how do i get my 7 week old to sleep in her own room

Georgina - posted on 08/19/2009

Quoting Robin:

Quoting Georgina:

Quoting Joy:

It doesn't hurt to let them cry it out. If you don't do it now @ 7 weeks imagine what it'll be like when she is a year and still sleeping with you. My son started sleeping in his own room when he was 7 weeks old, I think it was rougher on me. He also cried, but it just stuck with it and now he is fine!

to each its own...but i really dont agree with letting them cry it out at 7 weeks or even older....a newborn baby does not have the mental copasity to realize that when he/she cries they will get attention....the reason they are crying is because they need you....you can not spoil a newborn and my doctor believes that being there for them when they cry makes them feel like u are always there for them...u have to remember this is a very new and scary thing for them and sometimes they just want a familiar person to hold them...just food for thought..

I agree with georgina, Even our sons pediatrician has given us info about the whole can you spoil your baby, and the answer is NO! the current studys have shown that in small infants when they cry and you come to meet their need they then feel safe, secure and confident that when they dont need anything they are content and GUESS WHAT our son is 8 1/2 mo and has been content and NOT needy from day one!

He was sleeping through the night at 2 mo and the most content baby I had ever seen, I do know that every baby is different and some can be challenging no matter what you do but hang in there something has to work

 

my son was also sleeping through the night  at 2 months my doctor also told me about the recent studies about the "crying it out "  its amazing but it makes so much sence i agree thAT  every baby is different but my cousin is following the same way of parenting and her daughter is the same way everyone tells me how content my son is and i really believe its because of  him feeling that if he needs me im there..now im not saying that woman who let there kids cry dont care cause then i would be saying my mom was a bad mom..lol im just saying i think people are misimformed about spoiling baby's when there this young...and we also tend to take advise from older woman like our moms grandmothers etc...lol

Nisreen - posted on 08/19/2009

too young to start now u will be wasting your time trying , i think at 12 weeks it is better chance to try again , i would be worried about the baby to be alone in the room i like to keep close eye on them make sure breathing and not covering thier own face

Jenee - posted on 08/18/2009

help her learn to fall asleep on her own..let get half way asleep and lay her in her room so she'll know the atmosphere where she's laying and be comfortable to sleep there.

Robin - posted on 08/18/2009

Quoting Georgina:

Quoting Joy:

It doesn't hurt to let them cry it out. If you don't do it now @ 7 weeks imagine what it'll be like when she is a year and still sleeping with you. My son started sleeping in his own room when he was 7 weeks old, I think it was rougher on me. He also cried, but it just stuck with it and now he is fine!

to each its own...but i really dont agree with letting them cry it out at 7 weeks or even older....a newborn baby does not have the mental copasity to realize that when he/she cries they will get attention....the reason they are crying is because they need you....you can not spoil a newborn and my doctor believes that being there for them when they cry makes them feel like u are always there for them...u have to remember this is a very new and scary thing for them and sometimes they just want a familiar person to hold them...just food for thought..

I agree with georgina, Even our sons pediatrician has given us info about the whole can you spoil your baby, and the answer is NO! the current studys have shown that in small infants when they cry and you come to meet their need they then feel safe, secure and confident that when they dont need anything they are content and GUESS WHAT our son is 8 1/2 mo and has been content and NOT needy from day one!

He was sleeping through the night at 2 mo and the most content baby I had ever seen, I do know that every baby is different and some can be challenging no matter what you do but hang in there something has to work

Robin - posted on 08/18/2009

Quoting Lucy:

Just to let you know it is reccomended that babies sleep in the parents room until 6 months to reduce the risk of SIDS.

Sids isnt prevented from sleeping in parents room only by putting them on their back not on their tummy but that has nothing to do with what room the baby is in

Robin - posted on 08/18/2009

she is still very young our son didnt sleep in his own room for a few months however even in he was in our room we ALWAYS put him in his own bed, things he recognized the look and smell of I think helps comfort them, but at 7 weeks isnt your baby still waking up to eat?

Meghan - posted on 08/18/2009

My daughter wouldn't sleep in her crib when she was first born. I think it was because she was so tiny and the crib was so big for her. She wouldn't even sleep in her bassinet. So we would put he in her bouncer seat next to the bed with a night light on in the room. She was fine with that arrangement until she was 2 months. Then I decided she would probably be more comfortable sleeping in her own crib and just put her in there one night. The transition was pretty easy. However, she never got the knack of sleeping through the night. She's better now but she still wakes up in the middle of the night if she's cold and she won't go back to sleep until she's in our bed with my husband and I. It works for us and we all get good sleep so we're okay with it. But, I would suggest just putting her in her own room and let her cry for awhile. She's not going to hurt herself and trust me when I tell you they have a lot more will power then we do at times. They'll keep going because they know you'll crack. Try leaving her in there for 5 minutes and then go get her. You could also try when she does cry after being in her room, rocking her in a chair in that room til she falls asleep. This way she associates that room with sleep. It also helps to have a routine. Babies thrive off routines. We do and have always done, bath, bottle, book, bed. And my daughter knows whats coming when we draw a bath. She knows its time to unwind and get ready for bed. Just some suggestions. Hope things work out for you!

Georgina - posted on 08/18/2009

Quoting Kathryn:

Quoting Namay:

Don't do it. Would you want to sleep alone?

Well, I have and I probably will again sometime in my life and it's not a problem, but that's just me.  Seriously, all the people that talk about having all this cuddle time, blah, blah, blah......do you think those of us who don't cosleep don't cuddle our babies???  My daughter gets tons of cuddles during the day, and my hubby gets cuddles at night in our bed.  We need our time together after our daughter has gone to bed.  Whether it just be to talk, cuddle, watch tv in bed, or more intimate things.  I'm really curious to know how those who cosleep until toddlerhood manage to even get pregnant again with a child in their bed.  Or do you and your hubby just let that part of your life go?  Because I know there is no way in he(( my hubby would put up with that!  I know I've probably offended some, but oh well, this is just my opinion on the whole situation, and I don't really get the whole cosleeping thing.  Fire away............

 

 

Honestly i agree with you to a point ..i think when people are saying cuddle time they mean cuddling in bed at night and in the morning...i think they mean if the baby is in his or her own room there is none of that just cuddling in the day...but my son does NOT sleep in bed with us he sleeps in his bassinett in our room then he gets up around 5 or 6 if im lucky has a bottle and my husband goes to work and we lay in bed and watch noggin...but i agree there needs to be some us time and my son goes to sleep around 8 or 9 so theres plenty of time for us..i think there has to be a happy medium but i am planning on putting him in his own room when i feel he is ready...

Georgina - posted on 08/18/2009

Quoting vanessa:

what helped me was keeping up the same routine every nite.....bath at 8pm (lavender soap and lotion), bottle by 815 then he gets rly sleepy and i put him right in his bassinet and he now knows once he is in his bassinet its bedtime.

I Agree competely...we do the same thing bath time with bedtime lavender shampoo and lotion...i swear by that it totally makes him sleepy...then his night time bottle then swing....we do do the swing lol then bassinett..babys do good with consistencey..i really never have to let him "cry it out" cause it never gets to that he's really content :))

Georgina - posted on 08/18/2009

Quoting Joy:

It doesn't hurt to let them cry it out. If you don't do it now @ 7 weeks imagine what it'll be like when she is a year and still sleeping with you. My son started sleeping in his own room when he was 7 weeks old, I think it was rougher on me. He also cried, but it just stuck with it and now he is fine!

to each its own...but i really dont agree with letting them cry it out at 7 weeks or even older....a newborn baby does not have the mental copasity to realize that when he/she cries they will get attention....the reason they are crying is because they need you....you can not spoil a newborn and my doctor believes that being there for them when they cry makes them feel like u are always there for them...u have to remember this is a very new and scary thing for them and sometimes they just want a familiar person to hold them...just food for thought..

