Baby in your room
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Topic: Baby in your room
Posted By: Alexisj15
Subject: Baby in your room
Date Posted: 23 January 2012 at 11:43am
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We are moving house before the baby is born and having trouble deciding how the rooms are all going to work.
Any advice on how long the baby stays in your room for or if you put them straight into their own room? Thanks ------------- 
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Posted By: MrsJMcD
Date Posted: 23 January 2012 at 11:58am
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Our DS was in our room until 11 or 12 weeks and then he went in to his own room as he was sleeping well, waking only once a night...which stopped when we put him in his own room.
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Posted By: fairy1
Date Posted: 23 January 2012 at 12:39pm
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Ds has never slept in our room (except when we're on holiday). He's always slept well overnight, since 12 weeks only waking once and has slept through since bout 11ish months. Did sleep through the night from 12 weeks- bout 5/6 months. I've never regretted having him in his own room and neither has dh. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: kelzie_rose
Date Posted: 23 January 2012 at 12:49pm
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I've been wondering this too, so thanks for posting!
We plan to keep bubs in our room until the house cools down a bit, as our room is cooler than baby's room. -------------  Started TTC Apr 2008 With PCOS and a bicornuate uterus Our angel babies Jan 2010 <3 Oct 2010 <3 Apr 2011 <3 |
Posted By: SethsMama
Date Posted: 23 January 2012 at 1:00pm
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We kept DS in until about 4months, when we started putting him down earlier. he would wake 1-2 times a night. Slept through at 7months when we moved house (think it might have been a bit too cold in the old house). ------------- 
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Posted By: Danda08
Date Posted: 23 January 2012 at 5:21pm
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We kept our girls in with us until they were 9 weeks. I thought it was better for DH when he went back to work if I did the feeds in their room and figured they would hear each other's sleep noises. They slept through from 12 weeks so wasn't long doing that.
If I did it again with a singleton I would keep them in our room longer I think. I beleive the current SIDS guidelines suggests till they are 6 months. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Kellz
Date Posted: 23 January 2012 at 5:47pm
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Im pretty sure plunket currently recommends keeping baby in the parents room til 6 months old to reduce risk of SIDS.
We moved DD into her own room at 12 weeks and DS at 5 weeks. |
Posted By: AandCsmum
Date Posted: 23 January 2012 at 6:41pm
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I think my kids stay in with us til over 6 months? I think possibly even older with #2, #3 is going to share a bedroom with #2 so it'll probably be in with us til a year. ------------- Kel http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Bambino
Date Posted: 23 January 2012 at 7:05pm
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Nine weeks for me ... then gradually moved to own room - day sleeps at first and then after a week or so overnight too.
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Posted By: squoggs
Date Posted: 23 January 2012 at 8:47pm
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I think it depends on how comfortable you are with or without them near you, and how noisy they are at night.
I found both my kids were/are really noisy at night, they snort, snuffle and moan. Every time I would think they were waking up, I would go to the bassinet pick them up, try to feed, upset them, end up with an overtired baby. If their own rooms, they can snort, snuffle and moan all they like to settle themselves, and silly old mum won't interfere! I can still hear them cry from my room, and use an angelcare monitor for my peace of mind. My 10 week old has been sleeping 7pm-7am from xmas with only a dreamfeed, so it doesn't seem to bother him at all :-) ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Tyrbear
Date Posted: 23 January 2012 at 8:51pm
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I put DS straight into his own room, but he was a winter baby and his room was the warmest in the house. Will do same with this baby. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: kandk
Date Posted: 23 January 2012 at 10:46pm
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With DS it was 3 months. With DD we had moved house and had a much smaller room, so after a few days it was either DH move into her room or she did! So she did, and I slept in the spare bed in there until after the early morning feed. DH needed his sleep if he was to function at work at all. And we used monitors for ages after they were in their own rooms. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: blondie_2010
Date Posted: 24 January 2012 at 10:50am
| Our DS went into his own room at about 10 weeks old. He was still waking once and then once he was in his own room he started sleeping through, was heavenly but sad at the same time!!! |
Posted By: Keolyn
Date Posted: 24 January 2012 at 5:55pm
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We moved DD into her own room around 4 months when she stopped night feeding and she grew out of her bassinet. I found it ewasier to BF in bed and less disturbance for her, but everyone is different. I think I would of been too worried ot put her in her own room before then, as it is now sometimes I wake up randomly in the middle of the night and check shes ok lol ------------- http://lilypie.com/"> 
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Posted By: islandgirl
Date Posted: 24 January 2012 at 10:32pm
As soon as we were home from hospital (4 days) DD was in her own room - DH and I couldn't sleep with all her noises, it was much better having her own room for all of us. When she woke for night feeds DH could then stay asleep while I snuck out  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: fattykat
Date Posted: 25 January 2012 at 1:47pm
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I think DD was just over 6 months.
She was in her bassinet beside my side of the bed then in her cot at the other end of our room (we have a long narrow room) I don't think I would have been able to sleep with her not in our room. |
Posted By: rachelsea
Date Posted: 31 January 2012 at 8:57pm
DS is still in our room and he's 8.5months, but then we only have two rooms at the moment and DD is in the other one. I don't want to put them in together while he is still waking up a million times a night  When we move into our new house in March he will have his own room but I don't know if he will sleep in there or not, will have to see what happens!------------- DD 4yrs DS 2yrs http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Guest_66521
Date Posted: 31 January 2012 at 9:49pm
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Our bubs was in our room until he was about 8 weeks old then we had to put him in his own room as he was keeping us up all night making noises. We all get a much better sleep now and beccause I'm not waking up everytime he makes noises he is actually sleeping through the night! We put him in his cot at about 8 weeks too as he was out growing his bassinet! ------------- TTC since March 2010 MC #1: Sept 2011 Sperm Test: 0 sperm revealed March 2012 MC #2: April 2012 Referred onto Fertility Specialists: May 2012 |
Posted By: Sharlene28
Date Posted: 01 February 2012 at 1:20pm
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I kept Seth in our room until he was about four months old, but I think that had more to do with the fact that we were moving house around then and I shifted him into his cot at the same time. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Kate08
Date Posted: 01 February 2012 at 10:21pm
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Our first daughter was in our room for 4 weeks, but she was a really noisy sleeper so we transferred her into her own cot.
Our second was quiet as a mouse. She ended up in our room for 5 months. Both girls transfered to their own rooms without any problems. Just give it a go and see how it works for you
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Posted By: CrazyCass
Date Posted: 02 February 2012 at 12:52pm
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Lucan was in our room till 5w, he was waking to the stupidest noises - sleep through DH's alarm, but wake to a drawer being quietly shut (WTF?!) He was only waking twice a night though so not too bad.
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Posted By: Emmi_
Date Posted: 03 February 2012 at 9:11pm
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DD1 was in our room till 16m, screw getting up to go feed a baby in the middle of the night! The least effort for me the better! (and I like hearing her sleep!)
Also it reduces the risk of SUDI (SIDS) if they are in your room till 6m ------------- 
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