At what age did u move bub to their own room

[yummymummy]

Hello, my little girl is 4 months old and is sleeping in my room with me in her cot. I have heard that it is good to have them in the room with you till 12 months and I have heard that its not. I am quite happy to have her in the same room as me for 1 year.Has anyone had any trouble with this ???

[cwsmum]

DS slept in our room, first in the bassinet then in the cot, til he was about 4mths old. We moved him to his own room coz he was waking up when DH & I went to bed, and also in the mornings when DH got up really early for work.
DD still sleeps in our room, in her bassinet, and she is just over 6mths. When she goes into the cot, which will be in the next week or so, she will go into her own room then...mostly coz the cot wont fit in our bedroom in the house we live in now.
I would happily have DD in our room til she is 12mths older...sometimes I think it would be easier if we just had one really big bedroom and all shared the room, that would probably stop DS climbing into my bed in the middle of the night.

[Imogensmum]

Hiya kylie--

Well Imy is still in my room and she is 10mths!

I like to have her in my room- it is comforting to hear her breathing (snoring lol)

She is mainly in my room still cause I need to get up to her so often- but hopefully:fingerscrossed: she will be moving into her own room shortly!

Who knows what is "the right way"- just do what you feel comfy with!:yes:

[~Danni~]

Our bub went to her own room after about a month of being in our room, I find I can still hear her breathing and turning in her sleep from her room which is comferting!! She got moved cos DF would wake her up when going to work in the mornings! I think do what ever makes you feel comfy, otherwise you wont get any sleep at all!! :p

[whatwasithinking]

Hannah was in her own room from 2wks.

Bec was in her own room (or I should say the computer room pre Canberra move) from 1 wk (would have been from day1 but my mum was staying in the computer room at the time).

I had no problems with them - could even hear them blurt from their rooms - you just know they are there.

[drewid]

Andrew went into his own room - and the cot - when he started sleeping through reliably at night in the bassinet. ie. he would sleep all night, only waking for 2 feeds and going straight back to sleep. I think it was probably around the 3 month mark (memory is a bit hazy tonight).

We were lucky that it naturally progressed that after he went into the cot, he seemed to sleep even better. The cot really agrees with him - he doesn't sleep as well anywhere else, even now.

Its really up to what suits your family, as to whether you keep them in with you or not. For us, it worked better for a number of reasons. Andrew slept better alone, and was less disrupted by my husbands obscene snoring and early morning alarm clock. And I preferred Andrew to go to his own room before he got old enough to "realise" that he had left our room. Like now, at 15 months, I couldn't imagine turning around and turfing him out of our room and putting him in his own alone. He'd chuck a whopping tanty! So I'm glad thats somethign we don't have to worry about.

Just do what works for you :)

[lukaelmo]

The dude is 10 months old and he sleeps in our room in his cot. I would co sleep but I couldn't sleep with him in the bed... Anyway, I love having him in the room, it makes me feel like he is well protected...

My advice is to do whatever feels right for you, if you like her there, then keep her with you. She will soon be a teenager who doesn't want a bar of her parents anyway, so take what you can get now :laughing:.

[SilverStarfish]

Our DD moved her her own room after about 2 weeks. I had no idea that newborns were so NOISY!! :o

She'd start to wake up at 3am, making more than enough noise to wake me (but not DH... go figure) but not actually open her eyes and ask for breakfast until 4am. Back then it took me a while to get myself sorted, feed her and then settle her back again, so it was about 5am by the time we were done. Not long after that DH got up for work....:ecomcity:

Our house is so little that it was no big deal moving her into the next room. And ever since, she sleeps there better than anywhere else at all :thumbsup:

[House full of Princesses]

Hello, my little girl is 4 months old and is sleeping in my room with me in her cot.

My first question is: does it get squashy in there??! :laughing: Just kidding.

We moved our girls into their own rooms at about 6 months old - simply because we felt they were ready, and it felt right. And also the time that we really started wanting our own space again IYKWIM. :kiss:

At the end of the day, it needs to be a decision you make based on YOUR feelings. Why not try it for a night or two, and if you don't feel comfortable with it, swap back?

[House full of Princesses]

Sorry yummymummy, just re-read your post, and realised you are happy with having bub in your room, not pondering the thought of moving her. Stick with what makes you comfortable!! My friend's 2.5 yr old is STILL in their room, which I think is a bit crazy, but hey, personal preference! :)

[JorBai]

We moved our DS into his own room from about 3 weeks old and he actually slept much better in his own room. It also allowed me to have a better sleep, i still have the monitor beside me so can hear his breathing clearer than when he was in my room.

Its personal preference, my DH was the one who said it would be a good idea to move him, i was so worried and kept putting it off but when we done it, i realised it was the best move. Luckily our rooms are just across from each other so not that far away.

Good luck, but if you feel better with Bub in your room, then you do that. Its an individual choice and if you feel uncomfortable about moving bub then dont do it!