Georgina - posted on 08/18/2009

i think 7 weeks is alittle to young my son sleeps in his bassinette right next my bed and he's 4 months i dont plan on weening him till he's 6 months....

Kathryn - posted on 08/18/2009

Quoting Namay:

Don't do it. Would you want to sleep alone?

Well, I have and I probably will again sometime in my life and it's not a problem, but that's just me.  Seriously, all the people that talk about having all this cuddle time, blah, blah, blah......do you think those of us who don't cosleep don't cuddle our babies???  My daughter gets tons of cuddles during the day, and my hubby gets cuddles at night in our bed.  We need our time together after our daughter has gone to bed.  Whether it just be to talk, cuddle, watch tv in bed, or more intimate things.  I'm really curious to know how those who cosleep until toddlerhood manage to even get pregnant again with a child in their bed.  Or do you and your hubby just let that part of your life go?  Because I know there is no way in he(( my hubby would put up with that!  I know I've probably offended some, but oh well, this is just my opinion on the whole situation, and I don't really get the whole cosleeping thing.  Fire away............

Amanda - posted on 08/17/2009

I had our daughter with me in the spare room until she was 2 and half weeks old, she is the noisiest sleeper I have ever heard (was louder than my husbands snoring). With myself and my daughter not getting much sleep (as I was constantly turning a dim light on at every noise) she went into her room. She sleeps in bassinett (and has done from the time we got her home) so I just moved the bassinett into her room. The spare room is next to hers so I can still her cry when she needs me but don't hear all the other noises she make. She sleeps with a cd that has "white noise" and other sounds such as a heart beat, a dull vacuum cleaner noise and some classical music. It called Sounds for silence http://www.soundsforsilence.com.au/. Most times during the night now I wake before her and get her bottle ready. We are both getting 3 to 4 hours of good solid sleep. At 5 weeks we have just started her bedtime routine, at around 7 to 7.30pm it bath time, then bottle then bed.



Just let me know when the miricle cure for colic has been found and I'll be a really happy mum.



Good luck

Namay - posted on 08/17/2009

Don't do it. Would you want to sleep alone?

Jill - posted on 08/17/2009

There is no such study relating co sleeping (in separate beds) and SIDS. If you want you baby to sleep in a different room you feel free to go ahead and do it. She may benefit from sleeping on top of a t-shirt that you wore (and smells like you).

Christine - posted on 08/17/2009

It seems a lot of mommys out there are in a rush for them to sleep in their own beds or in their own rooms. The infant stage is so brief and they are so cuddly - mine is 4 1/2 months old and I'm in no rush for her to sleep in a different room. She'll spend the rest of her days wanting to sleep in her own room when she's older. If she wants to sleep with me, that is fine by me. There is nothing better than waking up and seeing her lying between us in the mornings. And on the weekends, we don't have to rush out of bed, we get a little extra cuddle time and she gets breakfast and cuddles in bed. Seriously, why rush it?

Joy - posted on 08/17/2009

It doesn't hurt to let them cry it out. If you don't do it now @ 7 weeks imagine what it'll be like when she is a year and still sleeping with you. My son started sleeping in his own room when he was 7 weeks old, I think it was rougher on me. He also cried, but it just stuck with it and now he is fine!

Neha - posted on 08/17/2009

try making her sleep in her crib (in the new room) when its time for a nap and make sure that the baby falls asleep in the crib in that room. Spend more time in the new room feeding, playing, changing diapers etc to get the baby familiar with the room's environment. make sure the temperature of the room is not too cold nor too hot. As much time you spend with the baby in the room while he/she is awake the baby will soon get accustomed to the new room.

