Is baby in your bedroom or their own?

Melis222 · October 2015

I really want to keep my baby in my bedroom at night (she has been sleeping in a rock and play) but the past 2 night she is not comfy and when I put her in her crib she gets calm and falls asleep. She wants to be in there. I prefer her in my room but my bedroom is too small for a crib to fit. Anyone else have LO in their own bedroom now??

NSAnderson0313 · October 2015

My LO is still in our room, DH and I are debating the age/stage that we want to have her start sleeping in her crib. She is 12 weeks old today.

lizzypoo96 · October 2015

Ours has been in his room since day one. So glad we did it that way.

bazzie88 · October 2015

We transitioned LO to her crib in her room at 6 weeks. She slept SO much better in there than in our room.... we were sold haha. She went from waking 2-3 times per night to 1 time! AMAZING!

n3na94 · October 2015

My room! We're moving in a few weeks which means he's having he's nursery ready and that means he'll have to transition to his crib... Do not know how that's going to work because I sleep so much better knowing he is in my room.. We will see lol

qtjo5 · October 2015

Our room, in the pack and play and occasional co sleep in bed.

mrsrep123 · October 2015

LO is In our room in his crib.

I know what you mean @melis222. It's comforting that he's right there and I can hear him breathing. It's too bad the crib won't fit in your room. Do you have a video monitor perhaps?

Melis222 · October 2015

mrsrep123 said:
LO is In our room in his crib.

I know what you mean @melis222. It's comforting that he's right there and I can hear him breathing. It's too bad the crib won't fit in your room. Do you have a video monitor perhaps?

I do have a video monitor so I think it'll be ok.

SnarkasaurusRex · October 2015

We transitioned DS to his crib in his room at 10 weeks because I wanted him to be comfortable in there before I went back to work. He sleeps so much better...he only wakes once for a snack and then goes right back to sleep. We sleep better, too (well, my husband does, I still wake up randomly and want to check on him).

I was worried about him being in there and not being able to hear his breathing, but, realistically, I couldn't hear him breathing in our room over his white noise machine. We have a wifi video monitor and a backup sound monitor, and both are really sensitive, haha. I get alerts when he turns his head.

If you're really worried about his breathing, they make monitors like the Snuza that could give you peace of mind.

sgb721 · October 2015

We're having trouble with this actually. Our daughter sleeps through the night (mostly). Sometimes she'll stir around 2:30/3 looking for her binki but she falls right back asleep. Currently, she sleeps in a travel light crib next to our bed. She's getting to long though and I can tell that when she accidently kicks the bottom, it wakes her and she's uncomfortable. However, her bedroom is downstairs (ours is upstairs) and so part of me is being selfish and not wanting to move her because it would mean a trip downstairs in the middle of the night if she needed the binki. Maybe she'd stop needing to be re-binked though, idk.

mcbaby1st · October 2015

I have been wondering if it is time to move to the crib in her room lately too. She sleeps 8-10hrs straight in the pack n play next to my bed and is 12 weeks now. I kind of don't want to rock the boat! She naps in her crib for 30min-1hr a few times a day. I know that the risk of SIDS is at its peak from 4-6 mo, therefore, some recommend not moving till after that. That seems too long to me, but also worries me into thinking I should wait. I thought about trying it this week, but chickened out.

jessieR358 · October 2015

mcbaby1st said:
I have been wondering if it is time to move to the crib in her room lately too. She sleeps 8-10hrs straight in the pack n play next to my bed and is 12 weeks now. I kind of don't want to rock the boat! She naps in her crib for 30min-1hr a few times a day. I know that the risk of SIDS is at its peak from 4-6 mo, therefore, some recommend not moving till after that. That seems too long to me, but also worries me into thinking I should wait. I thought about trying it this week, but chickened out.

I read the peak is 2-4 months. I was waiting after 4 months.

beeish · October 2015

We are staying in the nursery right now. We won't be leaving the nursery until at least 8 months maybe a year. I'm in no hurry. I like this part of the house better since I'm closer to the kids bedrooms.

