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when does baby need to go in own room

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teatank · 27/04/2009 09:48

hi am a mother of a 11 month old baby. does anyone still have there baby sleeping in the same room a them? i live in a 1 bedroom flat with my partner and intended to move my ds into his room when he was 6 months but my dad has c.o.p.d. and i had to move him into my flat to take care of him after leaving hospital 8 months ago after having a really bad time with his condition. i am trying to get in bigger accomodation because i cant bear the thought of him going home on his own with this terrifying condition. i feel torn with people advising me my son needs his own room. just wondered if anyone is in a simaler situation. i would appreciate some advice thankyou

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thisisyesterday · 27/04/2009 09:50

no he is fine in with you! plenty of children share out of necessity, or because they are co-sleeping or whatever. it's really fine

Bucharest · 27/04/2009 09:52

When does a baby need to?
When you want him to.
So, if you're still OK with him being with you, then that's fine, isn't it? Don't listen to anyone who tells you different!

Good luck with taking care of your Dad.

greatwhiteshark · 27/04/2009 09:54

He can sleep in your room until he leaves home if that's what you and he want!

Do whatever works best for you and your baby

pavlovthepregnantcat · 27/04/2009 09:56

ideally not before 6 months, but even that is open to negotation. If you can manage 6 months, then whenever you and baby are ready.

I wanted DD with us for longer, but she was ready to move, and so was DH, at about 9 months.

pavlovthepregnantcat · 27/04/2009 09:57

My BIL still has both his children in with them! Aged 6 and 2.5. They all prefer it even though they have the space.

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teatank · 27/04/2009 10:01

thanks for your advice its made me feel a lot happier. i was just tired of people making me feel guilty about the baby not having his own room. he is perfectly happy where he is.

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greatwhiteshark · 27/04/2009 10:03

teatank - our 6yo and 4yo are only just in the process of learning to sleep in their own room. Our 2yo and our 7m old still sleep in our bed.

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teatank · 27/04/2009 10:13

thanks for advice greatwhiteshark i think i will stop reading them books and live in the real world. i am releaved to know there are other people out there doing the same as me. you sound like your doing a good job with 4 children so i will stop feeling guilty.

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MrsMattie · 27/04/2009 10:15

Don't worry. Ds was in with us until 7 mths, and only moved because he was a light sleeper and we woke him up every time we turned over in bed, coughed or got up to go to the loo. DD is 6 mths old, a great sleeper and I have no intention of moving her into her own room yet. I love having her in the cot beside my bed.

Babieseverywhere · 27/04/2009 10:18

We have an 2.8 year old and an 8 month old in with us...save on heating bills mind ;)

lowrib · 28/04/2009 17:32

DP has suggested moving our DS into his own room at 6mths because "it'll be good to get him used to it".

Is there any truth in this?

bumpybecky · 28/04/2009 17:45

We moved ds out of our room about a month ago now. He was 14 months old and the only real reason we moved him was to see if it improved his sleep. It did - he went from waking every night at least twice, to sleeping though from bedtime to approx 6.30am!

dd3 only moved out of our room about 5 days before ds's due date. She was 3y10m at the time. She'd always slept well with us and there wasn't any space in with dd1 and dd3 anyway.

If you're happy with your baby in with you then carry on and ignore / lie to anyone who asks!

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