LO going to bed alone

[Tiredgirl]

You were all fab when I was asking about when LO can go in his own room (moses basket getting to small and LO very noisey), anyway seems he is best staying with me for up to 6 months.

What I was now wondering is....I put him to bed at around 7 to try and get him in to a rountine, then I go later. I was thinking though, previous advice was that they need to stay with you so there can here your breathing, helps regulate theres so should I actually be putting him in my room on his own.

I have a baby monitor which I use all the time but also have a sensor monitor which I don't use for fear of it making me over the top and paranoid... should I start using this.

Sorry for long post and a bit of rambling Would love your advice, thank you xxxx

 

[XfairyhopesX]

Hiya!!

Aiden was about 7/8 weeks when he went into his cot, 6pm last bott and then straight up ev night we just put music on and his mobile - had been putting in cot in a morn with mobile for a while while i had a bath, ... and took monitor downstairs. It was me the was the prob not him worrying they sleep so much bett cos can spread out / arms out etc lit a few days and everyone was fine, just go for it and breath through it lol xxx

 

[pigginteacher]

You were all fab when I was asking about when LO can go in his own room (moses basket getting to small and LO very noisey), anyway seems he is best staying with me for up to 6 months.

What I was now wondering is....I put him to bed at around 7 to try and get him in to a rountine, then I go later. I was thinking though, previous advice was that they need to stay with you so there can here your breathing, helps regulate theres so should I actually be putting him in my room on his own.

I have a baby monitor which I use all the time but also have a sensor monitor which I don't use for fear of it making me over the top and paranoid... should I start using this.

Sorry for long post and a bit of rambling Would love your advice, thank you xxxx

I've never heard of that about baby being able to hear ur breathing!! My LO is 8 weeks and Ive just put her in her cot for the first time and she is fine. I think you can make yourself totally paranoid as long as the monitor is on they will be fine!! Personally I dont like the sensor monitors they just add to ur paranoia Your LO will be fine on their own x

 

[fluffpuffin]

persoanlly I like having a sensor moitor, especially now LO is in her own room. I'd be in and out checking on her all the time otherwise

 

[lea28]

My lo is still in her moses basket with us- luckily its quite a big one. I put her up to bed at 8 and put the monitor on and leave her. I generally go to bed around 9 ish because I'm so exhausted!

 

[babz1986]

Ellie is always ready for bed at 5.30pm lol - not our choice, hers!! she literally will not settle or have a little nap between 3pm and bedtime. So by the time 5.30pm comes she's so tired that she's really grumpy! - if I don't take her up and put her in her own cot in a dark room around this time we end up with the biggest tantrum and she just will not calm down!

So the answer to your question, Ellie is left on her own in her own room from when she goes to bed to when she wakes up, she's been doing this for the last 4 weeks - I have a monitor, but not a movement sensor one, just a normal sound dectecting monitor.

 

[RJ01]

Hi hun I put lo in her own room at 10 weeks as we kept waking each other up.
I had the angel monitor up until she was 11 months and I liked having this as it was peace of mind.

 

[XfairyhopesX]

A friend of mine has said the monitors (breathing) can cause false panic tho and go off when there not suppose to can you imagine xx

 

[Lightworker]

Im wary about leaving LO alone for any real length of time. Now she has sort of regulated her bed time to 10pm, I just go to bed then as well(even if it means missing Desperate Housewives!) as I want her to hear, feel and smell my presence at all times and ensure her breathing is regulated by mine x

 

[hayley x]

until 6 months Daisy was up with us then went to bed when we did, but now she goes to bed at about 7.30 and we go bed a lot later. She is on her mattress monitor I couldnt cope if I couldnt hear every breath she took. I definately recommend them x

 

[Lu28]

Another vote for the movement monitors here, I found ours to be great. I was so paranoid when she went into her own room that I kept going in to check if she was still breathing and I'd end up waking her, no fun for anyone. The movement monitor gave alot of reassurance.

 

[24/7]

We are going to get an angelcare monitor, already I know I couldn't sleep without one. xx

 

[Tiredgirl]

Everyone has there own routine and thoughts on what is right/wrong/best for them. I guess its just finding out what is best for our little family. Thank you for telling me all what you ladies do, definately helps!! xx

 

[RJ01]

A friend of mine has said the monitors (breathing) can cause false panic tho and go off when there not suppose to can you imagine xx

Mine never went off falsely once.

 

[Lara310809]

I've never used a baby monitor; I just check on her a few times each evening. I personally don't wish I had a monitor, because I know it would make me more worried; glancing at it every few minutes

In regards to the routines, you have to work with what is best for your LO and what suits your family. When LO was about 3 months old I started putting her to bed at 7pm and she would sleep through until about 8am - lucky mummy! It suited her fine, and we had time to ourselves each evening. Then she turned 4 months and she's been a terrible sleeper since. TBH if you can get your LO into a routine then that's great. My LO currently goes to bed as soon as I can get her to go (depending on her last nap of the afternoon, it can be 7pm, or it can be 10:45pm), and I just hope she sleeps through - she never does.

 

[Sarah10]

Jayden has been in his own room a few days now, we don't have any room for his cot or a travelcot in our bedroom. We've got the movement/sound monitor and its a godsend xx

 

[XfairyhopesX]

Like you say its what you feel confident with, the sound monitor was enough for me - dont get me wrong i cot checked for a week religously lol but i just eased up eventually xxx

 

[EmmaM2]

I love my angelcare monitor - it gives me complete reassurance and has never gone off once - like you say though it is what works for you. For me not having it would make me paranoid whether i was in the room or not.