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

Millie's_Mum

twentypenceoff wrote: »

just asking people to be considerate It was so bad being woken up all night and working all day that i thought about leaving work, and cried the whole time it went on.

I suppose you think the parents next door were enjoying it? Grow up, you prat, babies cry, I'm sure you did

starbump

emlou2009 wrote: »

anyway, in answer to the OP's question, mine will be moved into his own room firstly when he actually has a room to call his own and secondly when he is able to sleep through the night

Agree with this. When your babies are able to sleep through by themselves and you have the space to give them their own (or shared) room, then it's fine to move them into that room. Until then, I'd rather have the peace of mind of hearing and seeing them and the extra sleep from less running about the house during the night because you have to get up to settle/feed/check them wherever they sleep.

Glamazon

thanks OP for this - good to see other people's opinions.
I have a LO one the way and the plan is to sleep with us for first 6 months (as recommended) however based on other peoples experiences I think we'll see what happens.

Oh and 20p - get a life. I lived in a house with thin walls and could hear next doors baby crying, yes it could get annoying but babies can't help it.
We invested in earplugs or just turned the TV up. Because I have had noisy nedighbours in the past who didn't have children and did my head in - I chose to buy a detatched house. You have a choice - put up with the noise or do something so that u can't hear it!

Ishtar

We had our daughter in with us for almost 18 months - for some of that time she was co-sleeping, the rest she was in her cot or moses basket.

We've just had a baby (well, he's almost 9 weeks now!) and he has been co-sleeping from around day 5 as he would not settle in the moses basket. After 5 days with no sleep I decided it was probably for the best!

He'll be in our room for at least 6 months, probably nearer a year until we get sleeping arrangements organised (3 bed house, but one room is currently an office).

HTH
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msb5262

My three all had the same arrangement - slept in a crib beside my bed until 6 months, then went into a cot in another room. Much easier when they're tiny to have them close for breastfeeding, then by 6 months they were pretty much sleeping through the night anyway.

Krystaltips

I'm so jealous of all you that had babies sleeping through the night by the time they were 6mo... My 5yo barely sleeps through now... I hope this next baby takes more after me!

angelicmary85

Hiya,

I had to kick my daughter out of our room at about 2 1/2 months old. She became a very light sleeper when she was about a week old despite our best efforts to keep the house as noisey as possible when she was having nap! When she was 2weeks old she started sleeping through the night but waking up everytime she heard me or OH move or cough or something and OH snores like a pig so that woke her up aswel so in the end I had to vacate her from our room but was up all night for about a week worried but she still sleeps through (usually from 8pm to 7.30am) so I'm keeping my fingers crossed that the one due in 11days is the same!!!

jackomdj

Both of ours were about 4 months. They were both sleeping through at this stage & we too used a motion monitor which I would reccomend to anyone... as I said to my sister when she called it a waste of money "if you only have a noise monitor how can you tell if they have stopped breathing & how would I be able to live with myself knowing I had not bothered to get something that could make a difference" As it happens I did not have any problems with either but I still think it was worth while.
Nicky

skintchick

I'm planning on co-sleeping and probably not putting the baby in another room until it is at least a year, maybe older.

My friend's youngest is four and a half and is has just this week gone into his own room - they have co-slept till now and she is still breastfeeding (not very much obviously as he can eat food!).

And 20p - what difference does it make the baby being in with the parents? Do you think that makes them cry more? I think you'll find they probably cry less if they are close to mum.

Sirbendy

20p - I agree with the "get a life" I'm afraid. We're expecting, it'll be in with us initially, it will cry. It's a baby.

It may disturb our downstairs neighbours, and for that I will apologise as and when, but if houses were built and insulated properly, it would be less of an issue. TBH, I'm dreading it, but we're renting and the landlord is more than happy for a sprog to be here, and it can't be helped..so it's going to be a case of "forked if I give a toss".

Have you never had kids? I'd have guessed not, otherwise you'd not make such a bloody stupid demand..