I have a new baby boy who is almost 4 months old. He has slept in a bassinet in my room every night since he has been born, but here lately I have been wondering when the right time to put him in his own room would be. Any suggestions?
2007-01-04 15:38:37 · 13 answers · asked by tashyshort 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
Thank you all for your answers so far. I do have moniters and such, plus his room is right beside mine. Though he already sleeps all through the night on his own I think its actually going to be harder on me than it is on him. He is my first and I'm attached, lol.
2007-01-04 15:54:20 · update #1
Oh yea, he goes to sleep on his own really easily. I never have to actually rock him to sleep. Once he eats for the last time at night, he is down for the count until 7:30-8 the next morning.
2007-01-04 15:57:01 · update #2
try now
2007-01-04 15:43:26 · answer #1 · answered by todd s 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
From all you have said I would say now is the time to move him. Of course it will be harder on you than on him. That's the way it's supposed to be. It's his first step towards becoming an independent person. If you think this is hard wait til the first day of school, the first sleep over away from home, the first weekend scout camping trip, high school....
With each milestone our children reach it is up to us to let them go just a bit more...and it starts when you move them from the bassinet to the crib. The hardest part of being a parent is learning when and how much to let go. And how to hide those tears as you do it. It doesn't get any easier as they get older you just get better at hiding those tears and fears. I'm on the edge of my oldest dating and learning how to drive a car...talk about scared to death...I'd trade you places in a heart beat right now!! Good luck and best wishes
2007-01-05 08:28:09 · answer #2 · answered by Barbiq 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
My son slept in our bed untill he was 6 months old. We decided to move him to his room and to the crib at the same time. It was harder on us than it was on him. It took a few weeks before it went smoothly. We would try to rock him to sleep then put him in the crib, usually he would wake up and cry. There were many nights that we'd just bring him back to our bed. It took another 3 months before he would sleep through the night. By 10 months he finally grew into being a great sleeper. Good Luck!
2007-01-04 23:46:09 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Mine were in bassinets until 7 months. Then they went into a cot. This is the moment they moved out of my room. It was sad (and further to go when they woke at night) but it has to happen at some time and two cots wouldn't fit in my room so I knew it was time
2007-01-05 04:48:50 · answer #4 · answered by Rachel 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you have good mother instincts, then if you get some of those room to room monitors that you can hear the baby when he cries then he would be alright now... I have 3 children, and I put them all in a nursery like 3 weeks after bringing them home. If you try it and don't feel safe about him being in there then your motherly instincts will tell you when its time
2007-01-04 23:43:52 · answer #5 · answered by ~~MISSY~~ 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
As long as you and your husband are fine with it, experts are saying that leaving them in your room for the first year helps lower their risk of SIDS. If you put the baby in his own room and you find you can't sleep because you're constantly checking on him, well then bring him back to your room! It doesn't really matter what everybody else thinks...whatever you as his mother think is best, that's what's probably best for him!
2007-01-05 10:05:53 · answer #6 · answered by mommyismyname 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You remind me of my sis-in-law. She asked me the same question on new year's eve, actually she said "When did you put your kids in their own room?" I have three, all of them slept in their own crib, in their own room from the day that they came home from the hospital (except for the youngest - he slept in the same room as me for two weeks after he came home, but there were extenuating circumstances - he stopped breathing one night in the hospital, so I had problems letting him out of my sight- I got over it and he went into his crib) she cringed when I told her that, she has a two month old (will be on the 11th) that she basically co-sleeps with (which in my opinion is also fine), but she is trying to get him to sleep in his own bed now, and every time he sighs in his sleep, she thinks something is wrong and goes and gets him. I will tell you the same thing that I told her "You need to break yourself of the habit of having him with you, if that is what you want to do. It will be harder on you then it will be on him." Use your monitors, I always have, they will make you feel better. Check on him as often as you need to, but he is ready to sleep on his own whenever you are ready to let him. Best of luck and God Bless.
2007-01-05 00:54:37 · answer #7 · answered by bluekitty8098 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sounds like you have a healthy and happy baby. Now would be a great time. Any older, he may resist the move. As long as you can hear him if he cries, that's all you need. And if you are anything like me, you will hear him roll over if you're out in the living room with the T.V. turned up. Good Luck!
2007-01-05 00:06:59 · answer #8 · answered by truthseeker221 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Four months is the perfect age for him to move to his own room.
He isn't old enough to realise that he is by himself if you leave it too late he might be. Still you have time before it gets too late.
It all depends on what you want. If you won't be sleeping at night because of it don't do it yet, if you're not relaxed about it he won't be. Babies are very sensitive to tension.
2007-01-05 04:24:42 · answer #9 · answered by ghds 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it depends on you. my friends son has been sleeping in his room from day one. another still has her son sleep in the room with her and he is nine months. i know that it is hard to keep them out of ur sight. u should get a monitor (maybe one with a tv/video). this may make the transition easier. u could also stay in the room with him until he falls asleep and then gradually leave the room earlier and earlier each night.
2007-01-04 23:55:22 · answer #10 · answered by jdubsmom06 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
a baby can be in own room at day one if you choose.
Now is a good time to do it, before baby gets too attatched to the situation, But then, if you like that , it is ok.
Whatever you feel comfortable with.
Mom's intuition is always the best
2007-01-04 23:48:01 · answer #11 · answered by clcalifornia 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