Baby sleeping in his own room

firemansflame · September 2013

LO is 6wks old and is such a noisy sleeper! DS1 was not that way and slept in our room for 4 months. Well for the last two nights we put LO to bed in his own room (he is only 6wks) and my night was so much better. I actually feel human for the first time in a long time. The problem is I feel guilty. "They" say babies should be in your room for 6 months and we had DS1 in our room for so much longer but I feel like it is the right thing. I think we all sleep better. Ugh! I hate mom guilt

. Are there others who have LO not in there room?

khays8785 · September 2013

I have had DS in his own room and crib since second night home from hospital.. Nursery door is about 4 feet from our bedroom.. It has worked great for him and us (he is almost 10 weeks..)

slc63433 · September 2013

DS started sleeping in his own room at 5 weeks. He was so uncomfortable in his PnP and just slept much better without us making noise. We all slept better. No reason to feel guilty! Sounds like it may be better for you all if all of you guys are sleeping better!

jmo866 · September 2013

Who is "they"? I know people say this reduces SIDS risk but I have never been told their own room was harmful in any way and truthfully, I can hear the grunts and all from across the hall. Both my boys were in their own room from night 1 home from the hospital, and both are/ were noisy sleepers at that age. Don't feel guilty.

redhead610 · September 2013

We put DS in his room on the third night home, and he has been there since! He lves his crib. He is also a noisy sleeper - I had to turn the monitor volume down a bit so I wasn't waking up all night long!

LEMSA · September 2013

My little man is in his crib and it's much better. He was so loud! Even in is swing in the living room and me on the couch--he just is so noisy. So in his own room he went! We can hear him just fine and we sleep much better.

EmR22 · September 2013

My LO has been in his crib in his own room since the day he came home from the hospital. It is down the hall from us and we don't have a monitor. It is what works for us. With DD3 she slept in our room for a week and it was horrible. No one slept well. Every noise woke us up.

I think if you use common sense (back to sleep, no blankets, not too warm/too cold etc.) there should be no reason LO can't sleep in their room.

kpahl · September 2013

We moved LO at 2 weeks too, way too loud at night.

pb&jojo · September 2013

EmR22 said:

My LO has been in his crib in his own room since the day he came home from the hospital. It is down the hall from us and we don't have a monitor. It is what works for us. With DD3 she slept in our room for a week and it was horrible. No one slept well. Every noise woke us up.

I think if you use common sense (back to sleep, no blankets, not too warm/too cold etc.) there should be no reason LO can't sleep in their room.

I agree. Lo is 6 weeks and has been sleeping in her own room for 2 weeks now...I do use a monitor though, so I can see and hear her.

SarahinMD · September 2013

DD1 was in own crib in her room from day 1. DD2 is in our room now but will go to their shared room as soon as mostly sleeping through night. The girl get lots of attention and holding during day, so I always felt like it was good to have that quiet time. And everyone sleeps better.

kmd78 · September 2013

He's been sleeping in his room since our first night home. We have a full size bed in there that I planned on sleeping in but he is such a noisy sleeper that I couldn't stay in there with him! No mommy guilt, you need to take care of you so that you can take care of him

mommyjess3 · September 2013

Tonight is our first night home and my LO will be in her own room. We don't want to start habits that will be hard to break later.

alexisjo88 · September 2013

mommyjess3 said:

Tonight is our first night home and my LO will be in her own room. We don't want to start habits that will be hard to break later.

Yes and you don't want her to bother your sleep patterns, right? This is also why you are getting a night nanny, so you don't have to get up... :::rolls eyes:::

DebbieM422 · September 2013

i've been putting my 3 week old in his crib for naps, but haven't yet for the overnight. He's not comfortable on his back, so it's a restless night's sleep for everyone. He loves tummy time and will fall asleep on his front while i'm holding him; i know they say back is best, but he HATES it.

mommyjess3 · September 2013

hercules03 said:

mommyjess3 said:

Tonight is our first night home and my LO will be in her own room. We don't want to start habits that will be hard to break later.

The multiple men tramping through your room at night are sure to keep your LO awake.

Sorry you must be thinking of your room. The only man in my room is the father of my child.

Winnieella · September 2013

CFox815 said:

mommyjess3 said:

hercules03 said:

mommyjess3 said:

Tonight is our first night home and my LO will be in her own room. We don't want to start habits that will be hard to break later.

The multiple men tramping through your room at night are sure to keep your LO awake.

Sorry you must be thinking of your room. The only man in my room is the father of my child.

Oh that married man that has to leave and go back to his wife every night? Got it.

She probably doesn't want Tim to wake up he baby bee.

rowanthefrog · September 2013

I'm a very light sleeper and both my sons moved into their own rooms by 4 weeks. I would wake up with every grunt or sigh. The first month was fine, after that point they were giving me longer stretches of sleep anyway. No worries!

A

2010weddinggal · September 2013

mommyjess3 said:

hercules03 said:

mommyjess3 said:

Tonight is our first night home and my LO will be in her own room. We don't want to start habits that will be hard to break later.

The multiple men tramping through your room at night are sure to keep your LO awake.

Sorry you must be thinking of your room. The only man in my room is the father of my child.

Who only thinks about his wife, esp when you two are having sex BTW how old are you the duck face looks horrible in teenagers you think you make it look any better? Besides if I were you I'd want my daughter in her own room too, then I would not have to think about what a sin I was committing having sex with a married man while an innocent baby was in her PNP in the corner....

2010weddinggal · September 2013

BTW orginal poster please do not feel bad, it is good for little ones to have their own space. Your getting up every three hours anyways to change and feed so your not spending copious amounts of time away from you baby. You deserve to sleep when you can too.

rowanthefrog · September 2013

mommyjess3 said:

Tonight is our first night home and my LO will be in her own room. We don't want to start habits that will be hard to break later.

I know you have been banned again and good riddance, but for everyone else and for the record, you can't start "bad habits" with a 1 day old baby. Anything you do with your baby the first 3 months will not set a precedent for later. The first 3 months (aka the 4th trimester) is straight up "anything goes." Baby will only sleep in the swing? Fine. Whatever. Just remember that with newborns and young babies, everything changes every 2-4 weeks, naturally, anyway. You may think you have a routine down. You may think that baby is sleeping horribly, or like a champ. That's fine, but remember it will probably all change in about 2-4 weeks when baby passes more developmental milestones. There are plenty of opportunities to change things as time goes on.

A

mustanggirl412 · October 2013

I had him in a crib in his own room after 2 weeks. He would not sleep if he was in the same room as me unless he was being held. Having him sleep In his crib was the only thing that worked. We have a video monitor so I can still keep an eye on him

VPGIRL06 · October 2013

First week we were at the hospital. Second week I slept in her room on a spared bedroom. Third week i was in my room, and sleeping finally.

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