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How long did you keep your baby in your room? My son was in our room until about 5-6 months old, I do not want to go that long this time, I want the twins in their own cribs by 2-3 months if possible. We only kept my son in our room so long because we were moving and didn't want to transition him, then move and confuse him, so once we moved we transitioned him into his own room. Also, he had severe acid reflux, he had to be on a powerful medication for it and spit up so much, I was always worried he would spit up and choke to death. Just curious how long the BTDT moms kept their baby in their room before moving them into their own room and crib?
My co-sleep and my oldest was in my room for about a year. I am transitioning my 14 month old now but both of them always start out in our bed for snuggles and a little tv before going to their beds. You have to do what works for you. I bf and having them in the bed is what worked. When dd1 stopped nursing at night, that's when I moved her. I'm weaning DD2 right now because I want a break before the new baby comes.
They are both still in our room. Our choice. We havent tried getting them out. I domt know how we would do three though so we are probably going to try to move both of them to another room together.
Ds is 17 months and he's still in our room. We will be moving him to his own room before the baby comes though. He's stopped nursing now and he pretty much sleeps through the night as well, so I think he's ready. Probably in the fall we will make the switch so he can have time to adjust before baby comes.
Yeah, I know some people keep their kids in their beds or rooms for long periods of times, thats just not for us personally, me and my husband like our privacy and don't want to get the kids attached to being with us too long, totally nothing wrong with parents that like their kids close for a long time, just trying to decide when its a "safe" time to have my babies in their own cribs. I plan to nurse as well, my sis in law exclusively nurses and moved her daughter in her own crib about 5 months. I just know with twins I will have to sleep in the spare room so dh can have sleep for work and I don't want to sleep in the spare for 5 months ...I want at least 1 of us getting sleep at night so that I can be relieved for sleep when dh gets home from work.
DS was only in my room for about a week or so... Then in his crib exclusively - it really helped in establishing great sleeping habits early. He slept through the night at about 6 weeks and never woke up a single time (unless sick) pretty much since. It worked great for us.
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Wow, how I would love for them to be sleeping through the night at 6 weeks ...did you have a video monitor on him at all? I think I would worry too much at 1 week but then again, I hear babies sleep through the night much sooner the sooner they are moved into their own crib and being that I am having two babies, I am going to be desperate to have them on a good sleep schedule as early as possible.
Monitors yes and I was closeby and checked on him a LOT. He was also bottle fed since he was adopted so that helped with the not being hungry part. He got to sleeping 9-10 hours at about 6 weeks and it was amazing.
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Co-sleeping is not for our family. We enjoy sex too much.
Sofia has been in her crib since the beginning. We did use a boppy quite a bit when she was first born. I didn't want to start any bad habits, but I did anyway bc we rock her to sleep.
I'm sure there will not be the same answer from any two people.
DH and I value our privacy as well so we try to get them in their rooms as soon as possible. With both of them I think it was when they were on somewhat of a sleep schedule--like 2-3 months. I'm just way too lazy to get up 6 times a night and walk down the hall
I transition when they are sleeping through the not, which I have mine doing by 12 weeks. Our last one was in longer because we were rearranging but I do not like having them in much past that because as soon as they hear me they wake up and if they can see us they won't go back to sleep! Our kids all sleep in rooms very close to ours, which makes me feel comfortable.
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I think every family and baby is different. My first transitioned to the crib easily at 2 months. We had a monitor and I checked on him a ton. My second, transitioned to his crib not as easily at 8 months. He was just a harder baby to please. He reached the point at 8 months were we weren't sleeping well and neither was he. Once he got into his own bed everuone slept much better. The way our house is set up, the kids room is almost in ours. This baby will actually have part of our room as theirs for the first couple of years. We will be setting up the crib so they have their own bed though.
We moved DD to her room at 3 months. She was a great sleeper back in those days and it only took one night for her to adjust... She still comes into bed with us when she wakes up after midnight though... We may be moving late May/ early June so if that is the case this one will stay in our room till we are moved into a new place..
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I have co-slept with all 6 of my children, the youngest being 11 months she is still in the bed. Planning the move for her in December. Usually by 15 months to 2 years they were sleeping in there own rooms. Even though a few still sneak in every now and again....
Hayden co-slept until 5 months and then we moved him to his crib and then we used the angelcare monitor. He slept 12+ hours since 5 months, he is just happier in his own space. Sometimes now I will bring him to bed with me and it def. not his favorite but how is a mom suppose to get her snuggles with a crazy active toddler
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...I want at least 1 of us getting sleep at night so that I can be relieved for sleep when dh gets home from work.
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...did you have a video monitor on him at all? I think I would worry too much at 1 week but then again, I hear babies sleep through the night much sooner the sooner they are moved into their own crib and being that I am having two babies, I am going to be desperate to have them on a good sleep schedule as early as possible.
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