Sleeping Arrangements
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Topic: Sleeping Arrangements
Posted By: newme
Subject: Sleeping Arrangements
Date Posted: 10 February 2011 at 9:06am
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With DS1 we co-slept until he was 18 months. With DS2 I decided that I didn't want to co-sleep unless we needed to. As it turns out he is a great sleeper and we have him in a bassinet in our room which has been working well.
But he is a BIG baby and is too long for his bassinet, and is going to have to move into his cot. But our bedroom is too small to fit the cot in. So he is going to have to go to his own room, which I feel nervous about. I guess I want to know when did your baby go to their own room? Were there any problems? I think I want reassurance please! |
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Posted By: luvmylittlies
Date Posted: 10 February 2011 at 9:19am
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My DD went into her cot in her own room umm, around 3 or 4 months. Her room though is right across the corridor from ours so I used to leave the door open so she'd be able to hear us a little bit. We also had a movement and sound monitor to reassure me. But she didn't even notice the difference (I think I was slightly disappointed she didn't even notice we were gone). I suspect some babies cope with it better than others but maybe pop him in the bassinet in the cot for day sleeps for a few days then try night time? We never did it but maybe some background noise (white noise) or something might also be settling for him at that age. ------------- Adoring Mum to Talisin 8/9/11 and Kiara 18/01/10 |
Posted By: yermasyada
Date Posted: 10 February 2011 at 9:44am
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Boy went into his own room on day 5 LOL but he had a hammock for the first few months. I don't think I could have put him in a cot in his own room that young.
I'm sure he'll be fine  He'll probably love all the extra space in the cot. I was terrified when I put Roo into the cot at about 4 months, but he had the best night sleep ever (13hrs) and just loved it 
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Posted By: hils10
Date Posted: 10 February 2011 at 11:37am
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We put our DD into her own room at around 3 months, basically when she pretty much started sleeping through - but the room is right next to ours so it was really only a few more metres away. We had a hanging bassinet that we hung in her cot initially, then around 4 months she got too big so she went into her cot.
I was totally paranoid the first few nights and went to check on her practically every hour (we never used a monitor) but she was fine. We all slept better when she was in her own room as I didn't hear every little noise, and stopped disturbing her when I thought she was waking up but she actually wasn't! |
Posted By: High9
Date Posted: 10 February 2011 at 12:18pm
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DD was 11 weeks old when she went in, simply because she was getting too big for her bassinet. I was really nervous about it, DP wasn't. Turns out she slept better in her own room by herself than with us! Guess it was DPs snoring...
You could test day sleeps first? We often co sleep here, but we let DD have a day sleep first (last one) and that went well and the next day she had all her day sleeps in there and by the 3rd day was fully in there! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Kalimirella
Date Posted: 10 February 2011 at 12:59pm
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Our DD went into her own room at around 4 weeks after co-sleeping, she adjusted fine. I've never bothered with monitors, if she needs us she cries or "talks", her room is right across the hallway and ours is a fairly small house. ------------- Kiara is 3 and Teagan is 2, now we're expecting our long awaited 3rd! http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: londonbaby
Date Posted: 10 February 2011 at 12:59pm
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DS went in when he was 9 weeks old and he started sleeping through as soon as we did it!!! His room was right next to ours so we could hear if he woke up etc. I think we were also waking him at night with our noise (my DH snores too Lil_nic!!!) The first few nights I was really on edge, wanting to go and check on him constantly but I eventually relaxed :) ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: crafty1
Date Posted: 10 February 2011 at 1:09pm
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DS1 went in to own room day2 at home cos i couldn't sleep with all his noises.
DS2 liked to sleep with me and so went into his own room at about a month old. That was the soonest i could do it. I always sleep better without them in the room. Both boys never seemed to even notice or care tbh (although i felt a bit sad for one night). And i never needed a monitor, i can hear them and wake for the littlest noises even with all the doors closed. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  
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Posted By: newme
Date Posted: 10 February 2011 at 1:14pm
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Thanks, I feel so much better now. His room is adjacent to ours, so he will only be about 2 or 3 metres away.
I think he will probably sleep better without being so squashed in the bassinet. I'll try him for his day sleeps tomorrow, and then if they go well, he can sleep there tomorrow night too. |
Posted By: caliandjack
Date Posted: 10 February 2011 at 1:15pm
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DD has been in her cot in her own room since she came home from hospital her room is right next to ours and the walls are paper thin.
The doesn't know any different and has been fine from the beginning. We've never co-slept too exhausted in the beginning and she's never slept in our bed only feeds and plays. I have a chair / single bed in her room which I sit on to feed her in the middle of the night its not the most comfy she only takes 10-20 mins max. We have all the doors open - too hot to close them atm ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">   [/url] Angel June 2012 |
Posted By: MrsEmma
Date Posted: 10 February 2011 at 1:26pm
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DS went into his own room at 8 weeks, two nights in the bassinet and then into the cot and he seemed to love it and from that first night in his room he started sleeping through the night.