Alyssa - posted on 08/17/2009

Okay I am not calling anyone stupid or saying they are wrong, but 6-9 months really. that is a long time for you to wait for your chld to sleep on it's own, by 6-9 months they have a personality most can crawl ands some are almost walking. Let your child be independent. My son was in the hopital at 2 weeks from a staff infection he got when he was born(stupid hospitals and nurse who don't wah their hands) and during tht time he slept on his own in his own crib(we werent aloud to sleep with him) so at 3 weeks when he came home, we bought a baby moniter and he started to sleep in his own room, when he was about 2 months he had to sleep in his carseat due to acid reflux, so we just out his carseat in his crib with him in it in his room. So your daughter is NOT too little, but she might just be scared, try doing it during the day, thats how we started, and work your way to over nights, or do it at night and if she wakes up rock her a little and put her back down. Try swaddling, my son loved to be swaddled, also try elevating her crib on one side and sitting her in a boppy. Make suer the boppy is upside down like a U cupping her butt, It makes them feel secure like someone is there. My son slept like that till he could kick out of it. sShe will let you know when she is ready. As for the SIDS thing, they come up with so many diffrent things if your child sufficats on a bumper or blanket, thats not SIDS thats suffication. Your child being in the same room as you is ot gong to prevent him or her from dying from SIDS(what ever the cause really is) what I don't uderstand is if they don't know what causes SIDS then how can they tell you how to prevent it. I understand the not having a bumper in the crib, but my son has slept with a blanket since he was born. He rolls on his side and hugs it. I say go with your mommy feeling do what YOU think is best for your kid.

Jackie - posted on 08/16/2009

Well I heard to have the baby sleep with you in your room for the first 6 months. I was done after 3 months because he didn't fit in his bassinet anymore so he was sleeping horribly and I wasn't going to put his huge crib in my small room. I have a video monitor set up and he now sleeps great in his big boy crib now. The key is putting them to sleep when they're sleepy but not totally asleep. Don't try doing it with the baby fully awake or they will certainly cry. And you might just have to let them cry it out. That's what the doctor will tell you when the baby won't sleep through the night when they're old enough to. It's horrible and 5 minutes seems like eternity, but a few nights of crying themselves to sleep will work. I wanted my son to start taking is naps in his crib during the day and he was NOT having it at first.....a few days of crying himself to sleep for about 10 minutes and he was over it. He now goes right to sleep! Good luck. It's hard. But I would keep that little baby in your room at least another month, she's awfully young.

Caira - posted on 08/16/2009

I did keep them in my room till they slept throught the night. My first slept throught the night at 9 weeks and my 2nd at 7 weeks.

Caira - posted on 08/16/2009

Sids could happen if she is in your room or not. My son would not sleep in his bed and I had a friend tell me that I was just going to have to bite the bullet and do it. I felt so bad, but it was the only way. Even at that age, they know how to get their way. Just put that baby in her bed and let her cry. She will probably cry all night long, but after that she will get use to it. Either you spend one difficult nignt or 2 years of difficult nights. You will both sleep better. It is not easy to listen to them cry!

Osnat - posted on 08/16/2009

There isn't one answer to that. I have 2 boys 7&4 and with each of them it was different. I tried all sorts of methods which I don't know if it worked at all or was it just a natural step in their development to want to be in their own room/bed. Osnat http://maaslife.blogspot.com/2009/07/con...

Melissa - posted on 08/15/2009

I don't know how big the rooms are, but I suggest having a crib/bassinet in the same room. If she just cries and cries she probably just wants to be by her mommy and feel loved. At least that is what happens with my daughter even during the day when I try to put her down for a nap away from me. Sometimes she'll be fine in a different room than me, but usually she just likes being in the same room as me. I think she can sense/smell me when I'm in the same room and she'll settle down and sleep through the night (and she's only 10 weeks)

Marcia - posted on 08/15/2009

That's because she's too young to be away from you guys right now. She's getting scared because she can't sence or smell you around her. With a stomach the size of half a golf ball, she'll be feeding far too often to be in another room right now, you'll do nothing but go back and forth. You're to keep babies with you for at least 6 months before going to their our room.



Good luck.

Jennifer - posted on 08/15/2009

I kept my son in the bassinett (SP) until he was about 3 months old. He had to go into a crib because he we was wayyy too long. I would say cry it out but I don't think that is recommended until they are a little older. I would put her in her room, put some classical music on and go as long as you can by letting her cry. Go in there but do not touch her, just let her hear your voice and then leave. That may help :) Good luck!

