Did your baby’s sleep change for better or worse in own room?

[EmmaInParis]

Hi, FTM here to a nearly 6mo baby who will be moving to her own room soon. She’s currently in a next to me crib in our room.

Nights have not been great since she was a newborn really, she’s a very light sleeper with very frequent wakings in the second part of the night.

Bit worried about making the transition and that it’ll just mean I get even less sleep moving to and from another room, whereas she’s quite easy to settle without me having to move at the minute.

I know I don’t HAVE to move her but I would quite like to share a bed with my husband again now (we currently take turns to sleep in the spare room, which will become the nursery) and anecdotally people have told me their baby’s sleep has got better after moving to their own room.

Interested to know what other people’s experiences are, for better or worse, and any tips to help us make the transition as smooth as possible. I’ve read about trying to spend play time in there in the day time to make it a welcoming safe space but it’s not really possible as it’s also my husband’s office at the minute and he’s still wfh.

She goes to sleep independently 9 times out of 10 (albeit with a dummy) for bedtime and naps and I’ve seen her settle herself after waking during both, but she doesn’t do it every time. She’s never slept through, or even close, and I’m not expecting miracles.

My dd slept much better when we moved her into her own room.

We'd kept the bed in there because I thought I'd end up sleeping with her.

Not at all. We'd all been keeping each other away in the same room.

Hi

My son has also been an awful sleeper. He actually slept better in his own room. He settled in his room really well without much fuss and didn't seem to miss me being there with him. We did take him to his room to change nappies and play sometimes so he was used to it in there. I think I'm a noisy sleeper so me tossing and turning next to him was waking him up.

Best of luck

Worse here but I k ow a lot of people who said better!

Made no difference (sorry!) although I was able to sleep for longer in the morning, when baby was awake but happy shuffling.

My first slept better once moved
My second just moved into her own room and no diff but my sleep is better (less anxious).
I think there comes a point where co sleeping/ sharing the same room even becomes a hindrance not a help.

Honestly they are so little they barely notice the change, just move them and don’t give it another thought.

I think the cot is still too big for ds. Might try him in his own room in his crib.

With my son, yes, moving to his own room helped. He still woke for a feed but slept more soundly before and after it. With my daughter it didn't help until she learned to replace the dummy herself. My son wouldn't take a dummy, which was annoying for a while as we missed its help with soothing, but ultimately has meant better sleep from a younger age!

FTM here too.

We moved our baby around six months. She started to wake a lot and was going through a phase of thinking it was party time in the middle of the night and stayed up wide awake for like a couple of hours pretty much every night.

We moved her over and she started to sleep better touch wood Think I was disturbing her tbh.

Yes, both of my DC slept better once in their cots in their own room. DD particularly liked the room of the cot, she kept waking herself (& us) in the Moses basket.
They will go through phases of not sleeping, or as another PP is experiencing, the awake at 3am & ready to party phase - but it does pass, eventually.

Thanks for the replies everyone! Interesting mix but enough to give me a smidge of hope... I probably won’t sleep for worrying anyway for the first few weeks at least!