How old was your baby when you moved the crib to their room?
Baby Bedding
Laura M asked:
I don’t want to be criticized for still having my baby in my room.
She is sleeping in her crib and has been since she was 2 months old and outgrew the bassinet. I know I probably should have already moved her.
She is 8 months old. I’m just wondering about everyone else.
I just have anxiety about her not being next to my bed.
Raul
I don’t want to be criticized for still having my baby in my room.
She is sleeping in her crib and has been since she was 2 months old and outgrew the bassinet. I know I probably should have already moved her.
She is 8 months old. I’m just wondering about everyone else.
I just have anxiety about her not being next to my bed.
Raul
April 1st, 2009 at 4:05 am
Steven
My sister was about 3 months.
April 3rd, 2009 at 2:39 pm
Jessie
three months
April 3rd, 2009 at 11:39 pm
Paul
u think thats bad??/ my baby is 5 1/2 months old and she sleeps with me
April 4th, 2009 at 10:32 am
Constance
At about 3 or 4 months of age.
April 6th, 2009 at 3:46 pm
Anna
Is not wear to have your baby next to you continue until your baby has his first bed
April 7th, 2009 at 3:37 pm
Gertrude
both my children had a crib in their room from birth…in the early stages they slept with me, in my bed, while I nursed…but my room is just that…MY room and you need yours back :o)
April 10th, 2009 at 7:22 pm
Tara
I moved my baby into her own room when she was 3 months old. I suggest that because she is already 8 months old that you move her soon, before she gets too comfortable in your room , otherwise its going to be really tough on her and your in for some long nights
April 14th, 2009 at 5:04 am
Jimmy
umm when his crib was moved to his room i think he was about negative 6 months old haha it was never in our room
April 15th, 2009 at 7:36 am
Pearl
My son started sleeping in his room at about a month or two.
Trust me your mother instincts will kick in, I still wake up everytime my son even rolls over.
April 18th, 2009 at 7:37 am
Robert
My daughter is almost three and she still sleeps in my room. I tried moving her when she was younger and she just cried all night long. So after a year of no sleep, I moved her back in and we’ve been happy ever since.
Do what works for you, not what everyone says you need to do
April 19th, 2009 at 3:01 pm
Eileen
We moved my son into his room when he started sleeping through the night, and that was about 2 months. Although I did keep the baby monitor turned all the way up and rite beside my ear so i could hear everything! Good Luck!
April 22nd, 2009 at 9:36 pm
Julie
My daughter was one. She has been sleeping in her crib for a long time as well but i just transitioned her to her room. HOWEVER…when she would go to bed in my room- she went to bed much earlier than me so she transitioned just fine because she is used to going to sleep alone. Good luck.
April 25th, 2009 at 11:25 pm
Alicia
My public health authority, and the Canadian Pediatric Society recommends having baby sleep in the same room until about 6 months of age to help reduce SIDS.
We moved our son to his own crib (from co-sleeping) at about 6 months of age and it went really well. He didn’t sleep very well the first couple of nights (he was up a lot crying and then drifting back to sleep) but by the third night, he would just fall asleep right away. But he was going from sharing a bed with me to sleeping alone. If your daughter is already sleeping alone, just in your room you shouldn’t have too much of an issue. Good luck!
April 28th, 2009 at 6:29 am
Frank
If you don’t move her soon, you’ll never get her out of your room. I moved all three of my daughters between 3 and 5 months. However, my sister never moved her daughter and she is 5 and was still in her room when another baby came so now she cant get her out. So now she has her bed, a toddler bed and a crib in her bedroom. She is rolling over good so if she needed you she would just sit up in the crib and cry.. Best of Luck..
April 30th, 2009 at 5:19 am
Ella
I moved my bub at about 3 months. Once i was comfortable with her being in another room where i didnt have to jump up whenever i heard a sound.
May 1st, 2009 at 9:37 am
Chris
hi i understand your anxiety and you can buy baby monitors now that have video and breathing devices attached, so they alarm after 20 seconds of no movement…..they are really good and work - i used them with both my boys…..
to answer your question tho, my eldest son was about 7 months when he moved into his own room, as i was a single mom who lived with relatives….when i got my own place - he got his own room soon after…..my second son tho, was in our room until around 3 months when he moved into a shared room with his brother - which keeps me happy as the monitor allows me to hear both of them….
do what make you happy tho, i slept in my mom’s bed until i was 13 and started the day i was brought home - i think it is an individual choice…but eventually you and your partner will want some private time and you will need it also….
good luck
May 4th, 2009 at 12:18 pm
Lonnie
Its what ever makes you comfortable. My son slept in my bed until he was 4 months old. I moved him to his own room because my boyfriend wanted the bed back. My son was fine with the transition I was the one who had to finally let go. The first few nights are hard. I’d check in a lot. Once I realized he was ok I was too.
May 4th, 2009 at 10:21 pm
Julia
We never put the crib in our bedroom so once she grew out of the bassinet at about 4 weeks we moved her to her room and she slept so much better b/c she we so tall that she just didnt fit well in the bassinet and needed her crib, which was in her room. We had her sleeping through the night at 5 weeks.
But it is whatever works for you there is no set time to move them.
May 7th, 2009 at 8:46 pm
Katherine
W O W, you sound just like me!
Our son slept in our room (next to me!) every night since birth. When he turned 8 months old - we started putting him in his own room in his crib to sleep. He sleeps MUCH better in there. Our tossing and turning around kept him awake and his tossing and turning kept us awake.
I wasn’t used to not immediately seeing my baby when I woke up. But I have realized this is a better situation for all of us.
We got a really good monitor and he sleeps very peacefully in his room.
The first few nights I was going back and forth to his room ALL night long (checking on him.) but each time he was sound asleep.
He was fine .. I was the one having a hard time with it
Our Pediatrician kept telling us to put him in his own room - but I just couldn’t.
Then when 8 months came around - we put him in there and it’s been blissful.
If you think now is the time to put her in her own room, go for it! if not .. wait a little while longer. There is no specific *time* to put a baby in their own room. It’s totally up to you!
8 months just happend to be when it felt right for us
good luck! God bless!
May 8th, 2009 at 1:58 am
Eugene
My daughter slept in her pack’n'play in our room until she was a week old. Then we moved her into her crib in her room. She did very well and slept better in her room then in ours.
May 8th, 2009 at 6:02 pm
Judith
i moved my son to the crib in his room when he was 1 month old but kept the cradle in my room for the rougher nights. he has slept through the night in his own room since he was 2 months old!
May 11th, 2009 at 11:11 am
Norman
3 months..I love having my own space ….
May 12th, 2009 at 5:03 am
Jill
Our daughter was two weeks old when we moved her to her own room. We used a baby monitor so we could hear her breathing. It helped me sleep because I didn’t hear every little noise she made, just the important ones. She also seemed to sleep better not hearing me tossing and turning in bed.