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.

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.

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Anonymous wrote:Day 1.

The baby won't know any different and neither you nor the baby will wake up with every stir and whimper.

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.

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 wrote:Day 1.

The baby won't know any different and neither you nor the baby will wake up with every stir and whimper.

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.

moved at 10 months, from our bed to crib in her own room. There's no right answer--whatever works for your family.

...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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

We transferred ours at about 4 months.

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.

When you feel comfortable with your baby sleeping in another room.

Day 1.

The baby won't know any different and neither you nor the baby will wake up with every stir and whimper.

Thanks!