Where does/did your DC under 6m sleep?

[LMG462]

My DD is 3.5 months. We have her crib in our room. This set up has worked very well during her night feedings, however she is now sleeping very well. I would love to move her to her nursery as I feel that DH and I disturb her sleep because the bed makes noises as we move around and the floor creeks if I get up to go to the bathroom. There has been several occasions were I have just laid in bed having to go pee because I did not want to disturb her. I'm hesitant to move her to the nursery because one I like having her close by, but most importantly the AAP recommends babies under 6m sleep in there parents room to reduce SIDS. I feel we would all sleep better if she was in her nursery, but I worry about her safety. So, what do/did you guys do?
Thanks!

[ajlanden]

DD slept in her crib in her own room from day 1. DS slept in our room in a bassinet for about 2 weeks and I just couldn't handle it anymore. We weren't getting any sleep because he was so loud. We moved him out and have all gotten much better sleep because of it.

If you are worried about SIDS, I would highly recommend the AngelCare Monitor. It allowed me relax and sleep.

[yby1]

We co-slept with DS until he was around 5 months old. He sprawls and took up too much room on our bed and was too big for his co-sleeper. he would wake up at any little noise we made as well. At this point we moved hom over to his room. He sleeps *much* better in there. I didn't worry about SIDS because he already had great head control and could roll over both ways.

[LMG462]

Thanks ajlanden, actually we have the anglecare monitor. We used it when DD and I where sleeping down stairs and she was in her bassinet, I loved it. Now that we are in the room upstairs I get tons of false alarms. I think there is a lot more vibration in the floor upstairs(that comes in goes during the night) and I just can't seem to calibrate it well. Maybe I should give it a try again, because I really like it when it works well.

[tunibell]

DD slept in our bed for the first four months, and then in our room using her crib as a sidecar for another 2.5 months. When she was 6.5 months, we moved her into her own room, and I slept on the floor on an air mattress for a few weeks. She's now almost 8 months old and sleeps in her room alone.

Now, I will say that her sleep (and mine) continues to be, um, sub par. But I'll do the same thing with the next kid, because of the SIDS issue. I just felt she was safer being close.

[NYN]

we co-slept for the first year and will do this with all future children. my brother died of SIDS so i am really freaky about night time stuff. if DD sleeps too many hours at a time w/out waking to nurse (even today but especially back then) i don't get any sleep b/c i'm too busy freaking out. but in the interest of full disclosure, we do not have a second bedroom (though i suppose we could have chosen to put her in her crib as opposed to our bed).

Thanks ajlanden, actually we have the anglecare monitor. We used it when DD and I where sleeping down stairs and she was in her bassinet, I loved it. Now that we are in the room upstairs I get tons of false alarms. I think there is a lot more vibration in the floor upstairs(that comes in goes during the night) and I just can't seem to calibrate it well. Maybe I should give it a try again, because I really like it when it works well.
you should lift your mattress and reposition it and if need be, you might have to put a piece of plywood b/tw the crib and the mattress to keep it in place.

He sprawls and took up too much room on our bed and was too big for his co-sleeper.
whoa! my DD slept in there for naps until she was a year old! do you have the mini or the regular one?

[yby1]

whoa! my DD slept in there for naps until she was a year old! do you have the mini or the regular one?

The mini one. FWIW, DS likes to sleep with his arms and legs sprawled out, so the length of his arms was wider than the co-sleeper. He would hit the edges with his arms and wake up. DS is a long baby too, he's already 29" long.

[jmvan74]

DS slept in the bassinet next to our bed for about 2 months and then we moved him to his crib in the nursery (right next to our room). We all slept much better that way.

[Tracie]

We moved DS into his room at six months.

[NYN]

The mini one. FWIW, DS likes to sleep with his arms and legs sprawled out, so the length of his arms was wider than the co-sleeper. He would hit the edges with his arms and wake up. DS is a long baby too, he's already 29" long.
oh okay, i was picturing a REALLY big kid, lol. the mini is really, well, mini compared to the original. DD was 31" when we stopped using it and she had plenty of room in there. i was just picturing your kid as REALLY big, lol.

[malala]

DD slept in her cradle in our room until she was about 3 months old.

After that we moved her into her crib in her bedroom, and never looked back. We are blessed with a really good sleeper, though.

As far as SIDS risks I didn't really know that it's safer for baby to sleep in the same bdrm with the parents.
But of course I was worried about it, and what allowed me to get some sleep myself was the use of our angelcare monitor.
I even used it when she was in our bdrm, and I stopped using it when DD was 9 mos old ( I know, I'm a freak)

[kmack]

DD slept in a moses basket (on a frame) in our room until she was a little over 4 mos. old. i was totally paranoid about everything so i needed to have her right next to me. she never made a lot of noise while sleeping so it worked pretty well, except for the fact that our bedroom is really small so DH had a hard time getting ready in the mornings.

i did not know about the angelcare monitor at the time, maybe if i had gotten it earlier i would have moved her to her crib sooner.