KAR8706 · October 2015

We started with naps in the crib about a week and a half ago. Over the weekend we put I him in his room in the crib over night, and so far it;s been working well. Last night I took the pack n play out of our room! Our house is pretty small with all wood floors so we pretty much hear everything but I have a monitor next to LO so I can hear him breathing.

Lynzwebb · October 2015

We did the transition at 8 weeks. I had switched to EP and would take her in to her nursery at night to change her diaper and give her a bottle so it just made sense to have her sleep there too. I wanted her transitioned by the time I went back to work anyway (12 weeks).

audi681 · October 2015

He is 13+ weeks.We transitioned to nursery/ crib from our room. He loves the nursery! I also love that he can't smell me so he sleeps longer stretches... 5 hours last night!

ecloho · October 2015

He is in our room. Our pack and play has a bassinet bouncer chair that sort of attaches into it. That is where he is sleeping… We are practicing naps in the crib during the day

meq124 · October 2015

She has been in her room since 3 weeks (basically as soon as family left). I couldn't get any sleep with all of her little noises so it's been great having her in her own room! She is now sleeping upwards of 8 hours in there at 10 weeks. My background is as a PICU/NICU nurse, so I may be more comfortable with her being in there alone then some of the other moms here.

PurpleBookmark · October 2015

DD is in her pack and play in the living room and DH and I take turns sleeping on the couch as we don't want to be upstairs with her alone in the living room. We should transition her soon to our bedroom since she's pretty much sleeping from 10 pm to 5 am we just don't want her to wake our older daughter in the room next door at 5 am.

Her ultimate destination will be the kids' room but we haven't actually bought a crib as we assumed she would take forever to sleep though the night - both of my older kids were nearly 2! We thought we'd be able to move DS into a twin bed and put his toddler bed back into crib mode but now I'm almost wondering if it makes more sense just to buy her her own crib.

Anyone have older kids and if so when did you transition to a twin bed? My DS is 4 and his toddler bed is still big enough, do most people switch around 5 ish or older? If he will still spend another 1-2 years in his toddler bed I'll just buy another crib.

beeish · October 2015

@PurpleBookmark I transitioned my DS to a twin bed at 5. He's now 9 and in a full bed.

Leahauc · October 2015

Our original plan was for DD to be in our room next to the bed until 6 months. It's looking like it'll be longer now because we are about to move into my parents for a little while to save money before we move out of state. Hopefully her crib will fit in the room with our bed haha.

jessieR358 · October 2015

meaghanquinn said:
She has been in her room since 3 weeks (basically as soon as family left). I couldn't get any sleep with all of her little noises so it's been great having her in her own room! She is now sleeping upwards of 8 hours in there at 10 weeks. My background is as a PICU/NICU nurse, so I may be more comfortable with her being in there alone then some of the other moms here.

I'm curious as to why that makes you feel more comfortable? I'm an NP and have some Peds ED experience as a nurse and I just go straight to worse case and want him in my room until 4 months at least.

haayitstayy · October 2015

My son has been in his own room since he was 5wks & we love it , he only wakes up one time ! Can't beat that :-j

Poppy2014 · October 2015

We transitioned our LO to her own room at 7 weeks. Prior to that she was waking up 2-3 times a night. Once we transitioned she started sleeping 9-12 hours a night. It was amazing and was our turning point as parents. Once you start getting sleep again it makes a world of difference. I pump late at night and once during the night, but I control when.

randa923 · October 2015

My little guy has been in his crib in his room since the day we brought him home. I bawled like a baby leaving him in there the first night, but he didn't care at all. I'm glad we did it this way. No transitioning at all. Plus even just listening to him on the monitor, I would wake up with every noise. Not even kidding I woke up when he farted! He's still noisy, but I sleep better now. We visited some family and had him in our room in the pack and play and I thought I'd go crazy from all his little noises that night. His room is literally about 5 steps outside of our bedroom door though so it's not a big deal to go to his room and feed him in the middle of the night.

