New Baby Sleeping: In Own Room or In Your Room???

li'l_p

I'd like to see what other people's view are on this. I know what the receommended guidance is (6 months), but more want to hear from people's own experiences.

Do you think that the baby should sleep in the same room as you or should it have it's own room from the word go? How long did you have your baby in the room with you?

minnie123

I had my baby in our room until he was about 7 months old. They say it reduces the risk of cot death dramatically having them in your own room and it's also a lot easier when they are little and waking up for feeds every few hours. I would have worried myself to death having them in another room I liked to be able to hear him making little noises.

Krystaltips

The recommendations are there for safety reasons... A baby will often forget to breath, hearing a parent breath can trigger their own reflexes... If they're in a room on their own then they won't have this trigger...

My daughter was in my room for 9 months... My next baby will probably be in our room for a lot longer seeing as we don't have a spare room...

xmaslolly76

I had my daughter with me until she was 2 but there is a long story behind that sufficed to say when my son came along we did things rather differently he was in our room until his sleeping pattern had settled ie he was sleeping through most of the night and not waking for feeds then he went into his own room i think he was around 4-5 months

elaine373

I had all of mine with me for at least a year.Some of that was down to lack of space but i wouldnt put them into their own rooms until at least 6 months.

xmaslolly76

forgot to say son shared with his sister until we moved as we only had bedrooms so he wasnt really on his own until he was about 2.

jackieb

elaine373 wrote: »

I had all of mine with me for at least a year.Some of that was down to lack of space but i wouldnt put them into their own rooms until at least 6 months.

Same here. Only I had my daughter in our room until she was 5yo due to lack of space. :eek:

But even when we had room with the other 3, we had them in our room until they were at least a year old.

Bitsy_Beans

Both mine went into their own rooms about a week after birth. I was fully aware of the guidelines but I just couldn't sleep with them next to me. Too much snuffling and noises going on.
I did use a dummy which can help reduce the risk of SIDS.

twentypenceoff

please wil people who live in terraced houses who want to sleep with their baby have some thought for thier neigbours?

Barneysmom

Both mine were in our room, mostly as it was so cold.

Dizie

With our 1st, she slept in our room until she was 4.5 months old. She was a noisy snorer, as was DH and between the 2 of them, they kept waking each other (and me!) up! With our 2nd, we put him in his own room from day one but we took it in turns to sleep in his room until he was 6 months. We did this for so that at least one of us could get some sleep and DS was used to his room from the start.

Pesonally, I wouldn't put a newborn in a seperate room because of the cot death research findings. Also, like has been said its much easier to deal with a baby waking up if they're in your room, particularly if you're breastfeeding.