewhere when we're finished. I actually love having the feeding somewhere separate to my bed and I find I can settle much better as my bed is just for sleep.

Following, I'm in a very similar situation! We have a rocking chair in the nursery but ds is 7 months and I struggle to comfortably feed him in it... Kind of wishing I'd gone with the aldi one now as it sounds bigger!

I think we're just going to have to bite the bullet and move him soon (the cot won't fit in our room) but I'm worried.... The current set up of just feeding and putting him back in the snuzpod is sooo convenient, but I'm not sure how much longer he'll fit?! Aaaagh!

[quote June628]@TeddyBeans we haven’t actually bought her a cot yet but there would be space for it where the next2me currently is I imagine, so that’s an option.[/quote]
I would definately suggest fitting the (new, full sized) cot next to your bed. Always best to wait until baby is sleeping through before moving to own room IMO, because going to another room to deal with night wake ups is much harder work and parents often end up cosleeping instead.