All my kids ended up in my bed &/or the same room as me all/most of the first year. Maybe i'm lazy or maybe my kids are exceptionally shitty sleepers but no way could I drag my ass out of bed multiple times a night. I believe I sleep trained DD2 & DD4 around 10-11mo so they were not in quite as long as a year. DD2 was the only one who really didn't come in anymore but she'd sleep with DD1 so it's not like she was much better than the others. DD1 was 2.5 when she finally stopped coming into my room to sleep....DD4 is 3.5 and still comes in frequently.
Bernadine, what? Where is this recommendation coming from?
No way. We put DD in her crib in the nursery the first night we brought her home. She has always slept in there. I'm so glad we did, no issues with any transitions, we were able to sleep and she has actually always been a pretty good sleeper. I have no interest in co-sleeping and even room sharing was tough. When she was in our room in the hospital I couldn't sleep at all.
Post by runblondie26 on Aug 4, 2016 8:08:45 GMT -5
Yes, but only because our master bedroom is on a separate floor from our other bedrooms. DS still nurses once a night, so it's easier keeping him close.
He was actually in our room until 2.5, because we were lazy about finishing his room. We bed shared for 8 months, then put him on his crib mattress in the corner or our room. It worked for us in some ways, but it was hard on my marriage. Next kid will NOT be in our room that long, especially since I don't plan on BF ing next time.
But now DS loves his own room and never even climbs out of bed until we come in to get him.
Post by melodramatic26 on Aug 4, 2016 8:24:46 GMT -5
No. We did all kids in their room and in their cribs from night 1.
For the girls, their rooms were just a few steps away in our old house. Now, DS room is just across the hall. I breast feed (well, pumped for DD1) all 3. I was getting up one way or another do the few steps were never a big deal.
I also have a tv in their rooms for the first few months to, though. It helps me enjoy the MOTN feedings so I'm probably doing a lot wrong...
We plan to move DS once the weather cools (Sept hopefully) as we only have ac in our room as of now. He'll be 4 months at the end of this month. He stirs for 1-1.5 hours before waking in the morning. Plus I want my space back.
Post by bluelikejazz on Aug 4, 2016 8:55:09 GMT -5
Night one I was so sore the only place I could sit MOTN was in the rocking chair on the boppy in DD's room. So I ended up there at every feed anyway. So she lasted 1 night in our room.
Post by sillygoosegirl on Aug 4, 2016 8:56:49 GMT -5
I don't think it's a terribly new recommendation.
We initially planned to, but by 3 months LO was waking us up constantly, even when she wasn't actually waking herself. I think we moved her at 4 months. Survival, man.
We did for 6 months. We couldn't sleep train in the same room, so we moved him to his room at 6 months. I actually miss him being in our room. DH does too.
M was in his room from day one. The dogs had dibs on our room and they were there before him But seriously, his room is so freaking close it was as if he was there.
No. 2 weeks. For whatever reason, DD responded well to dark rooms for sleeping and our room had a wall of glass tiles that were impossible to cover. I slept in her room for a while but it wasn't ultimately comfortable for me. Plus, she was a noisy little sleeper!
Post by undecidedowl on Aug 4, 2016 9:01:26 GMT -5
We did. They started the night in their own room then moved to our room at the first wake-up. We also co-sleep. My kids weren't noisy sleepers as babies and we all slept better that way.
C we did until six months, strictly because I am lazy and it was easier for MOTN nursing. I was ready to have her in her own room by the time we moved her, no way I would have done a year
Post by belovedbride07 on Aug 4, 2016 9:10:19 GMT -5
Where are you seeing one year recommended?
We room shared for six months; it worked for us and it's what the AAP recommends.
If the recommendation were a year we probably would've gone with that, but at this point we've gotten used to such niceties as being able to talk above a whisper.
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We room shared for six months; it worked for us and it's what the AAP recommends.
If the recommendation were a year we probably would've gone with that, but at this point we've gotten used to such niceties as being able to talk above a whisper.
I can't remember where I saw it. I fell down a Google hole at 3 this morning, lol.
Post by dancingirl21 on Aug 4, 2016 9:45:51 GMT -5
Lol no way. DS1 was in our room for 10 weeks. DS2 was in there for 2 weeks. Our kids are horribly loud sleepers as newborns and DH and I couldn't take it.
Post by statlerwaldorf on Aug 4, 2016 10:09:18 GMT -5
Dd1 was my unicorn baby and sent went in her own room at 3 weeks. She was too loud and I couldn't sleep.
Ds1 stayed in my room until I moved to a larger home when he was 9 months old. He wasn't sttn and I didn't want to put him in with dd1 and wake her up.
The twins are 4 months old and I really want to move them to their room. But I tried and I was just too tired to deal with it right now.
ugh, I hope not! Our plan is to have the kids share a room eventually, so DS is in our room until he starts sleeping well enough to go into DD's. I really hope that's not in a year! If it is, we might have to reconsider our plan and move one of the kids to one of our upstairs rooms earlier than planned. Our master is downstairs and we only have one other bedroom downstairs, so the ideal plan is to have both kids there while they are little/need us more in the night and move them both upstairs later. DD moved to her own room when she was about 2 months old. I'm hoping DS is sleeping well enough to move in with her when he's 6 months old.
the rec 4 years ago was 6 months to reduce the SIDS risk. We made it about that long and are aiming for that again this time but if we get a noisy baby it might be a different story. DD was very quiet plus we had white noise and a fan on