Britni - posted on 08/15/2009

I've always been curious how having the baby sleeping in a crib in your room reduces the risk of SIDS? Unless you plan to sit next to them and watch them all night long to make sure they are breathing? I'm not trying to be rude to your reply, really, I just always wondered how this could be any better than sleeping in their own room? Am I missing something?

To this lady you are correct and I agree with her 100%... First off they say that you are not to put a crib bumper into your childs crib EVER! because of suffication reasons... all you need is a sheet on your babys bed...and cribs now a days dont have big enough spaces for your childs head to get stuck they do make things for your baby like bumpers on each side so they cant move. and if your worried about suffication from a blanket... dont put one in there... they make these things now where your baby is put into them and they are like swaddle blankets but they velcro and that way your baby cant sufficate on a blanket but its just like one... and maybe swaddleing your baby might help them go to sleep they love being swaddled even when they are 9 months old... even tho some moms would disagree... but its a proven fact... also do any of you moms have ever heard of letting your baby cry? it is ok to let them be in there room and cry once in a while it helps them develop.. so that way your not having to rock your baby to sleep or having your baby sleep in your room in your bed which personally I think is wrong.. sets bad habbits... how are you and your husband supposed to get a good night sleep or have adult time when there is a child in your bed... My son is 6 months old and I have never let him sleep in my bed with my husband or I nor do I rock him to sleep even when he is sick... I have let him cry in his own bed when it was needed and he puts himself to sleep every night I dont have to do anything but lay him in there.. with a blanket... if he has it anywhere near his face he cries... My pediatrition even said to let him cry... he has slept in his own bed since he was born and in his own room... I would recommend that you dont put any baby into bed with your or rock them even once even if they are sick... it is ok to give them a little extra tlc when they are sick but when you do it once and from 0 to 1 year olds is when they develop the most and doing it once will set you up to do it every night and none of you moms can tell me that you wouldnt enjoy it just one bit to be able to put your baby to bed and not have to do anything just lay them in there.... how tireing it gets when your baby needs to go to bed and there are things that need to get done at night when your baby is sleeping and you want to get it done and go to bed yourself but you have to sit there and rock them to sleep or lay in YOUR bed until they go to sleep... you cant tell me that that none of you moms wouldnt enjoy it?

Corlissa - posted on 08/15/2009

my 6 week old would wake up crying every two hours threw out the night, and a friend recommened the miracle blanket to me. It swaddles them really tight making them feel secure. It was amazing my son wakes up only every 4 hours now! check out the web site . this blanket made a huge difference

Stacy - posted on 08/15/2009

Well my daughter is now 4. I let her sleep with me and her father.. Everytime i tried to put her in her crib she would cry and cry, plus she had colic for the first 2 mos or so. We had to take car rides and play country music in order for her to sleep at nite. I got to comfortable with her sleeping with me and so did she. To this day she will fall asleep with 1 of us and we put her in her bed. She wakes in the middle of the nite and comes to bed with us. I will put her in her bed at least 4 times at nite but she ends up coming back to us and i give up. Now I have a son that will be one. I did everything opposite of what i did with her. He has slept in his crib since he came home from the hospital and i have no problems with him sleepin on his own. He will sleep 10-12 hours a nite. I guess you learn from your first kid on what to do with the next one.

Lauren - posted on 08/15/2009

i honestly started off letting my daughter sleep in her own room from the time she was about 2 months. the earlier you start it, the earlier your child will learn thats how he/she will sleep. i know its hard to listen to your child cry, but after a few nights they will be used to it. i would recommend makin sure you have a mobil, or something that lights the room a little and plays msi to help sooth them. i do not regret putting my daughter in her own room to sleep. any other mom i talk to wished she id that from the start. Because it is hard to break routine for babies.. so START NOW!! lol good luck

Narelle - posted on 08/15/2009

Hi

Tonite is the 3rd nite my lil girl has been in ehr own room in a big cot. I keep her wit me till she falls asleep then i put her into her room and she sleeps till bout 3-4am wakes for feed and bum change the nshe goes bak to sleep till about 7ish.

