How does it work when you move them into their own room?

[Smithsmith]

Hi all,

Our DD is approaching 15 weeks and has been sleeping through since 8 weeks. I know how lucky we are with this but she is such a noisy sleeper! So while she is getting 10 hours, I am getting individual 90 mins between her snoring, grunting and shuffling about!

I am thinking about moving her into the nursery but I am a bit paranoid! How does it work? Do you have monitors on so you can still hear it all, or do you just trust that if they are really awake that you will hear them? Her nursery is next to our room so I should hear most noises. I just dont want to be up all night running between the rooms to check!

Finally do you think moving her will change her sleep patterns, because I really dont want to mess with her sleeping through!!

Any advice is much appreciated!! thanks

 

[Angela49uk]

I'm moving LO into his room next week and we are going to have monitors on as well xx

 

[Smithsmith]

Is your LO noisy too? Do you think we might be doing it a little early? x

 

[klcuk3]

I moved my LO into her nursery at 7 weeks old as she's outgrown her moses basket! I have a monitor in her room...Angelcare one with mattress pad. I have the other bit in my room next to my side of bed. I now only get woken when she is really awake and either talking to her mobile or crying for me Recently went away for weekend so had her in travel cot in our room....had forgotten how noisy they are in their sleep!!!

 

[Mooshie]

I've just moved my LO into his own room 2 nights ago as he is far too big for his basket and his grunting and thrashing about during the night was keeping me awake. Like the above poster, I was only getting an hour sleep at a time and I was completely broken.

I didn't want to move him, but I had no choice.

Honestly, it's the best thing I've done! He has slept so much better and so have I. Im even starting to feel slightly human again!

We have the Angelcare monitor too. It's quite expensive, but worth every penny!

 

[Farie]

My LO didn't move to her own room until she was over 7 months, we use a monitor and make sure we always go in straight away so she doesn't panic
Shes fine and loves it. Doesn't sleep through the night tho!!

 

[bigbetty]

The first night we put Fran in her own room I had the monitors on - but I didn't sleep a wink because of the bloody green flashing light making the whole room glow!! So after getting up to settle her I decided to switch it off because I knew I would hear her - the cot is by the door and her door is right next to ours at a 90 degree angle - you can almost see the cot from our bed!

I never had a monitor on when she was next to us in the basket so, for me, it wasn't any different when she moved in her own room.

At first I went in everytime she stirred but now I only go in if she gets distressed or cries - she is good at settling herself and if she is just fussing a little or chattering I'm happy to leave her because I know she isn't upset. She never slept through the night before but now she is doing much better and doesn't fuss as much so I rarely have to get up to her now - especially since dropping her night feed

 

[Smithsmith]

Thanks everyone for your replies, I am going to try it and then if either of us is unhappy with it then she can always move back in with us for a little bit longer!

 

[Meredith2010]

We have the Angelcare sound and movement monitor and I can't imagine not having it. It is so reassuring, especially on nights when he sleeps through as I can see that he is still breathing! I like being able to just glance at it whenever I wake up during the night and can immediately see that all is fine.

 

[Gbobs]

LO will soon need to be moved into his cot as he is rapidly outgrowing his basket.

I am getting into a bit of a flap about what we will need. We have ordered a mattress, protector and sheets and know he can't have a quilt until he's at least 1yr but what about cot bumpers, sleep positioners etc? I keep reading conflicting advice about both these items and don't want to waste money but at the same time don't want to put him at risk if it's better to have these items.

What has everyone got? I reckon we will need to move him within the next couple of weeks or so as he keeps hitting the sides of his basket with his arms.

 

[Gbobs]

Sorry, the above post was meant to be in a new topic so please ignore in this thread (tried adding an edit but didn't seem to work) Sorry OP!!!

 

[elly75]

We put both of our kids in their own rooms a couple weeks after they were born. They do seem to sleep better as a result.

We have monitors in each of their rooms so we can listen out for them. The other parent unit is in the living room. I'm glad we found a monitor that can cover two childrens rooms, not just one.

As for other things in their rooms, they each have their twilight turtle or ladybug to dispay stars on their ceilings. They also have their toy bunnies (one each). Celeste has a sleep sheep too but it isn't in the crib -- just out of reach.

 

[citygirl1]

We are moving Daniel in this weekend. He is 7 1/2 months. Will be strange not having him in our room but we have to do it sometime. Good luck!

 

[Mya209]

My LO moved at 10 weeks, our monitor is noise activated and has a camera so I can see her too. It only goes off when she cries

 

[BabyJayne]

We moved Madeline into her own room at 10 weeks old. We were all disturbing each other and nobody was getting a good night's sleep - Dh's snoring would wake Madeline and I up, then she would stay awake gurgling and making noises, then I would drop off, but Dh would be awake from Madeline's night-time noises...it just made sense to put her in her own room, as she had been sleeping through for a couple of weeks.

We kept her in the moses basket for the first few weeks in her own room, but put this in the cot so she still felt enclosed. But we ditched this after a few weeks and she was absolutely fine in her cot. She slept solidly from 7pm sometimes until 9am. Apart from a blip when she was ready for weaning, she has pretty much slept though every single night.

We set up the monitor (just a voice monitor, no video or movement sensor) with the volume hiked right up - and it was just fine. Best thing we ever did as we have all pretty much had unbroken sleep from then on in.

There is no set in stone "right" time to move LOs into their own room - the "right" time is quite simply the time that is right for you.