When did your babies sleep in their own room?

[dmkaiser]

all my kids slept on their sides and then they started rolling to their tummy to sleep.

 

[sparks19]

Yeah hannah always slept on her back as an infant... but now she sleeps on her tummy with her butt in the air lol.

For me... nighttime and our bed was the only place left where we could just be husband and wife and not mom and dad for a while. I wasn't willing to give that up

 

[zoe08]

the thing about the arm's reach is that it is pretty much a pack N play with a super sturdy bassinet that you can take out when the child is too big for the bassinet. it is super sturdy but it's like a 4 inch drop into the sleeper so it's a bit difficult to feed them in the cosleeper or even to move them from your bed to the co sleeper. i'm really hoping as he gets older and starts sleeping for longer stretches that he will be able to sleep in there but now that he only sleeps about 3 hours at a time it's just easier for him to be in bed with me.

I don't intend to feed him in the co sleeper or anything. I just think with the low side that attaches to the bed, it would be much easier in the middle of the night for me to reach over and feel him breathing when I wake up and want to check on him, and easier to see him.

He has been a great sleeper since we brought him home. So sleeps all night anyway, I don't really have to get up and down to feed him. And I don't feel comfortable having him in bed with both of us. And even if it is just me and Mason, I don't get very good sleep.

 

[Samantha's pet]

Eh not really Jenn... I see too many moms who do what works for them without making the focus their kids' safety. I strongly believe that recommendations are there for a reason (especially SIDS recommendations) and I'll never understand moms who play with fire and take risks anyway... Like, I heard of three cases of babies who died of SIDS last year because they were sleeping on their tummy at 3 months (women on other forums who either lost their baby or have a family member or friend who did).

Sure, it might be easier on the parents to put them down that way so they don't cry, but the whole 'you have to do what works for your family' is just a way of getting people to find excuses to get over their guilt... I'd rather have a crying baby than a dead one... but apparently it's not the case of everyone (not from what I've seen here, but on other boards some people make me want to smack them!).

I fully agree w/ putting your childs safety first but the "reccomendations" are ever-changing. Everything we do now will be SO wrong in 20 years and our kids will be appalled at our parenting practices. I say use common sense and follow your instincts. I do fully support the back to sleep rule, though. We practiced that until she could roll on her own. Then there was just no stopping her, lol.

As far as safety and cosleeping, studies only show an increased risk of SIDS in cases where the parents were smokers and suffocation risks increased only when there was an improper bedding/bed setup or the parents were drunk/medicated.

I fully believe when the safe cosleeping reccomendations are followed it is actually safer. (which includes sleeping w/ out daddy if he is a heavy sleeper.)

I am not saying its the only way to go or the "better" way. Its just another way and it isnt necessarily wrong, bad, or horrible.

I cannot imagine being able to function with a newborn baby alone in a different room. I had to wake up and poke the baby every few hours or so. I would not rest at all if I had to run across the house to poke her. lol.

All that said I dont see myself cosleeping w/ the next baby. Probably just a bassinett next to our bed.

 

[Pam111]

some studies also say co-sleeping reduces SIDS risk because the baby sleeps lighter, too

 

[Adrienne]

Chloe still sleeps with me and we sleep great. I co-slept with my second as well, he moved to his own room at two and then was back until he was four. My first was in a crib in a different room as soon as we got home from the hospital.

 

[sillysally]

For me... nighttime and our bed was the only place left where we could just be husband and wife and not mom and dad for a while. I wasn't willing to give that up

We don't have kids but we both agree that we will try to keep any kid we have in their own room for this reason. It seems like it would be hard on the relationship, especially with couples sleeping totally separately.

 

[JennSLK]

Fran - I said that under the asumption that people would use common sence.

 

[bubbatd]

Slight hi-jacking here . Our first home had 2 bedrooms . #1 still slept in a crib and was 3 1/2 when # 2 was born . She started out in an antique cradle ( we removed the rockers ) . I'd put her in our bedroom during the day , but when we went to bed , I'd put her in the hallway not to disturb son and her Daddy during the night feedings . One morning I heard a noise . Son had gone into the hallway and crawled into the cradle . The slates broke and both fell through . She must have been about 6 to 8 months old and both were laughing their heads off . Funny now , but scary then !

 

[Samantha's pet]

We don't have kids but we both agree that we will try to keep any kid we have in their own room for this reason. It seems like it would be hard on the relationship, especially with couples sleeping totally separately.

Eh, wasnt that bad on us. Especially knowing it was just temporary. I go to bed by midnight and he often stays up til 5 so we dont really sleep together at night for very long.