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vanilla15 · April 2011

If you have, when did you move baby into his/her own room? LO is still in her crib in our room & I am not sure when she is moving. I know it is probably better to do it soon just b/c she definitely knows we are right there. Whenever she wakes up, the first thing she does is pushes up and looks over to us. I want her in our room b/c she still doesn't STTN & it is definitely easier having her right next to me, but I also don't want to make the transition any harder on her by waiting until she really remembers sleeping in our room.

Anywho...how did you move baby from your room into their own room? how old was LO?

inamra · April 2011

we moved him around 5 months old. but then when he wakes up to nurse (used to be 7am but when he's sick, like now, then it's anytime he can't sleep because he can't breathe out of his nose) then we let him nurse and sleep in our bed until I wake up (10am)

it was harder for us to move him because he wasn't in his crib already so we tried to get him used to his crib by sidecarring it to our bed since he was a newborn but he'd always roll into our bed (once he started rolling) to sleep next to me, so he never got used to his crib, so he hated being in it, esp in his room by himself. so i think your transition might be easier since she's already sleeping in her crib. for us, we just tried to make more of an effort to keep him in his crib before the move, and then one day he's in his crib in his room. it was pretty rough actually. he still kinda hates his crib to this day =/

MrsNJSwimmer · April 2011

we still haven't, and it's getting harder and harder to deal with b/c of his size. we need to move him - I even got a plan from one of the sleep consultants, but I haven't actually tried it yet, b/c I haven't been in a good frame of mind lately (and I know there will be crying!), and right before that he was sick. The dr said to do it before 6-7 months when they start remembering.

lelekay · April 2011

We co-slept (in the ARCS) full-time until he was about 3 months old. Then we started putting him in the crib at first, and when he'd wake at around 2am or so, he'd come to bed with us. Now he STTN sometimes, so then he'll stay in his room all night. If he wakes now, it'll usually be not until about 5am or so, so then we snuggle in bed together (of course, this doesn't count this week, as he's all of a sudden been up 3-4 times a night....boo!)

SanHawaii08 · April 2011

we coslept (E in our bed, between us) until 2.5 weeks ago. He's never had a problem hanging out in his crib, as he's always gone in after diaper changes so I can wash my hands, and after we got the mobile, i'll use that once every day or two to keep him entertained for 20 min while I go do something else (he LOVES that thing!).

so we just started putting him in his crib for naps, then bedtime too. he comes into our bed after his first waking of the night, as he's still eating twice/night, and it's just so much easier for me this way! plus, i like waking up next to him in the morning Smile the routine for getting him down is exactly the same, no matter where he sleeps, and i think that helped the transition.

also, i think it's actually been really good for us, especially for naps, b/c we have huge windows and french doors in our room, so it's never dark during the day, whereas his room is a little darker with the blinds closed.

lelekay · April 2011

SanHawaii08:
plus, i like waking up next to him in the morning

Me, too! That's the main reason I bring to bed with me in the early morning. It's our snuggle time before we start our day. Plus it helps that he'll go back to sleep and sleep longer in my arms than in the crib.

lola808 · April 2011

lelekay:
SanHawaii08:
plus, i like waking up next to him in the morning
Me, too! That's the main reason I bring to bed with me in the early morning. It's our snuggle time before we start our day. Plus it helps that he'll go back to sleep and sleep longer in my arms than in the crib.

I have to agree, and this completely surprises me because I was anti-bed sharing from the start.

We had him in a bassinet next to our bed for the first 2 months, then transitioned to the crib. He has never taken to the crib, or at least it seems that way since he's STTN in there all of 3 or 4 times in the past year! Eventually, after trying everything I was comfortable with and many things I wasn't, we just decided to go with the flow. Now he goes down in his room around 7 and usually comes into our room somewhere around 1 or 2 am, where he sleeps peacefully till 7 am. We weren't happy about it at first, but now we relish in it. He wakes us up with smiles and giggles, and sometimes we even get to hear him crack up while dreaming. So oh well to our original plans! ;-)

Married2MrWright · April 2011

We bedshared until Libby was two weeks shy of her first birthday, then transitioned her to her crib in her room. She's been there ever since...

eacerna · April 2011

E slept in our room in a bassinet until she was 5 weeks old. She wasn't STTN then but we were ready to transition her for everybody's sanity lol. We started having her get used to her crib/room during naps. Surprisingly, the first week we moved her to her room, she slept for 5 hrs for the first time which back then was a HUGE deal. She would wake up a few times during the night and yes, at first it was a pain having to go back and forth from her room to ours. I was still on mat leave then so I did not mind. I remember there were times when I would lay a comforter on the floor beside her crib in the middle of the night and sleep there so that when she wakes up, I don't have to trek from her room to ours (which is probably only 10 steps from ours but still is a pain when you got little sleep). It was a sacrifice but I knew our hard work will pay off later. Things eventually got better and better. Now, we put her down drowsy but awake around 730-800 pm. Occasionally, she would fuss coz she wants her paci. We would get up (my awesome DH does this now so I can get my sleep; Since I EP, I have to wake up around 5-530ish to pump) to give her paci and then she will go back to sleep. Most of the time, she needs to eat around 5:30 -6 am and then goes back to sleep. She'll wake up between 7-7:30 am (sometimes we have to wake her up to get her ready for daycare). Most of the time, we won't even know that she's awake coz she'll quietly stay in her crib and play on her own (i read that it is good to give them this time because they are exploring their environment in their own way). Once we know she's awake, DH and I would rush to her room, turn on the lamp and as soon as she sees us, she greets us with her huge gummy smile :-).

MrsIH · April 2011

J slept in our room in a bassinet until he was one month old. We then transferred him to his crib and it went down with no issues

His room is only a few steps from ours so it wasn't a big deal for me and I know DH slept better because he was back to work after taking a month off.

MrsNicole&Brian808 · April 2011

Due to our lack of space, LO room-shares with us. His crib is at the foot of our bed and he's slept in it since the 2nd night home from the hospital. I'm hoping he won't have difficulty transitioning to his own room. If we ever get around to gutting our current office, he'll only be right next door to us. I'm thinking it won't be a problem because, as of right now, he falls asleep alone in our room since MH and I don't go to bed until a couple of hours later. I'm not sure if he ever wakes up in the middle of the night, checks to see if we're in the room and then goes back to sleep on his own.

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