His room is right across the hall from ours and we had the monitor on for the first few nights but if he woke we could hear him just fine so didn't need it through the night after that. All the best!  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Danda08
Date Posted: 10 February 2011 at 1:43pm
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Our girls went into their own room, with their bassinet basket inside the cots at 10 wks (6 wks after we brought them home). DH kept waking up to every little noise they made and then waking me cos he was worried, he,he
So was better for everyone when they were a bit further away. (We have monitors). I had them sleeping in hammocks in the lounge for day sleeps until they were 5 months cos they were such bad day sleepers. Otherwise I would have spent most of the day in their room trying to get them to sleep! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: HoneybunsMa
Date Posted: 10 February 2011 at 2:50pm
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DD went into her carriboo bassinet in her cot at 1week we only co slept that first week because DP wanted to. Put a angel care monitor in at 6weeks because she was a tummy sleeper and I just wanted that reassurance and she started sleeping 6-7hrs easy. She didn't have her own room but was in the lounge (1brm place brm too small for her to be in with us) but we could see her and hear her easy. ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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Posted By: millymollymandy
Date Posted: 10 February 2011 at 3:04pm
| DD went into her room at 1 week old, second night out of hospital. It drove me crazy waking at every single sound she made. Has worked just fine. Good luck am sure you will be OK! |
Posted By: High9
Date Posted: 10 February 2011 at 3:16pm
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They do make a lot of noise lol! One of the things that surprised me! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: CJsays
Date Posted: 10 February 2011 at 3:25pm
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just to throw a cat among the pigeons, the new cot death (SIDI) regulations state the baby should be in the room until 6 months old, which seems really excessive I know. Just got taught this at the Neonatal Unit before we took our baby home as she was very prem. Its something to do with hearing other adult sleeping noises (snores, farts and the like haha) and that keeping them breathing properly. but that doesn't explain day naps when they are away from everyone so who knows!
I really don't know how we are going to manage that, as I suspect she will be out of her bassinette by then too. She in a moses basket now that won't take long before she is out of, then we have the cariboo basinette, but I know what you mean, I think she'll be needing to be in her cot before 6 months and that won't fit in our bedroom! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Danda08
Date Posted: 10 February 2011 at 3:47pm
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I did know about the 6 month SID recommendation but wondered what it related to. Ah well in our case they could hear each other, he,he (and we have Angelcare monitors.)
I guess with day naps there is a lot more outside noise. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: High9
Date Posted: 10 February 2011 at 3:49pm
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Cjays, would you be able to side car the cot? That would be our only option if we were to have it in our room as it simply wouldn't fit. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: CJsays
Date Posted: 10 February 2011 at 4:50pm
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What is side car?
with our kingsize bed, 2 chest of drawers, 2 bedside cabs and double wardrobe unfortunately the cot just won't work in the room for us. hopefully she is about 5 months or something by that stage, she is still only just over 6 pounds (was only 2 pounds 12 when born) at 40weeks gestation so is a small girl. will just have to make sure DH drinks lots of alchol if we do move her early so that he will snore loudly hehe ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Kellyfer
Date Posted: 10 February 2011 at 6:07pm
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DS went into his cot in his own room at just past 2 months. He wasn't sleeping through at that stage but only waking once.
To be honest he slept much better in his own room after that transition, as did both DH and I. For the night feed I would either bring him back to our bed and put him back in the cot when he was done, or feed him in the lounge with really low lighting and no noise. I think basically if you don't have any of the SIDS risk factors there is probably little to worry about, but we found a monitor good for peace of mind. Even though DS is just across the hall the monitor picked up on the sound of his breathing so I could be reassured if I woke up worried! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 10 February 2011 at 8:42pm
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We have a smallish bassinette so all the girls have been in a cot, in their own room at about 6 weeks.
DD2 was a noisy sleeper, I had to move her at 2 weeks LOL -------------  |
Posted By: Emmi_
Date Posted: 11 February 2011 at 8:01am
DD is still in our room, we 'side car' (although DH left the rail on the cot when he put it in our room  so it has a rail between us (prob a good idea now that shes crawling))
We are looking to move her into her room next week when we get back from our weekend away. I wanted to have her in our room till 6 months cos it reduces the risk of SUDI, and she wakes so often cos of her eczema there wasnt any way I was going to make my life harder  But DH is wanting us to have our room back, so I figure Ive done the 6 months I wanted  ------------- 
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Posted By: minik8e
Date Posted: 11 February 2011 at 9:30am
| My girls have been in their own room since we came home from hospital (they were 4.5 weeks old, so 38w gestational age when they came home). They were in bassinets until about 4-5 months and then in their cots. I could always hear them if they needed me, but didn't hear the snuffles and grunts and snores (man babies are noisy sleepers!!). We never had any monitors either. |
Posted By: newme
Date Posted: 11 February 2011 at 9:30am
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Thanks for the replies everyone.
I would love to 'side-car' but that would mean that we wouldn't actually be able to get in or out of the bedroom anymore. I have just put DS down in his new bedroom now, for his first sleep....and he has gone straight down!! No dramas at all. He is in his bassinet inside the cot, but for the next sleep I will put him straight into the cot. I feel a bit bad that he is still in the bassinet as, he is having to sleep with his legs bent and everytime he stretches out they hit the end. We'll see how he goes tonight. I will leave both our doors wide open, so we will still be able to hear each other. |
Posted By: SquishysMum
Date Posted: 11 February 2011 at 11:36am
| We were 2 weeks old here too, we kept waking each other up (I would think she was awake with all the noise she made, and then get her up to feed her, and then she WAS awake!). We always had a bed in her room though, so I would sometimes sleep in there if she was sick or something. |
Posted By: crafty1
Date Posted: 11 February 2011 at 1:21pm
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It's funny this issue of moving babes to their own rooms, cos i don't know of any babies that have ever had an issue with it. None of my baby group have, none of my friends etc.
I think the issue is in us mummies heads! As someone said earlier i was a bit disappointed that neither boy seemed to miss me... ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: QTMum
Date Posted: 11 February 2011 at 9:05pm
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DS was 3 weeks and DD will probably be the same. We all slept much better when we weren't waking each other up with the slightest noise. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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