CRNeck · October 2015

My daughter has been in her own room since she was 4 weeks old (she's 12 weeks today). She sleeps really well (through the night most often!). We still get plenty of snuggle time during the day, but both sleep better at night now.

jerseygirl227 · October 2015

Chloe is three months, and she is still sleeping in our room. She was in the rock n play for a while (and would sleep through the night) but we transitioned her to the pack and play about a month or so ago. She usually sleeps from about 10:30 to 4ish until she wakes herself up. At that time I usually just bring her in to bed with us til we get up a few hours later. The fiance' doesn't seem to mind and neither do I. She is our only LO and, since we are both 43, will probably always be our only one. He hasn't complained about her being in the room, and I don't really plan on moving her until he does.

We HAVE done some naps in her crib during the day, but that has been it. She usually only stays down for 20 minutes at a time.

Of course, all this could change in a month when I go back to work.

But I doubt it. I just love spending time with her.

NYMominCA · October 2015

DS sleeps through the night but he's still in our room and will be for a long time. We're in a 2-bedroom place and our other 2 share a room. Our master is HUGE so there's plenty of space for his crib.

lauren211 · October 2015

We transitioned our daughter to her room a week ago at 10 weeks old. She didn't seem fazed at all. Once she started sleeping through the night we kept going back and forth between waiting longer or moving her into her room but we thought she would notice the transition less now than at 6 months. She's been sleeping in a rock n play, and now the challenge is transitioning her to a crib. She sleeps 7 hours in the rock n play but the crib only 3-4 hours. Looking back I think it would have been easier sticking to the pack n play from the beginning since it's more like a crib. Anyone else going through a transition like that right now?

lynnettemt · October 2015

My LO doesn't sleep through the night yet. He's 14 weeks but has reflux so he eats smaller meals. He sleeps in his crib for naps but we'll transition him once he can sleep through the night.

meq124 · October 2015

@jesshrou Sorry, just now seeing this! I think a big part of it was learning early on to trust my instincts and that regardless babies will just be babies, not matter if they were super early, overdo, have some underlying issues, etc. Not to mention that between that and my work as a trauma nurse in a level 1 trauma center, I would be a hot mess if I didn't learn to take things in stride, and just be thankful for my health and my family's health. I haven't been neurotic towards the baby, but during my pregnancy I was petrified there would be a syndrome or defect that they would find. I have had a real sense of calm now that I know she is here and healthy. It's funny because a lot of my coworkers are the same way.

ecloho · October 2015

I was on the couch with LO in his bassinet/bouncer on the floor next to me for 2 months!!! I am so glad we transitioned to the master bedroom with DH a few weeks ago! LO is still in the bouncer, but it attaches into the pack & play

SBbabyonboard · October 2015

sgb721 said:
We're having trouble with this actually. Our daughter sleeps through the night (mostly). Sometimes she'll stir around 2:30/3 looking for her binki but she falls right back asleep. Currently, she sleeps in a travel light crib next to our bed. She's getting to long though and I can tell that when she accidently kicks the bottom, it wakes her and she's uncomfortable. However, her bedroom is downstairs (ours is upstairs) and so part of me is being selfish and not wanting to move her because it would mean a trip downstairs in the middle of the night if she needed the binki. Maybe she'd stop needing to be re-binked though, idk.

We are having the same issue. My DD sleeps through the night with the occasional wake up to find her soother but then falls back to sleep and feel like that if she woke up in her bedroom that by the time I got to her to put soother back in she may be full blown awake cause it took me so long to respond instead of having her right next to me in her bassinet. I guess it's gotta happen sooner then later tho. The bassinet is only so long!

jessieR358 · October 2015

meaghanquinn said:
@jesshrou Sorry, just now seeing this! I think a big part of it was learning early on to trust my instincts and that regardless babies will just be babies, not matter if they were super early, overdo, have some underlying issues, etc. Not to mention that between that and my work as a trauma nurse in a level 1 trauma center, I would be a hot mess if I didn't learn to take things in stride, and just be thankful for my health and my family's health. I haven't been neurotic towards the baby, but during my pregnancy I was petrified there would be a syndrome or defect that they would find. I have had a real sense of calm now that I know she is here and healthy. It's funny because a lot of my coworkers are the same way.

Makes sense!

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