[Wrighty26]

We moved DS to his room (from our bed) at 6 weeks. He was just not comfortable sleeping with us. He sleeps MUCH better alone. At first I was pretty neurotic about it, but he now sleeps 10-12 hours without waking up- which is VERY nice! (Oh and he's 3.5 months)

[lil_nance]

I voted other. DS slept in the PNP in our room for about the first 2mo. He made a lot of noise when he slept. We used to refer to it as a chipmunk mating call. I wasn't getting any sleep between nighttime nursing and his noisy sleep. Around 3mo we moved him to his crib in the nursery and he's been there ever since. I didn't use the monitor as I'm a light sleeper and was able to hear him fairly easy from our room.

[Kanga]

Dd has always slept in her crib in her room. I didn't know about the risk of SIDS being less if next to the parent at the time. We only have a 2br place and it's looking like we won't be moving until #2 is ~4mo old. DD is way too light of a sleeper to share a room with a newborn, so #2 will sleep in our room. Probably in the pnp or a co-sleeper - we're trying to get away with not buying a second crib and I need my space in my own bed. When we move to 3+ br #2 will have his/her own room if he is mostly sttn.

Have you tried white noise? You can get a white noise machine (tehy sell them at BRU and target I think), use a fan, or a noisy humidifier. Just having the constant hum of something has helped dd a LOT (we use a fan in the summer and warm mist humidifier in the winter.)

[lml41981]

DD slept with us at 6 months. She is now sleeping half the night in her crib and all naps are in her crib. That is solely due to the fact that she falls out of the bed.

[steviem]

DS, who is 4 months, is still sleeping in our room. He slept in a bassinet until he reached 3 months, and now we have him in a pack-n-play. He naps in his crib (in his room) during the day.

I am not sure when we will switch him to his room full time. We're (more like me), aren't ready for that "next step" yet :)

[neenbean]

DD slept with us for 5 months- either in her cradle or co-sleeping. Night feedings were the reason. We tried moving her to her room, but it was a nightmare. :eek: She would not go down easily and did not STTN, naps were not always easy either. DH and I were both ambivalent about the change, but we thought she was old enough at that point...

At 5 months, we moved to a new home and thus DD was put in her crib in her new bedroom. Amazingly, she immediately began STTN and naps became a breeze. I was also in the mindset that she did not have an option anymore as DH and I really wanted our own space again. I guess the parents' attitude can help a lot. HTH. :)

[amurphy]

DS has slept in his crib since he was about a week old. DH convinced me to move him to his crib b/c I kept waking up at every little noise and checking on him in his moses basket, which was next to our bed. Then we used the monitor for another month or so but eventually shut it off. Even though DS was always a great sleeper, I wasn't getting any sleep b/c I was listening too intently to the monitor! His bedroom is just 5 feet from ours so I can hear him when he wakes.

[karlatta]

When DS was born, he snored louder than my DH. Even now, at 5 months, you can still him across a room if he's sleeping. So at about 2 weeks old, we moved him to his crib. You could still hear the snoring through the monitor, but it was toned down. I could finally sleep between feedings!

Shortly after that he started sleeping through the night, so I feel like we made the right decision for him.

[LMG462]

Thanks everyone for your replys. I feel like I am leaning more towards the move, however I am still uneasy about it. Thet whole SIDS thing is just very unnerving. It makes me feel like one morning when I go to DD's crib she won't be breathing, what a disturbing thought!

[Chimichanga]

DD slept in a bassinet in our room until about 6 weeks. Then we started transitioning her to her crib in the nursery. She's almost 3 months and has been sleeping in her crib FT for about 2 weeks now.

I would bring her into our room after her early morning (3-4 a.m.) feeding since I had to get up in about an hour anyways. Now she's too heavy for the bassinet. :rolleyes:

[LexyLou]

I voted other because DD was in a cradle in our room until she was about 3 months old and then she was in her crib in her bedroom.

[cartersmommy]

DS was in his crib from day 1. He slept with us every now and then, but mostly in his room. our room is right next to his, so it was super close and i felt safe with it. we both slept better that way!

[PinkMartini]

No co-sleeping here...

DS has slept in his room since day 1

[Lizard]

Before DD was born, DH said he didn't want her sleeping in our room. Then when she was born, he changed his tune 100% and she slept in our room in the PnP. After about 6 weeks we had both decided she needed to be in her own crib, because she was such a loud sleeper and we were getting no quality sleep.

Her naps used to be in the living room, either in her swing or on a blanket. We slowly transitioned that and now she's in her crib for 99% of her naps. Every once in a while I leave her sleeping in the living room because she's too darn cute to move. :)

[Bloomwood]

DD was a loud sleeper, so at 5 weeks we moved her to her crib. Our rooms are connected by a bathroom, so it is still very easy to hear her; we sleep with the door pulled closed but not all the way.

What has helped me a ton is a video monitor. It is my favorite piece of baby gear by far. I can keep an eye on her without disturbing her. Like all moms, I have some fear of SIDS, but not as extreme as some moms I know. That said, I have been known to go in her room to make sure she's breathing if she doesn't move while watching her on the monitor for a while.