What age did baby go into own room?

[monstera16]

We are focusing on getting my 6 week old DS to sleep in his cot (in our room) 7pm-7am and was wondering at what ages did people move their baby to their own rooms?

DS is a very noisy sleeper and he moves a lot in his sleep, often rotating 90 degrees or more and ending up sideways. Currently the next to me is an okay size where he doesn't get stuck, but he will soon be to long and get stuck.

Added to this I struggle to sleep and then keep waking up at every noise. DH can work from home and is able to take the baby for a sling nap while he works, so I can get a nap in if I am completely exhausted - so its not the end of the world, but its not ideal.

Thinking about moving him into his own room in a couple of weeks, but I am very aware the guidelines recommend 6 months and wondered if anyone has any thoughts/comments on when they moved baby into their own room.

Perhaps 6 weeks is a bit too early …., but I would have thought 3-4 months would be ok if baby is well and you think it will suit your family. Lots of posters have said exactly that.

14 months with the first baby.

6 weeks with the next three babies. They all slept through the night by six months. Our third actually slept through at 6 weeks.

The first baby didn't sleep through until we sleep trained her at nearly three years.

All four were breastfed for at least two years. The second baby was actually breastfed for four and a half years.

It is sensible to be aware of the guidance for safe sleeping for babies, everyone wants babies to be safe. The guidance for sleeping in a clear flat space, on their backs, and in a suitable temperature is extremely important.
Not leaving young babies alone for too long is also essential, but there’s no logical reason why a baby couldn’t sleep for a few hours in a cot in the next bedroom.

I think about 8m and 6m, but with the amount of time we've either spent in their rooms or they've spent in with us in the years since, I'm not sure how much the original 'move' really counts 😂

We moved DC at 3 months. I know what the official guidelines are but I talked extensively with a close friend who is a pediatrician. Their understanding of the recommendation (which in the US are not to move them for a year) was that it was mainly because research has shown that parents who's babies sleep in separate rooms are more likely to engage in unsafe sleeping practices (ie, falling asleep holding baby in a chair) when they go into baby's room in the night. The number 1 cause of injury death in under 1s is falls, which unsafe sleeping practices contribute to. There was absolutely 100% no chance I was going to fall asleep with my baby in a chair or engage in unsafe sleeping practices.

I think the NHS cites something to do with the parent's breathing being why it's safer, but I believe I read some research that pointed to that being a very loose correlation with no obvious causative mechanism. Bottom line, do your own research and decide what risk you're comfortable with. I would recommend reading Crib Sheet, the author, Emily Oster, runs through all the risk factors of various sleeping options and the quality of research behind the recommendations but also puts them into perspective, ie, baby sleeping in their own room is still much lower risk than ever driving a child in a car (I made that up, but that is one risk she benchmarks against). It helped me to see that the risk was really very tiny, the risk to my mental health for having an extremely noisy sleeping baby was very significant and it really was ok for me to go against the recommendation, which is just that, a recommendation.

The reason for sharing a room (and I have done extensive reading about this) is that the noises that you are your partner make when going to bed, shuffling and turning, breathing... contribute to "rousing" the baby so that he doesn't fall into a too deep sleep so that his immature nervous system shuts down.

I think waking at every noise is normal when you have a new baby?

Same. Our son is very tall and grew out of his bassinet by four months. Our bedroom is too tiny to fit a cot or a next-to-me style bed so we had no other option that to put him in his own room with a monitor and he's slept there ever since.

2.5 🤦🏼‍♀️. I loved having her in my room and in the end she was the one who asked to move.

hi i have two kids a boy age 8 years old and has autism and sensory i have just put him in his own room.He was very excited about having his own room but tonight was the first night and he was not sleeping anyway soon i went down and talked with him and so did his dad.my other little girl age 5 just also got ger own room but same problems.Has anyone had or have the same experience as myself or any advice on what i can do would appreciate it.It sounds silly but as a child my son was a sick baby and i never could put him in his own room untill now thats because he wanted his own room and he needs time on his own as he gets stressed out alot with his little sister so i would say go and chill for 10 minutes and also felt he definitely needs his own room so he can go down and chill out when he needs it.i must say they are fantastic kids and am very proud to be there mum. Any advice would be great.

Not yet 😆 he's 5

20 months in and still in our bed 😂