How many of you...

blessings1

How many of you have LO sleeping in another room than you?  If so, do you sleep better when you're not waking up to their every movement?

 

I have been getting zero sleep since she was born because she sleeps in her bassinet at the end of our bed.  I am a light sleeper and wake up to everything.  If she is crying I have to get up because I can't let her cry when she is in the room.  I don't know what it is.  DH tells me to let her cry for 10 minutes to see if she'll go back to sleep but I just struggle with that.  

 

I'm wondering if changing rooms is a good idea for us right now. 

souledoutgirl

DD has slept in her crib since day 1. We all sleep well. I used to wake up at every little sound on the monitor, but I've just kind of gotten used to her little noises and know when she really needs me.

mommy~to~mj

My LO sleeps in her own room, but it's about 10 feet away from our room. We also have the Angelcare Monitor which gives me A LOT of peace of mind (and more sleep). I am a bit of a light sleeper and wake up when I hear her make a noise but I go back to sleep pretty easily if she does.

I'm getting a lot better at knowing which noises mean she will go back to sleep and which ones mean I'll need to get up. 

MommaMcG

Baby girl is still in our room, and I think think I'd get less sleep if she was in her room.  Even though she's a few feet away, I still wake up and check on her if I don't hear her breathing!  Paranoid.

ladysingstheblues

DS is still in our room.  I love it and have no plans to move him just yet.  His little noises used to wake me, but now we're used to it. 

SilentC

I sleep MUCH better now that DS is in his own room. We had him in a bassinet in our room until about 2 months, which made sense when he was eating every 2 hours. But as soon as he was going a little longer between feeds we put him in his crib and I'm really glad. My husband always slept through the little noises, but I heard every move, every whimpter, every sigh, and I never got quality sleep.  Now I just hear the noises I need to - the real "I'm awake, feed me!" cries. Not the little cries when he comes to the edge of his light sleep and settles back down again.

MrsJenniferS

Omg, mama...put him in his crib!!!!  Get a monitor and it will be OK.

Seriously - move the child into his own room. It's time. You WILL sleep so much better.

am&md110307

We moved LO to his crib at 2 1/2 months and we all sleep much better.

pmarie33

O sleeps in her crib in her room.  She STTN and has for over a month.  It's very rare for her to wake up before 6am. We sleep great.  There has even been a few times where I get paranoid and get up out of bed to make sure the monitor is on. 

SusieQ1982

Public Health in Canada recommends that babies sleep with their parents until they are 6 months old, so he sleeps in our room.

Am I tired? Sure. I wake at every little peep. But I know it's what is best for him.

I wouldn't let him cry even if he was in another room, so that issue isn't relevant for us.

KrystalD7

Malrey has been sleeping in her crib since we came home. I have a great monitor, and it works for us. I'm way too light of a sleeper to have her in our room. The few times she has (out of town, someone elses house) I don't sleep a wink all night. She moves, grunts, sights, moans, snores, wiggles etc all night long.

Get an Angel Care Monitor.

MrsJenniferS

SusieQ1982:

Public Health in Canada recommends that babies sleep with their parents until they are 6 months old, so he sleeps in our room.

Am I tired? Sure. I wake at every little peep. But I know it's what is best for him.

I wouldn't let him cry even if he was in another room, so that issue isn't relevant for us.

 

What's the rationale behind the recommendation? Just wondering.

anarivera

DD is in her own room since she was 3 months. Since then I sleep much better and I feel that we recovered our room and we don't have to be careful while she's saleeping. We have a video monitor to check her, but sometimes, if I wake up in the middle of the nigth and she hasn't, I go to her bedroom to check on her.

ld102009

We co-slept with DS for the first 5-6 weeks but none of us was sleeping well.  He transitioned to a co-sleeper (arm's reach) but I was still waking up with every little noise AND finding myself getting annoyed that DH wasn't.  One night, DS was super fussy in our room so I took him into his room to calm him down.  I laid him in his crib to see what would happen and he fell asleep.  I guess that was his way of telling us he needed  his space! 

I sleep with the monitor by my head and still wake up a lot but not nearly as much as when he was with us.  DS has been STTN since he was 2 months old, so that makes it easier.  I always check on him 1-2 times per night. 

He had a shot and the rotovirus vaccine yesterday so he was pretty cranky at bedtime.  He woke up at 11:30pm and wouldn't let us put him down.  He finally fell asleep with us until about 4:45am when he was really cranky again.  Did the same thing - walked him in his room, rocked, etc etc etc.  Laid him in his crib and he was asleep within SECONDS!!! 

My advice - feel it out and try it out.  Do whatever helps all of you get the best sleep that you can.  GL!

blessings1

Thanks everyone!!! I am trying to have LO sleep in her own room but DH wants her in the room... since he doesn't wake up EVER for her... I think it's my decision  

 

I'll try it this week!  Thanks again!