Marleigh - posted on 08/14/2009

We have a 10 week old little boy and his crib is in our room. We originally had it in with our 2 year old, but his room was really small and we decided it would be safer to have him in our big room instead.

We swaddle Dawson (10 wk old) at night which makes him feel secure and he falls asleep better. Also if you swaddle your baby they are lighter sleepers and it helps reduce SIDS since they wake easier. If Dawson wakes I barely put his binkey to his mouth and he passes back out. I totally forgot about swaddling until my dad brought it up.

We lay him in his crib when he falls asleep and he will sleep most of the night until he is hungry. Then i bring him in bed with me so I can nurse him through the night.

If you lay them somewhere where your scent is, they may feel more comfortable too. Like sleep with their blankey or on their crib sheet or something to give it your scent.

Im not a professional, just a mommy. So don't quote me as 100% lol. All just experience and words of wisdom from others :)

Kathy - posted on 08/14/2009

What a mix of responses. All four of my children including my current 11wk old went straight into their own room the day they came home. I have a rocker in the "baby room" if she wakes up to feed at night. Like the other moms, I can hear the smallest sound from her and you'll quickly know what are the normal sleeping sounds compared to other sounds that you might jump up for.



I tend to do the last feeding in my own room and the baby usually drifts off to sleep at the end of eating. Then I very carefully carry her to her own cradle and swaddle her for sleep. She sleeps til morning. I have had her fall asleep in the cradle on her own while I tend to the other kids. I also believe in CIO once she's a little older.

Tina - posted on 08/14/2009

I would rock my son to sleep then let him take naps in his own room but sleep in mine. After a few weeks he didn't care where he was. Now he sleeps in his own room.

Belinda - posted on 08/14/2009

Quoting Benessa:

Ms. Dara, your little bundle of joy is just use to her mommy (spoiled).. I suggest that when your home during the day... lay her in her crib, and maybe get her a little stuffed animal or blanket that she's use to smelling or you can even use one of your shirts and lay it under her or near her so when she reaches for you she can smell you... if you do this often and throught the day... at night will be the same she doesn't know day from night.... HUmmmmmm... it will take a little tolerence on your part to let her cry but play with her until she tires and she should be ok.... for safe keep a bottle handy never hurts.....

Benessa Russell * silkysender@aol.com

Oh Puhlease she is NOT spoiled she is NORMAL!!!  babies are so small and their mother is their whole world, the notion of being able to spoil a baby is a bit archaic, true once they start being able to comprehend they can be spoiled but that usually isn't till about six months and can be combatted with early discipline.  my 7 mth old just moved into his own room but he still ends up in bed with me after his 2 am feed.  I do this from neccessity because if he sleeps in his bed after that feed he will wake at 4 am and not go back to sleep but sleeping with me i get until his sister wakes at 6:30/7 ish.  I personally wait until about 4mths before doing the whole let-em-cry thing.  My reason for this is related to brain development.  Changing things takes time and care so the child feels secure with the change.

Belinda - posted on 08/14/2009

7 weeks might be pushing it a bit.
I'd suggest you wait until you move and then use her room as a day sleep until she gets used to it then move her there at night.
Make sure there is something familiar be it a mobile, blanket etc, I personaaly used a mozzie net looks pritty and keeps the bugs away.
Moving is a big change for a little one and you don't want to make to many changes at once or you might stress her out. Take it slow and gentle.

Rachel - posted on 08/14/2009

i used to put my top or sumthing that smell of me in her cot??!!

Sarah - posted on 08/14/2009

I would definately keep her in a bassinett/small bed in your room, just to keep her close enough in case she really needs you. Remember she is still very small and very dependant on you! She needs you close by to feel secure. But do put her in her own bed, you definately dont want that fight later on!!

Julie - posted on 08/14/2009

get them into bedtime routine then they dont know your around and always get tired for the time u want them to go to sleep i started when my son was about 8wks he's now 5 mths sleeps 7pm-6am i plonk him in his cot he looks at his mobile for a bit then goes straight to sleep no fuss if he's unsettled i know theirs something wrong.

