When should babies sleep in their own room?
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Anonymous
| Thanks! |
Anonymous
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Day 1.
The baby won't know any different and neither you nor the baby will wake up with every stir and whimper. |
Anonymous
| When you feel comfortable with your baby sleeping in another room. |
Anonymous
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Dude, really. This is totally up to you to decide. In some cultures, no one ever sleeps in a room all alone. In others (American culture) it is more of the norm.
One thing worth noting: the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends babies sleep in a crib in the same room as the parents to reduce the risk of SIDS. It's a significant reduction in risk if they are in the room with you. FWIW, DD is 14 months and has never slept in a room alone (she sleeps in a crib in our room, if she wakes up she hops into bed with us). She's ahead on every milestone (physical and mental), healthy, happy, and adorable. |
Anonymous
| We transferred ours at about 4 months. |
Anonymous
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I agree with PP who says there is no right answer. This is all about what you as parents feel comfortable doing.
My kids slept in a small crib (and often in our bed) in our room until 9 months and 11 months. Then we moved them to a full sized crib in the next room. |
Anonymous
| 3 months maybe? But my son started waking up more frequently at night and was fussier and sleepier during the day. So I figured he needed to be in his own room to get good sleep. I would say do what works for the baby and you...you don't have to change anything if it's working and everyone is getting the sleep they need. |
Anonymous
| I never thought we would end up still still sleeping with our 3 and 5 year olds but it works for our family. When I was pregnant I thought I would have the baby in a crib in his own room by three or four months. I work full-time and miss my kids so I loved the extra time with them. My husband grew up poor and never had a room to himself. He always slept with siblings or uncles so he was appalled that I would think of putting a baby in his own room. I love waking up and seeing them sleep or feel them get closer to me when it is a cold night. My husband and I put the kids down around 8 and spend a couple of hours together before bed in another room or bedroom. I am really not crunchy granola/ hippy dippy at all but it works for us. |
Anonymous
| I kept my dc in our room until he was about 3 1/2 months old. He was a pretty good sleeper, and I was worried that the transition to his own room was going to be difficult, so I waited longer than I might have otherwise. The first night he was in his crib, he slept MUCH longer than he ever had before. I think WE were waking HIM up. You should just do what works for you and your baby. |
Anonymous
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...and I thought we'd blissfully co-sleep, either with the baby in our bed (my preference), or an attached co-sleeper (plan B), or in a crib in our room (third choice).
Guess what. My husband and I couldn't get half a minute's rest with the baby in our room. So we put her in a crib in a little sleeping annex to our room, ran a fan for white noise and... bliss!!!* *Relatively speaking, of course. There's no REAL blissful sleep for parents with an infant. 
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Anonymous
| moved at 10 months, from our bed to crib in her own room. There's no right answer--whatever works for your family. |
Anonymous
This is not true. The baby knows when you're not around. OP, my both kids were sleeping through the night at 6 weeks and I blame it on the co-sleeping + EBF on demand combo. Those darn hormones are powerful and they pick up on your breathing pattern, heartbeat, etc so they'll get sleepy when you're sleepy. |
Anonymous
Poster you quoted: all 3 of my kids STTN between 5 -8 weeks and all were in their own cribs in their own rooms. Child #4 (4 weeks old) is in her own room and crib and has already had a few nights of STTN. Perhaps STTN has nothing to do with it. |
Anonymous
| For SIDS prevention, it's advised to keep the baby close to you for the first 6 months. Preferably a year. We moved our LO into her own room at 11 months and it was a smooth transition. |
Anonymous
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They should sleep in their own room when it's right for both the parents and the baby.
Personally, our baby is almost 9 months and she sleeps with us. I think once she can sleep through the night that will be the right time for me, to have her sleeping in her crib through the night. Until then, I want to get out of bed as little as possible throughout the night. |