Does your LO ever sleep alone in a room?

Amanda&PJ

Right now I am BFing, so DD sleeps in a bassinet next to my bed.  But when she goes down at night, its usually downstairs around 9-10.  I usually let her sleep down there while DH and I are up, then carry her up while still asleep when we are ready for bed or wait until she wakes up for a feeding.  When she naps, she is also always in the same room as me.  We have an infant sleeper in our pack n' play downstairs.

When is it ok to let them sleep in a room by themselves?  Or when do you plan on doing this?

My DCP mentioned during our interview that infants under a certain age(forget which age) according to state law, need to sleep in a supervised room due to the risk of SIDs, so I guess I have this in my head...

dragon_chica

DD is a little over 2 months and we finally started to transition up to the nursery (we were all sleeping downstairs on the couch.)  We moved her swing up there and at night we put her down after her bath around 8:30/9:00.  For the past 2 nights she's been sleeping until around midnight/1:00 a.m.  Once she wakes I feed her and bedshare with her for the rest of the night.

Mee83shell

LO has slept in his crib in his room since our second night home.  Our pedi was very pleased to hear that we were not keeping him in our room with us b/c some infants will not sleep in their cribs after being in with mom and dad for too long.

I've never heard of a state law saying that kids have to be supervised while sleeping.  

rebeccaontherocks

I have never heard of a state law requiring that they sleep in a supervised room.. sounds weird to me.

I transitioned LO to his nursery when he was 4 weeks old, mostly so that we could all sleep better.

kimberly.kent

DS goes down at first around 10 or 11pm and we put him in his crib with the monitor on. He wakes up anywhere between 2-3am for a "midnight feeding" then he sleeps in our bed until we get up in the morning. We always check on him, don't have anything in the crib, and always have the monitor on so we don't worry too much about him sleeping in the nursery alone for a bit each night.

MrsBatty

DD has been sleeping in her room in her bassinet since she was 6 weeks.  Guess I'm going to jail

Rachel2315

This is a rule in child care agencies, but I don't think its a law in your own home.  If so, I think a lot of us would be locked  up.

THat being said, DS is almost never asleep in a different room than where I'm at.  Rachel2315 = paranoid though, so don't take my advice about what to do with your kid as far as independently napping/sleeping goes.   

tutter805

At night, DS sleeps in the bassinet next to our bed or I'll put him in his crib and sleep in the bed in there. And during the day, I put him in his crib to nap, but I'm checking up on him every 5 min, even with the baby monitor. I don't think I could sleep with DS in another room at night yet. I probably won't start til about 2 months.

juliane2004

Never crossed my mind actually, that them sleeping alone is bad. My LO was in a bassinette in my room for 2 weeks (only because I just wanted her near, not cause I thought it was safer), and she's been sleeping in her own room at night ever since. In the day, she sleeps in the living room in her swing, but yup at night she's alone in her room.

arob2009

DS started sleeping in his crib at 3 weeks.  It is across the hall.  If he is sleeping in the bouncy chair or swing during the day in the living room, I will go into my office to get work done.  I will still hear him if he fusses/cries.

Amanda&PJ

Sorry Guys... I should have specified that DCP said it was a childcare law that infants need to sleep in the same room while in daycare...not at home!  It just stuck in my head for what I've been doing at home...

FirstTyMom

juliane2004:

Never crossed my mind actually, that them sleeping alone is bad. My LO was in a bassinette in my room for 2 weeks (only because I just wanted her near, not cause I thought it was safer), and she's been sleeping in her own room at night ever since. In the day, she sleeps in the living room in her swing, but yup at night she's alone in her room.

This exactly!

MrsLeslie030405

Mee83shell:

LO has slept in his crib in his room since our second night home.  Our pedi was very pleased to hear that we were not keeping him in our room with us b/c some infants will not sleep in their cribs after being in with mom and dad for too long.

I've never heard of a state law saying that kids have to be supervised while sleeping.  

This is a western cultural thing to say... in many places it is seen as crazy weird to have a newborn alone in a room!  Everyone is different depending on how they were raised.

My brother and I along with many in my family grew up sleeping in the same room for the better part of our first year of life and had no problems transitioning to our own rooms.  Our LO co-sleeps with us and will for the first 6 months.  We will start the transition the 4th or 5th month depending on her.

KMS1025

He sleeps in our room in his own bed at night, but during the day when he falls asleep we put him down in his bed (in our room still) and then leave him to get things done.  I can hear him from our kitchen or laundry room etc.  Sometimes I just need to watch TV on the sofa and not sit and stare at my sleeping son.  That's what monitors are for during the day.  I still check in on him but I'm not afraid of him sleeping in another room.