When did you/are you moving baby to their own room?

[Dodsy83]

I know the advice/guideline is to wait until they are 6 months old, but my George is 2 months and is close to outgrowing his Moses basket.
I reckon I can get him to 3 months, but much after that will be pushing it, plus they suggest you put the Moses basket on the floor after 10 weeks as an active baby could make it topple off the stand.

We have absolutely no room to bring his cot into our bedroom, so I don't see I have much choice but to move him early....anyone else moved baby before 6 months?

X

 

[mylullaby]

Hi Dodsy - I can't believe you have a 2 month old - I remember you getting your bfp like it was yesterday!!! My friends Lo went in her own room as soon as she outgrew moses basket. Not sure exactly how old but it was definitely WELL before 6 months (closer to 3 I think). We will have to do the same as we have no room for a cot in our bedroom either xxx

 

[El1en]

My little girl is 8 weeks and outgrowing her Moses basket. I'm in a similar position where her cot won't fit in our room. I'm a big worrier so didn't want her out of my room. I've ended up buying a crib, it was £70 from john Lewis which I've decided was an ok spend as our basket was free and we only paid £30 for the cot. I'd definitely put a motion sensor mat down and use a good monitor

 

[Pismo]

We got a relatively cheap crib from mothercare as predicted LO would be quite tall (just like his dad) it was only £40 and well worth it. However if you don't want to spend any more money, just ensure you have a good monitor and I'm sure you'll be fine.

x

 

[Toni.C]

Our LO went in at 9 weeks as he'd got seriously too big for his basket. I'd been putting it off for ages! Like you, we didn't have space for his cot in our room so bit the bullet and he spent a few nights in his Moses basket inside his cot. The went straight into his cot and was fine. I'd recommend a sleeping bag as it helped to put my mind at ease. We have just bog standard Motorola monitor too.

 

[Rooster30]

I kicked my son out at 3 months old. I hated sharing a room with him

My daughter is the same age as your baby but won't be moving her for a while yet. She's in crib instead of a moses basket so she can stay in that for quite a while I think, plus I BF for night feed and early morning feeds so find it easier her just being there!

 

[Browneyed Girl]

I'm anticipating this problem so have bought a space saver cot for my room - it was £90 inc mattress on the Tesco website but they had an offer of £20 off if you spent £100 and then I boosted some clubcard vouchers so in the end I paid £45 for the cot, 4 pram sheets and a blanket. It's bigger than a crib and is designed to last for up to 2 years so will def do the 6 months I want it for. It's loads smaller than a cotbed though (which would never fit in my room) so might be worth considering? xx

 

[Dodsy83]

Hi Dodsy - I can't believe you have a 2 month old - I remember you getting your bfp like it was yesterday!!! My friends Lo went in her own room as soon as she outgrew moses basket. Not sure exactly how old but it was definitely WELL before 6 months (closer to 3 I think). We will have to do the same as we have no room for a cot in our bedroom either xxx

I know Mylullaby, how time flies!!
Thanks for the advice ladies... Good to know I'm not alone. I have an angel care monitor with sensor pad, so think I'll get him through the next month and then move him over x

 

[littlemonkey]

We had exactly the same problem with my eldest and we moved him into his own room at 3 months. I hated it the first night, but it worked well for us and our son.

With our youngest we've bought the next to me which is meant to last till six months. I'm not sure he'll be able to get that long out of it, but we're keeping him in with us until he outgrows it. We only have two bedrooms and I don't want my youngest disturbing my eldest.

 

[GF91]

16 weeks! Wouldve done it before but OH wouldnt let me, between her snuffling & sleep noises, him snoring and the dog getting on the bed and off the bed all night I was getting no sleep!!

 

[T84]

We moved lo into her room at 8 weeks for the exact same reason. We all slept soooo much better after that. Do you have a wee nursing chair or similar in the nursery? Just helps when settling lo in their room x

 

[hellywelly]

9 weeks and had I known how much better we would all sleep I'd have done it sooner!!

 

[candymycandy]

We moved lo at about 14 wks I think as he'd outgrown snuzpod. We have a snuzahero on too for peace of mind x

 

[TTT]

My husband sleeps in the spare bes cos he gets no sleep with los suckling noises so I co sleep and have done since he outgrew his carryxot at12 weeks. HHe's coming up to 6 months so I'd like him to go in his cot soon which is pushed up to our bed. I don't plan on pitting him into his own room for the foreseeable future but he doesn't keep me awake.

 

[clairebear22]

We moved my eldest at 5 months when he stopped waking every 90 mins to feed!

My youngest was an extremely light sleeper so we moved him at about 10 weeks because even us moving in bed woke him!

 

[mrsolly]

I moved my LO when she was 11 weeks into her own room. She slept through the night after that x

 

[Ella1979]

Our daughter was just over 6 months old and our son was 7.5 months old, but we had room for a cot in our room - if we hadn't, I would have moved them earlier. Cribs can be useful, but they're not all that bigger than Moses baskets and LOs tend to stick their arms and legs through the bars and get stuck! Definitely move your LO if they've outgrown the basket. Door to nursery open, monitor on - they'll be fine xx

 

[Niknaknoo]

We've just moved Zach into his room, our hand was forced though as he has outgrown his crib and cot won't fit in our room. So his first night on his own he was 15 weeks. Don't know if it is coincidence or not but we appear to have hit the 4 month sleep regression. Either that or he knows we aren't there !!

 

[theresa]

I think you LO will be fine. We moved our eldest with 4 months but would have moved him earlier if was a light sleeper and it all went totally okay.
You can buy an Angel Care monitor if you want to be on the safe side.