Baby sleeping alone for first couple of hours at night?

Anyone else putting baby to bed and going back downstairs for a couple of hours? Obviously I go and check on her every 15 mins or so but I’m just not ready to go to bed at 7.30?!
I feel really bad because of the risk of SIDS but it’s only for a couple of hours?!

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i leave my baby upstairs for a few hours but i have a monitor on her so i can watch her x

I do the same as Ebony. Baby is in bed around 7pm and we then go downstairs with the video monitor on to keep an eye on him till we go to bed x

I leave mine upstairs for about 2 hours - check on him every 15 mins too xx

Yes, i do the same as ebony. Also check every 30 mins or so. My baby is in bed between 7-7:30pm x

I do the same as Ebony. I wouldn’t cope without a monitor , I just stare at it anyway 😅x

We started doing this tonight, our 12 week old still has a feed at 11pm and I felt bad taking him up to bed that late & also waking him up accidently when we have dinner etc - we did his 7pm feed upstairs and then put him down to sleep, checking him every 30 mins and have the monitor on too!
Seems to be going well so far 🤞

Put in bed around 7 then go downstairs for a few hours with the monitor :) x

We do this with my 11 week old, pop her to bed and keep an eye on her with our monitor. The second I see her stirring I’m straight up the stairs to check on her and it’s usually always just her moving in her sleep 😅

Yep In bed between 7-7:30 then in his own room till he wakes up at 11, then is transferred into crib in our room. He’ll sometimes wake but just needs dummy putting back in and his off straight away again. All naps at home are also in his room upstairs as there’s no way he can nap downstairs as our home is very hectic

My 12 week old is upstairs by 8pm and I just use a monitor

We’ve been doing this for about 2/3 weeks now. It has given me an hour or two back to myself in the week and me and my partner some time together at the weekend. We just have the monitor downstairs with us. That hour to myself at night is what resets me ready for the next day so we’re going to keep doing it.

Monitors can be so expensive so if that doesn’t work for you FaceTime or video call another device and set it so you can watch the baby from downstairs it’s what I do xxx

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