When did you put DS/DD in his/her own room?

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DS is 13 weeks and in the next few weeks will probably outgrow the moses basket and need to move to his cot. His cot is currently in his bedroom which is right next to ours but I was planning to move it into our room until he was at least 6 months old, however, a friend of mine with a baby the same ages says she is going to move her DD into her own room at that point. I've read it can be very hard to settle a 6 month old in their own room so better to do it early as possible but I just feel DS is too little to be left in a big dark room all alone plus it reduces the risk of cot death if the baby shares with his parent. Any thoughts on best age to do it?

sophiebbb, my dd is a bit of a porker and has been out of her moses basket for ages now. In order to keep her near me during the day i either take her out in the pram until she's asleep and then park her up in hte garden or kitchen while i do anything I need to do nearby or feed her upstairs so that when she falls asleep she goes into her cot and I do my upstairs jobs.
DH also thinks i am too paranoid but someone on here (sorry can't remember who) once said that the problem with sids is that when it happens, it always happens 100%. I don't think you can be too paranoid to be honest and i am only just startign to relax a little bit now that dd is 24 weeks.

...mmm comeontim - that's why I am sitting on the sofa now with DD (9 wks) next to us on the floor in her moses basket!! Never did this with DS (19 mths) who was upstairs with the monitor on. However you are right in that what the hell is 6 months near me vs the risk of SIDs happening

I have a 13 week old who has just about outgrown her moses basket, I was going to move her into her own room this weekend but after having read people's views I have just ordered a crib which is longer than the moses basket and should take her up to 6 months!! But I am now upset/worried as up until now I have been putting her in her own room for her morning nap while I whizz round the house doing chores - should I now stop this? also when she goes to bed at half 8 should I also go to bed? until now I have gone back downstairs to spend a bit of time with neglected hubby!

We had a crib in our room and in the baby's room, so at night he slept in with us, and in the day slept in his own cot. We weren't just being extravagant - our bedroom is on a different floor, but I think it helped him settle in his own room after he was used to sleeping in there during the day.

Is it recommended that babies are in the same room as another person, for naps aswell then ?
What if you put a baby in a room with their brother or sister. Is that good enough ? To regulate their breathing, or does it have to be an adult ?

I would stick to the guideline age. Kept my 2 DCs in our room for around 8 months, and yes, they did sleep a bit better once they had moved out, but I felt that before 6 months they were too little to be alone. Moved DC1 into his own room when about 3 months (because everyone else from my baby group had done it), but moved him back in after one night as I kept waking to listed to the baby monitor.

I didn't bother using the moses basket for DC2 and just bought a smaller cheap cot (IKEA) that would fit in our room (also at that time DC1 was still in the bigger cot so I had to get another). Will do the same with DC3 I think.

We were going to wait until 6 months but I had a bad cough and kept waking him in the night so he was in his own room at 5 months. We had him in a travel cot in our room before that which worked really well as you can move it around a bit more than a proper cot.

"one in four of the babies left unattended had bedclothes over their head"
Goodness me. How frightening . A quarter of them died becasue they had their head covered.

Just wanted to add my pennies worth. My dd whos now 14mths has been in her own cot in her own room since she was 2 weeks old. I had depression and couldnt cope with her in our room. She had absolutley no probs, on her back, safely tucked in with a couple of blankets, her dummy and a baby monitor. I would say trust your instincts, my dd was very independent from day one and still cant settle if we have to share a room when on holiday. Guess she prefers her own space! I know most people would be horrified but I found it far better than jumping at any little noise, even though I could still hear her next door. I cant imagine having to try and get her used to her own room once shes was 6 mths or older.

I didn't put my DS in his own room until his 1st birthday, he settled in fine and he's 2 now I still chack on him.

About 6-7 months, when she grew out of her crib and was sitting up etc. We had no probs at all, little diamond!

Both of mine in their own rooms at 6 weeks - when they were grown out of the moses basket.

We seemed to be waking dd every time we moved or turned over in bed, so whipped her into her own room at 4 months. She immediately started sleeping right through so that's what worked for us. Again, room right next door and I could actually hear her breathing with both doors open.

I did spend every night for the first week lying awake listening out for her little snuffles though!

Thanks for your comments, she is sleeping fine in the new crib and gro bag and actually slept right through a couple of days ago! although last night due to heat I left her in her vest and she got her leg stuck through the crib bars and woke us up screaming! so will keep her with us until she's 6 months+. Just can't understand why manufactures don't make bigger/sturdier moses baskets! cheers again

I remember reading a thread not so long ago when someone write to them asking why the parents being i the room would stop SIDS, and that she was planning on moving lo into own room earlier than 6 months in small flat both doors open adn they basically said that was ok. Wish I could remember who - will post to find out!!

DS1 - 6 weeks, He kept us awake we kept him awake.

DS2 - 5 months, only becuase I never got rounfd to decorating his bedroom before then

dd1 - three weeks
dd2 - day one

My ds moved into his own room at 4 months and my dd (who is 13 months atm) will move into her own room next month.

sorry 14 not 4 months for my ds!