What age do you put your children in a seperate room to sleep?

Question

I mean my daughter is three years old and sleeps between me and my wife. Is there a age limit to let this go on?

Answer 1

This is all a matter of preference mostly, I am against co-sleeping so my kids never slept in my bed. I even breastfed and they never did. Now they are 11 years, 4 years and 9 months and they all sleep in their own beds in their own rooms. Our room is our room, our own space. JMO

Answer 2

The sooner the better. It will be hard because she is so use to sleeping with company. Put her in her own room read her a story and tell her she is a big girl now and needs to sleep in her own bed. If she start crying let her she will get tired and eventually will get use to being read to and good night kisses form mummy and daddy.Warning moms don't handle long crying very well. If she comes to your bed in the night take her back to her room, you maybe tired but you and your wife can take turns taking her back. If you don't work on this now she will want to sleep in your bed until she much older. Let your daughter pick out decorations and colours for her room. Be consistent. You need private time with your wife and the bedroom is the place. How much fun is it now? what if you want to cuddle with your wife or feel frisky in the middle of the night.

Answer 3

We didn't get our daughter out until she was almost 5!! The only way we were able to do it, is by offering her a big prize for being a big girl and be brave by sleeping in her bed. The first night was the toughest, after about 3 nights it was fine. The biggest thing was fear.

I wouldn't recommend anybody wait that long though, I think 2 really should be the cut off, with the occassional nightmare as an exception.

Answer 4

The main reason children sleep in their parents' room is so the parents can monitor an infant while the infant is susceptible to Sudden Infant Syndrome Death. Most parents feel comfortable to move their infants to their own room around 8 - 12 months old. There is no reason for a toddler to be in the parents room after this period. Actually, your toddler is not learning to be independent and will probably have to overcome fears when you move her to her own room now, because she shouldn't have been sleeping with her parents this long.

Answer 5

I have three children.They started sleeping in their own bedroom since the second month after they were born. There was no problem at all. I believe that sleeping with our children isn't healthy even to the kids either to our privacy. And with much love you all can decorate her own place to make her cheery about having her space. ;) she might look for you during a couple of nights yet. But believe me. She will get used to sleep in her own bed...:) Good luck

Answer 6

if you ever want to have a health sex life again you may want to put her in her own bed. But seriously, you should have put her in her own bed from the start, it helps her not not develop insecurities about sleeping alone. The younger you do it the better off she is.

Answer 7

Four is a good age for a separate room.

Answer 8

You need to watch Nanny 911! You need to end this NOW! Your child is old enough to sleep alone. It will take some getting used to, but if you keep at it, it will happen!

Answer 9

the longer you let her sleep with you the harder it will be to get her in her own bed. make it special let her pick the bed or the color of the room. what ever it takes!

Answer 10

3 years old is about the age you should move her into her own room....get her excited about the freedom of her own room and having her own toys in the room...and her own bed...