Jodi - posted on 08/14/2009

give her your shirt that you were wearing that day! Try that and if that doesnt work then try music! I worked for my daughter! She is 7 years yld now!!! Good luck!!

Falesha - posted on 08/14/2009

It is very simple bring a basinet or the crib into ur room and start puting him in there when he naps or when ur folding laundery or just litle things in ur room. I dont know if haveing ur child in ur room realy help reduce SIDS but why chance it and well even b4 they said that i felt more comfortable with my children sleeping in my room antill around 6 months just to help with keeping him use to the idea of his room at a later time u should try doing naps in his room starting around 2 onths or so it will just help keep him open to it and keep it from bein such a big change in 6 months when u start putin him in his own room at night

Colleen - posted on 08/14/2009

Yeah I can't sleep in the same room as my son either. I did it for a week while we were at the cottage because we only had the one room and it drove me nuts all night long. He grunts, squeaks, moves around and sucks on his hand very loudly all night long.

Kathryn - posted on 08/14/2009

Wow, I'm in the minority here, because I just couldn't imagine my daughter sleeping in the same room with us. I tried it for the first week or so, and I just about lost my sanity waking up with every little noise she made, because babies are noisy sleepers. I feel completely safe with her in her crib in her room as I have an Angel Care monitor.

Michelle - posted on 08/14/2009

What worked with my boy was sleeping on the couch outside his room so I didn't have the long walk.....then everytime he'd start to cry I'd come right away! After several walks back and forth playing what I like to call "The Binky Game" (he drops it, cries, then wants it back) He soon felt security in knowing I will come whenever he needs me and slept 12 hours nights shortly after that! He liked his room better and so did we!

Colleen - posted on 08/14/2009

I agree that mom's have a 6th sense. I can be in a deep sleep and my husband's alarm clock goes off and it doesn't even wake me up but Connor will make a sound in his room and I'll be jumping out of bed.

Natalie - posted on 08/14/2009

you really want to have your daughter sleeping in your room until she's at least 6 months old.My daughter is 9 weeks old and I have her sleeping in her cot at the side of me,I find that if I give her a big feed around 10/11pm then put her down she will sleep through till the morning,this is better for my partner and I cos we get a decent nights sleep,but we can be alert should our daughter wakes.

Leah - posted on 08/13/2009

I put my daughter in her own room at around 6 weeks old and it worked out fine. Mum's have that strange 6th sense and are always half awake, so you always seem to know what's happening with your baby even when they're in another room.

If her room has a spare bed in it, you can sleep in there the first few nights, or before you put her in there, try sleeping with one of her blankets so it has your smell on it so when she moves, she has that mum comfort smell with her :)

Ashley - posted on 08/13/2009

I put my daughter in her own room in her crib when she was 4 days old, only because she would squawk in her sleep and wake me up and I wasn't getting any rest in between feedings. I put her in her crib without too much trouble. Although she would startle in her sleep and wake herself up, so against all advice I rolled her to her belly and she slept like a champion. She would lift her head from side to side so I wasn't worried about SIDS. Especially since the most current research is showing SIDS to be linked to a brain stem malfunction and not sleeping location or position. Something in their brainstem doesn't signal them to get air and that's what happens in SIDS death. I hope that helps, good luck!

Katarina - posted on 08/13/2009

We co-slept with our son until his 3rd month birthday. At first it was because he was a preemie and I was relaxed to hear him breathe, but then I had a hard time seperating(sp) myself from him. He's 4 months old now and sleeps in his own crib on the other side of our room. The first couple of nights were hard but we all get a better sleep. He also started to sleep through the night when he slept on his own. I tihnk it was harder for me then him :(

Lucy - posted on 08/13/2009

my son slept in our room in his moses basket till he was 3 months old, should of been 6 months tho, the next baby will be, cos i was worried sick, i felt like i had to keep an eye on him didnt want him away from me, but each to there own