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blessings1 · February 2010

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 · February 2010

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 · February 2010

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 · February 2010

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 · February 2010

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 · February 2010

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 · February 2010

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 · February 2010

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

pmarie33 · February 2010

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 · February 2010

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 · February 2010

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 · February 2010

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 · February 2010

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 · February 2010

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 · February 2010

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!

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