When did you put your baby in their own room?

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I was just wondering at what age parents moved their baby into their own room and why?

I know the advice is for little ones to stay in the same room as you until they are 6 months but wanted to hear from others.

Thanks x

DD1 -2
DD2- 13 months
DS- 9 months

They all shared a bedroom at one stage so they were never in a room on their own at a young age.

DC1 and 2 from birth. XH wouldn't have them in the room as he didn't want his sleep disturbed.
DC3 was six months and I found it difficult but was a fidget and noisy when asleep.

Keep the baby downstairs with you until you go up to bed. That's why it's so handy if you don't have a Moses basket refuser.

Naps wherever you are too.

Still cosleeping most nights - ds is 6y.

All mine were about 3 months when I moved them. I found at that point we were waking each other up and sleep was much better after that.

5 months for both, we’d get to a point where we all kept each other awake.

DD's 25 and 19 - Both went into own room at a couple of weeks. They slept in a carry cot, which I put in the bigger cot. When they grew out of that, they went straight into the bigger cot with no issue, as they were used to being in there. Also used to put them in the garden on their own for naps. Different times, but we all slept well.

DD1 who slept in a Moses basket and then a crib went into a cot in her own room at 6 months.

DD2 bedshared with me until 2 years as I bf on demand until then. She then bedshared with DH for 6 weeks. Following that she went into a cot bed with no sides in her sister's room. She was 7 when she moved into a room of her own.

About 7 months. She has been sleeping with us but a middle of the night eye scratching incident encouraged us to move her to get own room.

6 months. She was sleeping through and we were more of a disruption to her than a help.

we all sleep great.

DD1 went into her room at about 5m - she was waking every hour so it was a pain in the arse to keep going in to feed her, but she was such a fucking loud sleeper that I didn't get any sleep at all in between wakes. So out she went.

DD2 is a slightly better sleeper, and nowhere near as loud, she's 4m now and I reckon I'll keep her in with us until she's only waking once, or I think she's ready for sleep training.

My eldest is 18 and it the advice was to keep them with you until 6 months so my dd didn't go in her own room until about 8 months

My boys slept in their own bedrooms from birth. They are now 11 and 17.

PP's saying it was advice to keep babies with you, even 20 years ago? I can't ever remember being given any advice tbh!! I didn't go to any classes, or read any books, I worked until 38 weeks, so was too busy. I didn't join any NCT or similar, as I found the thought of being with loads of other mums talking about babies frankly horrifying. I obviously saw midwives and I think a health visitor came once, but then I said I didn't need her anymore...... and there wasn't the internet. I think maybe back in the day, unless you needed specific help, life was a bit more go with your instincts??

I think this is why I wanted to hear from other parents as I sometimes feel like I might be waking my little one or I wake up when she makes a bit of noise

Slept in his own room on and off from 8, full time from 11. Coslept then scared of an axe murderer coming through window (bungalow until 11).

At 12 months, for each of my DDs.
But DH died when they were 27 months and 11 months respectively, so my 2 year old moved back in to my bed as she was distressed and emotionally disturbed.
Once DD2 was old enough to express an opinion, she also insisted on alternate nights in my bed, so DD1 then had to take turns. They finally settled in their own rooms much later, at about 5 or 6 years old.

Dd1 coslept fully until about 18 months when she went into her own room but would wake and get in with me later in the night. Dd2 is 18 weeks and cosleeping. Will probably start trying to get her in her own bed around 1

Around 20/22 months for both of them and I slept with them when needed.

Have you looked into the theory of why ‘rooming in’ reduces SIDS. It’s believed you disturbing them stops them going into too deep a sleep and stopping breathing. Obviously it’s your baby and your choice but please look at the stats and the reasoning before making a decision rather than a few personal stories.

Around 3/4 months. My LO slept through from 12 weeks (a miracle in my book) and we felt it was not helping anyone to share a room. We all slept better as a result. We had planned to do the standard 6 months but it didn't work for us.

DS2 when he was not quite 4 months. He was too long for the next-to-me crib so had to go in the cot in his own room!

Oh I'm so sorry. I can't even begin to imagine how hard that must have been for you all
X

@Flopisfatteningbingforchristmas
Thank you, I'll take a look into this x

DC1 10 weeks
DC2 5 weeks, very noisy sleeper, had to get him out of our room. 21 next month and he’s still groaning in his sleep.