How long before you moved your newborn into his/her own room on nighttime?

Sammy85_2

mountainofdebt wrote: »

Do you mean bedroom share or literally bedshare?

The only reason I ask - and I may be wrong here - is that whilst its only my opinion, I thought that bedsharing was considered to be a no no?

I thought it was too, incase you fall asleep, roll over and squash the little one?

mildred1978

mountainofdebt wrote: »

Do you mean bedroom share or literally bedshare?

The only reason I ask - and I may be wrong here - is that whilst its only my opinion, I thought that bedsharing was considered to be a no no?

It's a ploy by moses basket manufacturers

Depends what you read. NHS don't recommend it, but there are lots of studies that show it to be beneficial to baby and parents alike. It's common practice in other parts of the world. As long as you are careful, there's no reason not to.

My LO is fast asleep next to me right now as he's teething. It settles him better than anything else.

mildred1978

Sammy85 wrote: »

I thought it was too, incase you fall asleep, roll over and squash the little one?

My son slept on me every night for the first 4 months, then between us until 8.5 or 9 months. I never once rolled over without knowing subconsciously where he was. I don't drink, and if OH had had a drink he slept in another room.

flimsier

Yeah, our child was in intensive care for a month. Our concerns about moving her were wholly to do with lack of sleep - I remember that we took it in turns to just sleep with her (in the living room with the moses basket) until she was sleeping 5/6 hours, and then we moved her.

mildred1978

Lots of info http://www.cosleeping.org/

lisafar

My son is 3 years old and half,but he is sleeping with me in the same room. He loves to stay with me.

CH27

abby1234519 wrote: »

Mine is two and a half weeks old and he is definitely staying with me for as long as I can! My OH lives in another town so 5 nights a week it will be just me and baby and I fully intend to bedshare. Then when OH comes to stay baby is in the moses basket but I did pick him up out of it at 6am and cuddle him in bed for a couple of hours

I would keep him in the cot all the time otherwise his sleep patterns will be disturbed every time your boyfriend stays over.

aliasojo

Lotus-eater wrote: »

I wake up with every little sound, but manage to sleep through virtually all sounds made by our 2 kids.

My OH on the other hand can sleep through floods and thunderstorms, never hears the birds or animals that get into our attic and never hears the cats/owls/deer/foxes/badgers which fight outside our window.
BUT, one teeny tiny sound from one of the kids and she's wide awake and out of bed.

Must be something to do with women and children.

This applied exactly to us when our daughter was little. She's nearly 12 now and there's been a shift in attitude. I no longer feel the need to investigate every single noise coming from her room but her Dad (who would sleep through anything previously) seems to have subconsciously taken over from where I left off as he now becomes alert to the slightest thing whilst I snore my way blissfully through it all. I tell him it's Mother Nature's way of ensuring parity.

aliasojo

abby1234519 wrote: »

Mine is two and a half weeks old and he is definitely staying with me for as long as I can! My OH lives in another town so 5 nights a week it will be just me and baby and I fully intend to bedshare. Then when OH comes to stay baby is in the moses basket but I did pick him up out of it at 6am and cuddle him in bed for a couple of hours

Just something to consider - you might be setting yourself up for hassle if baby gets used to sleeping with you and then begins to fret on the nights he's in the basket. Babies thrive on routine, they get easily unsettled if things change around them.

Not be much fun with OH then, if you're having to settle little one.

thunderbird

Really interesting to read this and to see how much things seem to have changed since we had ours (now 9 and 12).

Both of them slept in cots in their own rooms from the day we brought them home from hospital. They were both actually pretty good sleepers from 3 months and have never asked to come and sleep in our bed.