Moving 3 month old to her own room - Infant Care (up to 18 months old) Message Board

Cookiem26 · 09-21-2006, 09:33 AM

My daughter just turned 3 months old and has been sleeping in her co-sleeper in our room since we brought her home. She has been sleeping through the night more consistently the last week or so and we feel it's time to move her into her own room and just recently started having her nap in her crib whereas previously it was always the swing. She naps on average 45 minutes to an hour in the crib at a time but that is maybe once a day because she just hasn't gotten quite used to it and protests although she doesn't really scream and cry. I am looking for any tips from anyone on how to make the move into her own room. Should we move the co-sleeper in there first and let her sleep in that a few nights to get her used to sleeping in the room or is it better to just move her directly into the crib? I am so worried how she'll react but she goes to bed pretty well most nights and knows how to put herself to sleep. I appreciate any advice if you have any. Thanks!

weepyone · 09-21-2006, 12:30 PM

hi cookie
you could try that yes we moved ds at 8 weeks into his own room and cot he was fine and slept better than ever as did we

ds had also spent time napping in his cot too so he was used to it. he is great at settling himself off at night i watch for his tiredness cues then pop him in his cot he closes his eyes and that is it he is in the land of nod -bless. good luck i am sure all will go well

Shanz4 · 09-21-2006, 01:18 PM

I've been wondering the exact same thing, we have a 5 month old. For us, I want to wait a while. I've heard too many scary SIDS stories even at this age and older. I feel like if she's in the room (and often in the bed) with me, I will know what's going on. Plus, her room is so far away from ours on a different floor. I would have to use the monitor, which I'm sure would make me sleep even less!!!! I figure, she's only a little baby once. This time will come and go so very fast. Then, she has the rest of her life to sleep alone. (according to her daddy who's VERY protective already

)

Good luck with whatever works for you. I think North's idea is what we will eventually try. I recall her once mentioning moving a small mattress into the baby's room. So, I would be sleeping near her still...but she's getting used to the crib.

debating · 09-21-2006, 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Shanz4

I think North's idea is what we will eventually try. I recall her once mentioning moving a small mattress into the baby's room. So, I would be sleeping near her still...but she's getting used to the crib.

Yeah, that's what we're going to do. In fact, we're putting a twin mattress on the floor in her room, and one on the floor in our room. Now that she's starting to crawl I don't feel comfortable with her napping during the day on our bed (where I usually nurse her down, then roll away). I'd like a mattress on the floor in her room for day time naps, that way I can close the door and keep the dogs out. I'll watch her with the video monitor. Her room will also be "baby proofed" incase she gets out of bed before I get to her.

I'm undecided about using a twin mattress in our room or a co-sleeper. I like the idea of not getting out of bed with the co-sleeper, but she's already 6 months old, so I'm guessing she'll be reaching the weight limit on it soon (not too sure on that, I'd have to look it up), which means I might as well just do the twin on the floor. That way I can just lay down with her to nurse her back to sleep.

She is actually in a phase right now where she PREFERS to sleep on her own (

) so I usually put her down for the first part of the night in the crib. I hate it. It's so inconvenient to walk all the way to the other side of the house when she wakes up.

And I also had a mishap the other night with our monitor. I HATE relying on a man made gadget to begin with, but then to have it fail REALLY made me feel bad. 2 hours went by where she went unchecked, and if it had not been for my husband getting up to go to the bathroom and hearing her cry God only knows how long she would have been in there wondering where mama was. I haven't left her in there since. When I go to bed I bring her to our room and put her in the pack and play. I am now a bigger believer in co-sleeping then ever before. If there had been a fire, or a robbery, or a tree crashing on the house in a storm.. I wouldn't have known about it (her room is on the other side of the house). Mama's were meant to sleep with their babies. Co-sleeping isn't just about convenience, it's about survival. I would NEVER forgive myself if something happened and I woke up to find the monitor not working. Or if something happened that could have been prevented by having her close by (like choking, which is a real possibility considering she has reflux).

Cookie, I guess you can kind of tell my thoughts on the subject. Ava is 6 months old (today) and still sleeps with us. She will for quite a while yet. That's ok with me. As long as I nurse her at night I have no intentions of wandering around the house in the dark to get her. WAY to inconvenient. LOL.

Do you have room to put a twin mattress on your floor?

Cookiem26 · 09-22-2006, 06:36 AM

The baby's room is actually right next to our room so we have the monitor and can keep her door cracked open to hear her. I don't think we have room for a twin mattress in there, her room is not that big. But I did put her in her co-sleeper in her room last night and she did wonderful so she is ok with the room I guess, I wanted her to get used to sleeping in a new room first but she did fine, she slept from 8pm to 7am, I of course got up and checked on her a few times

but I think the real test will be putting her in the crib tonight. She is a very easy baby and hardly cries much, she has a good temperment so some of my friends say she'll probably do just fine. But I'm not so sure but I sure hope so. Pray it goes well! Thanks for your help.