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when are you moving lo to own room?
We have a dilema, Max is in our room in his moses basket-he's getting too big for it now. We also have a swinging crib in our bedroom but he doesn't like it-he hits his hands on the wooden bars when he startles during the night.
We don't know weather to perserve with the crib and hope he gets used to it or move him to his own room where his cot is ready. Id like to do this especially as im trying to get him used to napping in there but the guidelines tell you to keep them in with you for 6months.
Even in his own room he's only an extra 3 feet away and i'd keep both doors open.
Where are your lo's sleeping these days?xx
We don't know weather to perserve with the crib and hope he gets used to it or move him to his own room where his cot is ready. Id like to do this especially as im trying to get him used to napping in there but the guidelines tell you to keep them in with you for 6months.
Even in his own room he's only an extra 3 feet away and i'd keep both doors open.
Where are your lo's sleeping these days?xx
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He is still in his crib (which he has been in since birth) and will remain there until he can sit up unaided. His room is right next to ours and we keep both doors open. I know the recommendation is 6 months to prevent SIDS but, as I say, it really works for us, although I do miss having him so close.
I only hear Samuel when he wakes up so didn't see any advantage to it to be honest. We moved him to his own room at two weeks as i wanted him to be used to his cotbed and didnt want a big battle on my hands if he got used to being with us.
he's on a different floor as we live in a three storey town house but we have the monitor on and it works for us. I think it has stopped us being neurotic as when he was in our room we were constantly watching him and worried about the cat jumping in the basked with him. now we can close the door to his room and know he is safe
i think it all about what you feel happy doing as you don't want to do anything that will stress you out as you'll end up not sleeping anyway but for us it was definitely the bst thing.
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Its more because I want her used to her old room while she is still young, once she becomes more aware of her surroundings I wonder if she'll hate not being in our room as she'll "know" it, plus my husband works shifts and it can just be arkward putting her to bed when hubby is still sleeping.
As for the feeding out of the room, I take charlotte downstairs so as not to disturb my hubby but I dont talk to her, make eye contact or switch on any lights. In fact I discovered I could put on the tv, out of her line of eyesight and on quiet and it gave just enough light to see by without stimulating her too much. Since I started doing that she's been much easier to settle as I think putting on the normal lights stimulated her too much.
I have the angelcare sensor mat and monitor and this puts my mind at ease on the SIDS issue as an alarm would go off in her room to try and trigger her to breathe again and it would go off on my monitor so I could run through and start CPR if needed. I have done peadiatric first aid as I worked in a primary school.
I think she sleeps really well in her room and now sleeps from 8m until 6am most nights. We put her in her moses basket in the cotbed for the first couple of weeks then we put her straight in her cotbed a couple of weeks ago and she was fine....I posted about it in baby.
I would 100% recommend the angelcare monitor though it really reassures me.....probably the best thing we've bought for her to be honest and I was really umming and ahhing over getting it for ages as wasnt sure if the sensor mat was a good idea or not, but I would not be without it now!
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I think Max has a couple more weeks growth left in the basket then we really wont have any choice in the matter. I dont think it's fair on him to expect him to get used to the basket, crib and cot plus 2 separate rooms!x
Im not sure I will ever be ready... :roll: