Babies in their own Bedrooms?

Jodie - posted on 04/16/2009

Thanks everyone ... You've helped alot :D x-x-x

Brenda - posted on 04/15/2009

I'm a co sleeping mom, so whenever they're ready they can leave the bedroom.  In fact, my older son is 3 and still sleeps between us and we're due in a few weeks with our second, and he'll be allowed to stay in our room as long as he likes as well.  I honeslty cannot sleep without my other son in bed with me very well, I tend to make sure he's 100 percent asleep before I can even go to sleep. For a while he slept in his own bed but due to a family problem he couldn't stay there, and even when he slept there I couldn't go to sleep until he was asleep...  :)

Emily - posted on 04/15/2009

My son has slept in his own room from day 1 :)

Stephanie - posted on 04/15/2009

I agree that it is a personal choice. I don't see any health concerns with letting her sleep in her own bedroom before 6 months. My daughter was 2 weeks old when we started putting her to bed in her own bedroom. We probably would have done it sooner but we were all sleeping downstairs in the living room until I was fully recovered and could walk up the stairs by myself. My daughter did great sleeping in her own room. It was nice to be able to spend time with my husband and not worry about her waking up. I had the baby monitor on so i could hear if she woke up. Now she is 9 months and LOVES her bed. If we are at home, she won't want to sleep anywhere else except in her bedroom in her own bed. We also use a sound machine that has white noise so it blocks out sounds we may be making while she is sleeping. She sleeps so well. She has been sleeping through the night since she was about 1-1 1/2 months old, and she takes pretty good naps throughout the day. Every baby is different, and like I said it is a personal choice, but i see no "need" to wait until she is 6 months if you are willing to put her in her own room before that, if you are comfortable with it. A book that really helped us is called "Mom's on Call Guide to Basic Baby Care". They really help with establishing a good bedtime routine with babies. They also have great advise on other things as well ("they" are two pediatric nurses who wrote this book). I hope it all works well for you!

Natalie - posted on 04/15/2009

Hi,

i think it' s personal thing depending on mother and baby, as a first time mother I never even questioned that my daughter wouldn't be in our room for the full 6 months, but at 2 months I just started putting her in her cot whenever i was doing anything in her nursery (like putting clothes away etc) , and then i started putting her in there for day naps as she was so happy in there and for some weird reason she would put her self to sleep in the cot where she would never do that in the crib in our bedroom, and then one night when she was just three months i just felt i'd try her for the night in her big cot (her room is right next door to us and i leave the doors open so i hear everything) and she slept so well in there that we just kind of fell into it, i was surprised how comfortable i was with it to be honest......okay i do admit that i will still sneak in there to double check on her if i get up to go to the loo, but thats just cause i love lookng at her sleeping ha ha ha

Emily - posted on 04/15/2009

I don't see why it would hurt if you are both ready. If she still wakes up to feed at night it might be kind of a pain for you, but if not she probably wont' even notice.  My oldest was almost 2 years old when she moved into her own bedroom and my youngest is two and a half and I don't mind having her in bed with me at all.

Amanda - posted on 04/15/2009

I put my son in his own room when he was 6 weeks because he would wake up at every little noise. He just sleeps better in his own room.

Melissa - posted on 04/15/2009

I moved my son to his own room at 3 months, it was weird at first but now he and I both sleep better. But you need to do what is best for you.

Addison - posted on 04/15/2009

my daughter started sleeping in her own room when she was about 6 weeks old.  it was a lifesaver for me - i finally got some sleep!  she slept a LOT better too - instead of waking up every hour - she would go for stretches of 2-3 hours.  now she's not even yet 6mos old and sleeps thru the night (8pm-8am).  Our MBR is also on the 1st floor and the rest are on the 2nd.  it's definately something that you have to be comfortable with though!

Jodie - posted on 04/15/2009

I see what you mean ... Thanks for the advice, :D x-x-x

Marie - posted on 04/15/2009

My son is 11 weeks old and sleeps in hos own bedroon already...you would be amazed at how well you actually get to sleep when your baby is not in the roon with you.  I found that I slept harder and more alert to my sons cry on the monitor when I moved him from the bassinet in my room to his crib in his room.  I think it gives then some independence but they will also know that you are there for them when you show up at the side of the crib when they wake up...Have No Fear

Amanda - posted on 04/15/2009

That is a personal choice, that you and your baby need to make. Do whatever works for you!