Question for those still room-sharing

[Deleted User] · December 2013

LO is still sleeping in our room in the PnP at night. I had been planning on keeping him in there for at least six months. However, now that six months is just a few weeks away I'm not ready for him to transition to the nursery (which is on the other side of the house). My DH on the other hand is already asking when we are going to make the transition. For those of you still room-sharing, what are your plans for transitioning LO into their own room?

Stina2012 · December 2013

DH hasn't even brought it up! But we'll try around 6 months.

[Deleted User] · December 2013

I'm glad I'm not the only one who isn't ready yet. I can't imagine not being able to just look over and check on him several times a night. @ladyblue07 I had the same exact thought about doing more "research."

UTQT09 · December 2013

My plan was 6 months but like most plans I have had for motherhood that will probably change

. Our bedroom is downstairs and hers is upstairs so that is making moving her really hard for me because she will be far away and I am clumsy. Night Time/ sleepy stair climbs could be dangerous!

[Deleted User] · December 2013

@UTQT09 I can barely make it out of bed safely during the night these days. I can't imagine climbing stairs.

merc5411 · December 2013

I had planned on 6 months too, but like many of you, I don't think I'll be ready. I guess I move him when we get the bedtime sleep under control.

Caitable25 · December 2013

We just moved Liam. He is 5 months. We were planning on waiting until 6 months, but he outgrew the RnP and he flips out if I put him in the PnP so we had to move him to the crib. He is not phased at all. I on the other hand miss having him in my room. But we all do sleep better now. I say whenever you are ready is the right time.

Stacey099 · December 2013

We moved George last week. I was planning on waiting till 6 months but thought we'd try it earlier since some moms say their babies sleep better out of moms room. He went from every 1-2 hours to 2-3 hours. His room is right next to ours. Don't think I would have done the move if he was farther away. I should mention that by 4 am I'm so tired I bring him in bed with me

fieldpetal · December 2013

We're still room sharing but really don't have a reason to other than my own comfort. LO has slept through the night in his crib for months. But I still wake up several times a night to see if he's breathing. Part of me is ready to move him but the other part of me thinks, it's not going to harm him and it makes me feel better... I'm sure we'll move him around the 6 month mark.

jackson290721 · December 2013

I don't think I'm going to even consider it until 1. Life seems so easier with her in the room. Plus, it's made my sex life so much more interesting since we can't go at it in our room. Haha

Rushmore · December 2013

We knew that we were for sure room sharing for the first 6 months, and possibly for the first year. As it looks we will be still be room sharing at 6 months. I can see us doing this until 9 or 10 months.

There is a guest bed in the nursery right now, and I can see me using it during his transition to his own room.

PrimRoseMama · December 2013

We are moving soon. So I am going to wait to make the transition until we are settled in the new house. My plan has been to room share until 6 months because of the evidence it can reduce SIDS risk.

[Deleted User] · December 2013

@alicia0817 we have the same issues with the rolling and face smushing. I've found him sleeping face down a few times now.

@jackson290721 I'd like to give double love tits for the interesting sex life!

Lelo2006 · December 2013

For peeps hoping to make the switch once the baby sleeps better... Mine actually started sleeping better once I moved him to the crib. Especially during those morning hours. I think when he was right next to me, I would just grab him and feed him in the morning, rather than just letting him settle himself, so he was waking up every hour between 4-7. Not sure if that helps... But it definitely improved.

DenverBride2005 · December 2013

I will move him around New Year's--we are going to the mountains the week of Christmas so I don't want to move him now and then have him have to sleep in the RNP again during our trip, so once we get home, we'll make the move. He naps in a crib at daycare and I do put him in his nursery and crib for naps sometimes on the weekends so I am hoping it won't be too hard of a move--the hardest thing will be walking my dead tired ass over to the nursery at night instead of just getting him from the RNP next to me, but as lelo2006 said, maybe he will start sleeping better and I won't have to feed as much at night.

Mommy1stTimer · December 2013

My LO is in a cradle next to our bed. She's only 4 1/2 months now & I guess I was thinking trying to transition around 6 months as well. It sounds....hard

good luck with whatever you choose!

augrl0307 · December 2013

Lelo2006 said:
For peeps hoping to make the switch once the baby sleeps better... Mine actually started sleeping better once I moved him to the crib. Especially during those morning hours. I think when he was right next to me, I would just grab him and feed him in the morning, rather than just letting him settle himself, so he was waking up every hour between 4-7. Not sure if that helps... But it definitely improved.

I totally agree with this. We moved him at like 12 weeks and he's up usually twice but that's better than before. I feel like he woke up more knowing I was right there

amaburch · December 2013

I think we are planning around 6 mo (will be 6mo jan 3) but his room is downstairs from us and seems very far away. So we'll see...

Erinm278 · December 2013

DH and I both agreed not to force it. Neither of us are ready so we said we'd reassess at 6 months. I'm absolutely positive it's not going to happen at 6 months. I don't have a Goal for it.

grapeskittles4lyfe · December 2013

yeah, we're taking her out after a year, not sooner. it sucks having to be quiet because her crib is in the same room, but we're pulling a jackson where our "adult happy time" is concerned

Pink724 · December 2013

We were also in the "wait until 6 months" boat. That gives me another month

DH is ready to move her, mostly because he is ready to have sexy time again in bed. I do think it will be good that she won't be awakened by his alarm at 6:30 nor the dog's leash rattling in the MOTN. I just love having her right next to me where I can hear her little sighs and movements. Also, I don't even want to think about the whole RnP to crib thing. I guess we could just move the RnP in there...

Britnpat · December 2013

I moved Connor from the bassinet beside my bed to the PNP infant sleeper at the foot of my bed and had had emotional issues from that! I was waking up every hour and eventually just slept on the end of the bed. I got over it after a day or two, I'm sure I'll spend a few nights in the glider when he does move to the nursery at night. He sttn for almost a month now. I think ill move him when he either grows out of this or starts sitting up. I don't want to set an age on it cause ill just make myself upset.

mdlorenz · December 2013

somerandomchick said:
We're room sharing probably until I stop nursing at least... Maybe until we have another baby. We're in a 1 bedroom apartment but even if we move to 2 I like LO sleeping near me

This! Although DH doesn't agree...

charvh · December 2013

We were thinking of 6 months as well (based on reducing likelihood of SIDS), to coincide with when our building said there'd be a vacancy for us to move from our one-bedroom apartment to a two-bedroom, buuuut apparently there's nothing vacant until May, so we have no choice but to wait it out.
I agree with the previous poster who said that by 4am, she's so tired that she takes the baby in bed with her. It's SO ROUGH sometimes and I really can't imagine having to drag myself to another room during those growth spurt periods when it's more than 2-3 times a night.

[Deleted User] · December 2013

Thanks everyone! I'm glad to hear that it's gone well for several of you who already made the move. And it's nice to know I'm not the only one who's not yet ready for this change.

michnfrankstake2 · December 2013

We still have him in bed. When our almost 2yo is ready to sleep in the big boy bed in the other room, we'll probably consider butting our lo in the crib. It's too easy to just roll over and feed him!!

cuterusaurus · December 2013

When Isaac is 18 i might start to transition him.

heatherbrownm · December 2013

2012ames said:
When Isaac is 18 i might start to transition him.

Yep, same here! We moved Ev's crib into our room so I can keep her close forever

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