Does your LO sleep in their own room? Or when would you suggest is the best age for them to have their own room?
My son sleeps in his cot bed in my room and would often wake up in the middle of the night asking for "huggles". Sometimes I give in and let him sleep with me, other times I try to calm him and tell him to sleep in his bed.
Do you think I should start making him sleep a bit more independently?
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Do what you feel is right for both of you and don't take others pushed opinions. He won't be in with you at 15. My 1st went in his own room at a year his now 3 and still comes in to my bed during the night most nights. My youngest is 2 and has medical issues so went in with his brother at around 18months but comes in to me guaranteed every night. I'm not going to turn them away when they want me and this mama gotta sleep. When anyone's comments I say my house, my bed, my kids xx

We still cosleep here. She goes to bed at 8 & then husband and I sleep in spare room until she wakes (usually 3 hours later) and then I go join her in our king size floor bed. She still wakes anywhere from 1-4 times. Wont be moving her until she pretty much doesn’t wake at all!

I still cosleep with mine at 2, she has a next to me cot that she spends the night in but pops over for a cuddle a could of times a night, I love it (now she sleeps a bit better) and am happy to carry on for as long as it works for us

Our daughter has been sleeping in her own room since 6 months and I think we all sleep better because of it. It would have felt too cramped to have the full cot in our room so she needed to move when she outgrew the next to me.
When we have had to sleep in the same room (holiday/staying at others) we've all slept worse.
As others have said its really your decision on what works for your family.

My girl went into her own room at 7 months. She only ever sleeps in our bed if she’s really ill and we have to keep her upright slightly. It can be hard getting her back into her own room after that but not impossible.
However I have a friend who has a 6 year old who goes into his own bed but will still come into hers if he wakes up in the night. She says if she forced him back into his bed then he’d just cry and then none of them would get any sleep. But she knows he can slee on his own because they’ve been away with friends and because he shared a room with other kids he didn’t leave the room and was fine.