[2 Cherubs]

Hiya my DS was 4 months when I moved him to his own room....From about 3 months He would sleep in his own room during the day to get him used to the cot...
I found he was soooo small in his big cot so I use a tetra snuggle bed and he loves it....I tried not using it the other night as he is nearly grown out of it and he was lost with out it, hands and feet were stuck in the rails and blankets off....With his snuggle bed he stays covered up....Anyway back to the original subject....lol

Whatever works well with you and you are happy with is the answer....

Kim

[Cupcake]

6 weeks
The best thing I ever did :thumbsup:
We both got a much better sleep (DD & I)

[MonkeyMum05]

We moved bub to his own room at around 7 months... we were trying to get him to sleep in his cot, in our room... but it just wasn't working. (Previous to that, he was in our bed.)

[Goosie22]

Hi,
Do what you feel comfortable and happy doing.

My DS1 went into his own room between 3 and 4 he slept with us/me and breastfeed untill around then (hes 9 so its a distant memory) He had his daytime sleeps in his room on his bed from about 2ish.

My DS2 sleeps in his room some nights and in ours some nights. He coslept with us untill he stoped breasting about 15 months. Now he makes his own mind up about where he sleeps.

[FourAngelKisses]

I moved mine to their own rooms the day they got home from hospital, no bassinette, just straight into the cot. I find they are too noisy when they sleep, plus I would tend to lie there waiting for them to wake up. :yes:

[OceBel]

i moved my dd to her own room and her own bed when she was 15-16 months. takes time but its worth it in the end. now my daughters loves being in her own room and her own bed:yes:
but do what you feel is best.

[Rockett]

DD moved into her room at 5 months,only because she got too big for her cradle,and we didn't have room for her cot in our room.
I would have loved to co-sleep but I was too scared to incase something happened.

[mum33]

my mum was living with us in the first few months of DS life and sleeping arrangements meant DS had to be in his cot in our room.

5 months on and they've moved out months ago and DS is still in his cot in our room. we could move him but i feel better about him being in our room. at least until he is a little bit older.

and it is better anyways to have one heater going in our room then one in ours and one in his so as to not make the electricity bill higher than it already is, because it has been very cold in our house lately.

i am also worried about when he would become more aware of things going on around him. i mean, when DP and I are being intimate, i dont like the idea of him hearing it and being confused about whats goign on. i am not a prude, i believe in teaching children about their bodies and sex and all that but now is too early obviously. that is my main concern. sorry if T.M.I

[NZMama]

I prefer to have my babys in their own cot in my room till they are almost 12months.
When they were newborns it made it easier for me to get up feed them and put them straight back to bed without having to fully wake up and then spend 20mins resettling myself.
But both my DP and I have had experiences with cot death and I know it sounds daft but I feel like she is safer when sleeping in the cot next to me and I can hear her breathing.
For my own piece of mind :)

[CJJHRA]

We had DD in with us until she was 3 months old, then moved her into her own room, she always has slept well, I would put her to bed, close the door, all lights off and she would sleep the whole night through most of the time.

WHen she was about 18months old we moved her back in with us because the room she was in started to smell musty and yuk. And the real estate still has done nothing about it 9months later.

[~Emmylou~]

We moved her at 2 months - she was outgrowing her bassinett and ready for her cot by then. The cot didn't fit in our room and co-sleeping was not something we wanted to do so off she went.

I was glad we did it so early because it didn't worry her one bit :)

[ButterflyKisses]

We put DS in his cot in his own room straight from the hospital. We live in a 2 bedroom unit and the bedrooms are across the hall so you can hear a pin drop.

My brother has 3 kids and said he hasn't had a decent night's sleep in over 9 years because at least 1 or 2 of the kids would come and climb into bed with them every night and he now suffers from bad back problems so DH & I made a decision when preggers with DS that we would not go down the same road as them.

The only time DS gets into bed with us is if he wakes in the middle of the night which is about once a month or when he wakes in the morning I put him in bed with me and read him a story or just talk whilst DH is getting ready for work.

[Leeny]

DH and i live with my parents :banghead: and dd is one today and STILL in the same room as us...DH doesnt sleep in bed most nights, he sleeps on the couch or for the first time tonight he slept on the floor beside the bed (lol)...he cant handle hearing her shuffle at night, and whenever we move, she wakes up...Its hell. She used to be in her own room, but my parents office comes before a baby needing its own room apparently:ecomcity:

[Cade's Mum]

We put DS in his cot in his own room straight from the hospital. We live in a 2 bedroom unit and the bedrooms are across the hall so you can hear a pin drop.

We did the same thing as we were in a two bedroom unit as well.

[Terrible2+1cutie]

Both my sons never really slept in our own room because we always had the air con on in our room and didn't want the boys being in air con at such a young age so i had them in the bassinet just outside the door, they went into there own room at 2 months of age. I know that if i had the boys so close to me i wouldnt be able to sleep.

Catherine

Mum to Blaze and Bailey

[Mum&bubs]

Summer still sleeps with us. She has her own room but i like her with us i cant sleep without her now!