Sleep not great - time to move to own room?

[whigfield]

So LO is 9 months old and he's still in our room, mostly because I am clingy. He goes to bed around 8pm each night and usually manages to sleep, but when we come to bed around 10pm-11pm, he may wake, and then spend the rest of the night waking up hourly - every 2 hours. When this first started happening I clung to hope that it was just a regression, but it's been like this for nearly 2-3 months now and I've lost hope.

My OH snores like a trooper and I'm wondering if this is why LO wakes up so much. I also don't use any blackout blinds and I'm wondering if using one may make a difference, now it's getting lighter earlier?

What usually happens is I get fed up of settling him and he ends up in our bed, co-sleeping with OH at the end of the bed. I'm also wondering if I've created a rod for my own back with that.

Basically: did you notice a big difference in baby sleep once you moved them to their own rooms? Are there any tips for a successful transition to their own room?



Edit: to note, he doesn't have any feeds in the night. And he normally wakes up crying before he's opened his eyes.

 

[cjwn]

Both of my boys had a massive improvement in night time sleep after I moved them out of my bed and into their own room. They share a room (aged 2.5 and seven months), blackout blind, lights off, door closed, remote thermostat for ideal temperature. The big one needed white noise, but we stopped that when he was a year old and never bothered with it for the little one. I'd say it's definitely worth a go - get his room ready, pick a night that suits you both and just see what happens.

 

[Cattia]

Yes, my DS WAS like this. I was very reluctant to move him, mainly because I thought I would be up and down into his room all night and it was easier just to have him in with us. However when I finally moved him at 8 months, he instantly went from waking 5+ times to waking just once.

 

[xQuinnx]

My daughter improved a lot when moving to her own room. She fell asleep better and managed to stay asleep longer. Every now and again she goes through unsettled patches but generally she's been much better and it's been better for me too haha. Having said that, my daughters never really slept well in our bed so I've never bothered even though it might have been nice sometimes, she's too wiggly.

 

[mara16jade]

My DH had to really push for me to agree to put our LO in his own room. Three days before he turned 9 months, we made the switch. I was a freaking wreck. Lol Neither of us slept that night since we were both worried about not hearing him in the baby monitor. Lol

The first night, lo slept like crap...which was unfortunately normal. Second night same. Third night he he got a four hour stretch. It was a little all over the place for a few weeks, but by 10 months he started to only wake up 2x a night. By 11 months 1x a night! And this past week, he's gone 3 nights in a row sleeping 11 hours straight!!

It's hard, but I suggest making the switch.

 

[MollyNorwood]

I am the same boat as you, our almost 6 month old sleeps really well normally but i have noticed the past couple of weeks especially she will be very restless particularly when my DH is snoring rather loudly! I am a light sleeper so i wake up a few times a night and lay there so i can tell what is setting her off. So as of this coming weekend she will be in her cot in her own bedroom. I am hoping that will mean she gets a nice rested sleep, the poor darling

 

[mummytobe_93]

So LO is 9 months old and he's still in our room, mostly because I am clingy. He goes to bed around 8pm each night and usually manages to sleep, but when we come to bed around 10pm-11pm, he may wake, and then spend the rest of the night waking up hourly - every 2 hours. When this first started happening I clung to hope that it was just a regression, but it's been like this for nearly 2-3 months now and I've lost hope.

My OH snores like a trooper and I'm wondering if this is why LO wakes up so much. I also don't use any blackout blinds and I'm wondering if using one may make a difference, now it's getting lighter earlier?

What usually happens is I get fed up of settling him and he ends up in our bed, co-sleeping with OH at the end of the bed. I'm also wondering if I've created a rod for my own back with that.

Basically: did you notice a big difference in baby sleep once you moved them to their own rooms? Are there any tips for a successful transition to their own room?



Edit: to note, he doesn't have any feeds in the night. And he normally wakes up crying before he's opened his eyes.

Yes definitely. My daughter went from waking up hourly in our room to waking up twice a night when we moved her to her own room to sleeping through. I would move him to his own room and get black out curtains in there and see if that helps. If it doesn't it isn't the noise that's waking him up or the light and it's something else xx

 

[threebirds]

Hi Whigfield,
Have you moved your baby yet and how did you both get on? I think we are going to move LO tonight. Not looking forward to it but he has similar sleep pattern to your son (but does feed during night) and so I think we need to try. I can get by on less sleep than DH and so to be fair to DH too it probably is time to make the move...

 

[whigfield]

I am ashamed to say we have not moved yet. I am really hoping to start on a weekend when we both have time off so if sleep is rough we'll be able to handle it without having to go to work exhausted.

Good luck to you threebirds! Let me know how you get on.