At what age in months, or years, should a child sleep in his own room?

Question

I think it's ok for a little while to have a new baby in your room, while the kid starts to grow and you can watch over and make sure everything is ok, but at what age should that kid sleep in there own room.

I don't want to have a problem where the kid can't sleep on his own.

Answer 1

my first started when she was 5 months and did not have another restless night again, she is now just over 2.5

my second did not until he was 9 months and has been doing great every since then.

I don't think there is a right or wrong... just what is best for you, your baby and what makes you feel best. I could never let me two cry it out, that was just not a way I could go with them. So I slept with them longer then I planned, but I would not trade that time for anything in the world now. I also got more sleep this way too!

Answer 2

I feel that newborn babies should stay in their parents room for only the first 6 to 8 weeks. This is especially helpful during those sleepless nights when the baby wakes for all those feedings. Babies should NEVER be allowed to sleep with their parents. Only in a bassinet for safety reasons. Once the baby is too big for a bassinet (around 6 weeks), the baby should be moved into their own room in a crib. Around this time they should be sleeping at somewhat longer stretches. You can hear the baby with a good baby monitor when he/she wakes during the night. My children have always been good sleepers. After a few months when they are finally sleeping through the night you can get a routine going. What most parents have a hard time with is...letting their children cry for a few minutes. It's ok to let them cry for short periods if they are not hungry and they are clean and changed. If nothing is wrong then give them a few min. to learn how to sleep on their own. If you are strong in the beginning the nights of crying for attention will be short lived. Just make sure that your little one is only looking for attention and isn't crying for another reason.

Answer 3

Wow is this a loaded question! In the U.S., parents and pediatricians just can't come up with a right answer to this one or agree on the answer, perhaps because it is such a cultural thing. Many cultures put children as a priority and advocate a family bed where children are welcome until they make the choice to sleep on their own. My first child slept in his own crib thorugh the night from the time he was 5 weeks unless he was ill or disturbed by dreams. My second did not sleep thorugh the night for two years and still comes into my room on occasion at 11 years. The answer is a combination of individual need of the parents and the child... some babies are better at self-soothing and others need more help. A child should always feel like they have access to parents when they are needed, but parents need to hlp children beome independent on the childs individual schedule. No two children are alike and no one rule fits all... Be flexible and see what works for your child. Skin contact, warmth, the sound of a heartbeat are GOOD for babies and children.

Answer 4

When the child and the parents are ready. For us it was 10 months with the first one, around 7 months with the second, 4-5 months with the third and around 9 months with the fourth. All of those were when we and/or the baby was ready.

My 2nd one was easier because he went into the room with his brother. My 3rd one prefered sleeping alone in her own room. When they were little they slept in our bed part of the night, but as they got bigger and started sticking feet and knees in our backs, they moved to the crib (in our room) all night and eventually to their room.

As for not being able to sleep on their own, my 12 and 14 year old boys still have a hard time sleeping without each other in the room!

Answer 5

We put our son in his own room at night at 6 months. He napped in his crib from about 2 months on so that he was used to it. There were 2 reasons for keeping him in our room so long. One, I had read a few articles that indicated that keeping a baby in the parent's room for the first six months lowered the chances of SIDS and the other reason was that I was breastfeeding and it was easier just to reach over and get him than to have to get up and wander the halls!! We never had a problem with him adjusting and we just moved him into his big boy room to free up the nursery and he has done great. Good luck!

Answer 6

My son slept on my chest on the couch for the first 4 months of his life, because he was crazy and that was the only way either of us could get some sleep. Then I switched him the to crib. I am pregnant right now, and my baby will be sleeping in my room (definitely NOT on me this time though), since we only have a 2 bedroom house. when we move into a 3 BR a few months after the baby is born, she is going right into her room.

Answer 7

Some people put their babies an another room immediately.
We live in a one bedroom apt, so our baby is 11 months, and she sleeps in our room.

I will have a tough time when we have more bedrooms....I will want to be able to look over and see her from my bed!

We plan on having another baby by the end of this year, and if we don't move out, we will have 2 babies and 2 adults all in the same bedroom. Thank God the bedroom is huge.

Answer 8

2-3 Months

Answer 9

My babies slept with me for two months in a side by side co sleeper and then 2 months in their own crib in my room. At four months they went into their own rooms in the same crib they were in my room in. At 5 1/2 months I stopped respondin gto crying in the night unless it last for more than 15 minutes. By not responding, I mean, I would stand at their door to watch them, but never entered their room unless it was longer than 15 minutes. By the way, their rooms were always dark with a nightlight and the door closed. We invested in a high quality sound monitor. They sleep like champs today and love their own rooms, their own beds and we literally don;t even have a concept of bed sharing. My oldest does get a Family Friday one Friday a month when he can choose to have Mom or Dad "camp out" on his floor for a sleepover. He loves it and very rarely begs for it to happen more often.
Good Luck.

Answer 10

With our first, she stayed in her own room from birth. The second, she was in our room until she was a few months only because she was sharing a room with the oldest and I didn't want two babies awake in the middle of the night. ASAP I would say. Makes for less problems in the future.