What age did you start putting your baby to bed earlier than you?

[littlepurplerose]

I have a new baby and she currently stays up with us and comes to bed when we do as I understand that it's not safe for young babies to sleep unattended and when newborn, they kind of sleep round the clock anyway.

What age did you start to put your baby down to bed earlier and leave them to sleep alone?

The guidance is from 6 months, we used a video baby monitor from after this age.

So they stay up with parent until the age of 6 months?

I've heard sleep coaches talking about this 7-7 sleep thing but how can that be possible if they are staying up with parents til we go to bed which is about 10/11pm

My DD slept downstairs until we went to bed and then took her up with us and transferred her to her crib until she was about 6/7 months - then video monitor

6 months plus they started being left upstairs on their own as per the recommendations. You could always put them down in the bassinet etc downstairs with you earlier though and then transfer them to bed when you go up. We just made the most of the contact snoozing until then though!

From birth with a baby monitor 7-7 routine Gina Ford

From about 2-3 weeks with both kids. In fairness with DC1 we lived in a tiiiiiny flat which was basically like one room with the doors open so although she was put to bed separately it wasn’t too far. DC2 we put upstairs wirh video monitor from 3 weeks old.

From 4 months we put her to sleep in our room in the next 2 me and watched her on the baby monitor while we were downstairs

Mainly just followed their lead - once they started sleeping earlier in the evening on a consistent basis rather than being on/off awake. I think it was around 4 months for ds2

As soon as they let us, which was around 4 months. Until then DC contact napped and was generally unhappy most of the evening until a long time past when we wanted to go to bed. About 4 months we started to get a routine and they went down in the next to me with the video monitor on.

Around 4 months - DP works a lot of later shifts, I would potter about tidying up, stick my head in every few mins & get ready for bed. After a month or so of this going fine started using video monitor (still checking every so often). By that age DS wouldn’t sleep downstairs in a Moses basket if things were happening around him and would have outgrown it by 3 months anyway.

Slept in a crib beside me until 6 months. Stayed up late, baby was a night owl (still is) & would BF throughout the night. More regular sleep pattern when starting co-sleeping. He would spend the evening with us, then we’d go to bed same time.

6 months. Prior to that baby would stay downstairs with us, but fall asleep earlier and sleep in a moses basket. By 6 months mine both had created their own bedtime. Do you mean sleeping through 7-7?

6 months with DC1. With DC2 they wouldn't settle downstairs anymore would just cry so started having to put them to bed at 4 months. However they wouldn't be alone more than an hour with the monitor - I just used to tidy up/whatever other essential activity and get ready for bed etc then after that would sit in the bedroom with them watching telly on low or read or whatever. Didn't put them to bed and fully leave them to it until 6 months again.

About 15 months, when she finally agreed to sleep in her own space!

Not so young, dd1 was a night owl so we would want to be in bed and she would be wide awake until midnight. Dd2 was better but still wasn't interested in sleeping until 10ish. Was only when dd1 went to nursery at 2.5 that we had to try for a bit earlier and even then it was a struggle. She's autistic and really didn't sleep anywhere near as much as typical kids or her dsis

11 weeks

My 3 babies all slept in a cot upstairs during the day for a nap or in their large hard bodied pram if out walking, and during the night. I went to bed around 10pm and did the final breastfeed then my baby went into their cot from about 3 months old. I had a single bed in their room for the first 3 months that I usually slept in in case they woke for a feed but occasionally DH would sleep there if I was very tired. There were no baby monitors when mine were babies but my health visitor advised this so I followed the advice given and I got a good night's sleep. When my DC were babies co sleeping was frowned upon. None of my babies had trouble sleeping. All had blackout blinds and got used to sleeping alone so never knew any different. They all slept through the night from about 6-8 weeks as no one was moving around and no noise to wake them up. I'd breastfeed at 6-7am.

So worrying to see so many posts on here that go against safe sleep guidance.

I'm ashamed to say I didn't follow it either with my first. I had no idea.

I used to put her to sleep in our room from weeks old and I would come to bed a few hours later. I would go and check regularly of course but still can't believe I did that.

I wish safe sleep info was handed to all women on a piece of paper at birth

Yes and those saying it’s ok they put their < 6 month old upstairs on their own because they popped in regularly/used a monitor to check on them clearly do not understand about SIDs and why that would not reduce it.

Once in own room (if this is the case) and with a baby monitor.