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Baby in their own room??

danibennettdanibennett
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DS2 is 7 months old and is still sleeping in my room. I thought for sure this month I would try having him sleep in his own room at night but just a couple weeks shy of him turning 7 months he started waking up in the middle of the night. I'm a little apprehensive to put him in his own room now because it's across the house from ours. I do have really good baby monitors but I am still scared that for whatever reason I wont hear him or they might stop working while I'm sleeping and I wont have a clue. Does anyone have any advice for getting him to sleep through the night?? And what month did you put your LO in his/her own room to sleep?? DS1 is 7 years old so I feel like I am a new mom all over again HELP!!!

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  • DCMergedDCMerged
    We made the move at 6 months. His room is right around the corner from ours so I can hear him without a monitor. I agree, do what feels right for you. Mommy instincts are usually right!
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  • mben1119mben1119 member
    DS has been in his own room since he was a week old.
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  • emberlee3emberlee3 member
    DD moved to her own room at 6 months. We do still bedshare if she is having a bad night. I also have a twin bed in DDs room that I used for the first week or so.
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  • jennyelfjennyelf member

    LO has been in his own room since we came home from the hospital. He's 3 doors down from our room and we just leave the doors open. We've always awakened on his cries (normally I wake before my husband wakes). I think there's something ingrained in the moms that helps them be attuned to their baby crying.

    As for STTN, we did Ferber and it worked for us. It took 4 days. First night sucked, but after that it got progressively better. 

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  • margarita777margarita777 member

    We put DS in his own room within the last week.  Was very apprehensive about sleep training him in his own crib.  But, he has been doing great!  Just do what feels right and comfortable for you.  Personally if it was me, and his room was so far away where I won't hear him, I would just wait till he is sleeping through the night before putting him in his room.

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  • shadypinesshadypines member
    DD was in her room around 6-7 months. Mainly because she was getting too big for the bassinet. GL The transition was smooth.


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  • mylittlesunshinemylittlesunshine member

    With both girls, they were in their room since the day they came home from the hospital.

    What did it for us for STTN (mainly for getting them to fall asleep by themselves at night when we first put them down) was Ferber.

    Good luck!

    ETA: if you have a really good monitor like you say you do, just turn it up to the loudest it will go. I guarantee you that you will hear him if he starts crying.

    If DD2 is just fussing in the middle of the night, we usually give her a little bit to see if she resolves it on her own. Most of the time in about 15-30 minutes she is able to put herself back to sleep.

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  • cltk12cltk12 member

    I planned to keep DS in our room til 6 months.  Around 3 months, DH put DS in his crib one night just to see if he'd like it and we all slept so much better so he stayed there. Since DH initiated it, he gets up and brings DS to me for motn feeding.

    DH is traveling this week and he normally wakes up first when DS cries so I was worried I woudln't hear him and put him in his pnp which is still set up in our room.  It was horrible, I could hear every noise he was making and felt like I couldn't move so after his motn feeding, I put him back in his crib.

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  • laurenhankeylaurenhankey member
    At 4 weeks LO was in her own room consistently everynight. She never slept in our room (I EBF at that point and she slept in the bouncy seat in the livingroom with me).  Trust me, you will hear you LO.  It's amazing what you hear when you're asleep. My LO coughs and it wakes me up and I am not a light sleeper. 
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  • khill86khill86 member
    DS has been in his own room since we got home from the hospital. He's right across from our room, though. I have a video monitor but I don't need the sound on to hear him. I just keep the monitor close by so when he does wake up, I can look and see what he's up to and decide if he's likely to go back to sleep on his own or not.
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  • danibennettdanibennett

    Thank you for all the advice everyone!!! I think I have been just putting this off for to long and it is time he sleeps in his own room. DH and I had set his crib up in our room when he was 2 months because his room was just to far away and he hated his bassinet. I haven't yet let him try to fall asleep on his own yet because he is way to loud and DH has to get up early in the AM for work and feeding him is just the easiest way to get him back to sleep. I told DH this afternoon that I think we should try this weekend to get DS2 in his room and he is just so excited and promising to listen to the monitor also. He is my last baby so it's just tough to let him "grow up" lol. I will post how everything goes thanks again!!

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  • Stacigirl413Stacigirl413 member
    DS has been in his own room since 3 months.  DS is a big boy so the travel crib we had him in beside us was getting a little tight and we had the monitors and could hear him if the doors were open too! Like the PP'ers stated you have to do what is comfortable for you!

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  • mrsshawnavanbmrsshawnavanb member
    DD was still waking a 1-3 times a night when in our room. About 3 weeks ago we made the transition and she sttn now. She may wake up once and fuss for a minute or two, but falls right back to sleep.  I just keep the monitor plugged in on my nightstand. I thought that it would be a really difficult transition (especially for me because I was so used to having her there with me) but it's actually great. I really do think everyone sleeps better now. Good luck!
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  • katieh1017katieh1017 member
    I put her in her room around thanksgiving so right after 7 months. I figured she would be in her crib when I went back to work at 12 weeks. Oh well it's fine now. 

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  • purplesnapdragons21purplesnapdragons21 member

    We napped our baby in the PnP in our room and in his crib in the nursery from birth.  By two months he was starting the night in our room (he went to bed before us).  Then when he woke up at 3am for a feeding, he would finish the night in the nursery because he's noisy falling back to sleep and DH couldn't fall back asleep.  By 3 months he spent the whole night in his room.  We have a small house so we don't even have a monitor.

     

    We all three sleep better when he's in his own room. 

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