How long did your DC sleep in your room in a cot?

[LadyOfWaffle]

I was co-sleeping with DS until he started climbing out all the time about 12 months. He is now 19 months and I am only just thinking about moving him, only really because DH has started working nights and it's abit hard putting him down for a nap with DH right there, and it means I can watch TV or read in bed. I have just realised that that is quite a long time in our room, considering most babies are out at 6 months. I don't really care that much, I wouldn't have it any other way just wondered if anyone else had their child in with them for so long (but no co-sleeping).

6 months for DS1 and DS2.......DS3 - who knows......depends on how soon I can persaude DH to get rid of the spare bed in the boys bedroom so the cot can go in there.........but I suspect it's going to take some time - so he'll probably be well over a year old.

no.
younger dc were out by the time the hit four and half months ish.
eldest was in our room till about 20 months ish. but that was because living with inlaws so no where else for him to sleep.

Ds is still in with us (in his cot) and he's just turned one year. The reason is that he doesn't have a room to move into.

We need to move and I admit that I've hit the point where I would prefer us to have our space back. We'll most likely be sharing for the next six months though the way things are going.

ds still in our room and bed (21m)
in the end we moved the cot out and he stayed lol!
will move into his own bed when we move house in new year

DS moved out at 6mo when we moved house -- but still makes the trip across the hallway at some point most nights to snuggle in with me! (He's now 9mo.)

Both of them till they were a year old. The first time because we only had one bedroom, the second time because DS2 was a poor sleeper and we didn't want him waking DS1 in the night (we only had two bedrooms).

Dd is still in with us. She is 10 months. we are moving to new place, with her own room though. So will be in her own room from december... I suspect she will still be in with us though... tis the general idea, that she's in her own cot and room though!

b was sleeping in his own room by 2 weeks but now he's nearly 4 we sometimes have a visit in the middle of the night.j was in his own room as soon as we brought him home(at 1 week).he's 2 and sometimes visits us to

ds slept in our bedroom until he was 2. Mainly because his bedroom was downstairs and I was scared to fall down when he woked up in the night. dd slept in our bedroom until she was 8 months.

Denbury, I just wondered, and this is a genuine question, i'm interested What made you want to put your DC in their own rooms so early when the advise is that they stay in your room until at least months old? JUst interested why you chose to do your own thing really

DD1 6 months in a moses basket in our room which she was very reluctant to leave even though she was much too big for it. (she hated the cot so much at first that we hade to put the basket IN the cot for a while to get her used to it!
DD2 was a bit younger about 5 months I think.

DS1 - 5mo cos he snored sooooo loud i could hear him from his own room
DS2 - 7mo
DD - 8mo

WE moved DD at 6 months only to then move in with her, LOL. We still co-sleep but in her room.

Can he nap on the sofa or on a cushion or something?

I'm intending for my LO to be in her own room after a couple of months!!

Son slept in our room for only 1 week til he outgrew his moses basket (he was huge!) and has to go into his cot in his own room as our room is too small to fit a cot in. Doctor dissapproved, health visitor could see no problem given that we have a smallish new built house with plasterboard walls and a baby monitor. Guidlines are all very well but some babies are too big and some bedrooms are too small! We still felt confident that he was safe as we could here every murmer on the monitor. Also, he went to bed 4 hours before us so we weren't in the room with him then anyway.

Both still in my big bed, aged four and 5 months.
It's gorgeous

No idea what to do with the blooming cot though!

six mo when her cot moved into her own room!

Susiecutie - a good question, and funnily enough it was one I was asking myself yesterday after reading a thread about moving a baby into its own room.

Ds went into his own room at 6 weeks old due to various reasons:

He grew out of his moses basket, and a cot wouldn't fit into our room.
Co-sleeping frightened the life out of me (and yes I am well aware of the statistics etc)
When he was asleep, I was awake worrying about waking him up, which inevitably would happen as I fidget a lot in bed.

The first week he was in his own room I had the baby monitor glued to my ear, but he adapted really well and I was heppy about the situation.

However, I followed all other guidelines regarding health (sterilizing, weaning etc) religiously. So why did I ignore the guidelines on this?

Any thoughts anyone?

All were about 6 months DS4 was slightly later as we were decorating!

Wow - I didn't realise that 6 months was the norm. I am not even going to think about moving him out until he can talk!! I love having him in our room.

DS was 5 months, but in hindsight would have been better to keep him in with us until he was feeding less at night. I spent far too many nights crouched on the floor of his room feeding him, obsessed with getting him back in his cot, even if I was up again 2 hrs later.

Now he's 16 months I have completely given up and just bring him in to sleep with us at the first waking (although on a good night this will be 4am, so more early morning than late night).

If there is a next time I would be a lot less worried about moving bub out early on...

Blimey, so most not long at all really. Hopefully DS will go into his own room now!

susiecutiemincepies we had a small 1 bed flat when we first had b and there was more room to put him in the room next door and j spent more time in hospital than out in first 6 months and he was only next door.again bedroom was small so more of trip hazard than anything else!!! besides husband snores and so do both boys so they kept me awake,and as you know the little sleep we get when they ar elittle is very important!! didn't even now there was advicve on how long they should stay in your room.

hi ladyofwaffle, my dd will be 19 months soon and she has always slept in our room.

It went like this:

started off in Moses basket

moved to big cot and never settled so started co-sleeping full time when she was around 6 months old

last week moved her to a single bed in our room next to our bed. She goes to bed in her own bed with no trouble but moves into our bed sometime during the night

We did up her own room and there is a bed in there for her but I am still not ready to let her go. The last couple of months of co-sleeping were getting difficult but now when she comes into our bed one of us can get into the single bed if we need the space and everyone is sleeping well again.
Most parents I know think we are crazy to still have her in with us but I don't really see the problem once everyone is sleeping well.
I think that if a child stays in the parent's room til this stage it is probably difficult to move them until they are better able to understand what is happening.
Best of luck whatever you decide.

OH righty. Well, he obviously sleeps from 7 ish until I go to bed (nowadays 2am ish) alone but don't know if that has an impact on it at all. How was your DD with a single bed? DS is a monkey - I try to co sleep but he won't settle unless he is "caged" in - no matter how tired he is he will climb off the bed and go play! I can't see DS moving out terribly soon TBH as his room is being plastered completely, then we are having central heating installed and his room has no electric radiator, so it will be nearer to his 2nd birthday!